Disclaimer

Everything here is personal reflection and traditional practice, written by someone describing his own experience. It is offered in good faith, and nothing more is claimed for it.

Not professional advice

Nothing on this blog is medical, psychological, psychiatric, nutritional, legal or financial advice. I hold no clinical qualification. Where posts discuss diet, fasting, breath, sleep, continence, energy practices or states of mind, they describe traditional practice and personal experience. They do not describe treatment.

If you are unwell, see someone qualified

Do not use anything written here to diagnose a condition, to decide against seeking care, or to stop, delay or alter a prescribed treatment. Speak to a doctor — and, for anything drawn from a tradition, to a qualified teacher within it.

Practices carry risk

Intensive breathwork, prolonged fasting, extended retreat and concentrated meditation are not uniformly safe. They can aggravate existing cardiac, respiratory, metabolic and psychiatric conditions, and can destabilise anyone already under strain. Some of the older writing here says less about this than I would say now. Go slowly, go under guidance, and stop if something is wrong.

If you are in crisis

If you are in distress, or thinking about harming yourself, this blog is not the right place to be. Please contact a doctor, a crisis helpline, or someone near you who can help — today.

Not a lineage teaching

Nothing here is the teaching of any school or lineage, and nothing here is published on any lineage's authority or with its approval.

Accuracy

Verses, sources, transliterations and translations are given in good faith and may contain errors. Corrections are welcome and will be made.

No outcome is promised

Nothing here claims that reading it, or practising from it, will produce any particular state, benefit or result.

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Your responsibility

What you choose to do with anything you read here is your own decision and your own responsibility.