Rubini Wellness

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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Scar and Injury Healing: Discussion and Prayer

Posted by Joanna Rubini on

I was in a bit of a dramatic accident over 20 years ago. For over 20 years now, I have operated on the assumption that scars really never fully heal and that once trauma is sustained to a body part, that body part will forevermore function sub par.  This is not actually true, but since it was the story I believed, my body respected my request and supported that belief, for over 20 years. Until recently, when a new belief system was brought to my awareness.  If we think, daily, 'yep, there's that old injury, there's that bum hip/knee/shoulder/back, that...

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Full Body Pain

Posted by Joanna Rubini on

Sometimes, our entire bodies ache. Whether from the flu, from an accident, or from perceived wear and tear on our human bodies due to physically demanding jobs or activities...chances are possible that the source of it is self hatred. There is no need to rush into an adamant NO here because there is no right or wrong answer. Full body pain speaks (screams) for itself. "I HATE YOU!" We are usually hating ourselves unconsciously, which can be slippery and hard to detect, hence the message of full body pain. I got the self hate disease a couple of years ago. It...

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Low Back Pain

Posted by Joanna Rubini on

If you search spiritual/emotional message of low back pain and tightness, the description is financial based. Which, for me, is stating only the obvious. Duh...I know I have financial tightness and angst. I have for years, though with conscious attention, the fear has gone from a loud all consuming roar to a dull noise in the background. This is true for many humans- we've managed to organize and behave in our lives in such a way as to keep the fear to a minimum. When our low backs go out, even after all of our attention to maintenance and living...

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Healing: Ovaries, Uterus, Female Reproductive Organs

Posted by Joanna Rubini on

Chances are that if you are an organically born female, you have an ovary, or two, plus other relevant female anatomy. Some little girls dream of growing up, getting married, having babies. And some don't want to. Don't want to grow up, don't want the responsibility, the anxiety, definitely don't want want to have children and definitely want nothing to do with sexual activity, at least outwardly. For women who can recall some sort of childhood conflict with our divine feminine, in our youth we may have perceived that sexuality and giving birth was at best embarrassing and at worst, shameful, dirty and...

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