When Passion Takes The Stage, Anxiety Fades into The Background

This PLR case followed the Amarantos 15 stage PLRT protocol

Client Name: Sreeni (Name changed for protecting the privacy)

Gender: Male

Age: 55

HS: 7/10

V/A/K: 6/7/2

Dominant Sense: Auditory

Second Dominant Sense: Visual

ERT: 3/4

Pain Level before Session: 8/10

Pain Level after Session: 0/10 (The client reported ‘0’ pain level after one day)

Theme: Social Anxiety.

Client History

Sreeni is a well-educated, well talented IT personal who is settled abroad. He was born in an upper class middle family in North Kerala. His father was a renowned professor in college and mother being housewife. He has a sister who is 5-6 years younger than him. Both parents were loving, caring and his childhood was very pleasant and full of love. Among the ancestral families of both parents he is the only male child and he used to enjoy that privilege from everyone during his childhood and adolescence. Even though his childhood was so happy sometimes he felt her sister got more attention from his parents as she was the younger one. He lost his father who were a friend as well as a guide to him 5 years ago and he felt devastated. He wanted to learn music but didn’t get an opportunity in his childhood days. Until graduation he was in Boy’s only school and college. This made it initially difficult for him to interact with girls when he went for his post-graduation. After PG he went abroad for job and finally settled there. He sings very well. But never confident to sing in front of someone. In job related meetings and conferences also he presents subjects very well if he had enough time to prepare. But if he is asked to present something in between a meeting or conference without any preparation, he will do the presentation but after that he always feels dissatisfied. He feels that he couldn’t present his ideas as per his knowledge about them. He is always reluctant to speak to strangers and this affects his after conference meetings and building new career relationships and opportunities. As he is a freelancer building relationships is the key to his success and growth in career.

Day 1. Session 1. (03/10/2026) (9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.)

Therapist’s introduction to History Taking.

The session started with offering prayers to The Devi and The Masters.

Day 1. Session 2. (3.30 to 7.30 p.m.)

Relaxing the Cognitive Fatigue, Induction (Dave Elman), Progressive Relaxation, Ball of Light, Staircase, Garden (Sanctuary), Happy Memories, Closures (Hypnodrama) and Inter-Gen Trauma Release.

Happy memories

Throughout the session I felt the client was in light trance and the responses were sharp. The client was seeing only images, some still and some moving, that too for a short span.

The client could revisit 2 happy memories from his childhood

1. An image of him and his two friends playing when he was 6 or 7 years old.

2. A moving image of him cycling around happily in his maternal uncle’s new cycle during his vacation days in maternal ancestral house when he was a teenager.

Hypnodrama

The client felt himself sitting on a boat and going down the stream. But he was not able to see or feel any presence.

Inter-Gen Healing

The client didn’t see or feel the presence of ancestors.

The client was brought back to Santuary and after confirming with IMR the client was awakened.

The client was told to drink a lot of water and go to bed early.

Day 2. Session 3. (04/10/2026) (10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.)

Induction (Ericksonian), Progressive Relaxation, Ball of Light, Staircase, Garden, Age Regression with EMDR, In-Utero, LBL, Peri Natal Exploration.

At the time of age regression the client was calm as his whole life is stress free and happy. The boxes felt very light and there was not much to push from the cliff.

In-Utero, LBL, Peri Natal Exploration : The client was only feeling a bright white light and nothing else emerged. The client was brought back to sanctuary and awaken following the classic procedure.

Day 2. Session 4. (04/10/2026) (3.00 to 6.00 p.m.)

Induction (Dave Elman, Progressive Relaxation, Ball of Light, Staircase. Garden, SE, Affect Bridge, PL

SE 1

T: As you are enjoying a deeply relaxed state your mind can remember everything, even the deepest memories from your childhood. As I count from 3 to 1 let your mind pick up any of your significant event from this life from where your social anxiety arises?

3…2…1

The client was silent and acknowledged through IMR that nothing emerges except a white light.

So I allowed a silence of 2-3 minutes but nothing emerged. I repeated the question.

T: You don’t need to search for events. Let it emerge naturally.

C: I see an image of this beautiful girl in my MCA batch. I liked her. But I never had the courage to tell her.

T: I understand you never revealed your feelings for her. You may please let your subconscious to let me know what prevented you from expressing your feelings to her.

C: I was always shy to speak to girls.

T: I understand you were shy to speak to girls. As I count from 3 to 1 let your subconscious find any significant event from where this shyness to speak arises?

3…2…1

SE 2

C: (After a silence) I can see a picture. But it is not clear.

T: As you see a picture you may observe it and you may tell me more about it.

C: It is a picture of my school days. I am going to school with my friends.

T: As you see the picture of you going to school with friends, is there anything more coming to your awareness?

C: The picture has faded. But I remember those days.

