Mindfulness content in Viva Insights
Note: Applies to users whose language in Teams is set to English, French, German, Portuguese, or Spanish. Mindfulness content isn't available to users in the GCC-High or DoD Microsoft 365 environments.
Important: Headspace functionality in Viva Insights will no longer be available beginning July 25, 2024.
In the Microsoft Viva Insights app, you'll find a curated set of guided meditations and focus music, including content from Headspace. Start your day grounded, relax your mind before a big presentation, find focus before starting an important project, or close out your day with a mindfulness exercise during your virtual commute.
Start a guided meditation
You can start a guided meditation whenever you want. To find and complete a meditation:
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In the Wellbeing tab in your Viva Insights app, go to the Act with intention section, and select Focus.
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Start a meditation exercise, like Stressed or Body scan, by selecting its Play button.
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If you want to do another exercise, select More exercises. Otherwise, close the window to complete your meditation.
Run meditations or music in the background
To use Teams while also using meditation features:
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Locate the pinned Viva Insights app on the left navigation pane of Teams.
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Right-click the Viva Insights icon.
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Select Pop out app.
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In the resulting second window, select More mindfulness exercises and then start a Headspace meditation or Focus music as described in Start a guided meditation.
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Optionally, minimize the Insights window that you just opened. You can continue working in Teams in the original Teams window.
More information
For more information about meditation and other best practices, check out the Headspace app's Questions about meditation page.