Terms of Use

A Mindful Way Training (ABN 99 218 751 591) (we, us and our), owns and operates the website located at the URL www.amindfulway.com.au (A Mindful Way). By accessing and using A Mindful Way you agree to comply with these terms of use (as varied from time to time).

About A Mindful Way

A Mindful Way provides online mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy courses designed to provide information and help you to develop skills to deal with insomnia, stress and anxiety and chronic fatigue. Our courses are released progressively over the term of each course and the materials remain available for 3 months from the date you first subscribe.

Our courses are based on two treatment models called mindfulness based therapy for insomnia and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. These methods may not be helpful or appropriate for every individual and they are not designed to assess or treat clinical levels of insomnia, depression or anxiety, chronic fatigue or other mental health disorders.

Training in mindfulness should only be undertaken when you are mentally and emotionally well and stable. It is important that you do not use our courses if you are currently experiencing depression, moderate to severe anxiety, flashbacks, psychosis or other mental health problems. If you are in any doubt about whether our courses are appropriate for you, you should seek the advice of a properly qualified health professional.

Important Information

None of the information on A Mindful Way is a substitute for diagnosis and treatment by an appropriate health professional. The screening tests contained in the courses are intended solely for the purpose of identifying sleep problems, mood, anxiety and depressive symptoms. They are not a substitute for a diagnosis by an appropriately qualified health professional.

The diagnosis and treatment of clinical insomnia, anxiety, depression and chronic fatigue requires assessment by a medical practitioner or qualified mental health professional. This is particularly important, because insomnia, anxiety and depression are sometimes caused by physical illness or certain medications.

The courses are not suitable for:

  • people currently experiencing acute mental health problems (see below)
  • young people under the age of 16
  • women who are pregnant
  • or new parents with an infant

If you have a history of mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, psychosis, trauma or post-traumatic stress disorder, or other mental health problem, you should seek the advice of a medical practitioner or mental health professional about whether this course is suitable for you.

Health professionals can contact us at info@amindfulway.com.au for more information about the these treatment models and their suitability for their patients.

Some of the sleep recommendations offered in the courses are not suitable for young people, pregnant women, or new parents, are the sleep and rest needs for the people in these groups are different.

Using A Mindful Way

A Mindful Way and courses are intended for Australian residents 18 years or older. If you are under the age of 18 you will need to have your parent or guardian agree to these terms on your behalf before you access any of our courses. You may use A Mindful Way to access information and purchase our courses.

You must not:

  • access or use A Mindful Way or its content in any manner or for any purpose that is illegal;
  • use any device, software, process or means to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of A Mindful Way;
  • use an automated device, software, process or other means to access, retrieve, scrape, or index A Mindful Way or any contact on A Mindful Way;
  • hide, alter, distribute, reproduce or delete any copyright, trade mark, proprietary notices, advertisements or any other information contained on A Mindful Way;
  • use A Mindful Way to transmit any spam, chain mail, or junk mail;
  • use A Mindful Way or post any material that is offensive, inappropriate, misleading, or promotes competing services;
  • use A Mindful Way to promote copyrighted material or material created by others without direct permission; or
  • introduce any viruses or material which contain components harmful to the A Mindful Way.

You must take your own precautions to ensure your use of A Mindful Way does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference, which may damage your own computer systems.  We will not be responsible for any interference or damage to your own computer systems or data that arises in connection with use of A Mindful Way.

Our Rights

We reserve the right to remove any content for any reason, but we are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such material. We also reserve the right to, at any time and for any reason, deny you future access to A Mindful Way or impose conditions on your access. If you feel we have been unfair in our moderation please email us setting out your concern and provide a way for us to contact you, and we will contact you to discuss it further.

Access

We use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that A Mindful Way is accessible, but there will be times when access may be suspended in order to perform necessary maintenance, updates, or upgrades. We reserve our right to suspend or terminate access to A Mindful Way at any time without reason and without notice.

