Rubini Wellness — Mid Back Pain

Fear, Kidneys and Self Compassion

Posted by Joanna Rubini on

Have you ever gotten that mid back side ache? On either side of your spine? If you look at images of our human anatomy, you see that our kidneys are there, midway down the back, like a side ache.  Kidney's help us digest animal protein, they also help us digest or 'acknowledge' our fear, per Traditional Chinese Medicine. Fear is pretty normal for most creatures- I wonder if sharks are fearless? Or orcas? So if fear is normal to experience, and thus not 'wrong' why would our bodies signal it's presence to us? Just like every other  unconscious emotion or...

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