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Level 1: Sound Bath Healing Practitioner Certification Waiver & Release Terms & Conditions

WAIVER AND RELEASE

I understand that during the Course I will learn how to conduct group or one-on-one sound bath healing sessions using crystal singing bowls and other shamanic instruments, lead meditations, and perform basic energy healing techniques.

I acknowledge and agree that:

  • I have no health problems or disabilities, including any mental health issues that would make participation in the Course unwise. 
  • My participation is voluntary, and I knowingly assume all inherent risks during the Course including, but not limited to any feelings of being ungrounded, dizziness or tiredness; heightened and overwhelming emotions, memories and experiences coming to the surface to be worked through.

Anna Hastie has endeavoured to maintain the safety of the Course, by ensuring there is a first aid kit on hand, however, we require your co-operation by you agreeing with the following. I agree to:

  • respect the venue and equipment; 
  • respect other participants and their personal journeys;
  • obey all guidelines and safety rules;
  • alert staff to any inappropriate behaviour;
  • immediately discontinue participation in a Course if at any time I feel unsafe

In case of emergency, I authorize Anna Hastie to administer emergency first aid, secure emergency medical care or transport, and seek any medical attention, as necessary. I agree to assume all costs of emergency medical care and transport. 

In consideration of permission for me to participate in the Course I and my Representatives [“Releasing Parties”] release Anna Hastie from all Claims except in relation to gross negligence or omission.  I also agree to indemnify Anna Hastie from and against any all Loss and Damage arising out of or in connection with my participation. This loss could include damage to the venue.

I am voluntarily signing this agreement, and intend my signature to be a complete release of all liability 

Definitions: 

“Anna Hastie” means Anna Hastie [ ABN 90312130516] and includes all its owners, directors, employees, volunteers, independent contractors.

“Claims” means all under statute, tort, contract or negligence, any demand, award, or costs. 

“Course” means Level 1 Sound Bath Healing Practitioner Training.

“Loss and Damage” includes any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential loss or damages of any kind, including but not limited to, any personal injury, psychological injury, death, negligence, trespass, property damage and legal costs. 

“Representatives” means yourself, spouse, heirs, parents or guardians, personal representatives, and assigns. 

ADDITIONAL TERMS OF SERVICE FOR OUR COURSES 

These Additional Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to all clients, or all potential clients of Anna Hastie [ABN 90312130516] (“we, us, our”). These Terms together with any other terms and conditions and policies we publish or link to on our Website and Services form an Agreement with us (“Agreement”). “You” could be any client of ours.

 

COURSES WE WILL PROVIDE

Our Courses offer level 1 sound bath healing practitioner certification. This Course teaches you how to conduct group or one-on-one sound bath healing sessions using crystal singing bowls and other shamanic instruments, lead meditations, and perform basic energy healing techniques. You will learn how to guide and hold space for individuals or groups, facilitating rest and relaxation through sound and meditation. We provide a range of Materials to support you throughout the Course, ensuring you have the resources needed for a comprehensive learning experience.

BEFORE PURCHASE

Things you must do before purchasing Courses on our Website

You must:

  • be 18 years old or have parental consent; and
  • provide complete and accurate information to us and promptly inform us of any updates to your information.

You represent and warrant that:

  • you must own minimum three crystal singing bowls; 
  • you are able to sit on the floor or stand and walk around as required during sessions. Sitting on a chair is also permitted;
  • you are in good physical health as the Course may involve gentle movement, including basic yoga stretches and breathing exercises;
  • you are not being treated for any injuries or conditions, or if you are, you have a letter of consent from the relevant practitioner to participate; and
  • you will notify us immediately if your health status changes in any way.

Acknowledgements you make when purchasing on our Website

You acknowledge and agree that: 

  • we cannot take into account your personal situation or your personal goals or objectives when providing the Course. The Materials are general in nature, and we cannot guarantee that your desired outcome will be met as everybody’s circumstances, needs and expectations vary;   
  • the Course can be very subjective, and what may be pleasing to some may not for others. Whilst we will try to work and accommodate participants, we cannot always please everyone. 

You further acknowledge and agree that there may be:

  • occasional errors or omissions in Course descriptions, prices, availability, and promotions; and
  • some Courses with limited places, and some courses that are limited to certain regions or groups of people.

Except as required by law, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information, or the availability of the Courses. We also cannot guarantee the results of the Course as they are dependent on your learning, actions, and implementation.

