Based on science

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Personalized

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No side-effects approach

Improve your moodchange your behavior

Our model combines the sciences of psychology, physiology, nutrition, gut health, psychiatry, sleep, and physical activity to put you in a better place.

Cognitive-Behavioral TherapyAvailable in 58 languages
68% improved moodAfter the first session
$0 / monthLimited time only
Research-backedClinical study: coming soon
0%

of research reviews find that even a single therapy session significantly improves symptoms like anxiety and depression

0%

of people no longer had PTSD after three EMDR therapy sessions for a single traumatic event

0%

showed a clinically significant antidepressant response after psilocybin-assisted therapy

* 83%: umbrella review of single-session interventions ( Kaveladze et al., 2025). 90%: trials cited by the EMDR Institute, single-trauma cases (lower for complex/multiple trauma). 71%: psilocybin-assisted therapy trial ( Davis et al., JAMA Psychiatry, 2021). Investigational, professional-support only; Mura does not supply, prescribe, or recommend any substance. Figures reflect published research, not Mura's own outcomes; results may vary. Not a substitute for professional mental health treatment.

100%
CLINICALLY GROUNDED APPROACH

Mentalhealth,rebuiltfromitsfoundations.

CBT works

Cognitive-behavioral therapy reduces depression symptoms in 50-60% of patients

Cuijpers, P. et al. (2019). World Psychiatry.

Journaling helps

Expressive writing for 20 min/day reduces depressive symptoms by 28%

Frisina, P. G. et al. (2004). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Reframing works

Cognitive reappraisal lowers emotional intensity and physiological stress markers

Gross, J. J. (2002). Psychological Science.

Gratitude rewires the brain

Gratitude practice increases gray matter density in prefrontal areas linked to mood

Zahn, R. et al. (2009). Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

Personalized Analysis

A holistic approach to mental health

Mental health care is broken — rushed appointments, “one size fits all” advice, and symptoms treated in isolation while the root cause goes unaddressed. Mura looks at the whole picture, mind and body together.

Mura approach

1Interdisciplinary approach
2Treating body as a whole — mind-body & gut-brain connection
3Focusing on the root cause of the problem
4Personalizing recommendations to each individual
5Instantly adjusting the approach based on your feedback

The problem with today's care

1Extreme overspecialization and patient fragmentation
2Focus on symptom suppression instead of root cause analysis
3Ignoring the gut-brain axis and metabolic health
4Lack of time for therapeutic relationship and life context
5Underfunding of prevention and lifestyle medicine
Privacy by design

We collect the minimum, and never sell your data.

Your conversations travel over encrypted connections and are never sold or used to train AI models. We store only brief session summaries, and only if you have an account.

Never collected

Your name or identity
Location data
Camera & photos
Contact list
Browsing history

What Mura uses

Your answers & inputs
Anonymous session ID
Self-reported preferences
Progress you choose to track

How It Works

Your device
Encrypted transfer
Mura AI analyzes
Insights returned to you only

Privacy safeguards

GDPR/CCPAEU & California data rights honored
TLSEncrypted in transit
No saleNever sold to third parties
DeleteFull data export & deletion

Care available 24/7

Crises don't schedule themselves for Tuesday at 3pm.

Mura is not a substitute for professional mental health treatment. If you are in crisis or need urgent support, please contact a licensed therapist or call your local emergency services.

Average wait for a therapist

25 days

Rural areas: months

Cost per session

$150-300

Often not covered by insurance

People who never get help

75%

Of those who need it (WHO)

Mura wait time

0 days

Available right now, free

$0/month

Limited time only

Personalised analysis

Mental health analysis, without leaving home.

One conversation, plus optional at-home scans, reads signals a standard check-up misses.

Mura health analysis

Heart-rate variability

62ms RMSSD

Healthy recovery range

Stress load

34/ 100

Low: nervous system calm

Resting heart rate

64bpm

Deficiency screen

Vitamin DLow
Vitamin B12Watch
IronLow
MagnesiumLow

Thyroid screen

Low risk

TSH markers nominal

Emotional state

Calm · steady · low arousal

How Mura works

Taking into account your…

Your mood & emotional state

Tracks how you feel day-to-day and adapts its approach to match where you are right now.

