Retreat Waivers
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY CERTIFICATION BY RETREAT PARTICIPANT
INHERENTLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES
Retreat Participant acknowledges that he or she is willfully and with full knowledge participating in certain activities, including but not limited to a program of fitness and physical exercise, that is inherently dangerous. The Retreat Participant agrees to consent to that certain Informed Consent / Waiver, which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference, as a condition for participation in the Retreat.
Moreover, by signing the agreement form below, the Retreat Participant agrees as follows:
“I am entirely responsible for my own personal safety, health, and mental, physical, emotional, and general well-being during and after the Retreat. I release the Retreat Organizers and their representatives, and any of their employees, assistants, and affiliates, of any liability for any injuries or damages mentally or physically I or any of my family members might incur during or after the Retreat. I understand that the Retreat is in no way psychotherapeutic or medical in nature. The Retreat is not involved with the treatment of disease of any kind and does in no way substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment.
Gail Warwick and other Retreat leaders and teachers do not treat, prescribe, or diagnose any illness, disease, or any other physical or mental disorder. Any personal advice or answers to my questions that are given to me on this Retreat are for entertainment purposes only. I release Retreat Organizers and their representatives and any of their employees, assistants, and affiliates from any injuries or damages mentally or physically that I or any of my family members might incur during or after this Retreat as a result of following any advice given to me on this Retreat. I release Retreat Organizers and their employees, assistants, and affiliates from any obligation to fulfill any claims about this Retreat that have been printed or spoken in any tapes, lectures, letters, literature, the Internet, websites, or the news media. I am entirely responsible for my personal safety, health, and well being during the Retreat. I hold the Retreat Organizers harmless for anything that might happen to me or to my possessions on this Retreat. I understand that the Retreat organizers provide no health insurance or travel insurance, and, if I wish to be insured, I have to do this myself. I have read and understand the foregoing Retreat Participant Agreement.”
WAIVER
GENERAL WAIVER
The Retreat Participant shall indemnify and hold Retreat Organizers free and harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages, injuries, and liabilities arising from or on account of the Retreat Organizers’ activities or omissions in connection with this Agreement, as well as the costs, including attorneys’ fees, of defending against them. By signing this Retreat Participant Agreement, the participant releases the Retreat Organizers and its representatives from all responsibility and liability.
WAIVER FROM LIABLITITY FOR RETREAT PARTICIPANTS TRAVEL & CONDITION
The Retreat Organizers take no responsibility or liability for, and the Retreat Participant expressly waives any right to hold Retreat Organizers liable for:
1. Any changes or delays in air schedules, missed airline or other carrier connections, or other services;
2. Injury, loss, or damage to persons or property, including luggage;
3. Additional expenses resulting from changes in exchange rates, tariffs, or schedule;
4. Defect in any vehicle or the act or default of any company or person engaged in conveying the Retreat Participants, or in carrying out the arrangements of the Retreat, or otherwise;
5. Additional expenses incurred or due to sudden sickness, weather conditions, strikes, or other causes or acts of God;
6. Losses due to cancellations.
WAIVER FROM LIABILITY FOR RETREAT
Retreat Organizers are making all arrangements pertaining to the Retreat, including hotel and restaurant reservations in order to provide the workshops, classes, meals and seminars described in the Schedule of Events. The Retreat Organizers take no responsibility or liability for, and the Retreat Participant expressly waives any right to hold Retreat Organizers liable for: injury, death, delay, theft, damage, or irregularities, however caused.
WAIVER OF LIABIITY FOR FULL RETREAT ACCOMMODA TION
Retreat Participant acknowledges that Retreat Organizers are making certain limited arrangements pertaining to the Retreat for individuals selecting Full Retreat Accommodation, including hotel reservations, transportation between the hotel and the Retreat center and day-to- day operation of the Retreat. As a condition for the provision of these services, Retreat Participant expressly waives any right (whether in contract, tort, or both), to hold Retreat Organizers liable for delay, theft, damage, injury, terrorism, or irregularities, however caused. The Retreat Organizers take no responsibility or liability for, and the Retreat Participant expressly waives any right to hold Retreat Organizers liable for:
1) Any changes or delays in air schedules, missed airline or other carrier connections, or other services;
2) Injury, loss, or damage to persons or property, including luggage;
3) Additional expenses resulting from changes in exchange rates, tariffs, or itinerary;
4) Defect in any vehicle or the act or default of any company or person engaged in conveying the Retreat Participants, or in carrying out the arrangements of the Retreat, or otherwise;
5) Additional expenses incurred or due to sudden sickness, weather conditions, strikes, war, terrorism, quarantine or other causes or acts of God.
6) Losses due to cancellation;
7) Changes in the Retreat itinerary;
8) Physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual injury as the result of participating in the Retreat;
9) Disappointment or dissatisfaction about the Retreat.