Terms and Privacy Policy

This Terms of Use Agreement (this “Agreement”) is a legal agreement between you (“you” or “your”) and Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation, non-profit corporation registered in the US, Austin TX, its affiliates, and each of their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Institute”) governing your use of (i) any workshop, seminar, class, conference, course or other service (collectively, the “Services”), offered or promoted by the Institute through the website located at heartfulness.org, any other domain, social media accounts or other online platform owned or controlled by the Institute (the “Site”); and (ii) any materials, content or other offline components provided by the Institute through the Site (the “Materials”).

By accessing the site or participating in any class or using any of the institute’s services, you are agreeing that you have read, and agree to comply with and be bound by, the terms of this agreement in their entirety without limitation or qualification and all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement, do not access the site, participate in any class, or use any services, offered by the institute.

Minimum Age Requirement

The services are intended for those who are 16 years of age and older. If you are under the age of 16, you may not use the services without providing verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian. In addition, if applicable law requires that you must be older than 16 to lawfully use the services without parental consent then you must be such older age to use the services. Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 16.

License Grant

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Institute hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, license to access the Site and download the Materials solely for your own use. The license granted herein is expressly conditioned on your continued compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

This Agreement permits you to use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on the Site, except as follows:

• You may may temporarily store copies of such materials on your computer incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials;
• You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes;
• You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution;
• You may download a single copy of the Materials to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use.

You must not:

• Modify copies of any Materials from this site;
• Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics on the Site separately from the accompanying text;
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.

If you wish to make any use of Material or the Site other than that set out in this section, please address your request to the contact information provided below.

Intellectual Property Ownership

All right, title and interest in the Site, the Materials and the User Content (other than your own User Content), including technology and trade secrets embodied therein and any custom developments created or provided in connection with or related to this Agreement, including all copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trade dress and other proprietary rights, and any derivative works thereof, shall belong solely and exclusively to the Institute or its licensors, and you shall have no rights whatsoever in any of the foregoing other than the limited rights granted herein. You acknowledge that information on the Site may constitute a valuable trade secret and/or is the confidential information of the Institute or its licensors. Nothing in this Agreement or otherwise will be deemed to grant to you an ownership interest in the Site, the Materials or the User Content (other than your own User Content), in whole or in part. All content on the Site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, information, data, forms, photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other material, and software (the “Works”) are the property of the Institute or its content suppliers and is protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights and these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereinafter developed. All Works are copyrighted as individual works and as a collective work under the U.S. copyright laws (17 U.S.C. Section 101, et. seq.) and international treaty provisions, and the Institute owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement thereof. You may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, adapt, translate, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the Works, in whole or in part. Any use other than as contemplated herein, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, adaptations, translation, republication, display, or performance, of the Works, except as specifically permitted herein, is strictly prohibited. You understand and acknowledge that unauthorized disclosure, use or copying of the proprietary products and services provided pursuant to this Agreement may cause the Institute and its licensors irreparable injury, which may not be remedied at law, and you agree that the Institute and its licensors’ remedies for breach of this Agreement may be in equity by way of injunctive or other equitable relief.

Trademarks

The Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation (SMSF) India, logo and the related names, design marks, product names, feature names and related logos (collectively, the “SMSF Marks”) are trademarks of Sahaj Marg Spirituality Foundation, Inc, a Texas non-profit corporation, and are used by the Institute under license. The SAHAJ MARG MEDITATION name, logo and the related names, design marks, product names, feature names and related logos (collectively, the “SRCM Marks”) are trademarks of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, a California nonprofit corporation, and are used by the Institute under license. Neither the SMSF Marks nor the SRCM Marks may be used, copied or imitated, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent SMSF or SRCM, as applicable. In addition, the look and feel of the Site (including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts) constitutes the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of the Institute and may not be copied imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of the Institute.