1% Challenge

Log in or create an eM Life account. You are automatically enrolled when you practice any  live or on-demand sessions in eM Life for at least 14 minutes between Sept. 7 and Oct. 7, 2022.  Since Mindful Dailies are just 14 minutes long, we suggest starting with that!

To participate and earn rewards, you must be enrolled in the UVA Health Plan or UPG Anthem Plan as a subscriber or spouse and actively earning a paycheck at the time of payout. All rewards are paid quarterly into the Health Plan subscriber’s paycheck and are considered taxable income. Retirees, grant funded post-doctoral fellows, COBRA enrollees, and child dependents are not eligible for rewards. For more information, browse FAQs about Hoos Well rewards. 

All of eM Life’s live sessions (such as Mindful Dailies, guided practices, applied programs, Ask A Teacher) and on-demand content qualify for the 1% Challenge – just make sure to watch the minimum of 14 minutes per day!

1. You are automatically enrolled in the challenge by logging into your eM Life account between Sept. 7 - Oct. 7, 2022 and engaging in an eM Life activity for at least 14 minutes (1% of a day).
2. Earn $50 in Hoos Well rewards by participating in live or on-demand sessions in the eM Life app or website for 14 minutes a day, for 25 out of 30 days. 
3. Your activity in eM Life will be tracked for you automatically, and your completion will be recorded automatically. Your $50 reward will appear in your Hoos Well Portal account within 2 weeks from the day you complete your 1% Challenge. 

Log in to your eM Life account and go to the 1% Challenge page. If you have started your challenge, this page will display your dashboard and show you the days you missed, attended and still have left in the 1% Challenge. If you have not started your challenge it will give you more information to get started.

Invest 14 minutes a day in any of eM Life’s offerings:

• “Mindful Daily” sessions: Live, 14-minute mindfulness sessions every day of the week, multiple times per day. eM Life's expert instructors deliver fresh approaches to learning new skills that help you integrate presence into your daily life.
• Live, 30-minute guided practice sessions with expert teachers
• Interactive “Ask A Teacher” sessions where instructors engage in an open dialogue with participants. This is an opportunity to connect with eM Life's expert instructors to ask questions about the skills you are working on.
• Hundreds of hours of on-demand programs to support your mental well-being
• Multi-week immersive programs on diverse topics such as “Skills to Thrive in Anxious Times,” “Stress Less, Live More”, and “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Training (MBCT)”

Please make sure that the content you participated in falls inside the 24-hour range of the time zone you’ve selected in your Profile and is 14 minutes or more. If you believe there is an error, please contact support@emindful.com.

You'll build skills from the eMCC™, the first ever scientifically validated framework of mindfulness skills, including Awareness, Focus, Cognitive Flexibility, and Curious Observation. In addition to the live Mindful Daily sessions, we recommend the following on-demand programs in eM Life to build these skills:

• Recommended programs to build Awareness: Avoiding Burnout, Awareness of Breathing (5, 10 , 20 and 30 minute practices available), and 7 Days of Sleep – Part 2
• Recommended programs to build Focus: Breathing Meditation, Mindful Communication, and 7 Days of Enhancing Performance
• Recommended programs to build Cognitive Flexibility: Body Scan (5, 10, 20 and 30 minutes), 7 Days of Emotional Intelligence, and 7 Days of Embracing Diversity
• Recommended programs to build Curious Observation: Mindful Movement, 7 Days of Happiness in the Workplace, and 7 Days of Thriving with Positivity

That’s ok, setbacks happen. You can still earn the 10 day reward (the Mindful Daily Practice Guide) and the 25 day reward ($50 Hoos Well reward). These rewards can be earned nonconsecutively.

Your $50 reward will appear in your Hoos Well portal (Virgin Pulse) account within 2 weeks from the day you complete your 1% Challenge.

Earned rewards are deposited directly into the Health Plan subscriber’s paycheck on a quarterly basis. Learn more about receiving rewards in your paycheck