
Rajiv Arapurakal, M.D. is a physician and yoga teacher who bridges modern medicine with mindfulness. After more than a decade practicing internal medicine in New Jersey, he now helps people build healthier, more intentional lives through a grounded approach to movement, breath, and awareness.Just forty days after losing his mother, Rajiv opens up about the reality of grief — what it’s like to lose a parent, how it changes you, and what it really means to keep going.