Terms and Conditions
1. Aim and Opportunity
The aim of our work is to make the opportunity of Self-Realisation more accessible, understandable, and deeply grounded for all. The focus is on using Infinite Silence Meditation, Spiritual Inquiry, Profound Spiritual Insight, Infinite Touch (a blessing from the Silence), one-to-one sessions, and a host of supporting resources to reach a wide worldwide audience.
The spiritual insight provided is all aimed at you empowering yourself in your own process of Self-Realisation. It is a process that calls for considerable discernment from you.
Please note that there is no official or formal professional qualification in Self-Realisation; however, Philip Wade has shared this message globally for well over a decade and completed over 15,000 hours of gifted work.
In an ideal world, we would have no terms and conditions. However, it is necessary and very important to clarify the following issues for the greater safety and benefit of all concerned:
2. Not All Fluffy Bunny (The Nature of the Work & Potential Experiences)
These retreats, workshops, and events are not for the faint-hearted. True self-inquiry can be intense, challenging, and deeply uprooting. It is a space for grounded, straight-talking reality—not a “fluffy” spiritual escape or a bypass from ordinary life. We take this work seriously, and we expect you to do the same.
In human terms, exploring the depths of consciousness carries inherent risks, particularly if you have unresolved trauma, emotions, and the like, or are undergoing the type of support noted in Section 3 below. There is no entirely risk-free path.
In the process we provide spiritual insight not life advice. It is for you to determine if what is shared is resonant to you.
By booking, you explicitly acknowledge and accept that this process can sometimes lead to experiences that include, but are not limited to:
- Strong emotions or periods of emotional discomfort and vulnerability.
- Challenging personal insights or temporary confusion and disorientation.
- An increased awareness of unresolved emotional material.
- Deep shifts in beliefs, perspectives, values, or relationships.
There is no entirely risk-free path. While we approach this space with compassion, we also maintain discernment. Participants are encouraged to proceed at their own pace and accept responsibility for communicating their needs and limitations throughout the process.
3. No Medical, Psychiatric Advice, and Your Responsibility
The services and information shared on this website, at any events, or in any products are intended strictly to support spiritual exploration, self-awareness, and conscious living. They are not psychotherapy, counselling, psychiatric treatment, medical treatment, crisis intervention, or healthcare of any kind. No diagnosis, treatment, or cure of any medical or psychological condition is offered or implied.
Medical matters should always be referred to your doctor or another qualified healthcare professional. Such medical or psychiatric advice or treatment should never be disregarded or discontinued because of information on this site, at events, or through other purchases.
Gateway Location Ltd and Philip Wade shall not be liable for any adverse physical or psychological matters emerging from the use of the material.
- Your Duty to Disclose: It is your absolute responsibility to advise us of any pre-existing or historical medical, physical, or psychological conditions—including current psychiatric medications or ongoing psychological support—before attending a retreat, workshop, event, or one-to-one session.
- The Right Framework: If you are currently navigating acute psychological instability, severe active trauma, psychosis, mania, active suicidal thoughts, or intense existential distress, an intense inquiry event or app space is highly unlikely to be the right place or path for you right now, and you should seek appropriate professional healthcare support.
4. Required Emergency Contacts (Staying Anchored)
Because deep internal shifts can sometimes cause a person to lose their orientation or act unpredictably, we require a safety net. You are required to provide up-to-date contact details for a relative or close friend when booking an event.
If you choose to leave an event abruptly, disappear without explanation, or fall out of communication in a way that causes genuine concern for your immediate well-being, we reserve the right to contact your designated emergency relation or friend strictly to ensure you are safe and accounted for and, if we deem necessary, appropriate emergency/medical services.
5. No Guarantees
While reasonable effort is made to provide supportive, grounded, and meaningful insight, no guarantees or promises are made regarding specific outcomes, insights, personal transformation, spiritual healing, financial results, relationship outcomes, or life changes. Each person’s spiritual journey and experience is entirely unique.
6. Event Operations, Bookings, and Cancellations
- Filming and Live-Streams: Please note that all events will be filmed, recorded, photographed, and may be live-streamed. By participating, you explicitly agree to this. The edited results will be used in videos on the website, YouTube, and other outlets at our discretion to help spread and inspire people to the gift of Self-Realisation.
- Right of Refusal: We reserve the right to refuse a place or purchase in any circumstances. We also reserve the right to cancel a session partway through if it becomes clear the environment is no longer safe or appropriate for a participant, or if it becomes evident at our sole discretion that a participant requires specialised clinical crisis intervention beyond the scope of this spiritual practice.
- Payments and Refunds: All purchases are paid for in advance. Refunds are not available once a booking or purchase is made or a service is provided. It may be possible, at our sole discretion, to transfer a booking to another date in the case of severe illness or family bereavement.
- Our Adjustments: If we cannot meet the planned dates of an appointment, retreat, or other event, or provide a specific product, alternative dates/products will be offered or a full refund will be made.
7. Your Personal Data and Privacy
Only the minimum amount of data is collected: email addresses, phone/mobile numbers, and where necessary, billing addresses (a legal requirement for purchases). This is used strictly so we can contact you about events and any changes.
Phone numbers are only used for direct clarification purposes or late operational changes. Addresses are strictly for billing purposes or for when we are shipping a book or other product to you.
By purchasing an event, one-to-one, or other service from the site, you will receive updates about future events, new insights, and videos unless you choose to opt out. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of our emails.
Your details will never be shared or sold to third parties, nor used for profiling or secondary marketing activities. You can request data deletion at any time via email, subject to statutory legal requirements for financial invoice maintenance (which are securely retained for 6 years to satisfy UK tax rules).
A link to our full site Privacy Policy can be found on this link here.
8. Fees, Donations, Support, and Spreading the Word Wider
The vast majority of the online resources on this website are completely Free and Open Source. In-person workshops and events are generally run on a fee and realistic cost basis to keep them accessible. Historically, these donations/fees have directly covered venue costs, travel, website fees, and peripheral expenses, alongside providing significant charitable contributions to community venues and spiritual hubs.
Following direct insights and feedback, after nearly a decade of gifting over 15,000 hours of sharing essentially for free or at very low cost, there is a strong call to spread this message much wider. To be clear no net profit has been made to date, in truth, it has been funded by Philip Wade and his co-director wife.
Fees paid help cover:
- Paid professional investments and vital volunteer support to manage operations.
- Significantly higher-quality professional filming and a larger repository of free videos.
- The continuous development of new supporting tools, books, and resources.
Your full, realistic fees, donations, and support are appreciated where possible, and it is entirely understood and respected that everyone must manage their personal finances carefully.
In deep gratitude for walking this journey together.
Gateway Location Ltd
Oak Tree House,
Skelton On Ure,
Ripon,
North Yorkshire,
HG4 5AG,
UK
www.gatewaylocation.org
9. Governing Law, Jurisdiction, and Implicit Consent by Booking
These Terms and Conditions, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
Agreement Through Purchase: You do not need to sign a physical document. By finalising your purchase, booking an event, paying a fee/donation, or utilising our digital spaces, you implicitly confirm that you are participating voluntarily, that you fully understand the non-medical nature of this work, and that you take 100% responsibility for your own choices and well-being. In return, Gateway Location Ltd will undertake to conduct all events, sessions, and sharing with reasonable professional skill, care, and diligence. By completing your booking, you fully accept all the terms outlined above.
Original Document: August 2016 | Privacy Update: May 2018 | Revisions: July 2017, February 2020, June 2026 and August 2026.
