Terms of Purchase
TERMS OF PURCHASE
SMG Yoga, LLC and SMGYoga.com
By clicking “Buy Now,” “Purchase,” or any other phrase on the purchase button, entering your credit card information, or otherwise enrolling, electronically, verbally, or otherwise, you (“Client” or “You”) agree to be provided with products, programs, or services as part of the SMGYoga.com Membership Site (“Membership”), acting on behalf of SMG Yoga LLC, and you are entering into a legally binding agreement with the Company, subject to the following terms:
1. TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP.
(a) Upon purchase and execution of this Agreement, Client will be provided with the following content and/or services as detailed on www.smgyoga.com (“the Website”) and selected prior to purchase. Content, programs, and/or services (collectively known as “the Services”) may include but are not limited to:
a. Online Yoga Content
b. Facebook Group
c. Monthly Content
d. In Person Group Yoga Classes
(b) The scope of Services rendered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be limited to those contained herein and/or provided for on Company’s Website as part of the Membership.
(c) The Company reserves the right to substitute Services equal to or comparable if reasonably required by the prevailing circumstances.
(d) The Company may from time to time offer extra Services to Client for an additional fee.
(e) The content included in the Membership Site is for your individual, non-commercial use. Client agrees not to share login details and/or materials with any third parties.
(f) Client will have access to the Membership Site for membership payment term.
(g) At any point should Company be terminating the Membership Site, Client will be given at least sixty (60) days notice.
(h) Client has the option to cancel membership at any time in writing via email to the Company and cancellation will take effect the following billing cycle.
2. PAYMENT AND REFUND POLICY
(a) Upon execution of this Agreement, Client agrees to pay to the Company the purchase amount as stated on the Website.
(b) No refunds will be provided.
(c) MONTHLY Membership: With initial payment of $35.00 USD, Client commits to a one (1) month term to the Reoccuring Membership, at the end of the initial term or at anytime thereafter, Client will be billed on a monthly basis. After the initial one (1) month term, Client will automatically be moved into the Membership at a rate of $35.00 USD per month. Client will then be charged payment according to their selected payment plan: every thirty (30) days, at which time the payment will be automatically debited via the account information included upon purchase.
(d) Credit Card Authorization. Each party hereto acknowledges that Company will charge the credit card chosen by the Client on the dates and for the amounts specified upon purchase and as included in this Agreement.
(e) In the event Client fails to make any of the payments as outlined above, Company has the right to immediately disallow services and benefits of the Membership until payment is paid in full.
3. PAYMENT AND REFUND POLICY FOR IN STUDIO CLASSES
(a) Upon execution of this Agreement, Client agrees to pay to the Company the purchase amount as stated on the Website, either as a single class, monthly pass, or bundle.
(b) No refunds will be provided.
(c) Credit Card Authorization. Each party hereto acknowledges that Company will charge the credit card chosen by the Client on the dates and for the amounts specified upon purchase and as included in this Agreement.
(d) In the event Client fails to make any of the payments as outlined above, Company has the right to immediately disallow services and benefits until payment is paid in full.
4. WAIVER OF LIABILITY
You are participating in classes or services during which You will receive information and instruction about yoga and You acknowledge that yoga requires physical exertion, which may be strenuous and may cause physical injury, and Client is fully aware of the risks and hazards involved. You acknowledge that it is Your responsibility to consult with a physician prior to and regarding participation in any physical fitness program, including yoga. You represent and warrant that You have no medical condition that would prevent Your participation in physical fitness activities. Client agrees to assume full responsibility for any risks, injuries or damages, known and unknown, which You might incur as a result of participating in classes. Client knowingly, voluntarily, and expressly waives any claims You may have against the Company, or the instructor, for injuries or damages that You may sustain as a result of participating in classes or workshops held at SMGYoga.com or in person classes held by SMG Yoga, LLC.
5. ADDITIONAL COVID-19 WAIVER
Although strict measures are being taken by the Company to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and/or other infectious diseases, You acknowledge that attending classes could result in exposure and/or infection, and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, and death. You hereby release, covenant not to sue, discharge, and hold harmless the Company, its employees, agents, and representatives, from all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs, or expenses of any kind arising out of or relating to COVID-19.
