Many thanks @ladyrebecca posting as @adsactly, the Vedic Sanskrit yoga texts talk of a technique of meditation which can awaken consciousness and allow hormones to be secreted from the Pineal gland which reduce ageing and even reverse it. So it is a real thing, immortality. Perhaps that is the "amrita" or deathless nectar of the Vedic tradition.

Here is the post on it today: https://steemit.com/consciousness/@julianhorack/the-real-goal-of-yoga-it-s-much-deeper-than-you-think