You also acknowledge that we may make recommendations of suppliers for various products or services during our Courses. Any recommendations are only recommendations, and if you purchase from the supplier that is a contract between you and the supplier, and we are not involved. Therefore, you must direct any product or service concerns, requests for refunds or other feedback to the supplier. 

Payments

Payments for the Course are processed through Thrive Cart, with options to pay in full or in instalments. You may choose from two monthly payment plans: 2 payments over 2 months, or 4 payments over 4 months.

You must: 

  • pay for the Course via the published payment methods available;
  • make the deposit or full payment as required by us prior to commencement of the Course as your place cannot be reserved or confirmed until payment is received; and
  • have any special offer coupons ready as they must be used at the of purchase to apply; they cannot be applied retrospectively.

You also agree to pay any applicable currency conversion fees, or financial service provider fees where relevant. Where payments are made in instalments, you authorise us to deduct all accrued and outstanding fees from your credit card or debit card provided. You must ensure that sufficient funds are available in your nominated account to meet any withdrawals made by us on their scheduled due dates. Where payment is defaulted or not received, you authorise us to debit any outstanding funds from your nominated account, without the need for notifying you. 

PHYSICAL TOUCH

You acknowledge and agree that we may make physical contact with you in certain activities in order to ensure that spiritual based holistic healing services and teaching is undertaken in accordance with Anna Hastie ‘s best practice. If you do not wish to be touched, please notify us prior to any Course.

PREGNANCY AND OTHER CONDITIONS

Our standard Course are safe for pregnant women to attend. Please let us know of any other conditions and we will make recommendations of Courses. 

AFTER PURCHASE

Things you must do after purchasing on our Website

You must:

  • not allow other people to use the Materials; 
  • contact us by email at if you have any difficulty downloading any Materials;
  • not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, re-sell or exploit the or Materials in any way;
  • contact us by email at if you have any issues with the Course and require a refund;
  • seek our prior written consent before any publication of information about us; and 
  • in the case of a dispute keep all communications confidential.

Acknowledgement you make in relation to emergencies and crisis situations

You acknowledge and agree that we are not crisis counsellors, paramedics or emergency doctors and are not readily available for these situations. If you are experiencing a crisis, you must contact an emergency service. Please note that our instructors and staff are not medically trained.

Your commitment to the Course

To get the most benefit out of our Course, you should: 

  • attend all scheduled in-person training sessions, including the final group sound bath session and student showcase;
  • complete the required homework, self-practice, and peer practice to fulfil the full 40 hours of training;
  • actively participate in sessions and group discussions, showing respect for all participants and being mindful of any sensitive topics that may arise; and
  • remain open to feedback to support your learning journey.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your own success and outcomes during the Course. 

Things we’d love you to do after purchasing on our Website

We’d love you to provide us with any photos, videos, testimonials, and/or case studies so we can use them for marketing and information purposes, publications, exhibitions, and professional awards across all print or digital mediums, including our social media channels. 

However, please note that by providing us with photos, videos, testimonials, and/or case studies you assign copyright ownership to us. This includes all copyright and any other rights under the Copyright Act 1968 and the right of reproduction either wholly or in part. If you provide content but subsequently want to revoke permission to use it, it is your responsibility to notify us immediately at [email protected].

 

OTHER MATTERS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF

We may change information on our Website and store

Except as required by law, we may at any time, and without prior notice to you:

  • change and update information including availability and promotions;
  • change prices or descriptions of our Courses; and
  • change our range of Courses or discontinue a Course.

We comply with the Australian Consumer Law

Our Course comes with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. For major failures with the service, you are entitled: 

  • to cancel this Agreement with us; and
  • to a refund for the unused portion, or to compensation for its reduced value.

You are also entitled to be compensated for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. If the failure does not amount to a major failure, you are entitled to have problems with the service rectified in a reasonable time and, if this is not done, to cancel your contract and obtain a refund for the unused portion of the contract.

 Except as required by law we do not warrant the quality of the Courses or warrant that they will meet your expectations. We do not provide refunds for changes of mind, where you fail to provide us with adequate information, where you can no longer partake in part or all of a Course, or where you fail to comply with our instructions.

