The Explore content within the Oura App is a growing multimedia catalog of resources for members. It includes guided meditation sessions, educational videos, and health and wellness advice from Oura's leading experts. You can browse over 50 guided audio sessions from Oura's own world-class instructors and leading partners, including Headspace, Doze, Oak, Aura, Frequency, Yogaia, and more.
Explore content is available for:
- Gen2
- Gen3 or later with active membership
- iOS
- Android
How to Use Explore Content
Meditate and Breathe
Sleep
Learn
Troubleshooting
Things to Keep in Mind
How to Use Explore Content
Active members can access the Explore content from the menu in the upper-left corner of the home screen.
Gen2 users and inactive members can use the Explore tab in the bottom-right of the Oura App.
- Choose a recently played session, or view your full session history, by selecting Recent sessions
OR - Choose from the full library, divided into four categories (Meditate, Breathe, Sleep, Learn)
- Select See all on any category to find all available content for that section
- Tap on any selection to start your session or video
Sessions with the icon offer post-session biofeedback, such as heart rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate (RHR), and skin temperature variation.
Meditate and Breathe
Meditate and Breathe sessions can be used with background soundscapes. All guided meditation and breathwork sessions have a set length, which can be ended early. If your selection offers post-session feedback, you’ll need to remain still for at least five minutes to receive results. If you move too much during your session, Oura won’t be able to accurately collect your body signals. Your ring and app must also be connected throughout the session duration (Airplane Mode must be disabled).
If you’re taking an unguided session, you can manually choose any desired length from 1-180 minutes, or choose to do an open-ended session with no time limit. You can start an unguided session by tapping the + menu in the bottom right of the Oura App's Today tab, or selecting directly from the Meditate library.
Sleep
This category contains a variety of meditations and stories to prepare yourself for sleep, which can each be used with background soundscapes. Soundscape and spoken word volumes can be adjusted independently.
Once you start your story or meditation, you can:
- Pause at any time
- Scrub back and forth through audio using the slider bar
- Skip back and ahead by 15-second intervals
- Control all playback from your device’s lock screen and outside your Oura App. Be sure to not force quit the Oura App while your session is playing
Note: Sleep story content is only available in English at this time.
Learn
Science-backed education and guidance, with an evidence-based approach to learning about sleep, recovery, and your body. We’ll share quick tips and advice with you along the way to help you understand your data. The end of each video or slideshow includes related resources so you can keep learning more. Video sessions include closed captioning.
Troubleshooting
If you have trouble loading Explore content, try the below:
- Check your internet connection: a stable connection is needed for Explore content to load.
- Restart the app: fully close and reopen the Oura App to refresh the content
- Restart your device: this can help clear any temporary glitches affecting the app
Things to Keep in Mind
- Meditate and Breathe content will offer post-session feedback, which can include heart rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate (RHR), and skin temperature variation, depending on the session
- Your ring and app must be connected during your meditation or breathwork session to receive feedback afterward (Airplane Mode must be disabled)
- Sleep and Learn content does not currently feature post-session feedback
- Completed meditation and breathwork sessions are automatically tagged and visible in your Trends view
- Using Explore content may drain your ring's battery faster than normal. Check out the Charging Your Ring & Best Practices article for quick tips on when to charge your ring for optimal daily battery performance