Payment

We use Stripe Payments Australia Pty Ltd’s (Stripe) payment gateway to collect payment for our courses. You can read Stripe’s terms and conditions on https://stripe.com/au/legal. We may vary our payment gateway provider from time to time.

Intellectual property

Unless otherwise provided, all content on A Mindful Way and courses, including, but not limited to, text, icons, graphics and the intellectual property rights subsisting in such content, is our property or the property of our contributors, suppliers or advertisers.

You may view A Mindful Way and save an electronic copy, or print out a copy of any content contained on A Mindful Way, solely for your own personal use, information or research. This permission is irrevocable at any time.

No part or portion of the content on A Mindful Way or courses may be sold, modified, reproduced, transmitted, distributed or used in any manner except as provided above or with our prior written consent.

Accuracy and Endorsements

We do not make any representations, warranties or guarantees, as to the accuracy, quality, completeness, currency, or validity of any information on A Mindful Way or linked to A Mindful Way.

We do not necessarily endorse all of the content on A Mindful Way or on pages linked to A Mindful Way. Some of the material in classified ads, press releases, and newsletters is provided by other organisations. We are not obliged to edit, or control such material.

The advice and information contained on A Mindful Way is of a general nature and does not take into account individual circumstances. It is not intended to be or replace professional advice.

Links

A Mindful Way provides links to other websites for your convenience or to refer you to our third party suppliers. We are not responsible for the contents (including the accuracy, legality or decency) of any linked site, or page, or for its security or privacy measures. You must make your own enquires as to the suitability of the content of linked sites and the goods and services available from them.

Liability

We do not provide warranties or guarantees for content in or linked to A Mindful Way, products or services except to the extent that Australian Consumer Law applies to our or third party products and services. To the extent permitted by the law, we exclude all liability for any direct or indirect injury, loss, claim, or damage under the law of contract, tort or otherwise, including loss of property, loss of business, loss of internet connection, loss of profit, loss, or corruption of data, loss of use, whether foreseeable or not, that arises out of, or in connection to the use of or access to A Mindful Way or products and services.

Communications

If you contact us or leave a comment on A Mindful Way, we will take all efforts to respond to your comments, but we cannot guarantee we will do so. Our responses are for informational or educational purposes only and you should form your own conclusions and seek your own advice regarding their content.

We will from time to time monitor or review the contents of A Mindful Way and we reserve the right to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information and/or material (in whole or in part) that, in our sole discretion, we consider to be objectionable or in violation of any applicable law.

General

If any part of these terms and conditions are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable or void, that part shall be severed to the extent necessary and the remainder of these terms and conditions shall continue in full force and effect. Failure to enforce any right under these terms and conditions will not be construed as a waiver of that right or any other right under these terms and conditions. This document constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in regards to your use of A Mindful Way and its terms may not be varied without our written consent.

Contact Us

If you have any feedback, questions or comments you can contact us on info@amindfulway.com.au.

You and Your Privacy

We understand that you expect us to keep your personal details safe and secure so we apply strong information security and privacy controls when handling your personal information. If you choose not to provide your personal information we will not be able to provide you with our services, or you may not be able to access the full range of services offered by us.

We collect your personal information to support your health and wellbeing by providing you with our services, recommending goods, sending you information on news and events, providing you with surveys, reports and other publications. We may also use your personal information to send you direct marketing and promotional information about us if we feel it would be of benefit or interest to you.

Please be aware that we use “Cookies” and other browser tracking software to monitor your use of our website in order to help us improve our services. We may also collect personal information about you that is available on public records or databases if necessary.

It may be necessary for us to disclose your information (excluding sensitive information) to third party providers of secure payment gateways and mail distribution services in order to process payments and keep you up to date. We will also need to disclose your information (including your sensitive information) to secure data storage providers. If these providers are based overseas we take steps to ensure that they comply with the same or similar standards of privacy as those found under Australian law. Unless we receive your specific consent, we will de-identify your information for any other disclosures, and will never give any of your personal information (including your username or your browser details) to any advertisers.

For further details on how we handle your personal information, please read our Privacy Policy located here. For any questions please contact us at info@amindfulway.com.au.