Often with even the best breast care, it is commonly accepted that cysts in the body are not dangerous, even when they feel like a lump. On many occasions, with further examination the lump is found to be a small, generally harmless sac filled with fluid, rather than a cancerous or benign lump of cells – there may even be one cyst or many cysts appearing together that end up being benign.
Some years ago in my left breast nine cysts were diagnosed, small ones but nine of them! I was shocked to hear that but the doctor said that it was not a problem and that there was no risk. This was a relief, but for me it also showed that there was something not healthy going on in my body because I had nine small bulges in my breast that really should not be there. Even though they had been found to be medically harmless it made me aware that there is so much more to know about our breasts than we are currently inclined or encouraged to consider when it comes to our own health care.
I started to get some support from a great Esoteric Breast Massage practitioner and this helped me become more deeply aware about how I was living and the impact this was having on my body. I was always in motion to get things done, with a lot of hardness and roughness to my movements, even though I always felt deep down that I was, and am, a very delicate woman.
Slowly I started to make small changes that helped to bring a more loving quality to things I did in my day and to my general movements. The way I drove my car, the way I was eating, walking and talking etc., I did with much more care and gentleness. I started to like the way that it felt when I took the time with myself and in time, this became more and more natural for me to do so.
My life began to feel different, more joyful, less draining and fractured, and my connection, that is, the way I felt that I was with myself, became stronger and more my chosen way to be.
A year later I had another ultrasound of my breasts with the same doctor performing the examination. She diagnosed that all nine of the cysts were gone. And not only that, she mentioned that the tissue in my left breast was looking so different, so calm and so still which was not how it was before. I was stunned because this was exactly how my life was feeling.
It was such a confirmation of the effect of treating myself with true, loving choices and living proof of how the quality in our breasts is not random but related to how we are living and treating ourselves.
Back to science, cysts are regarded as harmless water-filled sacs, but from my experience I have found that there is something more here to ponder on:
- What if those benign cysts are a very important signal inviting us to take a deeper look into our lives and the way we live?
- Can it be that if we miss or misinterpret the benign signals our body gives us, we end up further down the track with more serious and longer-term problems in our breasts or other parts of our body?
It is known that stress for example can generate ill conditions for our body such as hypertension, and so from this point of view we can regard the so-called ‘innocent’ cysts as messengers, and a condition that flags that something is out of balance in the body. Cysts can happen but whatever we’re doing or are exposed to, that generates them, if left unchecked, may lead to more serious conditions later on.
When it comes to caring for ourselves and taking tender responsibility for our bodies, having cysts is not a sign to ignore.
Instead, it is an invitation for us as women to look deeper at unraveling what we may be doing every day that is coming between us and the healthy, vibrant, joyful body and state of being, we and our families so richly deserve.
by SB
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