YogiFi: Developing innovative systems and intelligent solutions that make holistic wellness accessible for everyone!

The pandemic has pushed us into embracing a new way of living where we remain confined and isolated. This unprecedented change has caused a severe impact on our mental and physical well-being which is why many have turned to the art of Yoga to curtail stress, enhance health, boost immunity, battle chronic diseases  and build harmony between the mind, body, and soul.

The Bangalore-based start-up, WELLNESYS is integrating ancient science with modern technology to deliver holistic wellness, assisting people to create and customize the best online and offline yoga. It puts forward a wide range of yoga learning sessions and meditation content that suits all ages, gender, and body. These sessions are curated by global experts who aspire to help people achieve the much-needed mental and physical discipline and peacefulness in times of this coronavirus pandemic.

WELLNESYS was one of the 12 start-ups which made it to the fifth edition of the Qualcomm Design in India Challenge-QDIC 2020, an initiative by Qualcomm that encourages design houses and product companies to invent useful and innovative hardware product designs incorporating Qualcomm chipset platforms and technologies. It ended the QDIC incubation as a second runner up. Qualcomm has been a very actively engaged partner of CoEIoT.

“Qualcomm Design-in-India Challenge has opened the doors for Make-in-India for our start-up. Qualcomm leadership team has been very supportive of our start-up journey, making meaningful connections, at the right time.  The patent incentive has been really helpful as we could file more patents in the process,” states MuralidharSomisetty, CEO & Founder, YogiFi.

The fountainhead of Wellnesys, MuralidharSomisetty found solace in yoga for treating his spine injury without undergoing any surgery. The miraculous advantage of this holistic science encouraged him to pursue the art and propagate it. He soon came across the underlying challenges in the adoption and effectiveness of online yoga sessions. To mitigate this problem, he masterminded an award-winning product, YogiFi to revolutionize holistic wellness in the healthcare and fitness technology landscape, making yoga an integral part of our everyday routine.

“YogiFi is here to motivate, guide, and help every individual adopt the culture and exercise the healing power of yoga; guiding them towards a healthy and happy lifestyle. During the pandemic, the YogiFi app delivered at-home interactive yoga sessions using computer vision (camera of a smartphone) besides the smart mat solution with patented asana tracking technology. Each session is curated based on the insightful data and various metrics gathered from the mat: strength, alignment, flexibility, and endurance. Users can now understand the effectiveness of the yoga session with vitals data correlated from wearables such as Apple Watch,” he adds.

The start-up has leveraged technologies like Sensors, IoT, edge computing, AI, Computer Vision, and Apps to create an absolute wellness solution that synthesizes a nonpareil online and offline yoga studio experience at home. Its smart and eco-friendly yoga mats are sensor-equipped and are designed to be paired with the mobile app for enabling an interactive and immersive yoga class experience. These yoga mats can be connected with YogiFi App that acts like personal trainers, extending advanced interactive sessions, tracking the user’s activity & progress, and give real-time feedback on postures and flexibility. YogiFi delivers interactive and immersive yoga classes straight to an individual’s home using the fusion of smart mat and computer vision. YogiFi’s Virtual Studio feature in the app transports users (virtually) to exotic landscapes such as the Himalayas, Forest, Beach, and more by using AR/VR technology. This innovative solution is called “Yoga By Nature” and creates a real-life learning experience amidst a virtual yet aesthetic ambiance. YogiFi is also looking at launching a feature soon to enable user to practice along with a personal trainer or even participate in a fun challenge with any of their friends or peers on the YogiFi’s community leader board. It is compatible with wearables such as Apple Watch, FitBit for biofeedback and well-integrated with smart ecosystem products such as Google Home, Smart TV and others.

Within two years of its establishment, YogiFi has set a strong foot in the international market and has been successful in its endeavour of becoming a smart wellness companion, delivering technology-enabled solutions that are accessible by everyone, anywhere, and at any time. This initiative has won the company an array of innovation awards and global recognition with multiple media mentions.

Under the aegis of the Make-in-India initiative and local assembly line, YogiFi envisages developing a lighter version of the product that is affordable and fits into the price-sensitive markets such as India, Asia-Pacific region.  It aims to make yoga classes accessible across socio-geo-demographic boundaries and gamify the learning process through modern technologies.

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