Cancelation policy

Reservations may be rescheduled without penalty by cancelling up to 24 hours prior to the class or session start time. This may be done online via a client’s account, or by emailing or calling Rachel and leaving a message. This includes appointments where our service provider is unable to access the property, is turned away, or the client is unavailable.

Liability waiver for ZOOM online classes

Your agreement to participate in an online class means that you fully agree to the following:

I understand that I have enrolled in a program of potentially strenuous physical activity.

I hereby absolve Rachel Bell Carpenter and MELT Method from any responsibility for injuries I might sustain while practicing these movements or methods, or any actions learned with or by Rachel Bell Carpenter or MELT Method.

I hereby release for myself, my heirs and assigns, Rachel Bell Carpenter or MELT Method, from any claims, demands and causes of actions arising from my participation in an exercise program.

Agreement to this Liability Waiver will act as your continued agreement to all ensuing sessions, workshops and/or seminars whether in person, via Skype, Zoom or any other video conferencing tool.

Client Waiver, Release of Liability, Assumption of Risk & Acknowledgement of Health

Because physical exercise can be strenuous and subject to risk of serious injury, we urge you to obtain a physical examination from a doctor before using any exercise equipment or participating in any exercise activity. You agree that by participating in physical exercise or training activities, you do so entirely at your own risk. Any recommendation for changes in diet including the use of food supplements, weight reduction and/or body building enhancement products are entirely your responsibility and you should consult a physician prior to undergoing any dietary or food supplement changes. You agree that you are voluntarily participating in these activities and use of these facilities and premises and assume all risks of injury, illness, or death. We are also not responsible for any loss of your personal property. You acknowledge that you have carefully read this “waiver and release” and fully understand that it is a release of liability. You expressly agree to release and discharge the trainer, instructor, and Rachel Bell Carpenter from any and all claims or causes of action and you agree to voluntarily give up or waive any right that you may otherwise have to bring a legal action against the trainer or instructor for personal injury or property damage. To the extent that statute or case law does not prohibit releases for negligence, this release is also for negligence. If any portion of this release from liability shall be deemed by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, then the remainder of this release from liability shall remain in full force and effect and the offending provision or provisions severed here from.

In consideration of being allowed to enroll, I hereby personally assume all risks connected with the class, and I further release the instructors, program, agents, and operators, including but not limited to the persons mentioned for any injury or damage which may be incurred by me while I am enrolled in the fitness or performance class, including all risks connected therewith, whether foreseen or unforeseen; and further to save and hold harmless the program and persons from any claim by me, or my family, estate, heirs, or assignees, arising out of my enrollment and participation in this class.

I further state that I am of lawful age and legally competent to sign this aforementioned release; that I understand that the terms herein is contractual and not a mere recital; and that I have signed this document as my own free act. I have fully informed myself of the contents of this aforementioned and release by reading it before I sign it, I have been advised to submit, at my own expense and time, to a medical examination to ensure myself, and assume my own responsibility of physical fitness and capability to perform under the normal conditions of the fitness and therapy program, and am physically fit as tested by a medical examination. I also understand that the owner reserves the right of membership.

*PDF: In-Person Client Waiver and Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk; Acknowledgment of Purchase, Acknowledgment of Health and Equipment

*Updated July 1, 2021