 

If we need to cancel your order, we will provide a refund –

Except as required by law, all payments are non-transferable and non-refundable. On occasion we may cancel a Course where we are no longer able to provide it. In these or similar circumstances where we have to cancel the whole course, we will provide you with a full refund. Despite our reasonable endeavours, on occasion we may also need to change times or dates of course sessions at short notice or even cancel parts of a Course. We will notify you as soon as possible of any changes. We do not provide refunds except as required under the Australian Consumer Law.

Where you wish to cancel or seek a refund

Cancellations made at least 14 days before the commencement of the Course will be provided a refund less an administration fee of $556 AUD. Cancellations made less than 14 days from commencement will be charged a Cancellation Fee of $1111 AUD.

We can refuse your participation in our Courses at any time

We may refuse to provide our Courses to you, or anyone, for any reason, at any time. In particular, if you breach this Agreement, we may immediately terminate your use of our Website and Services and disable your ability to purchase of our Courses. We can also change, suspend, or stop providing Courses at any time, for any reason, and without notifying you. We are not responsible to you for any changes, or if we suspend or stop our Courses.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All the Intellectual Property Rights in our Materials are owned by or licensed by us. We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, revocable licence to use our Materials for your personal use only. This licence to use our Materials in relation to the Courses is for the duration of the Course only. In particular, you must not use our Materials for any commercial purposes without our prior written consent which is given or withheld at our sole discretion. Any use beyond your sole personal use will be conditional on the payment of license fees, and acknowledgement of our moral rights under the Copyright Act 1968 where applicable. Please contact us at [email protected] to seek consent.

 

LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY 

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any Loss or Damage arising from your use of our Website and Services or any Courses purchased using the service, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions, price changes or discontinued Courses, your reliance on any of our information, any links to third party websites, any interruptions, any changes, suspension or termination of our Website and Services, our recording of any events, and changes to dates and times of Courses.

To the extent which we are entitled to do so, our liability under the Australian Consumer Law will be limited, at our option to:

  • the replacement of the Course or the supply of equivalent services; or
  • the payment of acquiring an equivalent Course.

In any case, our liability to you will not exceed the amount actually paid by you to us for the most recent Course you have paid for.

 

You agree to indemnify us, and to keep us indemnified from any Claim arising out of or in connection with your breach of this Agreement, including, but not limited to where you provide incorrect information, any breach of the group session and posting rules, and any breach of our Intellectual Property Rights.

 

FORCE MAJEURE

Where there is a Force Majeure Event, we will not be considered in breach of this Agreement, to the extent to which our obligations are unable to be performed by such an event. We will not incur any liability to you for any Loss or Damage of any nature incurred or suffered in connection with any Force Majeure Event. 

 

IF THERE IS A DISPUTE 

In the event of any dispute that cannot be resolved, both parties agree to obtain an independent professional arbitrator/dispute resolution specialist to make a determination on the dispute and each party agrees to pay their own costs.

 

OTHER 

This Agreement is to be construed in accordance with the laws of WA, Australia, and you and we submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of WA, Australia. This is the entire agreement between you and us, and supersedes any prior agreements, proposals, and communications whether oral or written, between you and us. In the event of an inconsistency between the terms in this document, and other terms and conditions on our Website, these terms prevail. No other term is to be included in this Agreement except where it is required to be included by law. The failure by us to exercise any right or enforce any provision in this Agreement does not waive the future operation of that right or provision. In the event that a provision in this Agreement is not enforceable, such provision shall be severed from this Agreement to the extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. All obligations and liabilities in these Agreement survive termination of this Agreement.

 

DEFINITIONS 

Australian Consumer Law means Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. 

Agreement means these terms, and the general website terms and conditions and all other terms and conditions and policies published or linked to on our website. 

Claim means any claim, under statute, tort, contract or negligence, any demand, award, or costs. 

Force Majeure Event means any event beyond our control which prevents us from complying with our obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to, a pandemic, act of God, such as fires, earthquakes, floods, war or hostilities, riots, strikes, disorder or acts or threats of terrorism, or electrical failures, changes to regulations, weather events, travel limitations, venue closures. 

Intellectual Property Rights means all copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents, trade secrets and confidential information whether registered or unregistered. 

Loss or Damage means any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential loss or damages of any kind, including but not limited to, any loss of profits, revenue, savings, loss of data, loss of enjoyment, virus to systems, personal injury, death, property damage and legal costs. 

Materials means any of our Materials and any and all Course materials, and anything provided to you during the Course.

Moral Rights means any moral rights as defined under the Copyright Act 1968.

