Body-mind connection

Yesterday I heard about a friend of a friend having a double mastectomy to ensure that she doesn't get breast cancer and it touched a place deep in my heart, I was really sad and upset.

Even though we know that we have a body, we are not our body, in this physical world we need the suitcase to carry us about.

For me the thought of a woman having her breasts removed because medical wisdom is still preaching that your genes will create your experience of disease is deeply saddening. In the books 'Biology of Belief' and 'Molecules of Emotion' it is clearly proven that our genes are less than 30% of the contributor towards disease and our physical experience. If I know that, as someone with very little medical knowledge and experience, I am frustrated that the people we trust in the medical profession don't.

I absolutely respect this womans choice. For her it was the best thing she could do given her experience and knowledge. However it impels me forth with even greater motivation to speak to the world about how our thoughts, feelings and emotions are effecting our physiology, regardless of what our genes may have implanted in our DNA.

To me this option is the same as saying, "I have a chance that I may get gangrene in my knee so I'm going to cut off my leg just in case." I'm sure if more of the surgeons and senior doctors were women this would not still be something that is a recommended procedure.

Dr Christiane Northrup, a well known expert on womens health issues, encourages all women to listen to their bodies and treat them as a far more sacred thing. If we were to really remember that our body is a precious temple for the transportation of our spirit on this journey, I am sure it would motivate us to take better care of it both mentally and emotionally. In the West we live in a period of history where the image of the body has created so much self loathing and judgement in many people, particularly women. This manifests illness and disease in so many different ways. There is a clip in the movie 'What the Bleep do we know' that has the main character coming to this realisation. She has been hating her body when she comes across Dr Emoto's work about the power of words on water, this gives her a whole new perspective and the next scene has her drawing love hearts and flowers all over her body in appreciation.

I invite you with every part of my being to get educated on the leading edge of science and scientific research so that you can make the best decision for you if you ever find yourself in a similar situation. You are a sacred, beautiful, perfect human creation, made of the God stuff in all regards. How will you love and appreciate your precious body temple today?

Today I give great thanks for my beautiful, fabulous, wonderful body. I feed it nourishing, healthy food. I take exercise that is joyous to my heart. I gift it the perfect amount of rest for me. I love and accept myself exactly as I am.

In Love. J x