Dr. Vishal Patel
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first heard Jun 2025
last heard Jun 2025
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That's exactly right. So that's, I think you hit on the science actually, and that's what we've tried to incorporate. And Eduardo does it with such warmth. He's really disarming, but he has a way of like cutting right to the heart of the problem. Yeah. But yeah, what we notice, you know, with these, with our retreats, they're built very intentionally for high performers.
And as a high performer, you know, and your audience probably knows, that you're so focused on a goal, performing, whether it's in the gym, on the field, in a sport, whatever your arena of performance is.
You're focused on the result. And you learn over time to be more resilient, more tolerant of the pain of the, you know, the aches and complaints and whether that's in the workplace or in the gym, right? But what our retreats do is create some space in your mind so you can start noticing that all those little things that you might have overlooked in your pursuit of that goal.
So maybe it was your footwear. Maybe you were wearing shoes that were a little too tight. Maybe you didn't really think about your footfall while running, and that might be why you're having the knee pain. Maybe there is a lot of tension in your jaw that stems from your ergonomics in your workplace.
But all of these small details are really almost imperceptible in our day-to-day life because we build our environments in pursuit of a vision, in pursuit of a goal, because we're trying to achieve something.
But to be able to do that for the long haul, like you said, longevity for a longer, healthier life, you do need occasional resets or retreats where you can take a more mindful approach at things like your footwear or the type of pillow that you sleep on. Maybe the pillow is contributing to your neck pain.
There's all of these subtle factors in our environment and our habits, but it really does take stepping away from it all to get that perspective.
Yeah, happy to. I trained as a physician. I got my PhD in genetics, both from Case Western Reserve in Ohio. Oddly enough, and I know we were having some IT challenges at the beginning of the call, so maybe you'll find this amusing, but the reason I got into Sensei was because of technology and data of all things.
My background, my research was in the same field of research as Dr. Agus, our co-founder, which was proteomics and genomics. And it was the data and...
The intention was to think about human beings on the inside, as well as on the outside as complex systems that maybe we don't understand how everything works, but maybe if we measure more of it, we can start painting a more complete picture of how human beings work. And that was really what motivated me. And when I came to Sensei, it was the same vision that I
Yeah, our guests as high performers, we're all hell bent on figuring out how this world works and making it better in some form or fashion. And we're really analytical. We like to measure everything around us so that we can perform better, faster, harder. And the thought was, well, why don't we take that language of data that really speaks to us and to our guests
and use it as almost like a mirror to turn that lens inward. Say, why don't we measure you? Why don't we shed some light on how you're doing? So some of the initial data that we were collecting, basic things like blood pressure and lipid panels that were just surprising, but our guests hadn't had that measured in a while.
We had a partnership with Whoop, which was tremendous, because then we started collecting real life, real world data. you know, our guests in the wild and their home environments. And we get to see how they're doing and whether they're doing well or not so well. And then there's some real exciting innovations that Sensei has incubated. One that I'm passionate about is around thermography.
And we're using thermal cameras that are used in like home construction and defense. But again, we're taking that lens and pointing it at the human being and saying, well, why don't we look at your thermal patterns and thermal signatures? Why don't we try to understand skin temperature as a biomarker and to tell us, to try and figure out what does that tell us about what's happening inside of you?
And it's really exciting. And so, again, I think for me being at Sensei, it feels like a culmination of my love of data and technology. But I also get to blend the East and the West. So I studied Ayurveda. I have a deep appreciation for traditions and culture and history. And that has a really important place. It always has and always will in how human beings understand their health and wellness.
Here in Mexico now, there's an indigenous system of medicine here in Mexico.
There are traditional ways that people have thought about health and food and diet, and you have to take those into consideration when you're trying to shift perceptions and minds, when you're trying to introduce healthier eating patterns, when you're trying to incorporate more physical activity, you do have to be considerate of how people grew up and where they came from.
And so I enjoy bringing that understanding of Eastern traditions and culture as well as biomedicine into my work at Sensei. And again, before we started, I mentioned we don't diagnose and treat at our retreats. And so sometimes people wonder, it's like, yeah, well, why do you need a doctor at the helm? It's actually because we say no to a lot of things.
I mean, there's just a lot of clinical things in the wellness world that don't have evidence. And it's important that we steer people clear of magic bullets and gimmicks that don't work, that aren't proven, that may have some toxicity, that may have side effects, that may not be beneficial for you in the long run. And so that's how I incorporate my medical background here.
There's a lot. Okay, we have time. Is there, yeah, what's your favorite topic or disease or supplement at the moment?
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