Your body holds a memory of every thought you have ever had, every word  you have ever spoken, every word ever spoken to you, every action you  have taken, every experience you have encountered, every single waking  moment of your life. This also includes a memory of every emotion or  deeply rooted feeling such as fear, guilt, abandonment, humiliation and  shame, betrayal or rejection by those we love, or any other attack on your  emotional well being.  
These memories are not all stored in the brain; they are stored throughout  the body at a cellular level, commonly known as cellular memory.  Each of these memories has a belief attached to it. Once a belief “anchors”  in as a result of a traumatic episode or repeated insults to your emotional  well being, a cyclical pattern of events is unconsciously initiated and you  begin to repeatedly attract similar circumstances into your life. 
Every emotion, every thought, every belief attached to these memories is  held in the body and may keep you stuck in old patterns. You may be  prevented from living the life you want until the root of the issue is  consciously released, thereby allowing the cycle to be broken.