Practical Nirvana
We live in a world full of stress and pressures, whether at home or at work. It's often difficult to face the demands of our ever-changing circumstances with family, friends, colleagues, and peers. Age does not determine when we begin to feel mentally or emotionally disturbed — we see the lasting psychological effects of stress across every stage of life, from the womb through infancy, adolescence, midlife transitions, and into our later years. Each stage presents its own environment for growth, along with a fresh set of challenges we must face to maintain mental and emotional stability.
At Practical Nirvana, we recognise that every individual is unique — shaped by their learnings and experiences in this lifetime and beyond. Human thoughts, feelings, and actions vary infinitely from person to person, and that variability is central to how we design each treatment plan. At the same time, we believe every client already carries the resources needed to lead a healthy, fulfilling life and reach their full potential.
Our objective is to expand each client's mental map and help them draw on every resource available to them — optimising their mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. This brings the client to a state where they're able to make better decisions, both consciously and subconsciously, and adopt more effective ways of coping.
Depending on each client's needs, we draw on multiple healing modalities to build a holistic, integrated treatment plan suited to them. Beyond resolving presenting symptoms, we work with the deeper subconscious issues beneath them — aiming for sustainable results that bring real mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation, and equip each client to face future stress and challenges on their own.
Priti Gupta
Priti Gupta is a psychologist, clinical hypnotherapist, past life regression therapist, life-between-lives regressionist, and spirit release expert, with extensive experience guiding emotional, mental, behavioural, and spiritual transformation. She founded Practical Nirvana to promote mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing in individuals and the wider community through a multifaceted approach.
Having grown up and been schooled across West and Southern Africa before completing her graduate and postgraduate education in the United States, Priti works comfortably with clients from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. She holds a Master's in Psychology and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Fascinated by human behaviour from an early age, Priti has built a deep understanding of the interplay between the conscious and subconscious mind, body, and soul. She offers an open, non-judgemental, and confidential space for clients to express themselves freely, and is dedicated to helping people release limiting beliefs and reprogram their minds toward lasting wellbeing — all in service of her guiding philosophy: to help people help themselves.
How Priti Works With Clients
- A client-centred approach using multiple healing modalities, grounded in the belief that every client already holds the resources they need
- Treatment of psychological and psychosomatic conditions — fears, phobias, insomnia, migraines, allergies, depression, panic attacks, addictions, and more
- Stress management and work-life balance, especially for adults navigating midlife transitions
- Understanding the soul's purpose and using karmic balancing to bring current-life scenarios back into alignment
- Building self-awareness and coping skills for anxiety and anger management
- Pre- and post-marital counselling, with a focus on communication and relationship-building
- Improving concentration, memory, and academic performance in students
- Rewiring negative thought patterns and habits at the neural level
- Deepening mental, emotional, and spiritual health through mindfulness and meditation