A Yoga Liability Waiver is a document that minimizes the risk of liability for yoga teachers and yoga therapists in the event that a participant experiences emotional or physical injury during your yoga class or private session. It is a good practice to ask your new students to sign a waiver before their first class or session so that everybody is clear that the student assumes full responsibility for their yoga experience.
It is also recommended that you provide all students with a HIPAA notice of privacy practices and follow the responsibilities outlined in that document.
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Many yoga teachers send their new students an Intake form to fill out prior to the first class or session. This form can contain different kinds of questions, including essential information we need to know for safety purposes, such as diagnosed conditions, recent surgeries, current medications and treatments, etc. It can also contain other kinds of questions that give the teacher a better understanding of the challenges that the student is dealing with within the context of their lives. It’s useful to organize the Intake form according to the Panchamaya Model structure and ask questions that relate to different layers of the student’s system.
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