6. DISCLAIMER
By participating in the Membership, Client acknowledges that the Company makes no guarantees as to the outcome of any Services, sessions, teachings, or modules accessed through this Membership. By participating in this Membership, the Client acknowledges that the Company does not warrant the accuracy of any information provided, is not liable for any losses the Client may suffer by relying on modules, content, guest speakers, videos, services, or products. Any use of videos requiring physical activity are done at Client’s discretion and the Company will not be held liable for any injury that could result from utilizing videos.
By participating in the Membership, Client acknowledges that the Company nor any of its representatives are medical doctors, psychologists, therapists, or financial advisors, and content and/or services do not replace the care of other professionals. Services provided herein are in no way to be construed or substituted as medical advice, psychological counseling or any other type of therapy or advice.
Any testimonials or examples shown through the Company’s Website are only examples of what may be possible. There can be no assurance as to any particular outcome based on the use of the Membership and/or Services. You acknowledge that the Company has not and does not make any representations as to success of any kind that may be derived as a result of use of it’s programs, products or Services.
The Company may provide the Client with information relating to products that the Company believes might benefit the Client. The Company is not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences that may result, either directly or indirectly, from any information provided. The Company may be involved in affiliate relationships with certain third parties for such recommendations and will inform Client when this is the case. Client agrees that these are only recommendations and the Company will not be held liable for the services provided by any third-party to the Client.
7. RECORDING AND REDISTRIBUTION OF CLASSES
Client acknowledges that some classes may be recorded. Client also acknowledges that the classes may be redistributed and/or resold at a later date as part of separate offerings sold by the Company.
8. RELEASE
Client agrees that the Company may use any written statements, images, audio recordings or video recordings of Client obtained while enrolled in the Membership. This includes any content Client may publish to social media accounts and online forums as well as any statements, images or recordings, captured about Customer's participation in the Membership.
Client waives any right to payment, royalties or any other consideration for Company’s use of such written statements, images, audio recordings and video recordings and Client waives the right to inspect or approve the finished product used by Company. The Company is hereby held harmless and released and forever discharged from all claims, demands, and causes of action which Client, their heirs, representatives, executors, administrators, or any other persons acting on Client’s behalf or on behalf of the Client estates have or may have by reason of this authorization.
9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
In respect of the Material specifically created for the Client as part of this Membership, including modules, videos, documents, or other content (known collectively as the “Material”), the Company maintains all of the copyright, other intellectual property rights and any other data or material used or subsisting in the Material whether finished or unfinished. Nothing in this Agreement shall transfer ownership of or rights to any intellectual property of the Company to the Client, nor grant any right or license other than those stated in this Agreement.
Client may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of the Website, content or intellectual property, in whole or in part without our prior written consent. Any unauthorized copying, reverse engineering, redistribution, reproduction, publication or modification of Website content by any person without Company’s prior written authorization is strictly prohibited, may be a violation of federal or common law, trademark, and copyright laws and may subject such a violator to legal action.
10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
The Services provided to the Client by the Company under this Agreement are provided on an “as-is” basis, without any warranties or representations express, implied or statutory; including, without limitation, warranties of quality, performance, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Nor are there any warranties created by a course of deal, course of performance or trade usage.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
By using the Company’s Services and this Membership, Client accepts any and all risks, foreseeable or non-foreseeable, arising from such transaction. Client agrees that the Company will not be held liable for any damages of any kind resulting or arising from including but not limited to; direct, indirect, incidental, special, negligent, consequential, or exemplary damages happening from the use or misuse of the Membership. Client agrees that use of this Membership is at user’s own risk.
12. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
If a dispute is not resolved first by good-faith negotiation between the parties to this Agreement, any controversy or dispute to this Agreement will be submitted to the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall occur within ninety (90) days from the date of the initial arbitration demand and shall take place in Chicago, Illinois or via telephone. The Parties shall cooperate in exchanging and expediting discovery as part of the arbitration process and shall cooperate with each other to ensure that the arbitration process is completed within the ninety (90) day period. The written decision of the arbitrators (which will provide for the payment of costs, including attorneys’ fees) will be absolutely binding and conclusive and not subject to judicial review, and may be entered and enforced in any court of proper jurisdiction, either as a judgment of law or decree in equity, as circumstances may indicate.
13. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois within United States of America, regardless of the conflict of laws principles thereof.
14. NOTICES
All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing submitted to SMGYogaLLC@gmail.com.
Aug 5, 2020