What Are the Akashic Records? A Beginner's Guide
"Some truths you have to search for. Others have been waiting inside you the whole time, in a record only your soul can read."
You've heard the phrase. Maybe from a friend, maybe from a video that stopped your scroll mid-swipe, maybe from somewhere deep inside you that recognized the words before your mind even caught up.
The Akashic Records.
Here's what no one tells you: the reason this phrase stopped you isn't curiosity. It's recognition. Some part of you already knows this field exists because some part of you has already been there.
So what are they, actually? And more importantly what happens when someone opens them for you?
The Akashic Records, Simply
Forget the image of a dusty book on a shelf. The Akashic Records are a living field of energetic record — a complete accounting of every soul's journey. Every choice. Every lesson. Every version of you that has ever existed, and every version still becoming.
It is a field of consciousness, not a filing cabinet. And it does not just store your past — it holds the blueprint of where you are still headed.
This is not fortune-telling. There is no script written in stone, no fate you cannot touch. What the Records offer instead is something rarer: a mirror held up to your soul, showing you what is true, what is already shifting beneath the surface, and what is finally ready to be understood.
Most people spend years circling the same question, the same ache, the same "why does this keep happening to me." The Records don't circle. They go straight to the root.
What I See When I Open Your Records
After twenty years and thousands of sessions, I can tell you this: no two readings are ever the same, because no two souls carry the same story. But what I find, again and again, is this……..
The pattern you've been blaming yourself for was never really yours to carry alone.
When I open a connection to your Records, I am tracing the exact thread of your soul's history to find where a pattern began, what agreement it's tied to, and what it's finally asking to be released. This can include:
Patterns repeating across relationships, career, or health that logic alone could never explain
Soul agreements — the real "why" behind the people who've shaped you, healed you, or hurt you
Blocks that trace back further than this lifetime, and further than you'd expect
Clarity on the exact decision or direction you're standing at the edge of right now
Confirmation of the thing you already feel is true, but need spoken back to you before you'll trust it
You don't need a prepared list of perfect questions. You don't need to have this all figured out before you arrive. You only need to come as you are because the Records already know why you're there before you say a word. All you need is pay attention to the fact that your soul lead you here.
Why a Session Feels Different Than People Expect
Here is what surprises almost everyone who has never done this before: it doesn't feel mystical in the way movies suggest. It feels like being finally understood.
People leave a session not confused, but quiet — the specific quiet of something clicking into place after years of not making sense. That's the moment I live for. Not the reveal itself, but watching someone exhale a breath they didn't know they'd been holding for a decade.
This is sacred work, and I hold it as such. I don't rush a connection open. I don't perform for effect. I bring two decades of practice, an Advanced BodyTalk background, and a level of precision that comes only from doing this thousands of times — so that what comes through in your session is not vague spiritual language, but something specific enough to change how you move forward.
Common Questions People Bring to a Reading
"Why does this same pattern keep showing up in my relationships?"
"Is this the right path for me, or am I forcing something that isn't mine?"
"What is my soul actually here to do?"
"Why do I feel so tied to this person — or so unable to let them go?"
"What is blocking me from the life I know, somewhere, I'm meant to live?"
If any of these sound like something you've asked yourself at 2am, that is not a coincidence. That is your soul, quietly asking for its Records to be opened.
Akashic Records vs. Psychic Reading vs. Mediumship
This is one of the most common points of confusion, so let's be direct about it:
Akashic Records access your soul's own record — your patterns, your agreements, your path.
Psychic Readings tap into your energy field and unfolding life circumstances — more present and future-focused.
Mediumship connects with those who have passed, bridging a message from spirit to you.
They can overlap, and some questions are best answered through more than one.
But if what you're asking is "why does my soul keep doing this?" — the Akashic Records are where that answer lives.
You Don't Need to "Believe" to Begin
You don't need years of spiritual study. You don't need to have read a single book on the subject. You only need a willingness to receive what's already true — even if part of you is still deciding whether to trust it.
That hesitation? It's normal. It's also not going to stop what's already trying to reach you.
The Records have been waiting. Not for a version of you who has it all figured out — for the version of you reading this sentence right now.
The only thing left is the asking.
About the author
Jessica Green is a psychic medium with 20+ years of experience opening the Akashic Records for clients worldwide, featured on Gaia and Hay House.
