Show Notes

Does meditating in VR really make a difference? Today we are delighted to welcome Nanea Reeves, CEO and Co-Founder of TRIPP, an award-winning, breakthrough wellness platform, based on robust scientific research, which helps its users pursue and implement a daily mindfulness practice. In our conversation, Nanea shares how meditation transformed her life, the incredibly inspiring story behind TRIPP and giving people agency over how they feel.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing today’s guest Nanea Reeves, CEO, and Co-Founder of TRIPP.
• Nanea’s esteemed career as a gaming industry executive and how she became a wellness and VR entrepreneur.
• How Nanea first encountered meditation and breathing techniques.
• How game design, audio, and fantasy featured in the original TRIPP prototype and how it has evolved since then.
• The concept of open-eye meditation and how it transformed Nanea’s practice.
• How TRIPP supplements a meditation practice.
• The promising uses for VR in assisting with the treatment of pain, chemotherapy, and palliative care.
• How the COVID-19 pandemic affected TRIPP’s place in the market.
• The concept of collective consciousness and how VR can help to facilitate it.
• The positive shift that Nanea has noticed in how people treat her as a female founder.

 Tweetables:

“That respite of just dropping in and being present is hugely powerful and impacting on your mood. That was really kind of the magic of what we’ve been doing at TRIPP.” — @nanea [0:12:18 ]

 “We don’t want it to replace meditation. But what we can do with the container of virtual reality is allow you to experience what it’s like to have your mind quiet and be fully present. Because VR can capture your awareness in a way that is extremely effective.” — @nanea [0:18:25 ]

“That palpable group energy. The metaverse can really help us explore all that. It’s nourishing. I want to think about how to create nourishing connections for people.” — @nanea [0:32:42 ]

“Being a female founder, I’ve seen a much more positive shift in people being conscientious about how they interact with me. The stuff that I just sucked up and ignored throughout the years, I’m not having to deal with now.” — @nanea [0:39:29 ]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Nanea Reeves on LinkedIn
Nanea Reeves on Twitter
TRIPP
HTC VIVE on Instagram
HTC VIVE on Twitter
HTC VIVE on YouTube
HTC Vive on Facebook
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