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ACES Model

SOUL

Soul – Consciousness, Purpose & Spiritual Alignment

Medicine often ignores the soul—yet beliefs, values, and purpose are powerful determinants of resilience and recovery. Patients who find meaning in illness or cultivate spiritual well-being heal more fully.

For Patients

Cultivating soul restores peace, clarity, and the will to heal.

For Clinicians

Recognizing the soul dimension provides a more complete, humane model of care.
Evidence

What Science Shows

Immunity

Neuroscience demonstrates that meditation and prayer reduce stress hormones and improve immunity.

Heart Health

Forgiveness and gratitude predict lower rates of depression and heart disease.

Recovery

Psychoneuroimmunology links spiritual alignment to improved recovery.

Sense of purpose in life predicts lower allostatic load over time in adults over age 50.

Lewis, N. A., et al.

Health and Retirement Study & English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2023)

n a cohort of 6,985 older adults, having a stronger life purpose was significantly associated with lower all-cause mortality.

Hill C. M. A. et al.

JAMA Network Open (2019)

MBSR training resulted in a significantly smaller post-stress inflammatory response compared to controls, despite equivalent stress hormone levels.

Rosenkranz, M.A. et al.

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (2013)
ACES Approach

How the ACES Model Manages it

Meditation, prayer, and contemplative practices

Truth-seeking and moral cultivation

Supporting patients in aligning with their life’s purpose

ACES Framework

Structural integrity, movement, and alignment

Biochemical balance, nutrition, inflammation, hormones, and detoxification

Nervous system regulation, emotional flow, trauma healing, subtle forces

Meaning, identity, belief, forgiveness, spiritual wholeness

Anatomy

Structural Integrity

Chemistry

Biochemical Balance

Energy

Electrophysiology, Emotions

Soul

Consciousness, Purpose