Trauma, stress & nervous system load

Chronic stress rewires the brain. Mura measures your baseline and adapts accordingly, including trauma.

Your sleep & energy levels

Poor sleep is one of the biggest drivers of low mood, and Mura factors this in from day one.

Gut health & nutrition

The gut-brain axis is real. Mura accounts for diet, deficiencies, and digestive patterns.

Your personal history & context

No two people are the same. Mura personalizes every recommendation to you specifically.

With Mura you will learn…

1

What's actually driving your low mood

Root causes, not just symptoms, identified through conversation and biometric data.

2

How your body affects your mind

The connection between sleep, nutrition, gut health, and your mental state.

3

What to do differently, starting today

Actionable, science-backed steps tailored to your exact situation.

4

How you're progressing over time

Mura tracks your patterns and shows you what's working.

5

When to seek further help

Honest guidance on when professional care is the right next step.

Understand your body & mind

Discoverwhatmakesyoudepressed.

Understand how all systems are connected and their impact on your mood.

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1

What's affecting you most

Discover the single factor shaping your mood the most right now, and why.

Your top driver isChronic stress
STRESS LOADVS YOUR BASELINE

72

Low
72nd %ile
High
Elevated this weekCortisol
2

How each system affects your mood

See how sleep, stress, gut health and nutrition work together to shape how you feel each day.

64Sleep
79Nutrition
72Stress
81Gut health
68Activity
75Hormones

SLEEP QUALITY

56%

Poor (0%)Restorative (100%)
56% (You)
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Where you'll improve the most

Find out which areas have the biggest potential to lift your mood.

STRESS PATTERN

Your stress tends to peak in the late evening.

RECOVERY

67

/100

PROJECTED MOOD

+38%

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Personalized Plan

Get your personalized Mura plan

An 8-week plan built around your whole-body health: up to 10 evidence-based pillars, tailored to what's actually driving how you feel.

[ 01 ]Talk therapy (CBT, ACT)
[ 02 ]Trauma work
[ 03 ]Vitamin & mineral deficiencies
[ 04 ]Nutritional plan
[ 05 ]Physical activity plan
[ 06 ]Sleep architecture
[ 07 ]Stress management
[ 08 ]Targeted supplementation
[ 09 ]Psychedelic-assisted therapy
[ 10 ]Crisis & safety plan
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Mike's Plan

WEEK 1

WEEK 8

Projected potential

Your 8-week plan is built from up to 10 evidence-based pillars.

Talk therapy
Trauma work
Deficiencies
Nutrition
Activity
Sleep
Stress
Supplements
Psychedelics
Crisis plan
MOODSLEEPSTRESSENERGYNUTRITIONCALM

WELLBEING SCORE 65

Your projected mood improves by 38% over your first 8 weeks.

Mood now

4/10

In 8 weeks

7/10

Research-backed

Numbers worth pausing on

Single-session therapy

0%

of research reviews find that even a single therapy session significantly improves symptoms like anxiety and depression.Umbrella review of single-session interventions (Kaveladze et al., 2025).

EMDR

0%

of people no longer had PTSD after three EMDR therapy sessions for a single traumatic event.Trials cited by the EMDR Institute, single-trauma cases (lower for complex/multiple trauma).

Psilocybin-assisted therapy

0%

showed a clinically significant antidepressant response after psilocybin-assisted therapy.Davis et al., JAMA Psychiatry, 2021. Investigational, professional-support only.

How It Works

Start conversation, describe the problem, the model will do the rest

1

Start a Conversation

Tell Mura how you're feeling. Our AI listens, asks the right questions, and traces the root cause of what you're experiencing.

Covers mood · sleep · stress · trauma · nutrition · physical activity

2

Mind, Body, or Both?

Mura identifies whether the root cause of your problem is psychological (trauma, cognitive patterns, stress), physiological (nutritional deficiencies, gut health, thyroid, sleep), or a combination of both, then maps it to the right interventions.

Psychology · Nutrition · Gut health · Sleep · Thyroid · Nervous system

3

Personalized Report

You'll receive a plan highlighting what needs to be addressed, a supplementation plan, and the most effective way to improve your mood, behavior, and life quality, according to our research team.