Course means Level 1 Sound Bath Healing Practitioner Training and includes all Materials. 

We, us, or our means Anna Hastie [ABN 90312130516] and includes any of our directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, contractors. 

Website and Services means https://annahastie.com/, and everything available on this website including, but not limited to, all Courses.

 

PRIVACY POLICY

  • INTRODUCTION
    • This document sets out the privacy policy of Anna Frances Hastie trading as Anna Hastie ABN 90 312 130 516 (referred to in this privacy policy as ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’).
    • We take our privacy obligations seriously and we’ve created this privacy policy to explain how we store, maintain, use and disclose personal information.
    • By providing personal information to us, you consent to our storage, maintenance, use and disclosing of personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.
    • We may change this privacy policy from time to time by posting an updated copy on our website and we encourage you to check our website regularly to ensure that you are aware of our most current privacy policy.
  • TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
    • The personal information we collect may include the following:
      • name;
      • mailing or street address;
      • email address;
      • social media information;
      • telephone number and other contact details;
      • age;
      • date of birth;
      • credit card or other payment information;
      • sensitive information as set out below;
      • information about your business or personal circumstances;
      • information in connection with client surveys, questionnaires and promotions;
      • your device identity and type, I.P. address, geo-location information, page view statistics, advertising data and standard web log information;
      • information about third parties; and
      • any other information provided by you to us via our website or our online presence, or otherwise required by us or provided by you.
    • HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
      • We may collect personal information either directly from you, or from third parties, including where you:
        • contact us through our website;
        • receive goods or services from us;
        • submit any of our online sign up forms;
        • communicate with us via email, telephone, SMS, social applications (such as LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter) or otherwise;
        • interact with our website, social applications, services, content and advertising; and
        • invest in our business or enquire as to a potential purchase in our business.
      • We may also collect personal information from you when you use or access our website or our social media pages. This may be done through use of web analytics tools, ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies that allow us to track and analyse your website usage. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, mobile phone or other device and enable and allow the creator of the cookie to identify when you visit different websites. If you do not wish information to be stored as a cookie, you can disable cookies in your web browser.
    • USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
      • We collect and use personal information for the following purposes:
        • to provide goods, services or information to you;
        • for record keeping and administrative purposes;
        • to provide information about you to our contractors, employees, consultants, agents or other third parties for the purpose of providing goods or services to you;
        • to improve and optimise our service offering and customer experience;
        • to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce our agreements with third parties;
        • to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you and for the purpose of direct marketing (in accordance with the Spam Act). In this regard, we may use email, SMS, social media or mail to send you direct marketing communications. You can opt out of receiving marketing materials from us by using the opt-out facility provided (e.g. an unsubscribe link);
        • to send you administrative messages, reminders, notices, updates, security alerts, and other information requested by you; and
        • to consider an application of employment from you.
      • We may disclose your personal information to cloud-providers, contractors and other third parties located inside or outside of Australia. If we do so, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient deals with such personal information in a manner consistent with how we deal with it.
    • SENSITIVE INFORMATION
      • We may collect sensitive information about you during the course of providing you services. The type of sensitive information we may collect includes: e.g. information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information or biometric information.
      • We will only collect this sensitive information where you consent and provide us with this information. If you consent, your sensitive information may only be used and disclosed for purposes relating to providing you with our services.
      • Your sensitive information may also be used or disclosed to comply with our legal obligations.
    • SECURITY
      • We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is secure and protected from misuse or unauthorised access. Our information technology systems are password protected, and we use a range of administrative and technical measures to protect these systems. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
    • LINKS
      • Our website may contain links to other websites. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those linked websites and we suggest you review the privacy policies of those websites before using them.
    • REQUESTING ACCESS OR CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
      • If you wish to request access to the personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the contact details set out below including your name and contact details. We may need to verify your identity before providing you with your personal information. In some cases, we may be unable to provide you with access to all your personal information and where this occurs, we will explain why. We will deal with all requests for access to personal information within a reasonable timeframe.
      • If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us using the contact details set out below and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
    • COMPLAINTS
      • If you wish to complain about how we handle your personal information held by us, please contact us using the details set out below including your name and contact details. We will investigate your complaint promptly and respond to you within a reasonable timeframe.
    • CONTACT US
      • For further information about our privacy policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:
      • Name: Anna Hastie
      • Email: [email protected]
      • Our privacy policy was last updated on 7th December 2022.