T: You may let me know whatever memories you are aware of seeing this picture.

C: We used to walk to school. There will be a group of girls too. My friends tease me calling Pennan (girlish). The girls will look back and laugh.

T: I understand. Let me know how do you feel when you hear the girls laughing?

C: I feel ashamed, embarrassed. (Showing discomfort and SMT)

T: As you are feeling shame and embarrassment where in your body are you feeling it right now?

C: In my chest.

T: As you are feeling the shame and embarrassment in your chest how do you like to acknowledge it?

C: Heaviness

Affect Bridge

T: As you are feeling heaviness in chest when you are being teased and laughed at allow your mind to go through that situation in detail and allow that feeling of heaviness to expand and as I count from 3 to 1 let this heaviness lead you to any significant event in your past life from where the social anxiety arises?

3…2…1

(Long silence. It was evident from the facial expressions that the client was trying hard to find some memories. Abdominal breathing was done to ease out)

T: You don’t need to search hard for memories. Let any memory emerge naturally. If nothing emerges it’s also perfect.

KMF

C: I am seeing like an image. Seeing it from above. (The client has read about past life experiences and it was evident from his sound he was expecting to see some visuals)

T: I am aware that you are seeing an image. It is so perfect. Sometimes the memories appear as images, flashes, thoughts, feelings, or may be just sounds. Anything is perfect. As you are seeing this image let us explore it a little more now. Are you seeing the image in colour or black and white?

C: Colour, it is a muddy field.

T: As you see this muddy field are you aware of any presence there, any person, animal or thing other than mud?

C: (Silence) No I am seeing only muddy field.

T: Are you still seeing it from above?

C: Yes.

T: As I count from 3 to 1 let yourself go a little bit down and explore

3…2…1

C: I see a girl in maroon dhavani. She has long hair. It is braided in two sides. She looks like a tamil girl. She is standing on the steps at the corner of the muddy field.

T: As you see this girl look at her eyes and feel the energy to see whether you can identify her.

C: No, I can’t identify her. The image is fading.

(The client reported the image has faded away. I tried to bookmark the image and bring him back to it. But the client drifted into another visual instead)

T: As I count from 3 to 1 let your awareness pick up the memory of the girl with maroon dhavani standing near the muddy field and allow yourself to explore more.

3…2…1…

KMF

C: I am seeing another image.

T: As you see another image where are you seeing it from?

C: I am seeing it from above

T: As you are seeing this image from above can you explore it?

C: I see a local tea stall on the side of a village road.

T: As you see this tea stall is there any presence?

C: It is fascinating that I am seeing the tea stall from above. It has a roof also. But I can see the inside. There is a man who is very masculine in outlook. Oh! He is like a Fayalwan(wrestler)

T: As you see this masculine figure do he has a name?

C: I don’t know. He is walking along the tea stall.

T: As you see the man walking, are you aware of any moving scene now?

C: No he is walking inside the image and the image is fading…

(Even though I tried to explore these two memories more the client said nothing else comes to his mind but white light and he wants to emerge. So I brought him back to the sanctuary and asked whether he is aware of any higher conscious there? He said no and don’t want to explore more. The client was emerged following the classic procedure)

No KMF, no PD, no LBL, no Messages from the masters. So we decided to meet the next day and conduct one more session if the client feels so.

Day 03 (05/10/2026) (10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.)

The client came next day morning and he was very happy. He said he need no more session now as he feels healing has already began. He told with utmost happiness that he sang a in a gathering last night with karoke music which was never expected to happen. He is a person who does not even sing in front of his family. He started learning music one year back but stopped that also due to shyness of singing loud. He was so happy and excited that he said even he cannot believe what happened. Then we discussed about the memories emerged during previous day’s session and I asked whether he would like to undergo inner child healing. As he said ‘yes’ I did a short induction with body scan script.

T: As your body and mind is relaxed now you may bring yesterday evening to your mind. You singing beautifully with the karoke music in front of people. (A purposeful silence was given in this context and noticed the change in client’s face. He was literally “GLOWING”)

T: As you see yourself singing how do you feel now?

C: I feel proud, happy, appreciated. (Tears rolled down his cheeks)

T: I also feel proud about you and I am happy for you being appreciated. Now imagine this Sreeni meeting the young Sreeni who was being teased and laughed by friends.

IMR

T: What are you feeling now?

C: I feel abundant love for him.

T: Do you want to hug him?

C: Yes

T: What do you want to tell him?

C: There is nothing wrong in being cute. Take it as an appreciation and go on. Use your ability to sing and appreciate your self-worth.

PHS

Whenever you feel social anxiety or discomfort in front of people you can just remember how well you sang before an audience and how your enchanting music caught their attention. You will remember the words of appreciation from those people and you will feel confident and worth.

