Body Mind Spirit DIRECTORY

Standards
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Appointments
You are the caretaker and ultimate healer of your precious vessel which extends through you to the earth and all beings. You and the Professionals listed in the Body Mind Spirit DIRECTORY are expected to uphold the following standards at a minimum.

Client Practitioner

            Respect one another...

Communicate your needs and expectations before and during each session. Communicate what a client can expect during each session. Maintain confidentiality even if the client chooses not to. Ask for a history and current concerns. Be sensitive, listen and respond appropriately.

Relax, inform the practitioner if anything makes you uncomfortable physically or psychologically. Ask permission to touch a client. Continue to communicate with client to make sure behavior is always appropriate.

            Respect each other's time...

Show up on time and stay for the duration of an appointment and leave when session is over. Specify expected beginning and ending time of each session. Show up on time and stay for the duration of an appointment

Give a minimum 24 hours advance notice to cancel an appointment or be charged for a full session. (Some practitioners may require more notification.) If unable to make an appointment without notification, give a free appointment.

If late, expect session to still fall within the allotted time slot. If late, give client a full session.

            Value giving and receiving...

Be open and willing to receive. Then mentally state with belief that "I am willing to be healed." Honor your gifts and be open to receive the proper guidance for each individual during a session.

Give feedback to the practitioner at the end of the session if possible or before your next session. Refer the practitioner to friends or family when appropriate. Ask for feedback at the end of a session or before the next session.

Make payment at time of service. Consider giving your practitioner something extra for a job well done. Discuss any payment arrangements ahead of time. (Cancellation fee, late charge, overtime cost, house call, return check fee, etc.) Consider donating your service to those in need.

            Honor our environment ...

Customer Product or Business

Take responsibility and make changes in your buying habits.   Purchase products from businesses that act responsibly toward the environment and the community. Treat the earth with respect by turning to goods or services in this book.   Realize that this may involve a change in your monetary commitments. Make your product or business environmentaly friendly, easily assessable, functional, good quality and fairly priced. Demonstrate responsible business practices in the everyday operation of your business. Operate your business with integrity and truthfulness. Be an example for other businesses.

Take time to give feedback, praise or constructive criticism to the businesses you patronize. Make an extra effort. Realize that no matter how small it is - you matter in the bigger picture and we are all connected. Make this a better place for ourselves and children. Listen to your customers. Take the time to understand each customer's needs and respond appropriately. Continue your commitment to the environment, community and children. Know that many silently applaud you but that your strength comes from "doing the right thing."

Privacy
Your privacy is sacred. Our directory is intended for Clients to find you so please report any unwanted or unsolicited mail or phone calls to us immediately. (By posting your email or phone number on any website, you open yourself to unsolicited mail or phone calls. Email harvesters roam the Internet collecting email addresses from web pages. This is unauthorized use of our directory and must be reported by you for it to stop.) We do not sell or rent our email list.

Solicitations
We have an extensive email list of subscribers and listers. Sending unsolicited email or making unsolicited phone calls to our subscribers is a violation of our trust, against our policy, grounds for expulsion and/or further action by ourselves and others. It is also against the Anti-Spam act and subject to fines. (Under Bill s.1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th US Congress email letters cannot be considered spam as long as the sender includes contact information & a method of removal. However, our terms of service are more stringent.) Please consider this in the future to avoid unwanted penalties and fines.

Security
Your credit card info is never seen or accessed by us. It is protected by a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server which encrypts your credit card number and all personal information.

Changes
You may change your listing at any time by resubmitting with an "*" in front of the line items to be changed.

Tracking
We do not track people who access our site. Counter data is freely accessed by clicking the small planet icon on our home page.

Copyright
We encourage centers, health food stores, gift stores, etc to print appropriate sections of the directory and post on their bulletin boards or distribute. Our copyright and website address should be included.

Spam
The key to dealing with spam is to report it immediately to a 3rd party. (Remember, they didn't send the spam and are probably just as anti-spam as you are.)

(1) Report it to the affiliate program that the spammer may be advertising. Send a copy of the email to abuse@affiliateprogramdomain.com
(2) Report to the spammer's web host. Go to Whois, the directory of registered domain names:
http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois
Type in the spammer's domain (the website address that appears in the spam) together with the extension (.com, .org, .net etc). The host for that domain will usually be listed as the Technical Contact in the Whois record and there will be an email address for contacting them.
(3) Report it to the ISP the spammer used to connect to the Internet. (ie abuse@yahoo.com). Many emails are cloaked or use an alias email address.

Violations
If you believe that our policies have been violated, notify us immediately so that we may resolve the situation and notify the proper resources.

Thank You,
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Communicate your needs and expectations before and during each session.	Communicate what a client can expect during each session. Maintain confidentiality even if the client chooses not to. Ask for a history and current concerns. Be sensitive, listen and respond appropriately.
Relax, inform the practitioner if anything makes you uncomfortable physically or psychologically.	Ask permission to touch a client. Continue to communicate with client to make sure behavior is always appropriate.

Show up on time and stay for the duration of an appointment and leave when session is over.	Specify expected beginning and ending time of each session. Show up on time and stay for the duration of an appointment
Give a minimum 24 hours advance notice to cancel an appointment or be charged for a full session. (Some practitioners may require more notification.)	If unable to make an appointment without notification, give a free appointment.
If late, expect session to still fall within the allotted time slot.	If late, give client a full session.

Be open and willing to receive. Then mentally state with belief that "I am willing to be healed."	Honor your gifts and be open to receive the proper guidance for each individual during a session.
Give feedback to the practitioner at the end of the session if possible or before your next session. Refer the practitioner to friends or family when appropriate.	Ask for feedback at the end of a session or before the next session.
Make payment at time of service. Consider giving your practitioner something extra for a job well done.	Discuss any payment arrangements ahead of time. (Cancellation fee, late charge, overtime cost, house call, return check fee, etc.) Consider donating your service to those in need.

Customer	Product or Business
Take responsibility and make changes in your buying habits. Purchase products from businesses that act responsibly toward the environment and the community. Treat the earth with respect by turning to goods or services in this book. Realize that this may involve a change in your monetary commitments.	Make your product or business environmentaly friendly, easily assessable, functional, good quality and fairly priced. Demonstrate responsible business practices in the everyday operation of your business. Operate your business with integrity and truthfulness. Be an example for other businesses.
Take time to give feedback, praise or constructive criticism to the businesses you patronize. Make an extra effort. Realize that no matter how small it is - you matter in the bigger picture and we are all connected. Make this a better place for ourselves and children.	Listen to your customers. Take the time to understand each customer's needs and respond appropriately. Continue your commitment to the environment, community and children. Know that many silently applaud you but that your strength comes from "doing the right thing."