Terms and Conditions

USE OF THIS WEBSITE

The content of the Website is for information purposes only. The content focuses on areas of general interest and provides summary overviews of subject matter. You should always seek professional independent advice before acting on any information contained on this Website.

You must not use the Website to post, upload or otherwise transmit material which is obscene or pornographic, threatening, menacing, racist, offensive, defamatory, infringing of any intellectual property or otherwise unlawful, to harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights of others, to misrepresent your identity or status, to hack into this Website or any other related computer system, to make excessive traffic demands, deliver viruses or forward chain letters or similar materials that may reasonably be expected to inhibit other users from using and enjoying the Website or any other website or damage or destroy the reputation of us or any third party.

We accept no obligation to monitor the use of the Website. However, we reserve the right to do so and to disclose any information as required by law and/or to remove, refuse to post or to edit any information or materials, to block your access and to take such other action as may be reasonably necessary to prevent any breach of these terms and conditions or any breach of applicable law or regulation. We will also, in its absolute discretion, fully co-operate with law enforcement and other relevant authorities with respect to any investigation of suspected unlawful activity or violation of network security.

We may suspend the operation of the Website for repair or maintenance work or in order to update or upgrade the contents or functionality of the Website from time to time. Access to or use of the Website or any Websites or pages linked to it will be not necessarily be uninterrupted or error free.

DISCLAIMER

The use of this Website does not form or constitute any professional relationship between you and us. You should not act or rely on any information on this Website without seeking the advice of medical professional.

The materials on this Website may not reflect the most up-to-date current developments in the yoga, Pilates, meditation or wellbeing, and this Website is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. The information provided by our services is for information purposes only and does not constitute advice. We disclaim all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the contents of this Website.

Any information sent to us via email or through this Website is not secure and is done so on a non-confidential basis.

LIABILITY

We will not be liable for any actions or omissions by you from use of the Materials (defined below), the content or this Website.
We are not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss suggested in connection with the use of this Website or any of the content. This includes, but is not limited to, the transmission of any computer virus, temporary interruptions to using our services arising from factors outside of our control (e.g. traffic congestion or problems from downloading third party content).

We make no warranties or representations about this Website or any of the content.

We exclude, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability that may arise as a result of use of our services, this Website, its content or the information posted on or through it.
Where liability cannot be excluded, any liability incurred by us in relation to the use of this Website or the content is limited to the extent provided for by the Australian Consumer Law (schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010). To the extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

This Website contains information, data, images, documents, pages, videos and other content (the “Material(s)”) created and prepared by us unless otherwise stated and referenced according to our license with such copyright owner. The Material is subject to copyright under the Copyright Act 1969 (Cth), and it is owned by us. The layout, look and feel of the Website, compilation of the Materials on the Website is all owned by us.

The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names (collectively “Trademarks”) displayed on this Website or on the Materials are unregistered Trademarks of Shine Shakti. Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as granting any license or right to use any Trademark without our written permission or the trademark owner.

Please do not use our Trademarks, Materials or wording without obtaining our express permission us first, so please contact yoga@shineshakti.com. We reserve the right to charge for any reuse.

CONTENT ON WEBSITE

The publications provided on this Website are for your information and interest only.

They are not intended to be comprehensive, and they do not constitute and must not be relied on as advice. You must seek specific advice tailored to your circumstances.
You may only access and use the Material that is available for non-commercial and personal use, unless you have prior written approval from us. None of the Material or any part of it may be reproduced on any other website or application. It is a condition of your use that you may not remove any copyright or trademark notices on the downloaded Material. You may not transmit, distribute, modify, reuse, repost or make derivative works using any of the Material for commercial purposes.

If you seek to reproduce or use the material not owned by us in any way then it is your responsibility to obtain approval for such use where necessary.
Please feel welcome to share the Material on social media platforms using the links provided on the Website to ensure that the Material links back and is credited to us either using our social media handles or link back to the relevant website page. This does not grant a trade mark or copyright license for use for such shared Material. Please credit us as provided above.