Integration

The client always felt lack of confidence and subsequently it caused dissatisfaction. He was aware of his capabilities but was not confident to present them in a way he wanted to. His passion for music itself was his healing resource and that too he was not able to present because of shyness. As he broke the shell of shyness with the help of his passion now he will be more confident in his abilities and will present himself better in front of others.

Recommendations

Only recommendation given to the client was to restart his music lessons without any delay.

Reports

Reports were sent to the Client through e-mail and sought his permission to publish the report in Amarantos Forum.

My Queries Regarding This Session

I have few questions regarding this session. Hope I will get guidance from our beloved master and experienced seniors. I understand from the posts in this forum that it is always not necessary for the client to see past life, LBL and all those things to achieve the desired healing. Still I think there are some points in this case which need clarification so that I can learn from this and lead my future sessions according to that.

  1. The client was always seeing everything from above. Even the sanctuary he was seeing it from above. Why is it so?
  2. Every time he was brought into sanctuary, his sanctuary used to change like – green meadow, banks of a beautiful pond and a mountain cliff in the forest. Is it possible?
  3. After the second session the client said he badly wanted to see his father, his grandmother, his maternal uncle and his dog ‘max’ who are no longer with him. But even though he tried hard he couldn’t feel their presence. Is it okay or was there something more I could have done as a therapist?
  4. The images emerged during the sessions lasted for a short span and then kept fading away. However hard we tried to bring back that memory by going even forth and back of that specific memory nothing emerged. I would like to know is there any reason behind this?
  5. Most of the time the client was seeing a very bright white light. Is it normal?
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You don’t have to try, it has to emerge naturally. That’s frustrating but true. Point is not to engage the conscious mind. And there should be no expectations. Whatever comes just take it as Prasad/प्रसाद. It’s like accessing the classified information according to your clearance level :smiley: Certain protocols are always in place. More later on your case study. I just wanted to share this for now! You did great :blush:

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Yeah, but I was a little bit frustrated at this point. :face_savoring_food:

Thank you for these words. :heart:

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Very well covered all the steps. In my second case even my client could not clearly see the past life. Only some glimpses fading away and getting new glimpses . But the final outcome. Was good . Her pain level reduced from 8 to 0. That’s an achievement. That’s what we wish t help clients with . Great job once again .

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Congratulations on your 2nd case, Sreelatha! You’re on a roll! Looking forward to all your questions being answered by our capable seniors! :raising_hands:

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100% agree with you…too much expectations always lead to some sort of dissapointment…maybe that’s what happened her?

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I will try to answer the questions with my limited understanding and haste to jump in all the time - seeing white light might be associated with spirituality. It could also be his subconscious style to see light as divine energy, more questions needed to be asked about his experience being in the light to get a clearer picture, but some people do see light in meditation and in PLR. About him observing the scene and sanctuary rather being a part of it could represent his emotional distancing or may be its his style, next time you can ask questions like- ‘how connected you feel to the experience when you observe the scene from above? Or ‘what do you notice about your feelings when you observe from far/above?’ Or ‘are you choosing to look from above or does it naturally happen to appear like this?’ So all this will give you some clarity. And again we don’t expect or try too hard, sessions flow the way it meant to be. Getting frustrated is natural but we are just facilitating not producing. Keep up the excellent work, you are very gentle and empathetic with navigation. You already mastered the skills now just keep going, don’t stop. I’m so proud of you :cherry_blossom::heart:

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It’s hard to tell clients not to expect anything or they will run away :sweat_smile: but being realistic is the goal. Expectations always lead to disappointment. In my personal experience I feel even with no or little outcome, clients always find something useful, things do change to a certain degree and that’s a big impact. They get what’s meant for em. But obviously they don’t realize it and some people take PLR as a sure shot to solve all the problems and that’s a misconception.

Here I see most western PLR therapists in my area offer follow up residue clearances sessions and that also comes with a disclaimer - “ No guarantee, specific issues will be resolved” ! So enter at your own risk :pensive_face:

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Thank you for your kind words dear @archanasb2002 :folded_hands: :heart:

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Thank you dear @sendia1987 :folded_hands: :heart: Your appreciation means a lot :sparkling_heart:

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Some people expect us as Nadi Jyothishi who will read all their past lives and give solutions for their Sancita Karma. So I too tells this exact sentence to them :grinning_face:

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Thank you so much @hc2101 for the insights you provided. :heart: :folded_hands: :sparkling_heart:

I can relate this as I always do :heart:

Yeah I also felt glimpses of emotional detachment in him while taking history. :relieved_face:

Made a note of this.:+1: These are valuable suggestions I need to keep in mind.:folded_hands: :heart:

I asked this and his answer was ‘it naturally appears like that’. Will there be any specific reason for that?

