Terms and Conditions

Terms, Conditions and Policies

The YAA does not favour, promote or recommend any particular method, teacher, or yoga discipline represented on this website.

The YAA is not responsible for information that comes from external sources that is contained in this website.

The YAA is not responsible for an individual’s choice of teacher.

Users are responsible for the proper and safe use of any props or products purchased from the Yoga Association of Alberta.

Props & Products Return Policy: Unused, unopened products may be returned for exchange or refund (less shipping fees, if applicable) within 30 days of purchase. Any return shipping charges are the responsibility of the customer. Exceptions apply. Please contact our office for more information.  Props can be picked up at the YAA office Percy Page Centre or we can ship them at an additional cost.

Registration: Registration with full payment to the YAA office is required in advance for all YAA events (workshops, classes, retreats, etc.). All events require up-to-date YAA Membership.  Full or Lifetime YAA Membership is required for events with a cost of $80 or over.  Transfer of your registration payment to another participant is not permitted. Please register as early as possible to avoid disappointment as class sizes are limited due to space considerations, and events may be cancelled if early registrations are low.

Cancellations: YAA event cancellation requests must be sent by email to admin@yoga.ca. All credits or refunds are given at the discretion of the YAA and cancellation fees may apply. YAA application and membership fees are strictly non-refundable.

For single-day YAA events, you can opt for a full credit towards a future YAA event within the calendar year or a 90% refund IF your cancellation is received at least 7 days in advance.  For YAA events that are longer than one day, you may qualify for an 80% credit or refund IF your cancellation is received more than 14 days in advance. Late cancellation due to unforeseen emergencies or illness (with a doctor’s note) may be considered for partial credit depending on circumstances and the overall event budget, which can only be evaluated after conclusion of the event.

NOTE: For YAA hybrid events (offered both online and in-person), if you registered to attend in-person and decide to attend online instead, please let us know with as much notice as possible as there may be participants on a waiting list who wish to attend in-person.

Release of Liability Waiver – Online and In-Person Events

In consideration of being allowed to participate in any way in The Yoga Association of Alberta’s (YAA) programs, related events and activities, I acknowledge, appreciate, and agree that:

1. I am aware that the risks of injury and illness (for example, COVID-19, etc.) are possible when participating in in-person programs. Personal discipline, following particular rules and proper equipment may reduce these risks; and,
2. to my knowledge I have not been exposed to any serious infectious disease likely to cause a public health risk to those I am in close contact with, e.g., COVID-19, in the past 14 days and am taking reasonable steps to avoid being exposed; and,
3. I agree to comply with the programs’ safety policies and procedures and I am aware that the YAA reserves the right to refuse or revoke my registration or participation in these programs at any time for any justifiable reason; and,
4. for online classes, I fully understand that I am participating in unsupervised, guided, online classes at my own risk. The risks of injury from the activities involved in online programs are possible, and while particular rules, equipment, and personal discipline may reduce these risks, the risks of injury and illness do exist; and,
5. I believe that I am in reasonable physical condition and I shall inform the instructors of any medical or psychological conditions, injuries, or limitations (including known or suspected pregnancy), both past and present that may affect my ability to participate in the programs; and,
6. I understand, accept and consent to reasonable verbal or physical adjustments as deemed necessary by the instructor. I agree to follow instructions carefully and to immediately stop any activity that causes me any unacceptable discomfort, emotional distress or pain, even if I am instructed to do so by the instructor. I will report this to the instructor immediately; and,
7. I knowingly and freely assume all physical and legal risks, both known and unknown, even if arising from the negligence of The Yoga Association of Alberta, providers, or others, and assume full responsibility for my participation; and
8. I, for myself and on behalf of my heirs, assigns, personal representatives and next of kin, hereby release and indemnify The Yoga Association of Alberta, their officers, directors, officials, agents, members, instructors, assistants, and/or employees, staff, other participants, contractors, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, advertisers, and if applicable, owners and lessors of premises used to conduct the event, (collectively referred to as “Providers”) with respect to any and all injury (physical, emotional or mental), illness and exposure to illness, disability, death or loss or damage to person or property, whether arising from the negligence of the providers or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted by law; and,
9. I have read this release of liability and fully understand that these program activities have inherent risks involved, and I am fully aware of the nature of these risks, but waive rights, claims, cause of action, etc. as heretofore enumerated, and do hereby assume the risk and sign it freely and voluntarily without any inducement.

Release of Liability Waiver – YAA Teacher Directory

Inclusion in the YAA’s Teacher Directory is not automatic and must be requested here.

In consideration of being allowed to participate in any way in The Yoga Association of Alberta’s (YAA) online Teacher Directory, I acknowledge, appreciate, and agree that:

1. I accept the Terms, Conditions and Policies of the YAA as outlined herein, and agree to abide by the Guidelines for Teachers based on the YAA Code of Ethics. 
2. I understand that  the information listed in your directory listing is public information available on the internet and the YAA cannot be held responsible if your information is misused by another party.  The YAA does not sell databases.
3. The Teacher Directory may be periodically published in the Yoga Bridge magazine, in whole or in part.
4. Full or Lifetime YAA Membership must be kept up-to-date for a teacher to be included in the directory.  Listings will be removed if membership lapses.

With your membership or purchase, you consent to receiving electronic emails regarding YAA organized and YAA sanctioned events. You may unsubscribe at any time. We do not sell emails to third parties.

The YAA’s Privacy Policy can be accessed at this link.

Privacy Policy

Who we are

To find out more about the Yoga Association of Alberta (YAA) please visit https://yoga.ca/our-philosophy/.

Cookies

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Personal Information

This site may request personally identifiable data from you (“personal information”), which may include your email address, and other personal information such as your address, telephone number, etc., for the purposes of fulfilling your order and/or creating a membership account with the YAA. All members will have an online YAA Community Profile Page created, and we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Other logged in members of the YAA online community can view information in the member’s profile that is set to public. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

In the case of purchases or online giving, any payment information you enter on the Merchant Link Pages such Stripe, PayPal or Canada Helps are protected on secure pages through the affiliated Merchant Link. The YAA does not store credit card numbers or any other payment information.

In addition our web server may automatically recognize and store your email address or your domain name when you log into our site or the email address of those who communicate with us via email. And we may aggregate information about what pages on our site you visit or access.

The Yoga Association of Alberta endeavours to do its best to protect the privacy of your personal information and will not use this information except in connection with your use of this web site and for the development of the website so that we can provide you with the highest quality of services. We may use your email address to send you information concerning the organization and this website, unless you advise us that you do not wish to receive this information.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Your privacy is important to us. The YAA does not sell databases to third parties. Direct any questions about the use of your information to yaa@yoga.ca.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.