Santa’s Schedule on Christmas Eve

Owaves Team day planning, Owaves101, Time Management, Tips and Tricks

Merry Christmas Eve to you and your family! Have you ever wondered about Santa’s schedule on Christmas Eve? How does he manage to travel so far and get so many things done? Many people don’t know, but Santa is quite a technology aficionado. He’s constantly checking his iPhone 6 for the latest weather, snappy new Christmas carols, and to get thousands of Christmas Lists by …

Introducing Wellness GPS

Owaves Team Apps, Day Planner, Productivity, Startups, Wellness GPS

Hi Folks! We’re excited to announce the launch of Wellness GPS TM today. Our team worked diligently on our Apple Watch app to ensure a beautiful and consistent experience on the new platform. Now, after you’ve scheduled your wellness plan on your iPhone, you can see it at a glance on your wrist while on-the-go. Our goal is to help you “re-center” …

We’re Growing!

Royan Apps, Productivity, Startups, Wellness GPS

Owaves Reaches 20,000 Users, Launches on iPhone Dear fellow day-crafters, We’re excited to announce that the international Owaves community is Growing. Earlier this year, we passed 20,000 downloads worldwide.  We’re now live in over 100 countries and available in thirteen languages including: Spanish, French, Korean, Hindi and Russian. Over 500,000 healthy activities have been planned on our wellness app for iPad since …

Circadian Yoga: Union With Our Natural Environment

Royan Productivity, Time Management, yoga

Yoga literally translates from ancient Sanskrit to “join”, “yolk”, or “unite.” Typically inferred as a union of body and mind — perhaps the definition could be extended to the union of ourselves and the natural environment. Owaves is inspired by the field of chronobiology — or the study of how time affects our physiology, often in predictable patterns. For example, our bodies are best-equipped …

Owaves Launches

Owaves Team Apps, Nutrition, Time Management, Wellness GPS, yoga

Owaves Launches! Owaves launches as the first day planner or calendar designed to balance a healthy lifestyle with work and play. Download Owaves and enjoy an easy way to plan health and wellness goals into your day. Colorful and vibrant, with a novel 24-hour clock, the planner is fun to use and lets you see your day in a whole new way. …

Owaves Wins the 2014 CONNECT Springboard Competition

Owaves Team Apps, Health & Fitness, Productivity, Wellness Planner

Owaves Wins CONNECT! May 6, 2014 (San Diego, CA) – Owaves Inc., a cosmopolitan lifestyle medicine company, has won CONNECT’s world-renowned Springboard Capital Competition and earned the distinction of becoming a CONNECT Portfolio Company. Competing against hundreds of highly qualified California-based technology companies, Owaves was selected a winner by CONNECT’s panel of distinguished judges for its disruptive innovation and potential for profitable …

What is Your Metronome?

Royan Apps, Health Risks, Healthy Lifestyle, Productivity, Time Hacks, Time Management, Wellness Planner

Tic-Toc. Lub-Dub. Buzz. What’s the sound of your metronome? What keeps your beat? Guides your rhythm on a daily basis? For mothers it might be a child’s cry that guides them from one moment to the next. For a rural farmer in an isolated region, the rise and fall of the sun. For you? For me? For many of us, the beat-setter …

Do You Plan Your Day?

Royan Health Risks, Healthy Lifestyle, Productivity, Time Management, Wellness GPS

Did you plan your day today?  If so, you probably found time for that healthy snack, a light jog, or to enjoy the evening with your loved ones. Sometimes we get caught in a trap of poor day-planning, and that can lead to vicious cycles. When we forget to eat a square breakfast or lunch, for example, we might reach for calorie-dense …

Cigarettes, Trans Fats
and Light Bulbs

Royan Health Risks, Healthy Lifestyle, Time Management, Wellness GPS, Wellness Planner

It wasn’t long ago that a surgeon might stroll into the operating room with a lit cigarette in tow, as some lauded nicotine’s beneficial effects on focus and attention, but the CDC now considers tobacco use the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Trans fats used in fast foods were considered a healthy alternative to saturated fats, until further research linked them …

Sleep Promotes Neurogenesis

Royan Health Risks, Healthy Lifestyle, Productivity, Wellness Planner

Neurogenesis: neu·ro·gen·e·sis(nur’É™-jÄ›n’Ä­-sÄ­s, nyur’-) n.Formation of nervous tissue. As recently as 10 years ago, scientists and medical professionals thought it was impossible for human beings to grow new nerve cells. Research from institutions including UC Berkeley, UC San Diego and UCLA are showing that good ol’ sleep helps promote a healthy amount of neurogenesis. This includes areas like the “hippocampus” which are essential …