New wearable device can help halve your stress symptoms
Wellness device company Roga secures partnerships, funding since joining Velocity
New wearable device can help halve your stress symptoms
Roga develops new wearable mental wellness device
The device is connected to an app that deploys AI to deliver personalised, guided meditations
Roga, a company that recently joined Velocity, University of Waterloo’s startup incubator, has developed a wearable mental wellness device, giving users stress relief options when therapy is too expensive or inaccessible, or when medication usage is limited due to side effects or stigma.
Users wear the Roga device behind the ears like headphones, stimulating the peripheral nerve behind each ear which reduces worry and rumination. The device is paired with an app, which uses artificial intelligence to provide personalized, guided meditations.
“Once users calm down, they feel more resilient against the stressors they have in their life,” said Dr. Alison Smith, Roga’s co-founder and chief scientist. “This type of non-invasive, gentle peripheral nerve stimulation is based on decades of research on what type of stimulation elicits positive changes in the brain.”
Meditation redesigned
While the wearable calms the physical symptoms of stress, the Roga app guides your mind. Filled with hundreds of audio/video sessions from diverse group of mental health experts and practioners, tailored to make meditating easier for stressed people. Discover what works best for you among everything from acclaimed guided meditations to relaxing sound baths.
Neurotech company Roga announced that it has officially launched its first stress-relieving wellness device for orders worldwide. Roga Life™ is a wearable-app duo that reduces stress and burnout by combining two proven methods – electrical brain stimulation and meditation — into one safe, effective, and affordable solution.
“We built Roga to give people a better tool to manage their wellbeing and mental health.” says cofounder Dr. Smith.
The Roga Life device is worn like wired headphones and plugs into the user’s phone, where they watch guided stress-relieving video content.
The Roga Life device is worn like wired headphones and plugs into the user’s phone, where they watch guided stress-relieving video content.
Roga is specifically designed to be affordable, highly effective and convenient compared with traditional stress-management tools. In exclusive beta testing conducted through 2022, users experienced an average 58% reduction in their stress symptoms after 2 weeks, and 82% after 4 weeks.
“When I wear the Roga, I can feel my heart rate slow down and it literally feels easier to breathe. After using it for a month, it feels like the dial on my fight-or-flight response has been turned down,” said Roga tester Ally E.
The Roga Life™ has a unique, two-pronged approach to deliver better relief from stress and burnout. Mental and physical stress symptoms often compound and complicate effective treatment. For example, many people who are overwhelmed struggle to focus enough to meditate. The Roga Life™ is the first device to tackle both the physical and mental symptoms at once.
The wearable, a proprietary design that looks like a pair of headphones, uses a gentle electrical pulsing called non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) which is backed by dozens of studies and has been proven to reduce brain & nervous system activity associated with stress. The wearable works on the physical symptoms, calming the body’s fight or flight response, while the app provides expert-tailored guided meditations, psycho-education, coaching and sound therapies that encourage emotional calmness and reinforce resilience.
“We built Roga to give people a better tool to manage their wellbeing and mental health. In light of the ongoing burnout epidemic, we believe Roga will be a game-charger for those who are suffering and may not have other viable options,” said Dr. Smith.