Neural and molecular changes during a mind-body reconceptualization, meditation, and open label placebo healing intervention
Alex Jinich-Diamant,Sierra Simpson,Juan P. Zuniga-Hertz,Ramamurthy Chitteti,Jan M. Schilling,Jacqueline A. Bonds,Laura Case,Andrei V. Chernov,Joe Dispenza,Jacqueline Maree,Natalia Esther Amkie Stahl,Michael Licamele,Narin Fazlalipour,Swetha Devulapalli,Leonardo Christov-Moore,Nicco Reggente,Michelle A. Poirier,Tobias Moeller-Bertramm,Hemal H. Patel · 2025
Mind-body interventions offer promising avenues for improving physical and mental health, yet the comprehensive biological effects of increasingly popular mind-body retreat interventions remain poorly understood. The neural and molecular effects of a 7-day retreat intervention combining meditation, reconceptualization, and open-label placebo healing rituals are investigated in an observational study on 20 healthy…

