This isn’t news to anyone, right?
We talk about feeling things in “our guts.” We talk about a lump in our throat when we are upset. Our daily language illustrates this, but how often to we ignore what our bodies are telling us?
This graphic is one depiction of some of the places in our bodies that emotions get stuck or stored. I find as a massage therapist, that each person is unique, and that while there are patterns, each body has it’s own way of making sense things.
While I don’t believe that every disease and ailment is a result of emotional distress, it’s always worth taking a second look at what’s going on internally when you notice chronic pain patterns in your body.
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Great illustration! One question, though: given that the related areas of the body appear asymmetric, are we looking at the front or the back of the body in this diagram? For example. can we expect to find the ‘Anger Center’ on the left side of the back, or on the right side of the front?
The only reason the body exists is to carry out the desires of the mind.
Hmm, I don't know if I agree, but interesting idea!
This rings very true for me…Thank you for sharing…
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Where can i find out more about this sort of stuff? I am trying to more formally integrate this into my work and would like to do bit of research
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geoffofoz, myss.com would be my recommendation. google search is your friend haha:) excellent intentions and gratitude to the gal who chose to write about this subject! it's been really helpful for me to realize how destructive it is for our growth and healing to avoid and/or delay the work needed to further the mission of having a heart and mind that are congruent. i recently read a book by caroline myss and a lot of the book was devoted to correlating the energy centers to many different religious cultures which don't even use the word "chakra"
as well, in case that word repels ya:) caroline is pretty blunt and she constantly makes fun of the "new-agers" but they still love her so much b/c of the content that she addresses. i just googled "caroline myss diagram energy centers" and this flash presentation came up which has a lot of detail 
http://www.myss.com/chakra/chakrasflash.asp – i'd love to see the author do a follow up article or even a series of articles, maybe 10. Here is another article where she talks a little about the less talked about chakras #8-10 
http://www.natural-connection.com/resource/yoga_j…
sorry to be so log-winded but one more thing i would add. let's just say for argument's sake that negative emotions can contribute to most diseases, not just the usual suspects like a stroke or high blood pressure. add into that the different reasons we have emotions possibly can affect the body in different ways. I agree with some of what the image says, but it's a little misleading b/c it is simplified so much. a google search on "caroline myss emotional centers" leads to some interesting places, but for example, i think, caroline would say that when we are expressing anger and fear, that's actually coming mostly from a place that is lower than the location that the image suggests, and that, for example, if that anger or fear connects directly to refusing to see something, for example, well, maybe the body will respond and try to speak to mind and heart that are thinking and/or feeling in a disempowering way, via a health problem with the eyes:) i maybe about just talking out of my ass and emotionally, that is some crap potentially, and if that upsets you i say, let it go, poop it out before it makes u ill hahaha
this is silly and backed up by no peer reviewed medical research, emotional energy centers = fake
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