Bright Breaks at UWinnipeg
Your health and wellness are important factors in your mental and physical wellbeing – and The University of Winnipeg has partnered with Bright Breaks to help you find time for self care!
Why Breaks?
Because 7 Minutes is All it Takes
97% of users say short, impactful Bright Breaks improve their overall wellbeing.
What is Bright Breaks?
Bright Breaks is a virtual wellbeing platform that delivers suggested, seven-minute wellness breaks directly to you!
Whether linked with your calendar or delivered via the Bright Breaks app, users can choose from more than 200 live wellness sessions each week and have access to a robust on-demand library with more than 3,000 videos!
What types of Breaks are available?
Whether you're interested in a light stretching routine or want to get out of your seat and move, Bright Breaks has wellness sessions to meet any interest and need. You can move, breathe, stretch, and more with vetted educations and Bright Breaks members from throughout UWinnipeg and around the world.
In addition, you can dive deep into cooking, nutrition, and more with Bright Breaks information sessions that can help you further improve your health and wellbeing.
Why is Bright Breaks right for you?
Making space for physical wellbeing can lead to increased productivity and focus, aid in stress reduction, and increase energy levels. It can also help you connect with the campus community!
Getting started with Bright Breaks
Registering for Bright Breaks is made simple with your UWinnipeg email account!
To create your Bright Breaks account:
- Visit the Bright Breaks registration page
- Use your UWinnipeg email account to register
- Follow the prompts to set your preferences and Daily Break
- Take a break!
Interested in the app? Download the Bright Breaks app for iOS or Android.
Frequently Asked Questions
While connecting your calendar is optional, it’s recommended to do so so that live content that aligns with your schedule can be presented to you. It also allows you to use the Daily Break feature, which suggests breaks to you at times that work best for your schedule.
You can turn on or off Daily Break and adjust your calendar connection settings anytime by logging in to your Bright Breaks account and navigating to ‘Settings’.
You can change your display name in live breaks and leaderboards by logging in to your Bright Breaks account and navigating to 'Manage Profile'.
The Daily Break feature suggests live sessions in your calendar every weekday to keep your wellbeing top-of-mind. It uses machine learning and your set preferences to suggest content you are likely to be most interested in.
Note that other UWinnipeg Bright Breaks members will appear on the same invitation if their availability and interests align with yours. If you would rather keep your invitations private and viewable only to you, you can do so by logging in to your Bright Breaks account and navigating to ‘Settings’.
Having your camera on is optional during live sessions. By default, your camera is off when joining breaks. You are welcome to turn your camera on if you are comfortable!
Yes! You can download the Bright Breaks mobile app for iOS or Android. You can access all breaks, including live breaks, via the app, so you can participate at home, at the gym, and on the go!
Yes! Download the mobile app for iOS or Android, tap 'Account' in the bottom left corner, then 'Connect Apps' to connect your Apple Health or Health Connect apps on iOS or Android.
If you use a wearable, ensure that steps are prioritized from your wearable in the settings of your Apple Health or Health Connect app.
You can opt-out – or back in – anytime by logging in to your Bright Breaks account, visiting the leaderboard page, and selecting your opt-in status in the 'My Team' tab.
Live breaks are open to anyone whose organization subscribes to Bright Breaks. During these sessions, people from around the world are participating with you!
Users participating in live breaks cannot see your identity aside from your display name. You can adjust your display name by logging in to your Bright Breaks account and navigating to 'Settings'.
Please email support@brightbreaks.com with the details of your issue and they will be happy to help.
- Your visibility
- Your display name: You can change your display name in the 'Manage Profile' section of your Bright Breaks account. This display name is shown in live breaks as well as monthly leaderboards and challenges when applicable.
- Your appearance on leaderboards: You can opt-out of being shown on the monthly leaderboard on the 'My Team' page and opt back in anytime.
- Daily Break privacy: You can change your visibility to be offered suggested breaks in calendar events only addressed to you but selecting ‘Private’ in the Calendar Visibility section of 'Settings'.
- Your calendar settings & Daily Break
- In the Calendar Sync section of Settings, you can revoke or establish calendar access of the platform. You can also turn off and on Daily Break in the Manage Daily Break section of 'Settings'.
- Notifications
- Adjust your notification preferences in the Notifications section of 'Settings' to select email notifications, mobile push notifications, or to turn all notifications off.
- Steps
- You can connect your step tracker on the Bright Breaks mobile app by tapping Account in the bottom right corner and connected apps. You can disconnect this anytime.
- Account deletion
- If Bright Breaks is not for you, you can delete your account in the 'Manage Profile' section. This action cannot be undone.
- If you would rather not delete the account but not engage at this time, you can turn off notifications, calendar connections, steps, and revisit Bright Breaks at a future date.
If you are encountering issues with the Bright Breaks platform that require support, please contact support@brightbreaks.com.
UWinnipeg offers Bright Breaks to users on an optional and voluntary basis at the users’ own risk. If you choose to create an account with Bright Breaks and use any of its services, your personal and device information will be processed by Bright Breaks in accordance with its Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and other policies (collectively “Policies”). In the event you are interested in creating an account with Bright Breaks to utilize its’ services, UWinnipeg encourages you to review the Policies and carry out your own due diligence in advance to ensure you are satisfied with Bright Breaks and its’ Policies. In order to use Bright Breaks you must review and agree to these Policies. Bright Breaks will process your personal and device information outside of Canada. Please contact Bright Breaks directly if you have questions regarding its content, Policies, or processing of your information.
Through an analytics dashboard, UWinnipeg will have access to engagement metrics to track user participation in Bright Breaks’ services. These metrics are not intended to identify individual users. Any collection of personal information by UWinnipeg is done under The University of Winnipeg Act and 36(1)(b) of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Questions regarding UWinnipeg’s use of Bright Breaks may be directed to support@brightbreaks.com. Questions regarding privacy at UWinnipeg may be directed to privacy@uwinnipeg.ca.