Healium Biofeedback Meditation

Name: Healium Biofeedback Meditation
Rating: 4 (67 reviews)
Author: StoryUP, Inc.

Calm, Stress, Anxiety, Sleep

Free · In‑App Purchases

67 Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

StoryUP, Inc.
Language

EN
English
Size

285.6
MB

Healium Companion App Healium is an innovative solution designed specifically for wellness professionals, and features a library of over 50 breathtaking meditation stories to help your clients unwind in just four minutes. By combining biofeedback training with virtual reality, these experiences empower your clients to self-manage their stress and anxiety with ease. OUR EXPERIENCES These are more than peaceful moments. Healium’s experiences are nature-based escapes powered by your Apple Watch or an EEG headband, allowing your clients to see their feelings in real time. HOW IT WORKS Healium makes this easy by transforming the body’s signals - like heart rate and EEG brainwaves - into vibrant biodata that your clients can visualize and interact with. This allows you to see how they’re doing each session, demonstrating measurable progress. TO GET STARTED, SIMPLY: Connect Your Wearable: Start by pairing your Apple Watch, EEG headband, or any compatible device. This step unlocks Healium's Aura feature, allowing your client to see their feelings in real time. Engage in a Session: Completing a session will generate your clients' Healium score, a reflection of their performance and progress. Track your Progress: Use Healium’s dashboard to monitor their journey. Here, you can review their session statistics to see how they’re progressing over time. SEE THE SCIENCE In multiple peer-reviewed journals, Healium has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, elevate mood, or downshift before sleep in as little as four minutes. The science behind this is known as neuromeditation, but you’ll think it’s magic! MEMBERSHIP Your Healium membership grants you access to our complete library of over 50 VR experiences along with Healium’s mobile companion app. Additionally, you'll have access to Healium's web dashboard, where you can track session history, statistics, progress, and more. As a bonus, you get access to our exclusive neuromeditation curriculum: Heal-U. This course, led by Dr. Jeff Tarrant, explains various neuromeditation styles and how they can enhance your daily life to help you feel better faster. REQUEST A DEMO Unsure if Healium is right for your organization? Connect with us at www.tryhealium.com, and one of our team members will reach out. _____ Healium is designed and intended for use under the guidance of qualified wellness professionals and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, or other professional healthcare advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are a wellness professional interested in using Healium in your organization, please contact us at hello@tryhealium.com for more information. Have questions? General: www.tryhealium.com FAQ's: www.tryhealium.com/faq Science: www.tryhealium.com/science Terms of use: https://tryhealium.com/commercial-terms-and-conditions Privacy policy: www.tryhealium.com/privacy-policy

Ratings & Reviews

4.0

out of 5

67 Ratings

Life Changing & Fun! Really doesn’t get better than this!
07/13/2021

JadeKPdl
Mental fitness & emotional regulation training is a great use for augmented reality, and it’s apps like this one that are really starting to pave the way for an AR-centric future. The Healium app gives you the ability to finally master the art of stress control and management all in real-time. There’s an extremely handy tutorial when you first start the app, and the additional wearable component really brings your feelings and mental state to life in a way I’ve never experienced before! Incredible! Really recommend this to anyone looking to improve their mental resilience in a fun yet educational way!

Developer Response
Wow thanks for the love! Right back at ya.
Life Changing & Fun! Really doesn’t get better than this!
07/13/2021

JadeKPdl

Mental fitness & emotional regulation training is a great use for augmented reality, and it’s apps like this one that are really starting to pave the way for an AR-centric future. The Healium app gives you the ability to finally master the art of stress control and management all in real-time. There’s an extremely handy tutorial when you first start the app, and the additional wearable component really brings your feelings and mental state to life in a way I’ve never experienced before! Incredible! Really recommend this to anyone looking to improve their mental resilience in a fun yet educational way!
Developer Response 02/15/2022
Wow thanks for the love! Right back at ya.
Another lazy effort
08/02/2024

LAXNYC
August 2024 update: sorry, how can you claim that you’ve raised the resolution? Do you guys even use an Apple Vision Pro? The visuals are still terrible, you need to start from scratch and stop porting over these low quality assets from Quest or whatever platform you ported them from. There’s no way to get around it, no amount of upscaling is going to solve the issues with this app. It’s like owning a 4K TV and then watching VHS tapes on them.Another example of a developer who rushed to create an app which they either ported from previous low resolution apps on other platforms, or lazily used stock assets, without owning an Apple Vision Pro. I’m sure it looks good in their emulator but in the headset it’s low resolution. It’ll never compare to Apple’s immersive content but either developers should try, or not offer their apps at all. It’s too jarring to go from highly immersive, high fidelity of the experience of the headset into this app.

