Rebirthing is a method of hellping you relive the memories of being born. If your birth was difficult, that memory can result in an emotional trauma that will haunt you for the rest of your life. Reliving that experience can help resolve this trauma.

With the help of a rebirthing counselor and using deep breathing techniques you can reexperience your own birth, but if you go back too far you will experience the memories of a previous life.

That's what happened to me. I felt myself drifting back through all the memory of my growing up years till I was back again in the womb. Then everything became dark. Darkness was followed by light and I saw myself as a grown man. I felt tall, big, black and beautiful. I was standing in a cotton field, my arms were crossed defiantly across my chest and I heard myself say, "I don't care what you do! I'm not going to pick any more cotton!"

That's when I heard a great big noise, like somebody being shot. Everything became dark, then light again showed up and I saw myself being born in this lifetime. In front of me stood a gigantic white man wearing a white gown, white hat, white mask, and white gloves. I felt myself grabbed by my legs and lifted up in the air. The white man started slapping me on my bottom. As he kept slapping, I tried to tell him, "Slap all you want, but I'm still not going to pick any more cotton."

Today, I belong to a support group for "Adults who have been traumatized during childbirth." We get together once a month and change each other's diapers.