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Advice or Perceived Advice: At no time to we provide medical advice and we never recommend that you in any way or under any circumstance substitute our advice or suggestion, explicit or perceived, direct or indirect; for your own judgement or that of a qualified health professional.
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NATURAL PRODUCTS, SUPPLEMENTS, COSMETICS,
and other products or product endorsements or perceived product endorsements:
ALL PRODUCTS sold or recommended on this website, or sold or recommended by partners or affiliates: As with all natural products, cosmetics, supplements, etcetera; allergic sensitivity or other unexpected results are possible. Always test for 24 hours on a small area of skin before use. No medical or health claims are made regarding any product. Inform yourself on the correct and safe use of natural products before using them.
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RETREATS, RETREAT CENTRES, and RETREAT BOOKINGS:
as BOOKING AGENT: Pierre Black acting as booking agent for retreat centres: For retreats at which Pierre Black is not physically present, Pierre Black is only responsible for the booking itself, and is not responsible in any way for eventualities, risks, or damages incurred during the retreat itself.
RETREAT DEPOSIT PAYMENTS (down-payments on retreat stays) are completely non-refundable under any circumstance, at any time, for any reason, and represent a fee to effect the booking itself and nothing more. As a courtesy, deposits may be transferrable to different retreat dates, different retreat centres or events also booked or operated by Pierre Black, or to different guests; however these are solely actionable at our discretion and convenience and when the desired transfer is reasonable and available. Retreat deposit payments are also non-refundable even in the case that the retreat center or retreat provider(s) fail for any reason to provide retreat services on the agreed-upon dates. However, we do our very best to effect convenient re-booking or deposit transfer to a different retreat or guest should such a case arise. That is to say we do our absolute best for you in any kind of adverse circumstances, however the deposit remains completely nonrefundable under any circumstances.
• Changes Made by The Guest to the Original Booking; officially, any change to the original booking could result in the loss of your deposit payment. In practice, however, we allow reasonable changes to the booking as long as the new dates are available. If at any time you decide to shorten your stay, the deposit payment for the canceled nights of stay will be lost. (it is not refundable, nor will it be credited to the balance due at the time of your stay.)
• Retreat Unable to Provide Services for the agreed-upon dates; in case the retreat for which you have a booking is unable to provide services on the agreed-upon dates due to any unpredictable disaster, serious illness, or other "acts of God or nature” beyond our control, the deposit payment remains officially, absolutely nonrefundable. In practice however, we always credit you for the value of the deposit, and make the absolute best effort to accommodate you in some way; your deposit payment could be credited to alternate dates of stay, an alternate retreat location (if available), or even toward other professional services offered by Pierre Black and the retreat providers; however this is offered solely as a courtesy and entirely at our convenience and sole discretion.
PIERRE BLACK HOSTED RETREATS: Pierre Black hosting a retreat directly or co-hosting a retreat in person: By booking a stay at any retreat ”
PIERRE BLACK HOSTED RETREATS: Pierre Black hosting a retreat directly or co-hosting a retreat in person: By booking a stay at any retreat event or residential retreat center affiliated with Pierre Black and PierreBlack.com you agree to and consent to the following: Participation is voluntary at any at all times. You may out-out of any activity at any time or depart of the retreat entirely if at any time you feel that retreat activities are not to your liking or involve any unreasonable risk. You are aware that participating in the event may involve potentially strenuous or risky physical activities such as yoga, cycling, physical work, work with tools, hiking, swimming, other leisure or sporting activities, and including possible contact with wildlife and unpredictable natural settings. You are also aware that there my be intensive meditation practice and that participants in such practices may experience unusual psychological, physical and/or spiritual states of body and mind arising from the meditation and associated retreat activities. You choose to participate in these activities with the full knowledge of the potential risks involved, and hereby agree to accept any and all risks of harm that may result from these activities. In choosing to participate in retreat activities you agree that to release the retreat centre, Pierre Black, and any employees, volunteers, or associates from all actions, claims or demands at any time for injury or damages resulting from your participation in this retreat event, except when an employee or contractor of retreat exhibits gross negligence or intentionally acts in a manner likely to lead to my being harmed.
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We care about our clients, customers, and retreat guests and do our very best to support your enjoyment, your personal growth, and your healing in everything we do.