Will keep this in mind in future cases dear :heart: In this case even though I explained during pre-talk regarding expectations later after second session I realised that the client too had high expectations. :slightly_smiling_face:

Thank you so much :folded_hands: :sparkling_heart: Words of appreciation from you means a lot to me :sparkling_heart:

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Yes we should buy a fortune globe now and be ready to look in to past, present and future :grinning_face:

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You mentioned he seemed emotionally distanced so that could be the reason or he was simply being a man :joy: sorry I felt the urge to crack this silly joke! But on a serious note, mostly men are not so expressive with their emotions anyway, their conditioning is different.

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This is the most tricky part, we want to sell PLR as it’s immensely beneficial but at the same time we can’t raise the bar high and expect client to have no expectations. May be we expect too much understanding from em :grinning_face: every client and sessions are different, it’s tailored to their needs and requirements. This is such a grey area.

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Always here for support and encouragement :cherry_blossom: I’m happy you are refining your skills with each case!

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Congratulations, SreeLatha, on your second case! :clap: Really appreciate the way you are conducting these sessions. I have similar doubts too, and I hope we get more clarity and insights into these questions, which will help all of us handle our cases with greater confidence.

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:winking_face_with_tongue: :laughing: :laughing:

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True, and he is a 70’s kid too when boys were not expected even to cry :grinning_face:

Yep, exactly :relieved_face:

Hope it will get more clear with future cases and the guidance and support from experienced seniors like you and our beloved Venu Ji :folded_hands: :sparkling_heart:

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Oh man, so true! Clients are the main puzzle pieces here :wink::grin:

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बधाई SREELETHA JI :clap:

When the Journey Takes an Unexpected Turn: Reflections on Sreeni’s Case

What I find particularly meaningful in this case is the way the therapeutic journey unfolded differently from what might have been anticipated, yet opened up a possibility for change in the client’s everyday life.

Sreeni’s experience of singing before an audience, something that had remained difficult for him for years, is a significant and encouraging development. I can imagine how rewarding it must have been for you to see him return the next morning with that sense of happiness, pride, and renewed possibility. Your willingness to document not only what emerged but also what did not, and to seek guidance on the unanswered questions, makes this case especially valuable for collective learning.

Reading your account, I found myself reflecting on a few aspects—not as definitive interpretations, but as questions that your experience has thoughtfully brought to the surface.

What happens when the experience does not follow the expected path, yet the client begins to experience a change?

There was no clear regression narrative, no identifiable presence of his departed loved ones, and no discernible LBL experience. The images were fleeting, the sanctuary kept changing, and the white light remained unexplained. Yet the client subsequently reported a real-life experience that was unusual for him.

This made me wonder whether, in our practice, we might sometimes benefit from looking beyond the specific experiences we hope to facilitate and remaining equally attentive to the changes the client reports in their everyday life. At the same time, it would be interesting to understand how we distinguish a meaningful improvement from a lasting change, and how we explore the possible factors contributing to it.

Your case also left me curious about the recurring observer perspective. Could it simply be Sreeni’s natural way of experiencing mental imagery? Might it have reflected the way he was engaging with the process at that particular time? I wonder whether exploring how he experienced that perspective—whether it felt comfortable, distant, or emotionally neutral—might offer additional insight without assuming that it necessarily represents a psychological barrier.

Similarly, the changing sanctuary and the recurring white light seem worth exploring with curiosity rather than assigning them a fixed meaning. Perhaps the client’s subjective experience of safety, comfort, and emotional connection could tell us more than the visual consistency of the imagery itself.

I was also touched by his wish to meet the loved ones he had lost. When such a presence does not emerge, I wonder whether exploring the emotional need underlying that wish—perhaps longing, connection, or something left unsaid—could offer another avenue for understanding the client, without making the appearance of a loved one a condition for progress.

What I found especially moving was the inner-child work. The younger Sreeni, who had experienced embarrassment and teasing, was met by his present self with love, acceptance, and encouragement. His words to that younger self suggest a possible shift in how he related to that earlier experience. I wonder whether this compassionate reinterpretation, together with his experience of singing before an audience, may have helped him approach his own abilities differently.

Of course, we cannot determine from this account alone which element contributed most to the change. That uncertainty, to me, is not a weakness of the discussion; it is an opportunity to learn more carefully from the case.

I would be particularly interested in hearing how you understand the relationship between the inner-child work and the client’s reported improvement, and whether any changes in his social confidence have continued beyond this initial experience.

Thank you for sharing the case with such openness. I see it as an encouraging reminder that our clients’ journeys may unfold in ways we do not anticipate, and that our own learning as practitioners continues precisely through these moments of uncertainty.

Sometimes, a case gives us fewer definitive answers than we hoped for, but better questions to carry into our next session. Sreeni’s experience has certainly given me a few worth reflecting on.

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