Virtual reality guided meditation in a wellness platform

A computer-implemented method for providing guided meditation to a user, comprising:

• receiving user information from a first client device of the user, the user information including a request from the user for a guided meditation exercise;
• in response to the request from the user, providing virtual reality environment information for the guided meditation exercise to the first client device for the first client device to display a virtual reality environment to the user during a duration of the guided meditation exercise;
• providing, with the virtual reality environment displayed on the first client device, one or more steps of the guided meditation exercise to the first client device, at least one of the one or more steps of the guided meditation exercise being synchronized with a visual element of the virtual reality environment that is perceptible to the user while performing the guided meditation exercise;
• storing, in response to the user performing the guided meditation exercise, information about the guided meditation exercise;
• and
• providing incentive information to the first client device for display to the user based at least in part on the stored information about the guided meditation exercise, the incentive information indicating that the user has earned an incentive for achieving a goal by performing the guided meditation exercise.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions, the computer program instructions comprising code for:

• receiving user information from a first client device of the user, the user information including a request from the user for a guided meditation exercise;
• in response to the request from the user, providing virtual reality environment information for the guided meditation exercise to the first client device for the first client device to display a virtual reality environment to the user during a duration of the guided meditation exercise;
• providing, with the virtual reality environment displayed on the first client device, one or more steps of the guided meditation exercise to the first client device, at least one of the one or more steps of the guided meditation exercise being synchronized with a visual element of the virtual reality environment that is perceptible to the user while performing the guided meditation exercise;
• collecting data over a period of time about guided meditation exercises performed by a population of users on a plurality of client devices, the population including the user of the first client device;
• generating a report based at least in part on statistics of the data collected about the guided meditation exercises performed by the population of users, the report including a representation of the statistics;
• and
• providing the report for display to a second client device.