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Safety
Read this page before you begin. It is short, and it is the part of Manomithra that matters most.
The statement, in full
These practices support relaxation, mobility and general wellbeing. They are not a replacement for medical treatment.
This wording is used verbatim across the site and is not paraphrased anywhere.
Scope
These practices support relaxation, mobility and general wellbeing. They are not a replacement for medical treatment.
Manomithra arranges practices that already exist and have been documented and reviewed. It does not generate new practice, and it does not assess, diagnose or interpret your health. Nothing it produces is a medical opinion, and it is not a substitute for a consultation with a qualified practitioner.
They support
These practices support relaxation, mobility and general wellbeing.
They do not
They are not a replacement for medical treatment.
Mechanism
Personalised practice carries a responsibility: choosing practices for a specific person is different from listing them in a book. A practice that is ordinary in general can be a poor fit for a particular body on a particular day.
Manomithra is being designed with a safety layer that sits between what you tell it and what it arranges for you. Before any practice is selected, it is checked against a set of reviewed rules. Those rules encode only two things: what you have said about your own practice, and constraints recorded in the library itself.
The layer works in one direction only. It can narrow the set of practices available to you — removing one, or keeping it with a stated modification. It cannot widen the set. If nothing survives the check, the honest answer is that the routine planner returns nothing and says why, rather than filling the space with something else.
This layer is under construction. No medical conditions, contraindications or safety rules are recorded in Manomithra at present, because none have been supplied by a qualified reviewer. An empty rule set is a truthful state, and the system behaves accordingly: nothing is filtered, and nothing is claimed.
What the filter is allowed to do
It is not allowed to add a practice, or to explain one away
Red flags
Some things are not for a practice planner to interpret. If any of the following are true for you, speak to a qualified medical practitioner before beginning a new practice, and do not rely on anything Manomithra produces as a basis for that decision.
Manomithra does not know about any of these, cannot detect them, and will not warn you about them. They are listed here because a person reading this page should know where the product's knowledge ends.
Sharp, sudden or increasing pain is a reason to stop the practice, not to work through it. If the pain does not settle, seek medical advice.
Breathlessness that is not explained by effort, or any symptom in the chest, needs medical assessment before you continue.
If a practice makes you light-headed, lie down and let it pass. Persistent or recurring dizziness is a medical matter.
Practice during pregnancy should follow guidance from your maternity care provider. A general practice library is not that guidance.
If you are recovering from an injury, an operation or a period of illness, ask the clinician who knows your case before starting or resuming a practice.
Conditions affecting the heart, blood pressure, joints, spine, eyes or breathing call for advice from a qualified practitioner who can assess you individually.
Tell your prescriber that you intend to practise. Some practices affect breathing and circulation, and they should know about it.
At any point, for any reason, a practice can simply be the wrong choice today. Stopping is always available and never needs a justification.
Escalation
For a medical question, a qualified medical practitioner is the right first step. For a question about how to perform or adapt a practice, a qualified yoga teacher who can see you practise is the right first step. These are different questions and belong with different people.
If you are unsure which one you have, that is a good reason to ask both.
Questions
Corrections, safety reports and general questions all reach the same inbox, and a person reads them. Manomithra cannot give medical advice or interpret a symptom, and will say so rather than improvise an answer.