Student Agreement: The following information will
help you get the most out of your experience, and clarify your teacher's role,
the studio’s role, and your role. The purpose of this disclosure and release (the
“Waiver”) is to communicate the risks of participating in our Yoga, Dance, Self-Discovery, Meditation and Training classes.
By clicking below you agree to the terms below and release Atha Yoga and Danielle Rinallo of liability. Yoga is a path that integrates mind, body and spirit: a way of encountering
and releasing physical, mental and emotional tensions to arrive at deeper levels of
relaxation and awareness. 1. Our yoga offerings may involve but
are not limited to the following activities: Yoga poses, stretching, dynamic movements,
breathing and breathwork, meditation and self-inquiry. In-studio classes
may involve receiving hands-on assists from teachers or program assistants, so please advise in advance if you
do not want hands-on touch. This Waiver applies to any Atha Yoga classes made available online, live or recorded. The Waiver also applies to any
offsite classes hosted or co-hosted by Atha Yoga, including classes held at
other facilities or offered outdoors.
2. By choosing to participate in any class, workshop, training or yoga journey, you voluntarily, knowingly and
expressly assume the risk of any injury. It is your responsibility to monitor your activity to
determine whether it is appropriate for you. Although your teacher will guide you, you
remain solely responsible for your safety and well-being. If at any point you feel
overexertion, pain, or fatigue, you will rest and communicate with the facilitator as soon
as possible. 2.1. Participating in online classes, live or recorded, means that there will be
no in-person supervision, which presents increased risks. You acknowledge these risks
and agree to participate to the extent that it is safe and reasonable for you to do so, at
your own discretion. 2.2. You understand that if you are partaking in these activities
outside the studio, especially at an offsite location or outdoors, there may be other
reasonable and often unavoidable external risks that can arise from the new location.
The following guidelines may help you reduce risk of injury in all scenarios:
• Listen to and follow your teacher carefully.
• Breathe smoothly and continuously as you move • Work gently, respecting your body’s abilities and limits.
• Do not perform postures or movements that are painful; do not strain your body.
• Ask your instructor if you are unsure how to perform any movement.
• Pregnant individuals should practice only gentle forms of Yoga, and refrain from
inversions, laying on the belly, twisting on the back and compressing the belly.
• Menstruating individuals may wish to refrain from practicing inversions.
3. Each teacher reserves the right to refuse participation by any student who behaves in
any dangerous, threatening, distressing or disruptive manner.
4. Consult your physician before engaging in any physical program. Inform your instructor
of any health condition(s) that may be affected by your practice of Yoga. You represent
and warrant that you are physically able, and have no medical condition that would prevent
your full or adaptive participation in any Yoga class. If you have not sought such advice, you must be
certain that your medical and fitness levels are sufficient to participate in our classes. In consideration for your participation in any class, workshop and/or clinic, and by signing
this form, you, your heirs, your assigns and your legal representatives hereby forever
release, waive, discharge, indemnify, hold harmless and covenant not to sue Atha Yoga, it's owners, and independent contractors from all
injuries, damages, losses, expenses, attorneys’ fees, settlements, liabilities, claims, suits
and causes of action which may result therefrom, and which may affect you and/or Atha Yoga.
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