Healing Physical and Mental Disease Through Consciousness: An Integrative Yogic–Scientific Model

Healing Physical and Mental Disease Through Consciousness: An Integrative Yogic–Scientific Model

Author: Arpita Garud, M.A. Clinic

Abstract

Emerging research in neuroscience, psychoneuroimmunology, and epigenetics increasingly supports ancient yogic and philosophical claims that consciousness, mental states, and subtle regulatory systems play a crucial role in physical and psychological health. This paper presents an integrative framework combining yogic practices (Kriya Yoga, pranayama, meditation, chakra theory), depth psychology (Jungian unconscious processes), and modern scientific findings (neuroplasticity, vagal regulation, mitochondrial function, epigenetics). Rather than positioning consciousness-based practices as replacements for medical treatment, this model conceptualizes them as adjunctive regulatory mechanisms that may influence disease onset, progression, and recovery. Evidence from clinical psychology, stress physiology, and documented remission literature suggests that shifts in awareness, emotional integration, and autonomic balance can modulate immune function, hormonal regulation, and cellular repair. Implications for integrative and psychosomatic medicine are discussed. Emerging research in neuroscience, psychoneuroimmunology, and epigenetics increasingly supports ancient yogic and philosophical claims that consciousness, mental states, and subtle regulatory systems play a crucial role in physical and psychological health. This paper presents an integrative framework combining yogic practices (Kriya Yoga, pranayama, meditation, chakra theory), depth psychology (Jungian unconscious processes), and modern scientific findings (neuroplasticity, vagal regulation, mitochondrial function, epigenetics). Rather than positioning consciousness-based practices as replacements for medical treatment, this model conceptualizes them as foundational regulatory mechanisms that influence disease onset, progression, and recovery. Evidence from clinical psychology, stress physiology, and documented remission studies suggests that shifts in awareness, emotional integration, and autonomic balance can significantly modulate immune function, hormonal regulation, and cellular repair. The paper proposes a six-dimensional healing framework and discusses implications for integrative medicine.

Keywords: consciousness, yoga, pranayama, psychoneuroimmunology, epigenetics, chakra, healing

DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2512S01V13P004

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