Light on Law Essential Information (Fourth Edition)

COVID-19 has forced a fundamental change in the business model of yoga studios and wellness businesses. Many are now offering video classes online. This has created issues around who owns the videos. Does the studio or the teacher own the video and what rights may they have? How does the business protect itself if a student watches an online class, suffers an injury and pursues a claim? 

As studios begin to re-open their physical facilities, how do they protect themselves from liability if a teacher or student contracts COVID-19 and pursues a claim for damages? What are best practices in keeping the teachers, students and staff safe?

There are chapters on best practices for teaching students with pre-existing conditions, key yoga agreements, protection from liability, independent contractors, legal entities, social media, privacy trademarks and leases. There is comprehensive information on sexual abuse, ethics committees and codes of conduct. 

The Fourth Edition covers these new topics:

Who Owns The Yoga Videos?

Liability For Online Video Classes-Waivers

Liability for COVID-19 Cases

It contains these new template agreements:

Form of Release for Online Classes and COVID-19 Risk (Students)

Form of Release of Claims Against the Studio for COVID-19 Risk (Teachers)

Work For Hire Agreement

Terms of Use

The book is in PDF form, is 150 pages long. The list price is $25 and has been discounted to $20.

I hope you find the Fourth Edition of my book a useful guide as we navigate this new world in which we live. 

OM

Gary Kissiah 

Light on Law for Yoga Studios is for yoga studios, entrepreneurs and other wellness businesses.

This book discusses the essential legal issues you need to know to run your business such as: independent contractors and employees, protecting yourself against liability, starting and running your business, legal entities, key legal agreements, selling products, branding, content, websites and social media, ethics and taxes. The book contains 37 essential legal forms written specifically for yoga and other wellness businesses.

The book is a beautiful, full color 340 page PDF. You can copy the legal agreements, paste them into Word and revise them for your specific situation. The discounted Yoga Alliance price is $15.

Light on Law for Yoga Teachers is just for yoga and wellness teachers. It will empower you to meet your legal obligations and to protect yourself from legal trouble.

Here are just a sample of the many questions that I discuss in the book:

How do I start my yoga business? How do I protect myself from liability for injury? How do I set up a yoga practice in my home? How can I safely hold yoga classes in the park and on retreats? Does my insurance policy protect everything that I do? Can I negotiate my teaching agreements with the studios and what should I really care about? Am I an independent contractor or an employee? What are my tax obligations? How can I trademark my brand? What do I need to know for my website?

The book is a beautiful, full color 200 page PDF.

The book includes 23 legal agreements written just for yoga teachers. You can copy the legal agreements, paste them into Word and revise them for your specific situation.

The discounted Yoga Alliance price is $15.

The IRS and state taxing agencies are auditing yoga studios and wellness businesses over the use of independent contractors. New York and California are targeting specifically the yoga community. If you are audited and you have misclassified your teachers as independent contractors, you may be liable for back taxes, fees and penalties.

As a business owner the burden is on you to prove that your teachers and other workers are independent contractors.

Do you know the difference between an independent contractor and an employee and have you properly classified your teachers and other workers?

This book has chapters on the federal and state laws on independent contractors, how to properly classify your teachers and workers, how to protect yourself from liability for misclassification, federal and state employment laws and tax issues.

Many studios are converting their independent contractors into employees because they no longer wish to face the risk of an audit. This book contains a new chapter on the conversion process, a checklist and extensive resources.

There are over 180 federal laws that regulate employees and every state has its own system of laws. Do you know the laws that govern the interviewing, hiring, managing and termination process? Are you using best practices for hiring and firing employees? Are you using professional employment agreements? All of these questions are answered in the book.

This book is a full color, 200 page PDF book. It includes 10 legal agreements (including model agreements for independent contractors and employees) and many other resources.

The discounted Yoga Alliance price is $15.

The  Yoga Sutras embrace the entire science of yoga: its philosophy, practices, and moral code. Each Sutra is presented in a beautiful layout that contains the Sanskrit text, an English translation, imagery that illuminates the Sutra and a commentary. Yoga Alliance has approved the book for teacher training programs and non-contact hours continuing education. 

The Second Edition (in print only) has new images and expanded content. It is printed on premium paper and has a red placeholder ribbon. The retail price is $23.95

For the month of August, we are running a special. You may purchase two books for $20 or a box of twenty books for $100. If you would like to purchase the books, please contact me directly at lilalabs@gmail.com.

Here is where you can get a free PDF version of the First Edition of the book:

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