It's a long way to go, possibly lifetimes, although generally advancement will help your body regenerate more easily.
Even with a risen kundalini that does not take lifetimes, it might make you age a lot slower, or even heal things that came with time. Generally if you would die because of a very bad planetary influence, you will need to work on that, and put a lot of energy into that to overcome it. The Gods would help in this if needed.
Everyone above wrote good answers so if you take them together you will get an idea.