In today’s high-stakes world, emotional resilience is often mistaken for emotional suppression. Many professionals, especially those in leadership roles, compartmentalize their feelings to maintain focus and productivity. However, when emotions are suppressed too often and for too long, this state of emotive closure can silently damage physical health, especially the heart and respiratory systems, while disrupting the body’s natural energy flow. Having a closed heart doesn't do us any favour.
For example, the emotion of anger translates as pain in the right hip. People who feel a lot of anger damage their liver, the adrenals and the kidneys.
The Pain in the Body as a signal of a disease
To have a healthy heart we just need to learn again how to follow our heart's desires and how to love freely.
Heart and Lungs:
These organs symbolize our capacity to give and receive love. Problems here often reflect difficulties with emotional exchange.
When we say yes while meaning no, there is an imbalance in the right heart chakra—a sign of overextending oneself for others.
A left heart chakra imbalance can manifest as feelings of sadness, grief, or loss. Wearing colors like green or pink can help support heart chakra healing.
A balanced heart chakra allows us to follow our heart’s desires and love freely.
Feet Chakra:
An imbalance in the feet chakra symbolizes a lack of self-support or difficulty taking the next step forward in life. This can also relate to unresolved past-life patterns.
Knee Pain:
Right knee pain signifies hesitation or resistance in moving forward.
Left knee pain often reflects an inability to let go of the past.
Root Chakra Imbalances:
Pain in the tailbone, legs, feet, hip joints, or pelvis suggests feelings of instability and low energy. This may lead to poor sleep, frequent infections, or issues related to home life and financial security.
A right root chakra imbalance arises from overdoing or overthinking, while a left root chakra imbalance reflects resistance to change and difficulty letting go of past experiences.
Problems in the reproductive organs, bladder and intestines and the Sacral Chakra:
A right imbalance is associated with guilt and shame, affecting the
A left imbalance corresponds to feelings of frustration and disappointment, leading to creative blockages, unhealthy intimate relationships, and low self-worth.
Problems with the spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, liver, and gallbladder and The Solar Plexus Chakra:
A right imbalance is often linked to unresolved anger toward the father or authority figures. This chakra governs energy, willpower, and self-confidence.
A left imbalance reflects feelings of powerlessness related to the mother or nurturing figures, reducing assertiveness and motivation.
Communication and Intuition: Higher Chakra Imbalances
Throat Chakra:
A right imbalance appears when we speak but feel unheard or invalidated.
A left imbalance arises from withholding our truth, which negatively affects self-expression and communication abilities.
Third Eye Chakra:
A right imbalance results from overthinking past events.
A left imbalance involves excessive worrying about the future.
A balanced third eye enhances intuition, focus, and clarity of thought.
Crown Chakra:
Imbalances in this chakra manifest as difficulty focusing, feeling overwhelmed, or disconnecting from spiritual awareness.
Spending too much time indoors—particularly under artificial lighting—can worsen this imbalance. A healthy crown chakra supports higher thinking, spatial awareness, and a deeper connection to the universe.
The Silent Strain on the Heart
Suppressing emotions triggers the body’s stress response, releasing excess cortisol and adrenaline. Though these hormones are essential for short-term survival, prolonged exposure can harm your cardiovascular system:
Increased Cardiovascular Risk: Chronic emotional suppression elevates blood pressure and heart rate, increasing the risk of heart disease.
Reduced Heart Rate Variability (HRV): A healthy heart adapts to emotional and environmental shifts. Emotive closure lowers HRV, making the heart more susceptible to arrhythmias and other issues.
Emotional Blockages: From an energy medicine standpoint, repressed emotions create stagnation around the heart’s energy field, often manifesting as heaviness, sadness, or anxiety.
For example feeling for a long time that our loved ones don't love us even if they have good reasons and we don't want to improve our behavior, it's possible that such a repressed emotion causes us an infarction. I have seen it in a couple a people I know.
The Breath You Didn’t Know You Were Holding
When we are closed and stressed we forget to breath. Breathing is a direct reflection of our emotional state. Suppressed emotions subtly alter our breathing patterns:
Shallow Breathing: Instead of deep, diaphragmatic breaths, suppressed feelings trigger shallow breathing, limiting oxygen flow to both the body and brain.
Tension in the Diaphragm: Unresolved emotions cause physical tension in the chest and abdomen, making it difficult to breathe deeply.
Fatigue and Brain Fog: Poor breathing mechanics decrease energy levels, contributing to exhaustion and lack of mental clarity.
Energy Medicine: Releasing Emotional and Physical Blockages
As a practitioner of quantum energy healing and Traditional Chinese Medicine, I’ve developed a unique method that holistically addresses emotional blockages. My approach blends modern scientific insights with ancient healing practices to restore balance:
Quantum Energy Healing: This technique clears energetic blockages around the heart and lungs, dissolving emotional pain and restoring a natural energy flow.
Breathwork and Mindfulness: Conscious breathing techniques reconnect you with your body, helping release pent-up emotions and improving overall oxygenation.
Heart-Centered Visualization: Guided meditations focus on healing the heart space, fostering compassion, emotional openness, and resilience.
From Personal Pain to Collective Growth
I once dismissed my pain altogether and life forced me to dive into my own emotional pain and transform resistance into strength. This journey taught me that the pain we avoid often holds the key to our greatest growth.
If you believe your struggles are uniquely overwhelming, I invite you to reconsider. Your limitations are often the walls you’ve unknowingly built around yourself. When you begin addressing emotional closures and fostering inner balance, health, personal growth and success naturally follow.
A Gentle Call to Reflect
Take a moment to reflect on your journey:
Is your current belief to close yourself serving you or is it an outdated construct in need of release?
What are the positive and negatives of opening your heart.
In what ways can you nurture your emotional well-being during this transformative time?
This is not just a time for survival—it’s a call for profound growth. Embrace the discomfort, and transform obstacles into opportunities for self-discovery.
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