3 OCT
Impact Stage
Dr. Arpit Bansal
Cancer Surgeon & Longevity Expert · Director, Jeevan Jyoti Multispeciality Hospital
Dr. Arpit Bansal (MBBS, MS, FACS, FMAS, FCS, FIBS) is a laparoscopic and robotic cancer surgeon and Director of Jeevan Jyoti Multispecialty Hospital, a 200-bed hospital in Prayagraj, India. He was Scientific Chair of The Longevity Summit India 2026 and has spoken on longevity and human performance in more than 20 countries.
Known as "Aquaman MD", he is the author of The Blue Mind and The Purple Mind Code, and the only cancer surgeon in the world teaching underwater meditation as a nervous-system reset. His work bridges the operating theatre and the ocean: how we move from the chronic "Red Mind" of modern life into the calm of "Blue Mind" — and into the trainable Flow state between them, where performance and longevity meet.
ABOUT THE SESSION
The science of calm under pressure
3 OCT · Impact Stage · 15:40
How to train your nervous system for flow, performance and longevity.
What can a cancer surgeon teach us about stress, flow and the nervous system?
Fifty minutes into a complex cancer operation, Dr. Arpit Bansal’s heart rate was 46 bpm and his stress score just 0.3.
Drawing on experiences from both the operating theatre and the ocean, Dr. Bansal explores what happens in the body when we move between pressure and recovery — and why chronic stress, rather than stress itself, is the real problem.
Through the concepts of Red Mind, Blue Mind and the Purple state, he explains the neuroscience behind stress, calm and flow, using live biometrics to show how quickly we can influence our physiological state.
The session ends with a 90-second breath practice and three practical tools you can use to regulate your nervous system, perform under pressure and recover more effectively.