Beyond Starvation: What Past Life Explorations Reveal About Eating Disorders
- Yael Eini
- Jul 3
- 2 min read
What I Learned from Two Spiritual Investigation Lab Sessions on Eating Disorders:
I must admit, the trivial theme I had in mind was starvation, or simply hunger. After all, numerous epigenetic studies show that eating disorders have an epigenetic root tracing back to a history of famine (such as in the Netherlands).
"If this is true for intergenerational transfer, why wouldn't it apply to past lives as well?" I thought to myself.
Both the online and in-person labs had a small number of participants, yet each of them shared a dramatic story from a past life.
So yes, there was death by starvation, but even here, there was a twist in the plot.
For one of the participants, there was both death by starvation and force-feeding.
In that past life, she was a king's wife who was stuffed with food so that when times of famine arrived, she would have stored reserves.
After the lab, one of the participants sent me information showing that even today in Africa, there are places where this practice continues, and there are even "fattening huts" for brides before they marry.
I find this absolutely fascinating! I admit, I didn't know about this before the lab.
The force-feeding incarnation wasn't as traumatic as the ones involving death by starvation, but it was still present in the field. As for the death by starvation, it turned out she had 17 lifetimes of dying from hunger. With such a cellular, soulful memory, it is completely clear why she struggles to control her eating.
Another story also brought up a death by starvation due to war, but the starvation itself wasn't the main point. What truly impacted that past lifetime was the helplessness and the inability to save his village. That was the pain that carried over from the past life into this one, manifesting as emotional eating.
Yet another story dealt with a curse placed on a participant's past life, which aimed to disconnect her from her soul.
What I am learning from these labs is that even though emotional eating and eating disorders are universal (or at least Western) phenomena, the reasons behind them are diverse, and there is no single historical theme that holds true for everyone.
On my Spotify channel, you can find a channeling session, a meditation, and a Q&A from the online lab (in English) that will provide you with deeper knowledge on working with eating disorders, and especially with emotional eating.
Have you ever felt that your relationship with food stems from something much deeper than this lifetime? Share your thoughts or experiences with me in the comments below!