The Natural Alignment Framework

A Systems Model

Human physiology functions as an integrated system. Environmental exposure influences inflammation. Sleep timing influences endocrine signaling. Nutrition influences metabolic stability. Stress patterns influence autonomic regulation. Meaning influences long-term resilience.

These forces do not operate independently.

The Natural Alignment Framework organizes these interactions into a structured architecture built around five equally weighted pillars. The goal is not optimization for its own sake. The goal is structural coherence.

Foundational Premise

Human biology operates within constraints.

When environmental, behavioral, nutritional, cognitive, or existential inputs consistently diverge from those constraints, compensatory mechanisms activate. Over time, chronic compensation becomes dysfunction.

The framework does not attempt to engineer new biology. It clarifies where modern structure diverges from biological design.

Twenty-Five Domains. Equal Structure.

Each pillar contains five domains. Each domain represents a primary mechanism of influence. In total, the framework evaluates 25 structural domains.

The architecture is symmetrical by design: five pillars, five domains each, equal weighting throughout.

This symmetry reinforces a central principle: human health is multi-dimensional. No single variable defines alignment.

Taxonomy Layers

The model operates across five layers:

• Pillar
• Domain
• Lever
• Practice
• Example

Assessment evaluates alignment at the lever level. Explore simulates lever impact. Framework pages define pillar and domain structure.

How Alignment Is Measured

Each domain begins at 100. Misalignment subtracts from domain score. Domain scores average into pillar scores. Pillar scores average into the Natural Alignment Index Score (NAIs).

The NAIs is expressed as A+ through F. Scores below 50 transition into X-tier structural divergence zones (X1, X2, X3).

Scoring Guardrails

• The scoring model is descriptive.
• The framework does not diagnose disease.
• The framework does not replace professional care.
• No pillar compensates for another pillar.

Alignment Over Intervention

Modern health often attempts to compensate for structural violations with increasingly complex interventions. The Natural Alignment Framework starts with a different principle:

Reduce violation. Restore structure. Allow physiology to regulate within constraints.

Not optimized. Aligned.