This is a summary of an article published in Positive Health Magazine. If you would like to read the full article, click here to purchase a copy of the issue in which it appeared.

There is a myth that if you are sick you must have done something wrong to deserve it. In earlier times it was “Divine Retribution”, today it is often said that disease is the result of holding on to unhealthy thoughts or negative emotions.

Participants during and after The Journey's 'Purification Retreat' which combines Journey Therapies with a cleansing diet and bodywork therapies

There is considerable evidence from Psycho-neural Immunology research, that the mind affects the body. Yet why do people who lead blameless lives of good diets, fresh air and positive thoughts succumb to the same diseases that the rest of us do.

Brandon Bays was such a person when she was diagnosed with a very large tumour. Through an introspective process she discovered “stored within the tumour” an old unresolved memory. Through facing and resolving this issue she believes the body was able to undergo its natural healing process.

The article recalls the stories of other people who have been able to find and face the memories stored within the body that have led to disease. By finding and facing these retained traumas they have been able to let their bodies heal themselves.