Launch of Cambridge Psychiatrist's Patent-Pending App, Mindz, Set to Revolutionise Wellbeing
CAMBRIDGE, England, September 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Mindfulness more measurable, thanks to new motion-guided smart-phone app
After 2,500 years of people enjoying the benefits of meditation, a young Cambridge psychiatrist has figured out a new way that technology can make the practice of this ancient stress-busting technique interactive, scientific and fun. Through enabling real-time feedback of mindful breaths on a smart-phone, Dr Tom Mole's patent-pending Mindz app looks set to be the latest wellbeing tech to make it into the mainstream….
Mindz, a free 8-week training programme powered by MindfulBreather® Technology and accessible on smart-phones, is to be launched this Friday, 29th September. Including its core personalisable meditation course, the MindfulSleeper® and a series of quick meditations, Mindz is the world's first app that uses bioscience feedback to help people master the most important meditation skill, mindful breathing.
Users simply lie back with their smart-phone on their abdomen and follow instructions. Tapping the screen each time they reach the top of their in-breath, they are soon led to breathe mindfully. Sensor technology sounds a bell each time a mindful breath is tapped, keeping users on track. Unique algorithms analyse breath patterns and self-awareness using interacting touchscreen and motion sensors.
Mindz's launch could mark the start of a new phase in popularising science-led healthcare technology. With mindfulness - a concept with ancient roots from South Asia - now being practiced by millions worldwide, people are increasingly turning to technology to get the benefits. Search the term 'mindfulness' in your app store and you will see many solutions. Few are based on science. None enable users to objectively track progress.
"Grounded in science, yet affordable and simple to use, Mindz demystifies and gives people confidence in learning meditation. It captures evidence of how well they are doing and provides reassurance that they're doing it right, motivating them to continue," explained its creator, Dr Tom Mole, a psychiatrist and meditation neuroscientist based at Cambridge University.
Although developed originally to teach young people mindfulness within an NHS setting, its launch will enable wider adoption, empowering people of all ages and from all walks of life to discover mindfulness for themselves.
"You could say Mindz is FitBit for meditation. Instead of tracking runs with distance and time though, it tracks meditation with mindful breaths," summarised Dr Tom.
Commenting on Mindz's wider significance, Cambridge University Professor Peter Jones said:
"Capturing 'mindful breaths' may create a realistic and objective 'currency' for meditation that holds tremendous potential for mindfulness practice, teaching and research."
Dr Tom concluded: "21st Century wellbeing urgently needs modern tools to develop the minds of the future. Mindz answers that call."
You can find out more at http://www.mindz.com.
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Editors' Notes
The initial idea for Mindz came after Dr Tom spent months working around the clock in the emergency department as a newly qualified doctor, whilst continuing to practise and study meditation techniques and traditions when not on call.
It was in these early days of his career that he first saw how the best healthcare tools were rugged enough to work at all times, even in high-pressure scenarios.
Going on to specialise in young people's psychiatry, Dr Tom became aware of the whole range of human experience and the positive impact that early intervention makes to people's wellbeing. He wanted to develop such interventions that were 'cool', worked and made a difference to people's lives. As a meditation neuroscientist, he knew of a growing number of meditation apps that were available to both the medical community and the general public. None allowed users to monitor their meditation sessions, and, though high-profile professionals delivered many, some had no formal healthcare training and none were supported by feedback questionnaires. He had a clear idea what to do.
Feeling strongly that 21st century global health deserved better, Dr Tom set about making it happen. Having successfully introduced technology-based global health initiatives previously (his award winning work empowering mothers in Malawi to protect their babies from hypothermia led to a 1st Class Honours Degree in International Health), gave him the confidence that he could.
Contact
Dr Tom Mole | E: press@mindz.com | T: +44-7818-556-112
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