CONNECTION BETWEEN MIND AND BODY IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HOLISTIC HEALTH: A UNIFIED VIEW
October 30, 2025 Anuradha Gupta, Darshita Porwal
This chapter argues for moving beyond mind-body dualism toward an embodied approach to mental health, emphasizing the ongoing interplay among environment, body, and brain in shaping cognitive and emotional processes. It reviews evidence from yoga, mindfulness, somatic therapies, virtual reality, and biofeedback, drawing on grounded cognition, psychoneuroimmunology, and embodied cognition. The authors present the biopsychosocial model as a framework linking biological, psychological, and social factors. They advocate for evidence-based, experiential mental health care and propose future research directions, including examining neurophysiological processes, integrating artificial intelligence and biometric feedback for personalized therapies, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.