Surprising clinical cases invite yogas embodied curiosity: intelligence can reconfigure beyond expected neural limits.
From Cases of Unconventional Information Flow Across the Mind-Body Interface on ingentaconnect.com
The Shala Daily
YOGA • PHILOSOPHY • LIFE
March 14, 2026
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When Mind Outruns the Brain
Surprising clinical cases invite yoga’s embodied curiosity: intelligence can reconfigure beyond expected neural limits.
🕉️ KEY CONCEPTS
Chitta
Mind-stuff: the field of awareness where thoughts, memory, and feeling arise
Prana
Vital flow: the moving life-energy that links breath, body, and cognition
Samskara
Impression: the plastic traces that shape habit and capacity in living systems
Viveka
Discriminative insight: the clarity to notice unexpected intelligence and act with equipoise
"These cases suggest new avenues for research that at the very least stretch existing frameworks."
— Kofman & Levin, Mind and Matter (2025)
Notice embodied intelligence: attention, breath, and openness reveal cognition beyond narrow neural explanations.
— MJH
🔗 Explore Further
Original Article: "Cases of Unconventional Information Flow Across the Mind-Body Interface" by Karina Kofman; Michael Levin, Mind and Matter, Volume 23, Number 1, 2025
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