What is PNBE

Psychoneurobioenergetics (PNBE): From Science of Mind–Body to the Energy Field

By Dr. Jyun Shimizu, Ph.D., IMD

The Evolution of Mind–Body Science

For decades, the field of Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology (PNEI) has given us scientific validation of what many ancient healing traditions have always suggested: that the mind profoundly shapes the body. PNEI shows us the intricate dialogue between psychology (thoughts and emotions), neurology (the brain and nervous system), endocrinology (hormones), and immunology (immune response).

• A stressful thought can activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, flooding the system with cortisol and weakening immunity.

• Conversely, emotions of gratitude and love can elevate oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine, strengthening resilience and immune balance.

This is no longer speculative philosophy—it’s well-documented neuroscience. What we think and feel becomes chemistry, and that chemistry becomes biology.

Moving Beyond: Introducing Psychoneurobioenergetics (PNBE)™

While PNEI provides a robust framework for the biochemical story, it does not fully account for the energetic dimension of human existence. That’s where Psychoneurobioenergetics (PNBE)™ emerges.

PNBE is my expanded model that explores how thoughts and emotions don’t just alter neurochemistry, but also radiate into and reshape our bioenergetic field—the subtle electromagnetic and quantum fields surrounding and informing our biology.

This concept is grounded in both biophysics and quantum biology:

• Every cell emits biophotons—tiny packets of light—that form a communication network beyond traditional biochemistry.

• The heart generates the body’s most powerful electromagnetic field, measurable several feet away, and highly responsive to emotional states.

• Brainwave frequencies synchronize not only internally but also entrain with external fields, from music to natural Schumann resonances.

Thus, PNBE bridges the hard sciences of PNEI with the frontier of bioenergetics, showing how mind–body interactions extend into the energetic field that regulates, informs, and even precedes physical matter.

Why This Matters

By adopting PNBE as a model, we move into a new era of human optimization and healing. It means:

• Our thoughts don’t only influence our brain and hormones—they also sculpt the frequency field around us.

• Emotional coherence (like sustained states of love, gratitude, or compassion) doesn’t just lower cortisol; it restructures the energetic matrix, allowing cells to function in harmony.

• Trauma and unresolved conflict are not just biochemical imprints but energetic disturbances that can be identified and released through resonance-based therapies.

The Future of Psychoneurobioenergetics

In practical application, PNBE leads to powerful possibilities:

• Bioenergetic assessment tools that map how emotions and thoughts manifest in frequency fields.

• Frequency-specific interventions that restore balance where energetic distortion lingers.

• Integrative practices—breathwork, meditation, sound therapy, light therapy—that shift not only chemistry but also coherence in the bioenergetic field.

PNBE is not a rejection of PNEI but an evolution beyond it. It honors the rigorous scientific foundation of psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology while recognizing that we are more than molecules. We are fields of energy, information, and consciousness.

✨ This is the beginning of a new paradigm: from the molecular to the energetic, from the chemical to the quantum. Psychoneurobioenergetics offers us a map to understand how thought becomes energy, and how energy becomes life.