Developer Response
Update: August 2024- Hi LAXNYC,Thank you for your feedback, even if it's not what we want to hear.At Healium, our primary focus is on mental wellness. We use real-time biofeedback from wearables, like your Apple Watch, combined with meditation to help you be the best version of yourself.It seems like you're a VR enthusiast who is excited, like us, for the beautiful experiences AVP has to offer. You'll be happy to know that our new experiences are being built for Apple Vision Pro. (For instance, we just released our new experience, Cherry Blossom, last week.)We've noticed that Healium serves a diverse range of needs. While some use it to relax or enhance their mental resilience, others, like veterans and frontline workers, rely on it to self-manage their stress and anxiety. In our ongoing commitment to support those in crisis, we've decided to include additional content from the vault.Our top priority will always be helping people destress quickly using a science-based approach. While we certainly enjoy the beauty that comes with AVP and love blending art with science, we did not want to limit our customers' choices by removing older experiences they love and know and instead have chosen to upgrade these as possible. Having said that, we are always adding new experiences, and you can be assured that these are designed with the beauty of AVP in mind.___Previous Response: We listened to your feedback. Thank you. Please update your Healium app. Since launch, we raised the resolution on all of the experiences to take full advantage of the Apple Vision Pro. We'd love to know what you think! Thanks for checking in with us and sharing your honest feedback. It was a hustle to get the app out in time for launch but thank you for being patient with us as we incorporated your feedback.
Another lazy effort
08/02/2024

LAXNYC

August 2024 update: sorry, how can you claim that you’ve raised the resolution? Do you guys even use an Apple Vision Pro? The visuals are still terrible, you need to start from scratch and stop porting over these low quality assets from Quest or whatever platform you ported them from. There’s no way to get around it, no amount of upscaling is going to solve the issues with this app. It’s like owning a 4K TV and then watching VHS tapes on them.Another example of a developer who rushed to create an app which they either ported from previous low resolution apps on other platforms, or lazily used stock assets, without owning an Apple Vision Pro. I’m sure it looks good in their emulator but in the headset it’s low resolution. It’ll never compare to Apple’s immersive content but either developers should try, or not offer their apps at all. It’s too jarring to go from highly immersive, high fidelity of the experience of the headset into this app.
Developer Response 08/05/2024
Update: August 2024- Hi LAXNYC,Thank you for your feedback, even if it's not what we want to hear.At Healium, our primary focus is on mental wellness. We use real-time biofeedback from wearables, like your Apple Watch, combined with meditation to help you be the best version of yourself.It seems like you're a VR enthusiast who is excited, like us, for the beautiful experiences AVP has to offer. You'll be happy to know that our new experiences are being built for Apple Vision Pro. (For instance, we just released our new experience, Cherry Blossom, last week.)We've noticed that Healium serves a diverse range of needs. While some use it to relax or enhance their mental resilience, others, like veterans and frontline workers, rely on it to self-manage their stress and anxiety. In our ongoing commitment to support those in crisis, we've decided to include additional content from the vault.Our top priority will always be helping people destress quickly using a science-based approach. While we certainly enjoy the beauty that comes with AVP and love blending art with science, we did not want to limit our customers' choices by removing older experiences they love and know and instead have chosen to upgrade these as possible. Having said that, we are always adding new experiences, and you can be assured that these are designed with the beauty of AVP in mind.___Previous Response: We listened to your feedback. Thank you. Please update your Healium app. Since launch, we raised the resolution on all of the experiences to take full advantage of the Apple Vision Pro. We'd love to know what you think! Thanks for checking in with us and sharing your honest feedback. It was a hustle to get the app out in time for launch but thank you for being patient with us as we incorporated your feedback.
Janky, kind of Gimmicky
11/11/2019

seajay1221
I’m a veteran and saw this app in the Stories section today. Decided to try it out, and am coming away very underwhelmed.The Butterfly meditation is easily the worse of the two currently available. The leaves on the bush (tree? green twig?) pop in and out jarringly during the experience, and some only seem to exist when viewed from certain angles. Then, after hatching one butterfly (and several others that don’t hatch but just appear from nothing) the narrator’s voice starting pausing the spa music every few seconds like a train conductor, repeating the same phrase over and over again. That, and the fact that it’s never quite clear what you’re doing, are very frustrating.The other meditation, about the Solar System, is similarly vague about how it works. Are you “lighting up the universe” or is that light level the exact same at the end as it was at the beginning? Are you making butterflies grow or are they spontaneously appearing on a timer? My understanding from the Apple Story about this was that your biofeedback would produce an immediately visible reaction in the AR world. It’s what sold me on the app. Unfortunately, that great pitch is not well realized here.Hopefully the devs get an influx of cash and use it to flesh this app out. Right now it feels cheap, like it’s held together with spit and bubblegum.

