Satori Shala House Rules

The Satori Shala is a virtual home, a space, where we invite you to explore your intuitive curiosity and honor your Higher Self and the Divine within. Here at the Shala, we require respect and good manners from everyone participating in our online communities, blogs, chat rooms, or other interactive communities (collectively, the "Forums"). Review our House Rules and Terms of Use, use common sense, and you'll feel a sense of belonging at the Shala.

Our Shala is a place where people can strive to live their best lives, achieve personal growth and generate positive, thoughtful dialogue. Members can come to one another for support and shared experiences. The Satori Shala is not intended as a forum for personal attacks and destructive postings. If that is your intention in posting on this site, please do not participate in Satori Shalas’ community.

You can learn more: https://www.satorishala.com/tos

Abide by Our Rules
By participating in the Forums, you agree to abide by SatoriShala.com House Rules, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may not disobey any policies or regulations established by Satori Shala, regarding the use of SatoriShala.com. If we become aware that a member has violated the Terms of Use, House Rules or other posted SatoriShala.com policies, that member's account may be immediately and permanently suspended, without warning or other notice. All comments, visuals, photographs, audio, videos and other types of material uploaded, posted or linked by users on the page ("User Content") do not represent or reflect the opinions of SatoriShala.com, its employees or affiliate companies. As such SatoriShala.com is not responsible for any User Content. We do not represent or warrant the accuracy of any post or any product or service claims made here and do not endorse any opinions or statements expressed in any User Content. Use common sense and have a wonderful time visiting the SatoriShala.com

Age Requirement
Online safety is of the utmost importance at SatoriShala.com. For this reason, you must be 18 years old or older to participate in the Forums. You may not seek to exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.

No Personal Information
For the safety and privacy of SatoriShala’s Members, please do not post or solicit personal information such as phone numbers, addresses, social security numbers, last names (you may use last initials), medical, financial, license plates or any other private information about yourself or others. If you post a photo, video or comment that includes the name or image of someone other than yourself, you must have permission of that person to post to this page. That includes permission of the parent or legal guardian of any child that may be included.

No Obscene or Hateful Language
We don't allow obscene, hateful, profane, racist, discriminatory, sexually explicit, pornographic, offensive or otherwise objectionable language or material in any of our online forums. Further, you may not harass, insult, defame, libel, slander, stalk, abuse, threaten or invade the privacy of another person. You may not post content that disparages, criticizes, belittles, parodies or otherwise portrays in a negative light any person appearing in the content. We suggest you discontinue any conversation that makes you uncomfortable.

No Solicitations or Advertisements
You may not post any content for commercial purposes (e.g. offering for sale any products or services). Such posts add to clutter and devalue conversations. This includes advertisements for your business, the latest get-rich-quick scheme, solicitations for a charity, conducting raffles or contests, displaying sponsorship banners, solicitation of goods or services and/or spam. Further, you may not solicit funds, advertisers or sponsors. You may not promote a "pyramid" or similar scheme. Unfortunately, it is impossible to verify the validity of each and every organization that solicits donations; therefore, in an effort to protect SatoriShala.com Members from fraud, we must prohibit solicitations for charities.

No Illegal Activity
You may not suggest, encourage, advocate or promote illegal or violent activity. You may not use SatoriShala.com to violate any law or conduct any activity that may be considered to violate any law, including, but not limited to, scams and impersonations. SatoriShala.com will assist law enforcement officials.

Personal Advice
Any advice or information provided on SatoriShala.com is of a general nature. It cannot substitute for the services of trained professionals in any field. You should always check with an appropriate licensed professional before relying on, taking or not taking action based upon the advice or information provided on SatoriShala.com. Please keep in mind that Members may claim expertise or status (legal, medical, etc.) that they do not, in fact, possess. Thoughtful discretion should be given to all advice found on the site.

Register One Username
You may not create more than one username. It is confusing to other Members and does not help in building a trustworthy community.

English Language
All public postings must be made in English, or translated in English below the original language.

