LivingMind Practice
Mindfulness for real life.
Guided practice, sleep support, reflection, live classes, and coaching — for stress, focus, emotional balance, relationships, leadership, and everyday presence.
Led by Gus, a physician and deeply trained mindfulness teacher with direct training under Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Meet Gus
A physician who spent his career studying the brain — and the rest of his life understanding the mind.
Gus Castellanos, M.D. is a board-certified neurologist and sleep medicine specialist, certified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) through the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness — the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He has taught mindfulness in hospitals, universities, prisons, recovery communities, schools, and to first responders for more than fifteen years.
LivingMind is the platform he built to make that teaching accessible — practical mindfulness, grounded in medicine and decades of practice, for real life.
About the teacher
Decades of practice. Real training. Real teaching.
Gus has taught beginners taking their very first conscious breath, and seasoned practitioners deepening into longer sits and inquiry. His work is grounded in mindfulness-based training, medicine, sleep science, and the practical daily awareness that helps people develop a more skillful relationship with stress, emotions, pain, work, relationships, and life transitions.
Mindfulness practice & teaching
Trained in established mindfulness traditions with years of personal practice.
Sleep science expertise
Helps members untangle evening rumination and build sustainable sleep rituals.
Medical & well-being background
Brings a grounded, evidence-informed perspective to every pathway.
1:1 coaching experience
Works directly with members to apply mindfulness to the specifics of their lives.
The premise
Not another meditation app.
LivingMind is built for people who want more than a library of random meditations. It helps each person discover where to begin, follow a guided pathway, build a daily practice, reflect through journaling, and connect with live teachers and coaches when support matters most.
What it isn't
Library only
A pile of meditations and no map.
What it isn't
Generic app
Streaks and badges instead of skill.
Our approach
LivingMind
A guided path, a journal, live humans.
How it works
Five steps. One steady practice.
Discover your path
A short mindfulness screening.
Practice daily
Small, sustainable steps.
Reflect honestly
Use the journal to notice patterns.
Connect live
Join classes and coaching.
Grow over time
Move into deeper pathways.
Built for real life
Mindfulness for what's actually here.
Stress and overwhelm
Sleep and evening calm
Focus and attention
Emotional reactivity
Family and relationships
Leadership and workplace resilience
Grief and transition
Pain and body awareness
Advanced practice
The daily experience
One practical step. Every day.
Each day, members are guided to one practical step: a short practice, a reflection prompt, a live class, a journal entry, or a next recommended pathway. The platform is designed to keep people engaged without overwhelming them.
A short practice
5–15 minutes, matched to your day.
A reflection prompt
Notice what's actually here.
A live invitation
Join a class when you need humans.
A gentle next step
Always one step, never twenty.
Live human support
Automation handles the structure. Humans hold the practice.
Reminders, recommendations, and journaling prompts run quietly in the background. Live teachers and trained coaches provide the human connection — especially early in the member journey.
Live teachers
Weekly orientation, beginner classes, monthly masterclasses with Gus, and advanced practice groups.
Trained coaches
1:1 mindfulness coaching, small group circles, and follow-through between sessions.
Who it's for
Individuals, families, and organizations.
Individuals
Build a sustainable, personal mindfulness practice.
Families
Mindfulness for parents, teens, caregivers and home life.
Employers
Resilience, focus, communication, and burnout prevention.
Healthcare & wellness
Practical mindfulness as part of whole-person care.
Schools & universities
Attention, regulation, and stress support for learners.
First responders
Recovery, presence, and resilience after high-stress work.
Senior communities
Calm presence, sleep, transitions, and life reflection.
Nonprofits
Sustainable mission-driven work without burnout.
Weekly letter
Letters from Dr. Gus.
One short email a week: a practical idea, a small practice to try, and honest teaching — plus occasional member offers.
A note on scope. LivingMind provides mindfulness education, coaching, guided practice, journaling, sleep-support education, and personal development support. LivingMind does not diagnose, treat, or provide medical care, psychotherapy, mental health treatment, or emergency support. If you are in crisis, immediate danger, or need urgent help, contact emergency services or a qualified professional.