Isha Yoga App (Smart Watch & Smart TV)
This project reimagines the Sadhguru App by Isha Foundation for smartwatch and smart TV platforms, expanding beyond its original mobile format. The goal was to scale the experience while preserving its simplicity, spiritual focus, and accessibility—making it easier for users to engage with meditation, yoga, and sound healing anytime, anywhere.
Duration
2 Weeks
Role
UX Designer
Project
Academic Project
What I did
UX Design, UI Design, Secondary Research
Introduction
Sadguru app is a digital platform that provides a wide range of yoga exercises, guided meditation, spiritual knowledge and much more to the users all around the world. As the world is moving towards a healthy lifestyle and conscious living with the help of technology, it is important to expand the application to TV and smartwatches in order to increase accessibility and enhance the experience of the users which is currently limited to just a mobile application.
The smart watch provides quick mindfulness tools while the TV provides the users with a high quality immersive experience for deep relaxation, guided meditations and sound healing experiences.
By leveraging the various hardwares of these platforms the Sadhguru app aims at providing an excellent user experiences to the people using the application.
Sadhguru Application (Existing Mobile Version)
Device 01 - Smart Watch
Access to Meditation and Breathing Exercises and Sleep Assistance: Supports in short and effective mindfulness through the day, allowing the user to meditate or use breathing exercises during moments of stress. Also uses ambient sounds in order to assist user to sleep well.
Heart rate monitoring while meditation: Helps users understand how the meditation or breathing exercise is helping the user by monitoring the heart rate and providing a pre and post meditation difference
Subtle Haptic Feedback: Provides guidance for breathing exercise informing the user when they have to breath in and when do they have to breath out using subtle and short vibrations
Value of Smart Watch Features
Leveraging Smart Watch Hardware
Photoplethysmography Technology (PPG): This technology tracks the users heart rate during the meditation and breathing session providing the user with a complete analysis of the benefits and effects of meditating displaying an example of great functionality .
Haptic Feedback: Utilizes subtle vibrations to assist users in breathing exercises, providing non disturbing support to help the user stay on practice.
Wearable Convenience: Offers easy access to mindfulness tools anytime and anywhere
MoSCoW Analysis
A MOSCOW analysis has been done in order to understand what are the important features needed for the smart watch as a device to make the application a success
Heart Rate Monitoring
Breathing exercise using timer
Sleep Aid sounds
Silent feedback or alerts to remind the user about start and stop without any disturbance
Must Haves
Progress tracking and challenges
Event Calendars
Profile
Should Haves
8 types Yoga
Speeches
Audio Teachings
Alarm
Could Haves
Self Promotions
Donations
Isha Life
Video Teachings
Articles
Won’t Have
Application Features on Smart Watch
Menu
Categories
Meditation
Breath Work
Sleep Assistance
Expanding the Sadhguru app on a smart watch enhances the accessibility and effectiveness of mindfulness in people with busy schedule. A smart watch version provides a realtime heart rate feedback to the users which helps them understand how the meditation is effecting their health in a better way. With features that help users stay mindful and reduce stress through out the day, the app seamlessly integrates into daily routine. In future AI driven recommendations can be added to make the experience more advance making the app more valuable
Final Thoughts on Integrating the app on a Smart Watch
Device 02 - Smart TV
Value of Smart TV Features
Studio like sessions: Large screen helps improve posture guidance and creates a near real life experience
Sound Healing Integration: Advances sound system provides a deep and immersive relaxation experience
Live Sessions: Provides a real time experiences where the users can view a live meditation sessions daily
MoSCoW Analysis
A MOSCOW analysis has been done in order to understand what are the important features needed for the smart watch as a device to make the application a success
Live Training via Video call
Sound healing sessions
8 types Yoga
9 types of Meditation
Video Teachings
Audio Teachings
Must Haves
Ambient Visuals
Progress report
Event Calendars
Profule
Should Haves
Subscription
Explore
Sleep Aid sounds
Inner engineering Insights
Could Haves
Self Promotions
Donations
Isha Life
Alarms
Articles
Won’t Have
Exclusive features that can not be delivered on current platform
Sound Healing Integration: Utilization of smart TV sound systems for a more enhanced experience which is not possible on a mobile phone
Large Display: A large screen creates a much better and an immersive experience compared to the mobile phone due to the large screen
Live and interactive sessions: Enables real time experience with experienced trainers
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