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Breathe-to-Unlock Apps.

Built on a 2,000-year-old mindfulness practice, Welligama helps you pause, breathe, and use your digital devices more consciously.

Meet the Creator

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Praveen Dayananda is a UCLA Certified Mindfulness Facilitator, Student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, and Stanford University Trained Leadership Expert (MA)

“18 years ago, in a mountain monastery, Zen monks taught me a simple breathing practice that saved my health and transformed my life.

Since then, it has kept me grounded through the endless pull of screens and digital noise.

I built Welligama to share that same practice with you — transforming mindless scrolling into a chance to breathe, reset, and reconnect with ourselves.”

Get Started Today!

Benefits.

Every breath with Welligama shifts your relationship with your screen.

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Immediately feel calmer and more focused

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Break free from mindless scrolling

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Build healthier digital habits

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Turn screen time into self-care & self-awareness

How It Works.

Tap Instagram or TikTok or Any App of Your Choice, It’s Locked.

Take 3 Mindful Breaths on Welligama Using the Interactive Slider.

Unlock Access.

  • Advertising poster for a mobile app called Welligama, promoting a feature called Breathe-to-Unlock Your Apps with instructions to move the slider for three in and out breaths to unlock the apps, with a background in purple gradient and a partially visible phone showing the app interface.

    Your most addictive apps stay locked until you take three mindful breaths with our interactive slider.

  • A smartphone screen displaying a app selection menu with options to choose activities, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Messengers, Telegram, Threads, and websites, with the instruction 'Choose Apps to Block' at the top.

    Choose the apps you want to better manage your screen time on. These can be changed.

  • Smartphone screen displaying an app interface for managing distracting apps, with options to select how long to unblock apps, set to 15 minutes, and buttons for saving the selection and clearing all choices. Background features a purple gradient with orange circle accents, and a title at the top reading 'Set Duration for Unblock'.

    Choose how long you want to use your apps after unlocking them with the breathing slider before they are reblocked.

  • A mobile app screen on a smartphone displaying a meditation or breathing exercise interface. The app is called Welligama and prompts the user to drag a slider to complete three mindful in and out breaths. The background of the screen is dark with a glowing circle in the center, and there are navigation options at the bottom labeled Feed, Self-Care, and Profile.

    Slide the breathing slider synchronized with your in-breath and out-breath for three cycles to unlock your apps.

  • A smartphone screen displaying a wellness app with the message "Enjoy Your Unlocked Apps!" at the top, a section indicating apps are unlocked, a 'Breathe In' feature, a button to manage distracting apps, and various check-in options including Daily, Mind, Body, and Soul, on a purple background with circular accents.

    After re-centering yourself with Breath-to-Unlock you can continue enjoying your apps.