Sensory Yoga App
Chan Myae Khin
About the prototype
This mobile app prototype is created to assist and use the sensory yoga play kit for children with SPD and their parents/caretakers. Once you scan the QR code from the play kit, it will take you to the prototype app directly, where you can download and install it onto your preferred electronic device. This prototype is designed to provide the structure needed to make sensory yoga effective while creating a calming, enjoyable experience for children with SPD. The child can select personalized yoga activities appropriate for their sensory needs. The parents/caretakers can adjust each activity’s length and customize the yoga activity options available to the children.
Since the sensory play kit is the primary physical item, I wanted to create a connecting app that supports hypersensitive children with SPD age 5-8 and their parents/caretakers. With children addicted to technology at a young age, I believe it is fitting to create an app that is sensory-friendly and easy to follow yoga activities that will keep hypersensitive children calm and provide them with relief. These yoga activities could provide a way for them to take control. The prototype has a minimalist interface. The muted colour palette provides calmness, and less text creates a more relaxed atmosphere, just like a yoga studio would. The instructions are straightforward, leading them to take ownership of their feelings and their ability to cope without assistance. Furthermore, teaching these children yoga breathing techniques allows them to learn to relax and calm themselves.
There are no sensory-friendly yoga apps at this moment. There aren’t many yoga apps available in the app store, but the existing ones are not sensory-friendly. This app is mainly for hypersensitive children with SPD, and I wanted the targeted children would be excited to explore, use, understand themselves better, and benefit them.
How does it work?
After downloading the app using the QR code from the play kit, the child will be able to customize themselves, choose how they feel and start following the yoga tutorials with breaks in between so that the activities won’t overwhelm them—a new activity changes with a tap on the screen. There is a progress bar that would work as a timer for how long each activity is. However, at this moment, I am trying to figure out how to function that, but the work in progress prototype showcases how the progress bar would move in action in the final version.
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