1. Agreement

By using www.spicybalancedliving.com you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please simply stop using the site — no hard feelings.

2. This is education, not medicine

Everything on this site — the meditations, the breathing practices, the chakra teachings, the food notes, the affirmations — is offered for general wellbeing and education. It is not medical advice, psychological treatment, diagnosis or therapy, and it is not a substitute for care from a qualified professional.

Please speak to a doctor, midwife, physiotherapist or mental health professional before beginning any new breathing, movement or fasting practice, particularly if you are pregnant, recovering from surgery or injury, living with a heart or respiratory condition, epilepsy, glaucoma, high or low blood pressure, or if you are being treated for anxiety, panic, trauma, psychosis or an eating disorder. Some breathwork techniques are genuinely unsuitable for some bodies.

If you are in crisis, please do not rely on a website. Contact your local emergency service or a crisis line immediately.

3. Practise safely

• Never practise breathwork in or near water, while driving, or while operating machinery.
• Stop immediately if you feel dizzy, faint, nauseated, chest-tight or panicky, and return to ordinary, easy breathing.
• Sensation is information. Pain is a stop sign, not a challenge.
• You are always allowed to open your eyes, shorten the practice, or leave.

4. Your content

Journal entries, notes and reflections that you write inside the app stay on your device. You own them. We do not claim any right over them and we cannot retrieve them for you if you clear your browser.

5. Our content

The writing, page design, illustrations, curated practices and the name "Spicy Balanced Living" belong to Naomi Christie unless credited otherwise. You are welcome to share a link, quote a short passage with attribution, or read a practice aloud to friends, a class or a circle. You may not republish whole pages, sell the material, or present it as your own work.

Nature and scenery footage in the Meditation Room is supplied by third-party stock libraries under their own free licences and remains the property of the individual filmmakers.

6. Advertising

This site carries advertising, which is what keeps it free to read. Ads are supplied by third-party networks and their presence is not an endorsement of the advertiser by Spicy Balanced Living. Please use your own judgement before buying anything you see advertised here.

7. Links to other places

We link out to books, broadcasts and other useful resources. We do not control those sites and we are not responsible for what they publish or how they handle your data.

8. Availability

We aim to keep the site up and pleasant, but we make no promise that it will always be available, error-free, or compatible with every device. Features may change or be retired.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Spicy Balanced Living and Naomi Christie are not liable for any loss, injury or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, anything published on this site. You practise at your own discretion and risk.

10. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms belong on the contact page.