How does Ayurveda view the Mind-Body Connection? According to Ayurveda, the mind has an extremely powerful influence on our overall health and wellbeing. Even very minor disturbances in our mental wellbeing can have the potential to negatively affect not just the quality of our life situation, but also our physical health. In more extreme cases it can lead to a whole range of diseases – for example, unresolved anger can accumulate in the liver and impair its functioning; unprocessed grief