Breathwork: Past life?

[Matt23]

I've done a little shamanic breathing as described by Leo.  With the longest session being about 20 minutes.

I recently went to a woman who holds space for breath work for two hours (I didn't do the actual breath work for two hours straight.).  

Lots of tears, tensions, sensations, visions and the sort.  

Before I tell the story I want to give some background information.  

I was born in Campbell River on Vancouver Island on the West coast of Canada.  The area I'm in has a deep history of native cultures.  I think the province I'm in (B.C.) has the most native cultures in it that any other in the country.  For some reason, ever since I was little I can remember having this heart connection with indigenous people and had an urge to connect and be with them.  This theme seems to pop up throughout my life: whenever I hear native drumming or singing I get goosebumps and tear up, I love to dance like Native Americans, and I feel such empathy and pain for them when learning about residential schools and the torture they went through from the Europeans.

So, one of the most vivid and interesting events in the breath work session was when I was doing the breathing and then a song came on with native sounding drumming.  At that moment I envisioned a tee-pee with native style art work inside it.  I looked outside and saw a small tee-pee village and trees and hills.  I immediately felt my heart well-up and I started to bawl.  I also remember repeating the word "Mother", as if my heart was calling that name.  Strangely, whenever I imagined a native person my heart closed.  This could be from my own current racism I haven't processed yet.  I'm not sure.  When the tears started to subside I said "I'm native" to the lady who was holding the session.  I felt like the connection and heart were true.  Yet I also felt confused and unsure about what happened since I don't have any native blood (as far as I know) and wasn't raised in a native family.  

The first thing I thought of was past lives.  

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

What do you guys think about this?

[okulele]

@Matt23 Cool story. Maybe research the natives more? Watch some documentaries, read books, contemplate it, go meet them! Get into their spirituality - shamanism! If you feel it's important for you, maybe there is something there waiting