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I had an excellent lecture on cancer at the weekend.  There is so much I could write about the treatment of cancer, but as a massage therapist and nutritional therapist to-be, cancer is contraindicated for both treatments.  This is incredibly sad, as this is a time when people really need some extra support and advice.

Something I have always found really interesting is the potential link between cancer and the emotions.  I believe that if you have gone through a trauma or bad experience such as depression, bereavement, abuse, etc then you simply must seek help to deal with the emotional aftermath of these experiences.  If one holds these feelings inside, they eventually poison us.  I think this can be a contributing factor to developing cancer.  The typical ‘cancer personality’ as described to me at the weekend is someone who fears loosing control, and especially loosing face in front of others.  They must appear to be always perfectly in control, keeping up with the Jones’s, always fine.  Apparently there are also different emotional aspects linked to different kinds of cancer, linked in to our Chakras (an ayurvedic medicinal concept).  The message is that unless the deeper emotional aspect behind the illness is dealt with, the cancer may come back.

Breast cancer is linked with the heart chakra and sufferers may have had a tendency to do lots for others and be very giving, but give little to themselves in terms of time and love.

Testicular cancer is the base or sex chakra and can be to do with issues such as survival, protection and money worries.

Colon cancer can be to do with an inability to let go.

Lung cancer: the lungs are the organs of sadness in TCM.  I think many of us find it difficult to feel truly happy these days.

Pancreatic cancer:  The pancreas produces insulin to break down ingested sugars.  Emotions can be to do with trying to nourish a part of oneself that isn’t being nourished – filling a void.

Thyroid cancer:  Link to the throat chakra.  Linked to the feeling of not being listened to, or not listening to others.  Needing an outlet to express oneself, for example a creative outlet.

Posted on June 15th, 2009 under Nutrition. Tags: cancer, cancer and chakras, cancer and emotions, cancer and personality types. RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback.