Quantum effect/ DNA and effect of meditation on gene expression

According to Ivana Buric, lead investigator from the Brain, Belief and Behavior lab in Coventry Universities Centre for Psychology, Behavior and Achievement said, mid-body interventions and therapeutic methods like yoga, and meditation begin at a molecular level. These types of activities can change our genetic code’s function. She further says that these activities make molecular signatures in our cells. Such marks can change the effects that stress or anxiety could influence on the body and health by changing how genes are manifested.

When a person is exposed to a stressful event, the sympathetic nervous system is activated and increases the production of a molecule called nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB). These regulate how our genes are expressed. NF-kB reacts to stress by activating genes to produce proteins called “cytokines” that cause inflammation at the cellular level – a reaction that is useful as a “short-lived fight or flight reaction”. But they argue if this persists, it can lead to a higher risk like cancer, aging, and depression.

People who practice mind-body activities will exhibit the opposite effect, by reducing the production of NB-kB and cytokines. The researcher highlights here that this lead to a reversal of the inflammatory gene expression pattern and a reduction in the risk of any diseases or illness triggered by inflammation.