Delivered instantly after the first session

Get your personalized analysis from your home, in minutes.

How Mura reads you

One conversation reads the whole body.

01

Depression, anxiety and emotional tone from your voice

How you speak carries markers you can't hear in yourself.

  • Conversation: pace, pauses, word choice
  • Depression markersSoon
  • Anxiety markersSoon
  • Emotional toneSoon
02

9 deficiencies linked to mood

The nine deficiencies with the strongest evidence linking them to mood, screened in one pass and then matched against your symptoms.

  • Vitamin D, B12, folate, B6
  • Iron, magnesium, zinc, iodine, omega-3
  • Symptom mapping: which gap fits your pattern
03

Iron, affect & pupil response

One camera pass. No needle, no lab, no waiting room. The conjunctiva, the expression and the pupils each carry a separate signal.

  • Conjunctiva colour: iron status
  • Facial affect: emotional range and blunting
  • Pupil response
04

Heart rate, HRV, breathing & stress

Your skin changes colour very slightly with every heartbeat. The camera can see it.

  • Heart rate (HR)
  • Heart-rate variability (HRV)
  • Respiratory rate (RR)
  • Stress index
05

Under- or overactive thyroid

Two validated symptom scores, one for an underactive thyroid and one for overactive, cross-checked against the heart rate from your pulse scan.

  • Underactive: Zulewski Score
  • Overactive: Wayne Index
  • Resting heart rate cross-check
06

Signs of sleep apnea & snoring

Left running on the nightstand, it listens for what you sleep straight through.

  • Breathing pauses: possible apnea
  • Snoring: duration and intensity
  • Restlessness
  • Respiratory rate
07

Rome IV gut screen + leaky gut

The gut-brain axis is real and almost entirely invisible. No sensor reaches it, so Mura asks what a gastroenterologist would ask.

  • Gut health: Rome IV
  • Intestinal permeability: leaky gut
08

Low testosterone: ADAM screen

Low testosterone and low mood look alike from the outside. The ADAM questionnaire is sensitive enough to tell you whether a morning blood test is worth booking.

  • Testosterone: validated ADAM screen

How Mura works

First we understand. Then we help.

Mura screens your mind and body to see what's really going on, then gives you evidence-based tools to actually feel better.

Step 01 · Screening

We build a picture

A single conversation, plus optional at-home scans, reads signals most check-ups miss: mind and body together.

  • AI conversationDepression, anxiety and emotional tone from your voice
  • Anemia eye-scanConjunctiva colour for low iron
  • Thyroid screenZulewski and Wayne symptom scores
  • Gut screenRome IV function and gut lining exposures
  • Testosterone screenValidated ADAM questionnaire
  • Vitamin & mineral gaps9 mood-critical deficiencies
  • VitalsHeart rate, HRV & stress from camera
  • Voice analysisDepression & anxiety markers
  • Mood check-inBefore & after every session

Step 02 · Tools

Then we help

Based on what we find, Mura puts the right evidence-based tools in front of you, and builds them into a plan.

  • AI therapy chat24/7, judgement-free support
  • EMDR bilateral stimulationFor stuck, distressing memories
  • Instant Calm4-7-8 breathing to settle anxiety
  • Instant FocusBox breathing to sharpen attention
  • Personalised planAcross 8 pillars of wellbeing
  • PsychedelicsEducational, evidence-based guidance
  • SupplementsOnly what the data actually supports
  • Sleep & stress toolsSmall, sustainable daily shifts

How Mura reads you

The technology behind your wellbeing

One conversation, backed by real biometrics. No guesswork, just a precise, whole-body read on what's shaping how you feel.

The core

AI therapy chat

Talk it through, any time. A compassionate AI companion grounded in evidence-based approaches like CBT and ACT, available 24/7, in 58 languages.

24/7Private & encryptedFree to start
Vision AI

Anemia eye-scan

Over 2 billion people are anaemic, and it's deeply tied to mental health: teens with anaemia are nearly 4× more likely to have an anxiety disorder, and low iron is closely linked to depression. Our AI vision model reads your conjunctiva's colour to screen for it in seconds.

