[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/the-tao-of-bone-is-fear-weakening-our-bones\/#Article","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/the-tao-of-bone-is-fear-weakening-our-bones\/","headline":"The Tao of bone: is fear weakening our bones?","name":"The Tao of bone: is fear weakening our bones?","description":"Print PDF eBook Facebook Twitter Gmail LinkedIn Pinterest I recently had the privilege of attending a retreat given by a foremost Taoist master, Dr. Nan Lu, director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation in New York City. Always intrigued by how ancient cultures look at bone health, I jumped right in asking questions. According […]","datePublished":"2011-06-06","dateModified":"2026-04-22","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/author\/brownbetterbonesgmail-com\/#Person","name":"Dr. Susan E. Brown, PhD","url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/author\/brownbetterbonesgmail-com\/","identifier":72,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e08d87bd45250c6616e1752933a6576aba077f335d97ee337a0cde5e435cbd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e08d87bd45250c6616e1752933a6576aba077f335d97ee337a0cde5e435cbd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Center for Better Bones","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Better-Bones-AMP.png","url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Better-Bones-AMP.png","width":150,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/image.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/image.jpeg","height":1109,"width":2120},"url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/the-tao-of-bone-is-fear-weakening-our-bones\/","about":["Emotions & Bone"],"wordCount":331,"keywords":["bone loss"],"articleBody":" Print PDF eBook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGmail\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPinterest\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI recently had the privilege of attending a retreat given by a foremost Taoist master, Dr. Nan Lu, director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation in New York City. Always intrigued by how ancient cultures look at bone health, I jumped right in asking questions.According to the 5,000-year-old Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, the physical body is energized and informed by \u201crivers\u201d of energy and information known as meridians. The meridians are named for the organs of the body. For example, there is a lung meridian, a heart meridian, a kidney meridian, and so on. These meridians refer to a particular field of energy and information that flows through the entire body, not just the named organ. A healthy, balanced flow of energy through the meridians is the key to good health.Here are some highlights from my conversation with Dr. LuMeridian energy flow is disrupted most notably by emotional and mental distress.Bone health is controlled by the energy and information of the kidney meridian.Most of all, the emotion of fear disrupts the kidney meridian energy, and thus fear damages bone.Dr. Lu\u2019s answer to my question about what most affects bone was immediate and clear: fear. He explained that our culture is rather fear-based, and because of this we have a special challenge in building and maintaining bone health.Later I\u2019ll be writing more about traditional Chinese medical perspectives, but for now, and just for the fun of it, you might reflect on your \u201cfear index.\u201d\u00a0 Do you have faith in your body\u2019s ability to heal?\u00a0 Do you believe things will turn out okay?\u00a0 Do you believe things happen for a reason?It seems the ancient Chinese agree with the Ancient Indian Vedic scholars in that\u201cNothing holds more power over the body than thoughts held in the mind.\u201d  Stress also depletes key nutrients \u2014 read about how nutrients support bone health under stress."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Emotions And Bone","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Tao of bone: is fear weakening our bones?","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/emotions-and-bone\/the-tao-of-bone-is-fear-weakening-our-bones\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]