Star Bath Terms & Conditions

Please review the following information before completing your registration. These event-specific terms supplement the Zoetic River Participation Agreement & Liability Waiver.

Event Experience

Star Bath begins with a relaxed gathering period during which guests are welcome to socialize, swim, paddle, float, and enjoy the river within the designated event area.

When the guided meditation and sound bath begin, participants agree to help preserve the experience by remaining quiet, minimizing unnecessary movement, silencing electronic devices, and following the guidance of the facilitators until the meditation has concluded.

Voluntary Participation

Participation in swimming, kayaking, floating, and all other water-based activities is optional. Guests may attend Star Bath without swimming or using watercraft.

Each participant is responsible for determining whether an activity is appropriate for their swimming ability, health, physical condition, mobility, experience, and comfort level.

Acknowledgment and Assumption of Risk

I understand that Star Bath may include optional water-based activities, including swimming, kayaking, floating, wading, and entering or exiting watercraft or floating equipment.

I understand that participation in these activities involves inherent and other risks that cannot be completely eliminated, including the risk of falls, collisions, equipment movement or overturning, entrapment, injury, illness, property damage, drowning, or death.

I voluntarily choose to participate in any water-based activities and knowingly accept and assume the risks associated with my participation.

Natural River Conditions

I understand that the Blanco River is a natural and changing environment. Conditions may include:

• Uneven, rocky, slippery, or unstable footing
• Submerged rocks, branches, plants, or other objects
• Changing water depths, currents, temperatures, and visibility
• Slippery docks, stairs, banks, entry points, and equipment
• Insects, fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural conditions
• Weather-related changes and conditions outside Zoetic River’s control

Water that appears shallow may still present a risk of falling, head or bodily injury, entrapment, or drowning. Participants agree not to dive or jump into the river from any dock, bank, watercraft, or other structure.

Swimming and Water Safety

• Participants must remain within the water areas designated by Zoetic River staff.
• Participants agree to enter and exit the river carefully and to use designated access points whenever instructed.
• Participants must follow all water-safety instructions provided by Zoetic River staff, facilitators, volunteers, or equipment attendants.
• Participants agree not to engage in dangerous horseplay, roughhousing, reckless swimming, or behavior that creates a risk to themselves or others.
• Participants must notify a staff member immediately if they feel unwell, become uncomfortable in the water, require assistance, or observe a potentially unsafe condition.
• No participant may enter the water or use water equipment while impaired by alcohol, cannabis, recreational drugs, misused medication, or any other intoxicating substance.

Use of Kayaks and Floating Equipment

Kayaks, floating beds, and other water equipment provided by Zoetic River may be offered as optional paid add-on experiences. Purchasing an equipment add-on does not remove the participant’s responsibility to follow all safety rules and staff instructions.

By choosing to use Zoetic River equipment, I acknowledge and agree that:

• I am voluntarily participating in a water-based activity and knowingly accept the risks associated with using the equipment.
• I am physically able to enter, exit, balance on, and use the equipment, or I will request assistance before attempting to do so.
• I will attend and follow any safety orientation or equipment instructions provided before entering the water.
• I will wear the provided, properly fastened U.S. Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device whenever I am using a kayak, canoe, paddlecraft, or other watercraft provided by Zoetic River.
• I will not remove or loosen my personal flotation device while using the watercraft.
• I will use the equipment only in the manner instructed and will remain within the designated event area.
• I will not intentionally tip, stand in, jump from, collide with, tow, race, or misuse a kayak or other floating equipment.
• During the guided meditation and sound bath, I will remain seated or reclined in my assigned watercraft or floating equipment unless I need assistance or am instructed otherwise by staff.
• I will immediately notify a staff member if equipment appears damaged, defective, unstable, improperly fitted, or otherwise unsafe.
• I will not use equipment that has been identified as damaged, closed, or unavailable by Zoetic River staff.
• I accept financial responsibility for damage caused by my intentional, reckless, or negligent misuse of Zoetic River equipment beyond ordinary wear and tear.

Staff Authority and Removal from Activities

Zoetic River reserves the right to delay, restrict, deny, or discontinue a participant’s swimming or equipment use when staff reasonably determine that the participant’s conduct, condition, equipment use, or surrounding conditions may be unsafe.

Participants who disregard safety instructions, behave recklessly, appear impaired, or create a risk to themselves or others may be removed from the water or from the event. A refund or credit is not guaranteed when participation is discontinued because of a participant’s unsafe or prohibited conduct.

Weather and River Conditions

Star Bath is an outdoor event. Weather, river levels, water quality, visibility, temperature, lightning, flooding, wind, or other environmental conditions may require Zoetic River to delay, modify, relocate, shorten, suspend, or cancel some or all water-based activities.

The availability of a kayak, floating experience, or swimming period is always subject to staff assessment of conditions at the time of the event. Zoetic River may require participants to leave the water immediately when conditions change or when instructed for safety reasons.

Personal Property

Participants are responsible for protecting their phones, jewelry, clothing, glasses, keys, bags, and other personal belongings. Zoetic River is not responsible for personal property that is lost, damaged, dropped in the river, or left unattended, except where liability cannot legally be excluded.

Emergency Assistance

In an emergency, I authorize Zoetic River staff to contact emergency medical services and provide or seek reasonable assistance on my behalf. I understand that I am financially responsible for medical treatment, emergency response, transportation, or other services provided to me.