Dr. Vivek Gupta

Vivek Gupta, MD, MPH is board certified in Internal Medicine and in Obesity Medicine, and a certified MBSR teacher. He founded Mindful Wellness because a ten-minute visit leaves no room for the part that actually changes outcomes — the reasoning, the context, and the permission to have an imperfect week. He practices in Manhattan Beach, California and Las Vegas, Nevada, with telehealth across multiple states.
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Mindful Habits

Breathwork: the missing piece

Insight is one thing. Regulating a nervous system already in motion is another. Why slow, deliberate breathing works at the level of the body, before the mind gets involved.

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Mindful Habits

Fear, safety and wellness

Fear-based safety and wellness can look identical from the outside. Eating less, staying home, avoiding the hard conversation. The difference is that one contracts your life and the other expands

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Nutrition & Movement

Why I’m getting back into tennis

A Danish study found tennis players lived almost ten years longer than sedentary peers, longer than swimmers or footballers. Part of the reason may be that the sport is social,

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