These are:

Facebook.com/shineshaktiyoga

Instagram: @shineshakti

COMMUNITY POSTING

You may submit, post and/or upload content including comments and pictures) to various parts of our services. In posting your content to our services, you confirm to us that you are the owner of the content or have the express from the owner to post the content, and it does not violate any privacy rights, copyright or other intellectual property rights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or legal entity.

If it is not your content, you must receive their permission in writing before you repost. The owner may charge for the repost and require a credit for their work.
By submitting content, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free and full sub-licensable right to license and to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content that you post (in whole or part) and/ or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology, and you waive any moral rights you may have in, or to be identified as the author, of such content.
We reserve the right to remove your content, at any time and for any reason, in accordance with our Posting Rules. You warrant that you have read and agree to the Posting Rules (below) which are incorporated in these terms of use and govern all interactions with us.
We may only be active on the community forum at set times and will notify the group of such times. Please be conscious that we are building a community to uplift, support and facilitate each other for happier lives.

POSTING RULES

We welcome users to share opinion and commentary with our services. However, some opinions and comments will not be tolerated if they are not legal or do not add value, positivity, constructive conversation or knowledge to our services.
It is in our sole discretion to delete any posts for any reason whatsoever, but will definitely delete those that include:

• Crude or sexually explicit language

• Threatening, abusive or offensive language

• Racist language

• Language that offends the LGBT community

• Sexist language

• Content that preaches, insights or encourages religious hatred or ethnic hatred

• Content to websites that link any of the above behaviour Knowingly false or misleading content

• Defamatory language and defamatory comments about others Do not post personal information about yourself or others

• Do not spam i.e. repost the same content over many articles

• Provide external links for advertising or promotion for commercial purposes Content that may prejudice ongoing court proceedings

• Copyright infringements or content that infringes other intellectual property rights

• Posting argumentative or off-topic debates

• Offensive screen names

• Posting in a way to harass, threaten or attack anyone or behave in a way that could cause annoyance or distress to another person

Images of children are only permitted if they are your own and are not be sexualized in any way. Be aware of privacy issues around sharing images of children and that they may not be protected from misuse on the internet and keep this in mind before posting.
We reserve the right to ban any users at our sole discretion. Persistent posting of the above will result in a ban from the Website.
We do not actively moderate the content on the Website. Please help us maintain a positive community and flag any comments that breach the above Posting Rules. You can flag comments or any other breaches by contacting yoga@shineshakti.com.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

This Website may include links to third party websites and services to which we have no control. We have not reviewed such other websites or services and do not warrant the accuracy of their content, services or products. We provide the links for convenience only and such link may not work, further the link does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or any relationship with the other website or service. Use of their websites and clicking on those links is at your sole risk. Any personal information shared is in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

TERMINATION OF ACCESS

We reserve the right to terminate your access to the Website, any of our services at any time without notice at our sole discretion.
Such termination may arise if we consider a breach of the Terms & Conditions, activity in violation of any applicable law or regulation, or activity that may potential harm to us, the Website users or our clients.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend and hold harmless Shine Shakti and its independent contractors, harmless from any claims, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising in any way from your use of the Website, links and Materials, your breach or violation of the law, these Terms & Conditions. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume exclusive defence and control of any such matter otherwise subject to an indemnification by you, in such case, you agree to cooperate with our defence in such claim.

RELATED POLICIES

Please also review the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy; links are located in the footer of the website or can they can be obtained by emailing yoga@shineshakti.com.

JURISDICTION & GOVERNANCE

These Terms & Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales in Australia.
Your use of the Website is agreement to irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales in Australia in the event of any disputes arising out of or from these Terms & Conditions

This Website and Shine Shakti are located in Australia and in case of any cross- border orders these Terms & Conditions shall be construed as being performed in New South Wales, Australia.

ONLINE COURSES

You are eligible for a full refund for the Foundations of Pregnancy Yoga within 7 days of purchase date if you complete one full class and realize this immersion is not for you or not what you expected. You need to write to yoga@shineshakti.com to have your refund processed, and if you meet the requirements it will be processed within 7 days.