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Mickey Mehta
Born (1962-08-29) 29 August 1962 (age 62)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
NationalityIndian
OccupationWellness guru
Known forYogic guru, equipment-free workouts, health and fitness coach

Mickey Mehta (born 29 August 1962) is an Indian well-being, wellness and fitness guru,[1][2] residing in Tardeo, Mumbai, India. He is a TV and Radio presenter (94.3 Radio One Mumbai and Delhi) and a columnist in various publications and websites.[3][4][5][6] He preaches the concept of holistic health and equipment free workouts and has done so by establishing a chain of Mickey Mehta Wellness Temples across Mumbai city.[7][8] The media often refers to Mickey Mehta as 'India's Leading Holistic Health Guru'. Mickey Mehta currently also aspires to build the largest social media base across as many platforms possible, to reach out to his audience.[9][10]

Personal life

He hails from a middle class Parsi family. His father and mother worked as a banker and secretary respectively and resided at Grant Road, Mumbai.[11] He graduated from Boys' Town Public School at Nashik, Maharashtra, India[12] and barely attended college due to his inclination towards the wellness & wellbeing segment. Mickey Mehta continues to coach his clients with regards to overall wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle.[2][13]

Mickey Mehta (right) and Abhishek Bachchan (left) at the Dna iCan Women's Marathon held at Bandra Kurla Complex on 9 March 2014[14]
Mickey Mehta interviewing Jaggi Vasudev at the Palladium Hotel, Mumbai on 29 March 2014.[15]
Mickey Mehta addressed doctors on the subject of 'Medicine Cures, Nature heals' at the Nair Dental College on 7 April 2014[16]

Career

He began his career as a black-belt martial arts instructor in 1983[17][18][19][20] and simultaneously worked as a personal trainer and a door-to-door masseur. His next recruitment was in 1984 at Ramada Plaza Palm Grove, a property of Ramada International chain of hotels[21] as a health club manager, followed by his employment at The Holiday Inn, Muscat-Al Madinah, Oman with a similar job profile. Thereafter, he returned to Mumbai to become a health club manager for The Oberoi Trident at Nariman Point, where he worked for a period of five years. He started his solo career in 1993 and launched the 'Learn Swimming in 24 hours' programme which received press coverage and found its way to The Limca Book of World Records – 1995.[22][23] He moved on to practice holistic health and wellbeing, contributing to publications such as The Times of India Group,[24] Mid Day,[25] The Asian Age,[26][27] GQ,[28][29][30] Afternoon DC[31] and Savvy (Women's Magazine).[32] Recently he was featured in the Smart People Magazine where he spoke about holistic health and wellness representing the 'World Health Day'.[33] In 1993, he was assigned to serve as a coach for Femina Miss India[34] and also started off as a wellness coach for media barons, the Bollywood industry and industrialists.[35] In 2003 he inaugurated Mickey Mehta’s 360 degree Gyms which are currently promoted as wellness temples. The first branch was established at Hughes Road, Mumbai in April 2003.[36] The brand later expanded to 12 wellness temples that include facilities such as swimming and equipment-free training such as yoga, breathing exercises, meditation, chanting, boot camp, calisthenics, aerobics, agility drills and lifestyle counselling.[7] Mickey Mehta's centres are currently known for providing a discount that is equal to his age during the Month of August and September every year. The seasonal offer is always promoted as 'Mickey Mehta's Birthday Offer'.[37][38] He started his online website in 2009[39] and contributed his work to The Times of India – Times wellness in the form of DVDs.[40] He has contributed his work on Radio Mirchi, Radio City, Radio One (India) and Red FM 93.5.[41][42] and has also offered advice in discussions forums on websites such as MSN and idiva.com.[17] Mickey Mehta is an author of a book 'Garbaghyan', which he compiled in association with the National Association for the Blind.[43][44][45] The term 'Mickeymize your Life' has become popular amongst his followers as this term is used as a motivational and inspirational term by all his personal trainers across his centres and has now become popular by the media.[46] He partners with the DNA iCan Marathon event every year as a wellness partner through which he motivates and mentors all participants.[47] Mickey Mehta was a brand ambassador for a German fitness equipment Company namely Milon for a period of one year. The equipments were used by Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor during the making of the Bollywood movie called Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film).[48][49] He is currently in the process of producing a documentary film on Gandhiji's life and his inclination towards healing with naturopathy. The short documentary will be titled Gandhi- The Healer.[50] The film explores Gandhi's life as a healer. For the film, Mickey has interviewed many experts, historians, spiritual gurus, etc for their inputs. The film is slated to release on 2 October, Gandhiji's birth anniversary.[50][51][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] Mickey Mehta is yet in the process of publishing more of his work going forward.

Heal the World Initiative

Year Details
2011

He launched Heal the World Initiative on 24 August 2011. Established by Mickey Mehta to highlight public focus towards social contribution, the initiative was launched with a tag line 'Each One to Reach One'. On 3 October 2011, the initiative commenced with an attempt to empower the destitute, where Mickey Mehta initiated a training course for the women at the NGO SMILE, to help them become Yoga Instructors, so that they would be able to support their families monetarily.[62]

2012

On 23 November 2012, one of the key initiatives undertaken by Mickey Mehta involved the training of Mumbai's cops. The Police officers of Mumbai city began to be trained with psychological counselling, diet education and tips on exercise and yoga. The Initiative exhibits no monetary interest and is an ongoing initiative till date.[63]

2013

On 12 February 2013 Mickey Mehta launched a braille book with wellness tips for pregnant and lactating women. The book was launched in collaboration with the Director of National Association for the Blind and was titled 'Swasthya Aur Aarogya'.[64]

2014

On 15 February 2014, Mickey Mehta along with dress designer Maheka Mirpuri launched the MCan, a charitable foundation at the Tata Memorial hospital (TMH) for providing financial assistance to the underprivileged towards cure for cancer.[65] Mickey Mehta initiated the launch of a dedicated health department termed as 'Wellness Temple' at the Masina Hospital in Byculla (Mumbai) for the benefit of its patients. The launch took place on 5 June 2014[66]

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