DISCLAIMER, RELEASE OF LIABILITY, AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK AGREEMENT

Course Title: The Golden Elixir: A Course in Internal Alchemy (金丹术课程)

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE COURSE. BY ACCESSING, PURCHASING, OR PARTICIPATING IN THIS COURSE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

1. Nature of the Course & Not Medical Advice
This course is educational in nature and focuses on guiding philosophical and practical techniques of Taoist internal alchemy (内丹术, Nei-Dan) and associated mind-body practices. The information provided, including any instructions on meditation, breathwork, visualization, and movement, is for educational and personal development purposes only.

The course instructor is neither a medical doctor, psychotherapist, nor a licensed healthcare provider. The content of this course is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It does not constitute a therapist-patient or doctor-patient relationship.

2. Health and Safety Warning
You acknowledge that the practices in this course, including but not limited to breathing techniques, meditation, and energy circulation, can involve intense physical and mental effects. These may include, but are not limited to: lightheadedness, dizziness, tingling sensations, emotional releases, or altered states of awareness.

You are solely responsible for your own physical and mental health and well-being during your participation in this course. You are urged and advised to seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider before beginning this or any new health, exercise, or spiritual regimen.

Do not practice these techniques while driving, operating machinery, or in any situation where attention is required for safety.

The benefits and risks that might arise from the practice techniques brought by this course depend on your specific physical condition, constitution, fitness, foundation, inherent physical makeup, and underlying health, as well as your style of practice.

3. Assumption of Risk
You understand and acknowledge that participating in activities that affect mental and physical states involves certain inherent risks and dangers. You acknowledge that the practice of internal alchemy is an experimental and personal journey and that the course providers make no guarantees regarding specific results or benefits.

By participating in this course, you voluntarily assume all known and unknown risks associated with these practices, even if arising from the negligence of the course providers or others.

4. Release of Liability
In consideration of being permitted to participate in this course, you, your heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, hereby release, waive, discharge, and covenant not to sue the course instructors, facilitators, hosts, and any affiliated entities (the "Released Parties") from all liability, claims, demands, actions, and causes of action whatsoever arising out of or related to any loss, damage, or injury, including death, that may be sustained by you or any property belonging to you, whether caused by the negligence of the Released Parties or otherwise, while participating in the course or upon the premises where the course is being conducted.

5. Personal Responsibility and Consent
You agree to participate voluntarily and are solely responsible for your choices, actions, and the results that follow. You agree to listen to your body and mind and to discontinue any practice immediately that causes pain, severe discomfort, or psychological distress.

You understand that you may choose to discontinue participation in any part of the course at any time. You take full responsibility for all consequences of your practice.

6. No Guarantees
The providers of this course offer no guarantees, representations, or warranties of any kind concerning the results you may attain by applying its techniques or information. Your potential achievements in practicing inner alchemy, guided by this program, are broadly influenced by a wide array of objective and subjective factors. These include, but are not limited to, your unique physical, mental, and spiritual conditions, levels, and resources; your karma; your personal determination and precision and styles in practice; as well as the conditions of the environment in which your practice takes place, etc. Any testimonials or examples presented are for illustrative purposes only and should not be interpreted as guarantees that you will achieve similar outcomes.

7. Intellectual Property
All course materials, including videos, audio recordings, documents, and written content, are the intellectual property of the course provider and are for your personal, non-commercial use only. You agree not to copy, reproduce, distribute, or share these materials without express written permission.

8. Acknowledgment of Understanding
By purchasing, accessing, or using the course materials, I represent that I have read this entire document, understood its contents, and agree to be bound by its terms. I acknowledge that I am giving up substantial rights, including my right to sue. I also acknowledge that I am freely and voluntarily agreeing to this agreement.

9. This purchase is non-refundable

Make sure you are serious and totally responsible about your decision to commit to this course. Do not purchase if you do not need it.