Metaphor A to Z

Ankle
The ankle is a hinge joint between the leg and foot. Injuries to the ankles speak of our need for support.

Problems with our right ankle mean that we are feeling unsupported in career or business and problems with our left ankle mean we are feeling unsupported in relationships.

These feelings, and their physical manifestations, hide a place where we are called to support ourselves, someone or something at a whole new level of giving.

Healing
Gifts
Choice
From 'Healing the Body Through Mind and Metaphor'
© Chuck Spezzano and Janie Ticehurst 2005

Ankle [Miriam Webster Dictionary]
1 a : the joint between the foot and the leg that constitutes in humans a ginglymus joint between the tibia and fibula above and the talus below -- called also ankle joint b : the region of the ankle joint
2 : the joint between the cannon bone and pastern (as in the horse)

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