Learn about our mission, vision, and comprehensive approach to integrative medicine
To maximize health and healing by harnessing the power of a person's mental, emotional, social, and spiritual states to positively influence their physical functioning. It is a holistic approach that treats the whole person, not just the symptoms of a disease, and aims to empower patients in their own care.
To become a leading academic and charitable institution that transforms healthcare through integrative mind-body approaches, fostering sustainable healthy behaviors, driving research and innovation, and creating broader societal impact across India and beyond.
A multi-faceted approach to health and wellness rooted in scientific understanding
Acknowledge and leverage the complex, bidirectional relationship where thoughts, emotions, and behaviours affect physical health and vice-versa. Mind-body medicine operates on the scientific understanding that thoughts, emotions, social, spiritual, and behavioural factors profoundly influence physical health.
Provide tools and techniques that counteract the physiological "fight-or-flight" stress response and its harmful long-term effects, thereby promoting relaxation and resilience. Help individuals manage stress effectively, reversing negative impacts such as high blood pressure, inflammation, and compromised immune function.
Facilitate the development of an individual's ability to understand their own body and mind, and to actively participate in their health management through self-regulation techniques. Make individuals active participants in their health journey through lifestyle modifications and behaviour changes.
Serve as an adjunct to conventional care by addressing conditions like anxiety, insomnia, and cardiovascular risks through community clinics offering hybrid (in-person/virtual) sessions. Integrate MBM into settings like school counselling for adolescent depression, combining group therapy with family involvement.
Encourage behaviours and attitudes that support overall well-being through the BERN framework: Behaviour, Exercise, Relaxation, and Nutrition. Support adoption of regular exercise, balanced diet, adequate sleep, and positive social interactions.
Improve overall well-being and life satisfaction, especially for patients with chronic or life-limiting illnesses like cancer. Treat the whole person to foster overall wellness and prevent future health problems.
Cultivate positive emotions, a sense of purpose, social connectedness, and happiness. Research shows these can have direct positive effects on health parameters and longevity, enhancing health through compassion and a strong sense of coherence.
Activate and harness endogenous biological and psychological defences and self-healing pathways from within the patient through mind-body practices.
Provide tools and strategies to help individuals develop greater resilience, regulate emotions, and cope more effectively with challenges, trauma, and chronic illness.
Work in conjunction with standard medical care, improving outcomes, managing symptoms, and potentially reducing the need for certain medications or procedures.
Conduct rigorous studies on psychoneuroimmunology, epigenetics, and behavioural interventions to validate mind-body approaches and advance the field of integrative medicine.
Help individuals adopt and maintain long-lasting healthy behaviours related to exercise, nutrition, relaxation, and social support. Create broader positive impacts across communities and society.
Our strategic approach to outreach and impact
Collaborate with NGOs, government bodies, and academic institutions for credibility and scale
Use mixed methods—quantitative and qualitative—to refine programs annually
Ensure accessibility through low/no-cost entry, language diversity, and disability-friendly formats
Expand operations within the initial five years to establish multiple district-level chapters across the state, reaching a broad community base and developing digital platforms for wider national outreach.
Department of Hospital Administration
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226014, India
The society may establish additional chapters or offices in other locations as deemed necessary by the Board of Directors, subject to applicable laws.