1. Medical Disclaimer and Express Assumption of Risk
Not Medical Advice & Non-Medical Device: Breathing Disciple and its accompanying features (including 32 guided breath cadences, biofeedback visualizers, 432Hz/528Hz acoustic synthesis, freestyle duration tracking, and the AI Breath Coach) are designed strictly for educational, wellness, and athletic conditioning purposes. The Service does not provide medical advice, clinical diagnosis, therapy, treatment, or clinical recommendations, and is not a regulated medical device (FDA/EMA).
Water and Operating Machinery Prohibition: Users must strictly avoid practicing breath retention (Kumbhaka), hypoxic conditioning, or hyperventilation techniques while in water, bathing, swimming, or operating motor vehicles and heavy machinery. Violation of this protocol carries a severe risk of sudden loss of consciousness (shallow-water blackout or autonomous syncope), drowning, or catastrophic trauma.
Freestyle & Unsupervised Breath-Holding: Any unsupervised breath-holding endurance tests, hypoxic retention drills, or CO2 tolerance tracking recorded via the Freestyle Mode are performed entirely at the user's own extreme risk. Users must practice seated or lying down in a safe, soft environment.
Physiological Risks: Prolonged hypoxic retention challenges arterial chemoreceptors. Rapid hyperventilation induces respiratory alkalosis, drops blood carbon dioxide (hypocapnia), and temporarily constricts cerebral micro-vessels, creating a risk of latent syncope. Vagal down-regulation techniques rapidly reduce heart rate and blood pressure.
Medical Contraindications: Individuals who are pregnant, or who have a history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, aneurysms, epilepsy, severe asthma, COPD, detached retinas, or psychiatric conditions, must consult a licensed physician prior to use.
Liability Waiver: By using this Service, you voluntarily and expressly assume all physiological risks associated with breathwork. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you release and hold harmless Breathing Disciple Inc. and its founder, G. Gürsu, from any and all liability, claims, or damages arising from physical injury, syncope, or related medical complications.
2. Acceptance of Terms and Consent Verification
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. To ensure user safety, explicit acknowledgment of these Terms is required prior to initiating any session. This consent is securely recorded via a unique cryptographic audit key, client timestamp, and browser data, and is permanently stored in Cloud Firestore (for registered accounts) or local storage (for guest visitors).
3. Service Tiers and Account Management
- Guest Access: Provides access to base guided routines and freestyle tracking. Session data is stored locally in the browser cache, is ephemeral, and is not backed up.
- Free Registered Account: Enables cloud synchronization and limits users to two custom breathing routines.
- Pro Subscription ($12.99 USD/year): Unlocks comprehensive History Sheets, CSV/PDF analytical exports, unlimited custom routines, and expanded AI Breath Coach allocations (3/day, 10/month).
4. Billing, Merchant of Record, and Refund Policy
Merchant of Record: All subscription transactions are processed by Paddle.com Market Ltd (UK), acting as our global Merchant of Record. Paddle facilitates direct-to-consumer sales, manages billing support, and remits applicable global VAT/GST. Payouts received by Breathing Disciple are classified as software digital exports under international tax treaties and Turkish GVK Provisional Article 20/B.
Auto-Renewal: Pro Subscriptions are billed annually at $12.99 USD/year. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each 12-month billing cycle unless canceled. Paddle issues an automated renewal reminder 7 calendar days prior to any recurring charge. Statement descriptors appear as PADDLE.NET* BREATHINGDISCIPLE or BREATHDISCIPLE.COM.
Refunds and Consumer Rights: We offer a 14-day money-back guarantee for initial purchases via [email protected]. However, in accordance with the EU Digital Content Directive (2011/83/EU, Art. 16(m)) and the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the supply of digital content commences immediately upon purchase. If a user substantially consumes the proprietary value of the Service (e.g., bulk exporting analytical sheets, exhausting AI allocations, or scraping custom patterns) prior to cancellation, Breathing Disciple and Paddle reserve the right to decline or prorate the refund request.
Disputes and Chargebacks: Users must contact billing support prior to initiating bank chargebacks. Filing fraudulent or unverified disputes will result in immediate and permanent account suspension.
5. Intellectual Property and Acceptable Use
All intellectual property, including brand assets, meditating figure artwork, typography styling, synthesized acoustic frequencies, algorithms, prompt pipelines, and proprietary methodologies authored by G. Gürsu, is the exclusive property of Breathing Disciple Inc. Automated data scraping, reverse engineering, unauthorized iframe framing, and AI prompt harvesting are strictly prohibited. Social completion cards (1080×1350) may be shared publicly provided all original watermarks remain intact.
6. AI-Generated Content, Multi-Week Programs & Limitations
The AI Breath Coach utilizes multi-tier LLM pipelines to generate probabilistic, experimental guidance. Outputs generated by the AI Coach (including Single Target recommendations and Multi-Week Transformation Programs) are strictly educational wellness routines and must never be interpreted as clinical prescriptions, medical diagnostics, psychological therapy, or treatment plans. Access to this feature is subject to metered quotas.
7. Scientific Research Library & Literature Citation Disclaimer
The Scientific Research Library lists peer-reviewed academic papers (from Stanford, PNAS, Nature, Rutgers, BMJ, etc.) and DOI links strictly for educational and scientific context. Reference to external clinical trials does not imply direct clinical evaluation or endorsement of this application as a regulated medical therapeutic device.
8. Privacy and Data Protection (GDPR & KVKK Compliance)
We enforce strict data minimization protocols and do not sell health or usage data to third-party brokers. In accordance with GDPR Article 17 and Turkish KVKK Law No. 6698, users may request the permanent, cascading deletion of their account—including history sheets, custom routines, and AI logs—by contacting technical support at [email protected].
9. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied. Under no circumstances shall Breathing Disciple Inc. or G. Gürsu be held liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages. For all claims, aggregate monetary liability is strictly capped at the total amount paid by the user in the preceding 12 months, or a statutory equivalent of $10.00 USD for non-paying free users.
10. Governing Law and Official Inquiries
These Terms shall be governed by the laws applicable to digital software exports and online services within the operating jurisdiction.
Technical Support: [email protected] | Billing Inquiries: [email protected] | Website: https://breathingdisciple.com
