Total Loyalty Company Tai-chi Workshop

2023

Mindful Movement: Enhancing Tai Chi with Emotional Insights

​Nature of Event:	Workshop
Products Used:	Upmood Mass, Upmood Insight
Metrics Collected:	Mood, Stress level, BPM, Valence level

About Total Loyalty Company

Total Loyalty Company (TLC) is a provider of corporate wellness solutions and client engagement programs. Recognizing the growing demand for holistic well-being offerings, TLC integrated Upmood's emotion detection technology into its new Tai Chi sessions for corporate professionals. The goal of this innovative offering was to provide participants with more than just a physical exercise; it aimed to heighten their emotional awareness by allowing them to experience and understand their body's emotional state in real time. Emotion monitoring was important because it provided a tangible, data-driven layer to the ancient practice of Tai Chi, validating its calming effects and helping participants connect with their internal feelings.

Real-Time Insights in Motion

In 2023, TLC launched its new Tai Chi sessions, where participants engaged in the practice's signature slow, gentle movements, deep breathing, and meditation. Throughout the sessions, participants were monitored using Upmood Mass. This group monitoring system, combined with Upmood wearables, allowed TLC to collect real-time data on the emotional state of the entire group. This process provided an objective map of how participants' moods, stress levels, and other emotional metrics shifted during the Tai Chi practice, creating a unique, real-time feedback loop.

Why Upmood?

Upmood’s technology was ideal for this project due to its non-intrusive nature and powerful data capabilities. Upmood Mass enabled TLC to seamlessly track the emotional state of a group of participants simultaneously, without interrupting the meditative flow of the Tai Chi session. The real-time data collected was then processed by Upmood Insight, which provided detailed analytics and visualizations of the emotional trends. This allowed TLC to not only validate the effectiveness of the Tai Chi sessions but also to demonstrate the calming, stress-reducing benefits of the practice with objective, measurable data.

Key Outcomes and Findings

The integration of emotion monitoring into the Tai Chi sessions provided several key insights:

• Emotional Validation: The Upmood emotion maps visually confirmed that Tai Chi sessions led to an increase in calmness and stress reduction, providing a powerful, data-backed validation of the practice's well-being benefits.

• Heightened Awareness: Participants were able to correlate their physical movements and breathing with objective emotional data, fostering a heightened sense of body awareness and emotional understanding.

• Enhanced Offering: The emotion detection component became a significant value-add for TLC's clients, differentiating their wellness offerings and providing a unique, engaging experience for corporate professionals.

Conclusion

The partnership between Upmood and TLC successfully demonstrated how emotion monitoring can enhance traditional wellness practices by providing objective insights. By combining the ancient art of Tai Chi with modern technology, TLC created a unique and powerful offering that not only promotes physical health but also helps individuals better understand and manage their emotional well-being. This project highlights Upmood's potential to provide deep, measurable insights that can transform traditional wellness programs and create more impactful, data-driven experiences.

Thank you! 

We are grateful to the Total Loyalty Company for their forward-thinking partnership and for allowing us to collaborate on this innovative project. Their dedication to creating impactful wellness solutions has been truly inspiring.

If you're interested in conducting your own emotion-driven research or trying out Upmood products, please send us an email at support@upmood.com.