Developer Response
Edit: There was a "family sharing bug" where some users couldn't access our full app. Were you able to try our update? Thanks for the feedback and for your service. You can adjust difficulty settings so the experience doesn't stop and start so much by clicking the settings wheel. Your heart rate or brain patterns are like a gas pedal, stopping and starting the experience. It may feel awkward at first. This might help: https://www.tryhealium.com/faq Here's a video: https://youtu.be/c4zfgPEfNfI . We're working on alternatives to stop/start and would love to get your suggestions. Please email us at hello@tryhealium.com. If you lower your heart rate and the waveform goes above the threshold line, the planets light up. But If your heart rate goes up and your'e not meeting your threshold, the planets darken. It's similar with the Brainlink Lite headband. If your feelings of "quiet mind" for instance are meeting the mark and are above the threshold and calm, butterflies hatch out of the chrysalis. Thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback. If you email us at hello@tryhealium.com we'd also like to learn which iphone and which wearable you're using so we can troubleshoot. We appreciate the time you took to explain to us how we can make the experience better. Thank you for your service. You might also check out the free versions of our apps with a program called Honor Everywhere which provides virtual tours to aging Veterans unable to physically travel to see their memorials. Search "Honor Everywhere" in the app store.
Janky, kind of Gimmicky
11/11/2019

seajay1221

I’m a veteran and saw this app in the Stories section today. Decided to try it out, and am coming away very underwhelmed.The Butterfly meditation is easily the worse of the two currently available. The leaves on the bush (tree? green twig?) pop in and out jarringly during the experience, and some only seem to exist when viewed from certain angles. Then, after hatching one butterfly (and several others that don’t hatch but just appear from nothing) the narrator’s voice starting pausing the spa music every few seconds like a train conductor, repeating the same phrase over and over again. That, and the fact that it’s never quite clear what you’re doing, are very frustrating.The other meditation, about the Solar System, is similarly vague about how it works. Are you “lighting up the universe” or is that light level the exact same at the end as it was at the beginning? Are you making butterflies grow or are they spontaneously appearing on a timer? My understanding from the Apple Story about this was that your biofeedback would produce an immediately visible reaction in the AR world. It’s what sold me on the app. Unfortunately, that great pitch is not well realized here.Hopefully the devs get an influx of cash and use it to flesh this app out. Right now it feels cheap, like it’s held together with spit and bubblegum.
Developer Response 06/21/2020
Edit: There was a "family sharing bug" where some users couldn't access our full app. Were you able to try our update? Thanks for the feedback and for your service. You can adjust difficulty settings so the experience doesn't stop and start so much by clicking the settings wheel. Your heart rate or brain patterns are like a gas pedal, stopping and starting the experience. It may feel awkward at first. This might help: https://www.tryhealium.com/faq Here's a video: https://youtu.be/c4zfgPEfNfI . We're working on alternatives to stop/start and would love to get your suggestions. Please email us at hello@tryhealium.com. If you lower your heart rate and the waveform goes above the threshold line, the planets light up. But If your heart rate goes up and your'e not meeting your threshold, the planets darken. It's similar with the Brainlink Lite headband. If your feelings of "quiet mind" for instance are meeting the mark and are above the threshold and calm, butterflies hatch out of the chrysalis. Thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback. If you email us at hello@tryhealium.com we'd also like to learn which iphone and which wearable you're using so we can troubleshoot. We appreciate the time you took to explain to us how we can make the experience better. Thank you for your service. You might also check out the free versions of our apps with a program called Honor Everywhere which provides virtual tours to aging Veterans unable to physically travel to see their memorials. Search "Honor Everywhere" in the app store.
Healium cares about my self care.
01/22/2020

dani_nyc
My gift to myself in 2020 is more self care/love. Trying to find a work/life balance is really hard in New York City! Even harder though is finding time to quiet my thoughts in a bustling city and give my racing mind a rest but it's a lot easier with this app. I aim to meditate on my own everyday, I like the idea that my thoughts are powerful but sometimes I get too distracted and can't do it on my own. Healium sets you up for meditative success and is like nothing I've ever used. We all deserve more self care and self love, I'm grateful apps like this exist to help me along the way!!!

Developer Response
Hey thanks for the love! Positive vibes to you.
Healium cares about my self care.
01/22/2020

dani_nyc

My gift to myself in 2020 is more self care/love. Trying to find a work/life balance is really hard in New York City! Even harder though is finding time to quiet my thoughts in a bustling city and give my racing mind a rest but it's a lot easier with this app. I aim to meditate on my own everyday, I like the idea that my thoughts are powerful but sometimes I get too distracted and can't do it on my own. Healium sets you up for meditative success and is like nothing I've ever used. We all deserve more self care and self love, I'm grateful apps like this exist to help me along the way!!!
Developer Response 02/10/2020
Hey thanks for the love! Positive vibes to you.

Minor audio bug fixes.

Version 4.8.2

Feb 28

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