Group Program Agreement
sacredwomaninstitute.com — Last Updated: August 18, 2026This Agreement applies to all Sacred Woman Institute group programs.1. PARTIES AND SCOPE
This Group Program Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into between Sacred Woman Institute LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company owned and operated by Emyluz Delmar Riva ("SWI," "we," or "us"), and the individual accepting this Agreement at checkout ("Participant," "you").
This Agreement governs your enrollment in any group program offered by SWI, including any tier of a program. It applies to every program purchase unless SWI provides a different written agreement at the time of purchase.
2. THE ENROLLMENT PAGE AND RELATIONSHIP TO SWI'S OTHER TERMS
The specific terms of each program — including its name, dates, schedule, session length, format, tier options, price, payment plan terms, deliverables, materials, duration of access, and any scholarship or application terms — are set out on that program's enrollment page at the time of your purchase. The enrollment page as it existed at the time of your purchase is incorporated into this Agreement and forms part of it.
This Agreement also incorporates SWI's Terms of Service, Disclaimer, and Privacy Policy, each available at sacredwomaninstitute.com.
Where this Agreement and the enrollment page conflict, this Agreement controls except as to the program-specific details listed above, where the enrollment page controls. Where this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions or Disclaimer conflict on a matter concerning a program, this Agreement controls.
3. FEES AND PAYMENT
The price of each program and the payment options available are stated on the enrollment page and are selected by you at checkout. SWI generally offers two options:
Payment in full, charged at enrollment; and a payment plan, consisting of a fixed number of scheduled payments beginning at enrollment and charged automatically thereafter. Where a payment plan is offered, the total payable under the plan is higher than the payment-in-full price. That total is stated on the enrollment page and at checkout.
By selecting a payment plan, you agree to the full plan total.
Your enrollment is not complete, and your place is not reserved, until the first payment is successfully processed and this Agreement is accepted.
4. PAYMENT PLAN OBLIGATION AND FAILED PAYMENTS
If you select a payment plan, you are obligated to complete every scheduled payment. Your obligation is for the full plan total and is not contingent on your attendance, participation, or continued interest in the program.
If a scheduled payment fails, SWI's payment processor will attempt the charge again and notify you to update your details. If a payment remains unpaid fourteen (14) days after its due date, SWI may suspend your access to live sessions, recordings, and materials until the balance is brought current, and may pursue the outstanding balance. Once the outstanding balance is paid in full, access is restored for the remainder of the program.
Suspension for non-payment does not release you from your obligation to pay the full plan total.
5. REFUNDS
All payments are non-refundable once enrollment is confirmed. This applies whether or not you attend, whether or not you complete the program, and whether or not the program meets your expectations.
You are purchasing a reserved place in a group of limited size. That place is held for you from the moment of enrollment and generally cannot be resold once the program begins.
SWI recognizes that serious and unforeseen circumstances arise. If your circumstances change significantly during a program, you are invited to write to Emyluz directly at emyluz@sacredwomaninstitute.com. Any refund, credit, deferral to a future cohort, or modification of a payment plan in such a case is granted at SWI's sole discretion, on a case-by-case basis. Nothing in this paragraph creates a right to a refund, and any accommodation granted to one participant does not create an entitlement for any other participant or in any other circumstance.
This section does not limit any right you may have that cannot be waived under applicable law.
6. CHARGEBACKS
If you initiate a chargeback or payment dispute in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement, you agree that SWI may present this Agreement, the enrollment page, and your record of acceptance to the payment processor as evidence of the agreed terms. Initiating a chargeback does not alter your obligations under Sections 4 or 5.
7. SCHOLARSHIP PLACES
SWI sometimes offers scholarship or reduced-fee places in its programs. Where offered, the number of places, the application process, and any conditions are stated on the enrollment page.
Scholarship recipients are subject to every term of this Agreement other than Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6, and are expected to participate on the same basis as all other participants.
8. ATTENDANCE, RECORDINGS, AND CONSENT TO RECORD
Live attendance is strongly encouraged, as SWI programs are built around a shared group experience. Sessions are not made up individually, and no credit, discount, or refund is given for missed sessions.
Where the enrollment page states that sessions are recorded, those sessions will be recorded and made available to members of your group for the period stated on the enrollment page. By participating in a recorded session, you give your express written consent to being recorded, including your image, voice, name, and anything you share.
You may keep your camera off and may decline to speak at any time.
Recordings are provided for your personal use only. You may not download, copy, share, publish, or distribute any recording, in whole or in part, to anyone outside your group.
SWI will not use any session recording containing another participant for marketing, promotion, or any public purpose without your separate, specific, written consent given after the program.
9. GROUP CONFIDENTIALITY
SWI programs depend on participants being able to speak openly. You agree to keep confidential the identity of other participants and anything shared by them during sessions or in any program communication channel, and not to record, screenshot, transcribe, or repeat any part of another participant's contribution.
This obligation continues after the program ends.
You acknowledge that SWI cannot guarantee that other participants will honor this obligation, and that SWI is not responsible for any breach of confidentiality by another participant. You are responsible for your own judgment about what you choose to share.
Nothing in this section prevents you from discussing your own experience, or from making any disclosure required by law.
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All content created, shared, taught, or made available by SWI in connection with a program is the sole property of Sacred Woman Institute LLC and Emyluz Delmar Riva and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. This includes curricula, frameworks, and methodologies including the SACRED framework; live session content, recordings, transcripts, and replays; written materials, workbooks, and handouts; guided audio and video practices; and program names, titles, and brand elements.
You are granted a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable license to use program content for your own personal development, for the duration of the program and any period of continued access stated on the enrollment page.
