Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Physical and Physiological Concepts
• Holistic Concepts
• Practice Guide Part1: Preparation
• Practice Guide Part 2: Hands-On Technique
• Practice Guide Part 3: Affirmation and Breath
• Evolutionary Liberation
• Changing the Pattern

Introduction

As the stress of fast paced living becomes ever more acute, it is essential to balance it with health building qualities. Some of these are nurturing, emotional cohesiveness, inner security, and the soothing energies of love and compassion. Celebrating such qualities embraces and protects us like a mother who lifts her small child onto her lap. Thus we can continue to honor and care for our body, mind, and soul.

The female breasts represent this nurturing and caring. Their curves seem comforting. Their delicate softness invites the warmth of a giving touch. In Western societies, however, the breasts have become a taboo with tremendous power and expectation. Their size and shape is supposed to fit a predetermined mold. This mold is glorified as a sex object and exploited for money. While the fashion industry dictates the look, medical research has come up with alarming rates of fast growing cancers. As part of our body, the breast has become subject to other people’s values, opinions, and concerns. Some of them are more serious than others, but all of them are impacting on the female psyche with unhealthy pressure.

When we remember to be gentle, kind, and caring with our own naturally beautiful breasts, we can overcome low self-esteem, worry, and disease. Just as imagination is more powerful than knowledge, actual experience is more significant than belief. Through regular practice the healthy breast massage builds trust in the natural processes of life.

This manual lets you practice in the privacy of your own home. All you need is your body. Once you know how to do it, it is simple, easy, and relaxing. Since it takes no more than ten minutes to complete, it can easily be added as a daily ritual to even the busiest schedule. What is more, over time it changes the relationship you have with your own breasts.

This technique can be practiced during any phase of life. The felt sense of wellness and the build-up of healthy breast tissue are gained over months and years of practice. As the stress of fast-paced living becomes ever more acute, the healthy breast massage is an effective way for every woman to stay connected to her natural being.

Practicing the healthy breast massage fosters trust in the self-healing mechanisms of the body. To know one’s own breasts through regular practice of this massage becomes a way of life. It builds confidence in the life-affirming processes of the body. This is a much-needed balance to the increasing concerns issued by the health care system. It is also neutralizes the unnaturally distorted attention women and their breasts receive from society at large.

Once you become accustomed to handling your own breasts, you will easily notice any change in size or firmness. During the menstrual cycle such changes are normal. Because the focus is on health and wellness, it is easy to stay relaxed while witnessing any change from a place of confidence and inner calmness. Should there ever be a suspicious mass such as a lump or a calcified area, it will also be noticed immediately. Of course, none of this is a replacement for medical supervision, especially in light of genetic factors, which play a key role with fast growing cancers.

The beauty of the healthy breast system lies in the combination of physical and physiological aspects with increasing and cultivating the flow of life energy in the body. It also facilitates the development of conscious awareness. In other words, this self-breast care technique can simultaneously be practiced as a meditation.

Sounds and affirmations in correlation with the breath are part of the healthy breast massage as well. The sounds clear negative feelings and emotional stress states. They relate to the major organs of the body. The visualizations connect to the glands. They are followed in a specific sequence to raise the energy of awareness and evolution. Growing awareness makes us realize our intuitive potential. True power is found in answers that arise from within. Once we connect to this power, it can guide us in all that we think, feel, and do. Practicing the healthy breast massage without affirmations, sounds, or spiritual focus will still wield many benefits.

This manual is structured in such a way as to describe holistic concepts and benefits separately from physical and physiological ones. The tutorial too is divided into three parts: first a description of movements for a warm up, then the actual method of massage, and third the guidelines for affirmations, breathing, and sounds.

The last two chapters are an added bonus. They show how to recognize, treat, and release dysfunctional patterns. These behaviors are deeply ingrained in the subconscious mind and reinforced by society. Many people, especially women will not do for themselves what they need to do. Somehow their own legitimate needs are always on the bottom of their list. By the time everything else is done, they find that there is no more energy left to take care of themselves. The last chapter entails a process of overriding subconscious neglect with personal affirmations. It illustrates how to gain momentum in the process of achieving inner security and self-empowerment.