Privacy Policy

Who we are

Effective date: 09/07/2026

Last Udated: 09/07/2026

Our website address is: http://consciouslyaware.life. (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates [WEBSITE URL] (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use and share it, and the choices available to you.

This Website provides educational content concerning yoga, wellness, personal growth, and recovery from substance use. It is not a medical provider, treatment center, emergency service, or substitute for professional medical or mental health care. If you are thinking about suicide, harming yourself, or harming someone else, seek immediate help from a doctor or qualified mental health professional. In the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support, or call 911 if there is an immediate danger or medical emergency. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7 for emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, and substance-use concerns.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with the Website.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

  • Submit a contact form;
  • Subscribe to an email newsletter;
  • Post a comment;
  • Submit a story, testimonial, question, or other content;
  • Register for an event, class, or program; or
  • Otherwise communicate with us.

This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, message, comment, and any other information you choose to provide.

Because this Website discusses recovery and wellness, information you voluntarily submit could reveal sensitive details about your health, substance use, recovery, or personal circumstances. Please do not submit information that you do not want us—or, in the case of public comments, other visitors—to see.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

When visitors leave comments, we collect the information entered in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information. We use this information to display and manage comments and to help detect spam, fraud, abuse, and malicious activity.

If the Website uses Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Comments and usernames may be publicly visible. Do not post private medical information, identifying information, or details about another person without that person’s permission.

We may moderate, refuse, or remove comments that violate our community standards or create safety, privacy, or legal concerns.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms and Private Messages

When you contact us, we use the information you provide to review and respond to your message, provide requested information, maintain records of the communication, and protect the Website against misuse.

Submitting information through a contact form does not create a doctor-patient, therapist-client, counselor-client, sponsor-sponsee, or other confidential professional relationship.

Messages submitted through the Website may not be continuously monitored. Do not use the Website to report a medical emergency or immediate danger.

If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call 911 or the appropriate emergency service in your location. In the United States, you may call or text 988 for crisis support.

Email Newsletters

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your name, email address, subscription preferences, and information about how you interact with our emails.

We use this information to send requested updates and, where permitted, measure newsletter performance. You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting us at [PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS].

Our email provider, [MAILCHIMP / CONVERTKIT / MAILERLITE / OTHER PROVIDER], may process this information on our behalf under its own privacy terms.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Analytics

We use Goggle Analytics to understand Website traffic and improve our content. Analytics providers may collect information such as your IP address, device information, approximate location, pages visited, referral source, and interactions with the Website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Operate, maintain, and secure the Website;
  • Publish and moderate comments;
  • Respond to questions and messages;
  • Send newsletters or updates requested by subscribers;
  • Provide information about content, events, or services;
  • Understand Website traffic and visitor interests;
  • Improve accessibility, performance, and content;
  • Detect spam, fraud, abuse, and security incidents;
  • Enforce our terms and community rules;
  • Comply with legal obligations; and
  • Protect our rights and the safety of others.

We will not use voluntarily submitted recovery information to diagnose or treat a medical condition.

9. When We Share Information

We may disclose information:

  • To vendors that host, maintain, secure, analyze, or support the Website;
  • When you ask or authorize us to do so;
  • When reasonably necessary to comply with a law, court order, subpoena, or valid government request;
  • When reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, abuse, threats, or security incidents;
  • To protect our rights, property, users, or other people;
  • In connection with a merger, sale, transfer, or reorganization of the Website or its operator; or
  • In an aggregated or de-identified form that does not reasonably identify you.
  • We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.We may use advertising or analytics services that state privacy laws could classify as selling, sharing, or targeted advertising.

Our service providers may process information only for the services they provide to us, subject to their agreements and applicable law.

Recovery and Health-Related Information

The Website may discuss health, wellness, addiction, substance use, and recovery. Information submitted to an ordinary blog is not automatically protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA.

Unless we expressly tell you otherwise in writing, communications with this Website should not be treated as confidential medical records or communications with a licensed healthcare provider.

Please avoid sending detailed diagnoses, treatment records, medication information, identifying information about another person, or other sensitive information that is unnecessary for your request.

If you submit a personal story for possible publication, we will obtain your permission before intentionally publishing information provided through a private submission process. We may edit or decline submissions for privacy, safety, clarity, or legal reasons.

11. How Long We Keep Information

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing Website features, maintaining business and communication records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and meeting legal or security requirements.

Comments and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely so that we can recognize, manage, and moderate follow-up comments.

Newsletter information is generally retained until you unsubscribe, request deletion, or the newsletter service is discontinued. We may retain a limited suppression record to ensure that we honor an unsubscribe request.

Security logs, analytics records, contact-form submissions, and other records may be kept for different periods depending on operational, security, and legal needs.

12. Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and subject to applicable exceptions, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to personal information we hold about you;
  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information;
  • Ask us to delete certain information;
  • Withdraw consent to certain processing;
  • Opt out of marketing communications;
  • Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sharing, or sales; and
  • Appeal the denial of a privacy request where applicable.

To make a request, contact us at [PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS]. Include enough information for us to understand and reasonably verify the request. We may need to confirm your identity before completing it.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time. Unsubscribing will not necessarily stop nonpromotional communications sent in response to a request you made.

13. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information. However, no website, email system, database, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Do not send highly sensitive information through ordinary email, public comments, or Website forms.

14. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to us, contact us at [PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS] so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

15. External Links

The Website may link to recovery organizations, medical resources, social networks, products, services, and other websites that we do not operate. We are not responsible for their content, security, or privacy practices. A link does not necessarily mean that we endorse or guarantee a third party.

16. Visitors Outside the United States

The Website is operated from the United States. If you access it from another country, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other locations where our providers operate. Privacy laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live.

17. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the Website, our services, or applicable requirements change. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

If a change materially affects how we use previously collected information, we will provide additional notice when required by applicable law.

18. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or privacy requests, contact:

Consciously Aware
Email: shelby@consciouslyaware.life
Website: https://consciouslyaware.life/

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Health and Recovery Disclaimer

The information provided on this Website is for general educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, mental health counseling, addiction treatment, diagnosis, or a substitute for care from a qualified healthcare professional.

Always speak with a doctor, licensed therapist, addiction specialist, or other qualified professional about your individual circumstances. Do not begin, stop, or change medication, treatment, detoxification, or a recovery plan based solely on information found on this Website.

Yoga and physical activity involve a risk of injury. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before beginning a new exercise program, particularly if you are pregnant, injured, recovering from surgery, living with a medical condition, or experiencing pain or physical limitations. Stop exercising and seek appropriate medical attention if you experience pain, dizziness, difficulty breathing, or other concerning symptoms.

Recovery experiences and personal stories shared on this Website represent individual experiences. Results vary, and no particular recovery, health, or wellness outcome is promised or guaranteed.

This Website is not an emergency or crisis-response service, and messages or comments may not be reviewed immediately. If you are thinking about suicide, harming yourself, or harming someone else, call or text 988 in the United States for crisis support. Call 911 if there is an immediate danger or medical emergency.

For assistance locating mental health or substance-use treatment in the United States, visit FindTreatment.gov or contact the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).