Partnership · Healthcare & Life Sciences

Temple partners with Art of Living to study meditation

By Startup Enthusiast · 14 September 2026

What they do

Temple makes a wearable that tracks heart rate, HRV, sleep and recovery

It partners with Art of Living's research arm to study meditation using its Entropy biomarker

Deepinder Goyal saw Entropy drop in real time during meditation while heart rate stayed flat

Temple has partnered with the Sri Sri Institute for Advanced Research (SSIAR), the research arm of Art of Living, to study meditation effects.
The research uses Entropy, a new biomarker described by Temple, to measure physiological changes during meditation.
Deepinder Goyal, founder of Temple, observed Entropy dropping in real time during meditation while his heart rate remained unchanged.
Goyal visited the Art of Living ashram for the research and sought involvement of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar told Goyal 'machines don’t work on me' and encouraged the study with other experienced meditators.
Temple describes itself as a 'science first organisation' and says results of the Art of Living studies will be published soon.
In June, Temple compared Entropy with metabolic cart readings during over 100 cardio sessions.
In August, Temple acquired Longevous, an evidence-based longevity medicine practice based in London.

The partnership brings together a wearable tech startup and a well-known spiritual organisation to scientifically validate meditation.
Deepinder Goyal's personal observation of Entropy dropping during meditation adds a founder-led anecdote to the research.
Temple's acquisition of Longevous in August shows its push into longevity medicine alongside wellness tracking.

Temple develops a wearable device that collects physiological and wellness data.
The device tracks heart rate, HRV (heart rate variability), respiratory rate, activity, sleep, and recovery metrics.
Temple's terms of use state the device is not a medical device and is intended for general wellness and informational purposes only.
The company describes itself as a 'science first organisation' focused on evidence-based health insights.

Product: A brain-monitoring wearable device designed to track health metrics.
Customers: Individual consumers interested in health and brain-monitoring technology.
How it makes money: Direct sale of wearable hardware devices to consumers.
What sets it apart: Claims to be the smallest wearable device on the market.
Operations: Manufacturing is outsourced to partners like Zetwerk and Ethereal Machines.