Truthful and Accurate Information
Please only post content that is truthful, accurate and not misleading. You may not post material that impersonates or misrepresents your connection to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates headers or identifiers to disguise the origin of the content.

Authorized Postings
It is inappropriate to post content that infringes upon or violates the copyrights, trademarks, rights or publicity or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. You must have copyright ownership of all content you post or the necessary rights from the copyright owner to post such content in our Forums. You may not post content that copies any other pages or images on SatoriShala.com except with appropriate authority. By posting content, you are certifying that you have the permission of everyone who has contributed to or is incorporated in the content. If there are any individuals under the age of 18 in any photos, videos or other content that you post, you certify that you are their parent or legal guardian of any such minor and have the legal right to consent on his or her behalf to incorporate their appearance in the content. You further certify that the content you post does not contain the full name, physical address, email address, telephone number or social security number of any minor. Further, you may not post any content that you do not have the right to transmit under any contractual or other relationship (e.g. inside information and/or proprietary or confidential information received in the context of an employment or non-disclosure agreement). 

You may not post content that includes programs which contain any virus, worm, malware, corrupt file and/or "Trojan Horse" or any other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, overload, collapse, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications. You may not post content that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time activities via SatoriShala.com. You may not include MP3 format files. You may not do anything which amounts to "data warehousing" (i.e. using any web space made available to you as storage for large files or large amounts of data which are only linked from other sites). You must provide a reasonable amount of content to accompany such material in order that at least some of the traffic to your site comes directly via SatoriShala.com.

Submissions
We do not seek to receive submissions of ideas or improvements on this page. Please do not make any such submissions via this page. If you choose to do so, SatoriShala.com will not treat those submissions as confidential or proprietary to you and will be free to use and exploit those ideas or improvements without any obligation to you. By submitting or posting User Content to this page, you consent to and grant to SatoriShala.com and its affiliates and those acting on their behalf, the non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, publish, perform, prepare derivative works of and exploit (in all formats and media whether now known or hereafter developed) the User Content (including your name, voice, statements, picture and image), individually or in combination with other images, text, printed or electronic materials, for purposes of advertising, public relations, marketing, promotion and publications regarding SatoriShala.com or its affiliates, without compensation or acknowledgement to you. You acknowledge that you will not have the right to inspect or approve the use of such materials or content and hereby waive any and all moral rights in such User Content, to the extent any moral rights exist. You release and discharge SatoriShala.com and its affiliates and their successors and assigns from all claims or causes of action relating to or arising from SatoriShala.com and its affiliates' use of the User Content as provided above.

Post at Your Own Risk
You participate in the Forums at your own risk. SatoriShala.com takes no responsibility for the content or opinions posted. You take full responsibility for any and all use under your account and username, regardless of whether you've authorized it.

No Linking
You may not post any links to third party sites. You may not post content that contains links to other sites that contain the type of objectionable content we have described above.

Post a Message Only Once
Good manners online mean that you don't post the same message more than once.

All Posts Are Subject to Review
While we do not review all material posted and are under no obligation to do so, we reserve the right to accept, reject or remove any postings, including those that are off-subject, not in English or that contain personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity, impersonations, advertising or that violate the SatoriShala.com.

Archiving and Read Only Discussions
SatoriShala.com reserves the right to Archive or make any discussion "Read Only" at any time at its sole and exclusive discretion, including, without limitation, any postings or discussions that are disruptive in nature or are in contravention of any posted policies.

Modification
These House Rules may be modified by SatoriShala.com at any time without notice, so we encourage you to come back and review these House Rules. If you are a registered member of SatoriShala.com with your email address on file, you will also receive a notification via email when our TOS & House Rules are updated.

Video Submissions
All Video submissions must be no more than four (4) minutes in length.

Customer Agreements & Terms of Service
When signing up, you agree : that you are 18 years of age or older - and that an advisors session are not meant to replace the services of a physician, psychiatrist, financial advisor, attorney or any other trained professional. All products and services are sold as curios only. Please do your own research regarding medical/health, mental health and legal issues.

Services and products are provided to those over 18 years of age and are protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 and the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (H.R. 2431).

