When Sumeet Kohli's husband was killed in a traffic accident, the 37-year-old cineplex manager was devastated. But when psychiatric medicines failed to help her, her husband's memory inspired her to make a decision she says changed her fate: She sought out a regression therapist who helped her dredge up memories of a past life.
"My life revolved around my husband, so it was very difficult for me to deal with that loss," Kohli said. "I was quite suicidal at that time. I had two small daughters, and I couldn't put things back together for myself. I had too many questions and no answers."
With a deep belief in reincarnation founded in Hinduism, middle-class Indians are embracing past life regression as a form of psychotherapy — once more showing how ancient traditions are fueling "new age" spiritualism even among successful, educated pragmatists. But even though the concept of past lives is a vital feature of India's Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist religions, ironically, the therapy has boomeranged back to the subcontinent from the United States — where the new embrace of Eastern religions, yoga and "spirituality" has made regression more popular than ever.
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