You may not reproduce, distribute, publish, sell, license, or share program content, and may not use it to teach, train, coach, facilitate, or create derivative or competing programs or materials, whether for payment or otherwise, without SWI's prior written permission.
This section survives the end of the program and the termination of this Agreement.
11. NATURE OF THE SERVICES
SWI programs are educational and experiential. They are not therapy, counseling, psychotherapy, medical care, or the diagnosis or treatment of any physical or mental health condition, and do not substitute for any of these.
Emyluz Delmar Riva is not a licensed physician, psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, or licensed mental health professional, and no practitioner-patient relationship is created by this Agreement.
If you are receiving medical or mental health care, a program is not a replacement for it. SWI does not provide crisis or emergency support. If you are experiencing a medical or mental health emergency, contact emergency services or the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline immediately.
12. SUITABILITY AND YOUR REPRESENTATIONS
SWI programs include practices which may involve gentle movement, guided attention to physical sensation, breathwork, meditation, and self-directed practices undertaken in your own time.
By accepting this Agreement, you represent that you are 18 years of age or older; you have read the enrollment page and understand what the program involves; you are not aware of any physical or mental health condition that would prevent you from participating safely; you take responsibility for that judgment; and you will notify SWI promptly if your circumstances change during the program in a way that affects your ability to participate safely.
You remain responsible for your own body throughout. You may modify, pause, or stop any practice at any time.
13. ASSUMPTION OF RISK
You understand that somatic and embodiment practice can bring up strong physical sensation and strong emotion, and that these responses can arise during a session or afterward.
Where a program is delivered remotely, you understand that SWI cannot observe you fully or intervene physically, and that you are solely responsible for your own physical environment and safety during sessions.
You voluntarily accept these risks and participate at your own risk.
14. NO GUARANTEE OF RESULTS
SWI makes no guarantee, representation, or warranty as to any particular outcome, result, or benefit from any program. Outcomes depend on many factors outside SWI's control, including your own participation, circumstances, and history.
Any statement on the enrollment page or in any marketing material describing what a program offers is a description of intention and of others' individual experience. It is not a promise, warranty, or guarantee of your results.
15. PARTICIPANT CONDUCT
You agree to participate respectfully: to keep confidentiality, to refrain from giving unsolicited advice or attempting to counsel other participants, and to refrain from harassing, discriminatory, or disruptive behavior, and from promoting your own products or services within the group.
SWI may remove you from a program if your conduct materially harms the safety or integrity of the group, or if you materially breach this Agreement. Removal does not entitle you to any refund and does not release you from any remaining payment obligation.
16. SCOPE OF ACCESS AND COMMUNICATION
What is included in your program — including the number of live group sessions, any individual sessions, any direct-access or messaging component, and any materials or continued access — is stated on the enrollment page for the tier you purchased.
SWI will respond to program-related email at emyluz@sacredwomaninstitute.com within seven (7) business days. SWI does not provide emergency response.
17. CANCELLATION OR POSTPONEMENT BY SWI
SWI may adjust the date or time of an individual session where reasonably necessary. Where a session cannot be held as scheduled, SWI will reschedule it or provide equivalent recorded material.
If SWI cancels a program before it begins, or is unable to deliver it, SWI will refund amounts paid for undelivered portions of the program or, at your election, transfer your enrollment to the next available cohort.
SWI is not liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including illness, family emergency, technology failure, power or internet outage, natural disaster, or public health emergency.
18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SACRED WOMAN INSTITUTE LLC AND EMYLUZ DELMAR RIVA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO ANY PROGRAM.
IN NO EVENT SHALL SWI'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO ANY INDIVIDUAL FOR ANY CAUSE OF ACTION EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY THAT INDIVIDUAL TO SWI IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
Nothing in this Agreement limits liability for gross negligence, willful misconduct, or any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
19. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Sacred Woman Institute LLC, Emyluz Delmar Riva, and their respective heirs, successors, and assigns from and against any claim, liability, damage, loss, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your breach of this Agreement, your violation of another participant's confidentiality, your misuse of program content, or any injury, damage, or loss arising from your own actions or omissions.
20. DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut.
In the event of any dispute arising from or related to this Agreement or any program, the parties agree to first attempt to resolve it informally by contacting SWI at emyluz@sacredwomaninstitute.com. If unresolved within thirty (30) days, the parties agree to submit to final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, with one arbitrator, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
CLASS ACTION WAIVER: You expressly waive any right to bring or participate in any class action or representative proceeding against SWI. All disputes must be brought solely in your individual capacity.
21. PRIVACY
SWI's handling of your personal information is described in the Privacy Policy at sacredwomaninstitute.com.
22. GENERAL
This Agreement, together with the enrollment page, the Terms of Service, the Disclaimer, and the Privacy Policy, is the entire agreement between you and SWI regarding your participation in a program.
SWI may update this Agreement from time to time. The version you accepted at checkout governs your enrollment in that program.
If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed. The remaining provisions continue in full force.
You may not transfer your enrollment or assign this Agreement to another person.
Sections 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20 survive the end of the program.
Notices to SWI go to emyluz@sacredwomaninstitute.com. Notices to you go to the email address provided at enrollment.
23. ACCEPTANCE
By checking the acceptance box at checkout and completing your purchase, you confirm that you have read this Agreement in full, that you have read the enrollment page, the Terms and Conditions, and the Disclaimer, that you understand them, and that you agree to be bound.
Your electronic acceptance has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature under the federal E-SIGN Act and the Connecticut Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Your acceptance is recorded with the date, time, and the version of this Agreement in effect at the time of your purchase.
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