By using these services and/or purchasing these products you agree to not hold SatoriShala.com, MediumMarie.com, MarieSatori.com, its proprietors, owner, or anyone associated liable for result or lack thereof from our services and products. Further you agree not to hold the business/company, proprietor, websites, owner, or anyone associated liable for any financial amount, including monies paid for any and all services and products.

By using these services and/or purchasing these products you agree that you are not entitled to a refund or financial restitution. These supplies and services are for entertainment purposes only by law.

By using these services and/or purchasing these products you agree not to threaten, stalk, or in any way harass the owner, other clients/customers, and anyone associated with the owner of this site.

PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: MAY 25, 2018

Marie Satori operates MarieSatori.com / MediumMarie.com / SatoriShala.com (the "Site"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site. 

We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. 

We respect your privacy. Any and all information collected on this site and via services will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, shared or disclosed to third parties or reused without your permission. Any information you give to us will be held with care and will not be used in ways that you have not consented to.

Information Collection And Use

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Information.”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name, address, and email address. 

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

For EU residents, this includes transfer of your information over international borders as we are based in the United States.

Log Data

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site ("Log Data"). 

This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, operating system, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. 

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics or Facebook Ads Conversion Tracking that collect, monitor and analyze this information.

Communications

With your permission, we may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other relevant information about our store, products, or partners that we feel may be of interest to you.

You may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at m.marie.satori@gmail.com or by using the unsubscribe option at the bottom of newsletter communications.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive.

Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. 

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.   To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

Third Parties

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links

When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 25, 2018 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. 

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy frequently. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. 

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.


Returns on Physical Retail Products
Our policy lasts 15 days. If 15 days have gone by since a your purchase of a product, unfortunately we can’t offer you a refund or exchange.

To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.

Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, email or digital services. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.

Additional non-returnable items:
Appointments & Sessions
Gift cards
Downloadable software products
Some health and personal care items

To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase.

Please do not send your purchase back to the manufacturer.

Refunds (if applicable)
Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund.
If you are approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain amount of days.

Late or missing refunds (if applicable)
If you haven’t received a refund yet, first check your bank account again.
Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted.
Next contact your bank. There is often some processing time before a refund is posted.
If you’ve done all of this and you still have not received your refund yet, please contact us at m.marie.satori@gmail.com.

Sale items (if applicable)
Only regular priced items may be refunded, unfortunately sale items cannot be refunded.

Exchanges (if applicable)
We only replace items if they are defective or damaged. If you need to exchange it for the same item, send us an email at m.marie.satori@gmail.com

Class / Workshop Policies:
In order to attend a class or workshop:

  • You must be 18 years of age or older unless otherwise stated.

  • Unless other arrangements have been made, class/workshop fees are due in advance to hold your spot.

  • There will be no refunds if you change your mind and/or can not make the class/workshop.

  • If the a live class is canceled you will be issued a refund via the same method you made your payment.

  • You agree not to share, copy or otherwise distribute any class/workshop materials.

  • Because of the nature of online classes and each user has different technical setups, we are not responsible for computer/technical difficulties.

  • All live classes/workshops are scheduled in Eastern Time Zone. We are not responsible for converting time for
    your particular time zone. Please use World Time Buddy if you need to convert times and plan accordingly.

  • Some classes may have a minimum enrollment requirement. If the minimum enrollment is not met the class may be canceled or rescheduled. Students will be notified via email and refunds will be made via the payment method.

Classes and Workshops are non-refundable if you miss the class, don’t show up, or change your mind. Classes/Workshops offered involve a lot of time and energy to prepare, your payment in advance holds your space. Please check your calendar and be sure you can make the date(s) before registering for a live class/workshop.

Gifts
If the item was marked as a gift when purchased and shipped directly to you, you’ll receive a gift credit for the value of your return. Once the returned item is received, a gift certificate will be mailed to you.

If the item wasn’t marked as a gift when purchased, or the gift giver had the order shipped to themselves to give to you later, we will send a refund to the gift giver and he will find out about your return.

You will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.

Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.

If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.