Investigational · confirm with a blood test

Clinical scores

Thyroid screen

A validated symptom questionnaire (Zulewski & Wayne scores) flags signs of an over- or under-active thyroid, with the blood tests to confirm.

Screening only · not a diagnosis

Symptoms + diet

Vitamin & mineral deficiencies

Mura screens for the 9 most crucial mood-related vitamin & mineral deficiencies: the nutrient gaps that quietly drive low mood, anxiety and fatigue.

Screening only · not a diagnosis

Gut-brain axis

Gut health

Screens for leaky-gut signals and the gut-brain connection that quietly shapes your mood, energy and focus.

Screening only · not a diagnosis

Emerging therapeutics

The science of psychedelics

Psychedelic-assisted therapy is one of the most promising frontiers in mental health. Mura helps you understand the evidence, screen for safety, and track your experience, responsibly.

Always step one

Safety screening

Contraindications first

Phase 3 trials

Psilocybin

Depression & end-of-life anxiety

Phase 3 / under review

MDMA

Post-traumatic stress (PTSD)

Clinically available

Ketamine

Treatment-resistant depression

Emerging evidence

Microdosing

Mood, focus & creativity

Phase 2

LSD

Anxiety & cluster headache

Educational only. Mura does not supply, prescribe, or recommend any substance, and always screens for contraindications first.

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Pricing

Yes, you see it right — it's $0 today

We believe that mental health care shouldn't cost more than your latte, today we offer it for free.

Mura Membership

$0/ year

No hidden fees. Cancel anytime.

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One analysis per year. Everything included:

Unlimited AI therapy sessions — talk whenever you need, no scheduling, no waiting rooms

Voice mode — speak naturally and get real-time responses, just like a real conversation

Camera-based vitals — 20+ health markers across vitals, nutrition, and mental health

Screening for 9 crucial vitamin & mineral deficiencies linked to mental health

Personalized wellness plan — evidence-based recommendations built around your goals

Progress tracking — monitor how your mood and stress levels change over time

FAQ

Your Questions

If you have further questions, contact us at contact@mura.today

No. Mura is an AI powered by probably the most advanced LLM available to run Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, tested by psychologists. It is not a licensed therapist, psychologist, or medical professional, and it does not replace clinical care. It is designed as compassionate, evidence-informed first-line support: available 24/7, free, and without judgment. Think of it as a thoughtful companion between sessions, or for people who cannot access traditional therapy.

Mura supports depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, burnout, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, panic attacks, sleep problems, addictions, and emotional regulation. It also screens for nutritional deficiencies (B12, Folate, B6, Vitamin D, Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, Omega-3) and leaky gut, both strongly linked to mental health.

Mura is purpose-built for mental health. It uses a specialised system prompt trained in therapeutic frameworks (CBT, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care). It also adds features no general AI has: biometric vitals via camera, guided breathing exercises, nutritional deficiency and leaky gut screening, voice therapy mode, and session continuity.

Mura is not a crisis service. If you are in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number (112, 999, or 911) or a crisis line such as the Samaritans (+44 116 123 in the UK) or the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (US). Mura can support you in difficult moments, but it cannot replace emergency care.

Within a session Mura has full context of the conversation. At the end of each session a short summary is saved to your account. In future sessions Mura can reference these summaries to maintain continuity without storing full transcripts. Guest users start fresh each time.

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1 min read
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2 min read
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1 min read
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1 min read
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1 min read
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1 min read
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Low mood isn't always psychological. These three common deficiencies are routinely mistaken for depression, and they're easy to check.

1 min read
TraumaApr 11, 2026

How EMDR-informed bilateral stimulation calms a stuck memory

Left-right cues gently tax working memory while you hold a difficult thought, softening its emotional charge. The science, made simple.

1 min read
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1 min read
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Saffron: the spice that rivals antidepressants in clinical trials

Multiple randomised trials found saffron extract as effective as standard SSRIs for mild-to-moderate depression, with fewer side effects. Here's the evidence.

1 min read
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Teens with low iron: nearly 4× more likely to be anxious

In a study of 14,000+ young people, adolescents with iron-deficiency anemia had nearly four times the odds of an anxiety disorder. It takes a simple blood test that most never get.

1 min read