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Advanced 300hr YTT

Quick Policies Guide

To enroll in our Advanced 300hr Yoga Teacher Training Program, please read and agree with our policies.

On this page, we cover:

🪶 Payments and Refunds

🪶 Deferral, Withdrawal, Cancellations

🪶 Graduation Requirements and Code of Conduct

🪶 Intellectual Property

🪶 The Property Waiver

Payments and Refunds

Deposit

🪶 A $445 deposit saves your spot, but it cannot be refunded or applied toward another course, cohort, or another person’s payments. Early bird discount available on the deposit if paid at least 45 days before the start of the training.

The deposit is non-refundable and non-transferable.

Payment Schedule

🪶 You’ll be invited to complete a ‘one and done’ payment OR a ‘Per intensive’ payment that will take place at least 15 days before each intensive.

This payment covers tuition, meals, the lodging of your choice (private, shared, commuter) or virtual attendance. Please reference the 300hr YTT program page for the specific pricing options.

You will be suspended from the program if you don’t fulfill your financial obligations.

Refunds

🪶 Your payment is 100% refundable, if you make a request 16 days (or more) before the program start (arrival date on property).

🪶 Your payment is non-refundable 15 days (or less) before the program start (arrival date on property).

In the case of a weather event that moves the Intensive from ‘in person’ to being ‘online’, a small credit will be issued to the students. The credit will be valid for 3 months on select Shala experiences at the discretion of the staff.

Other Fees

🪶 Students may incur financial obligations for teaching arrangements outside of the designated curriculum and policies. Our fees are as follows:

  • Private sessions with a lead trainer ($150/hour)

  • Deferral (see below) or re-taking an intensive (50% tuition for that intensive plus accommodations)

  • Additional hardcopies of your certificate ($10/copy)

  • Transfer from an Affiliate Program (30% tuition plus accommodations)

  • Deferral (see below).

Deferral and Withdrawal

Deferral Policy

🪶 You may defer your training to the following year if you cannot complete the designated classroom time. There is a $200 deferral fee.

  • If your deferral request is 16 days or more before the next intensive, your payment will be carried over to next year.

  • If your deferral request is 15 days or less before the next intensive, you must still complete your ‘per intensive’ payment, which will be applied to next year’s attendance.

Your deferral fee covers your attendance for any portions of the training that you haven’t yet attended.

Should you want to re-attend an intensive, you will owe 50% tuition for that intensive plus accommodations.

Withdrawal Policy

🪶 To withdraw from the program, please notify us in writing, including the reason for withdrawal. In such case:

  • The withdrawal will be effective immediately.

  • The student will lose access to the Training Hub.

  • There are no refunds.

Cancellation Policy

🪶 In the unlikely event of a course cancellation due to low enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances, we reserve the right to cancel a training up to seven (7) business days prior to the start date.

Please note that some intensives have pre-determined “make-up” dates in case of cancellation due to weather. We rarely ever need to use the make-up dates, but you are responsible to keep these dates open.

Graduation Requirements and Code of COnduct

Graduation Policy

🪶 To graduate from the Foundational 200hr YTT, you must:

  • Attend all classroom time within 2 training cycles or 2 calendar years.

  • Meet all financial obligations.

  • Demonstrate proficiency in the material taught.

Upon completion of the program, a certificate will be provided to you.

If students miss 6 hours or more of an intensive, they must retake the intensive the following year and cover all costs associated with that.

If students miss less than 6 hours of an intensive, they can make up that time in private sessions with a lead trainer; additional costs apply.

Code of Conduct

We expect that students:

  • Turn off cell phones during class.

  • Dress and behave in a professional and ethical manner.

  • Be respectful of trainers, staff, other students, and school property.

  • Arrive on time and fully prepared with assignments, reading and writing materials, and appropriate gear.

  • Fulfill financial and time commitments to the program.

  • Do not enter the teaching space intoxicated.

  • Wear no prominent scents or cologne/perfume, along with proper hygiene.

  • Dress in a manner appropriate for the practice and instruction of yoga.

Students failing to comply will be dismissed from class with an opportunity to return when in compliance. If non-compliance continues, the student will be asked to leave the property and the program. No refunds will be given.

Intellectual Property

Training Hub Policy

🪶 You will receive access to our Training Hub, a platform that houses various resources for your training.

The information contained on this site is the intellectual property of Circle Yoga Shala and Matthew and Holly Krepps.

This material is for personal use only and excludes anyone else (such as friends, family, and yoga networks).

Permission to share content (text, photos, videos) may be granted upon written, explicit request, and for a fee.

If you don’t complete the program, your access to the Training Hub will be revoked immediately.

Video and Photography Policy

🪶 During each intensive, much of the content will be recorded so that it can be uploaded to the training hub and shared with you, your fellow students, and program graduates.

There may also be photos taken for marketing purposes.

If you have any concerns regarding being recorded or photographed, please let staff and your trainers know before the start of the first intensive or at any time during the training.

Property Waiver

To participate in any activity at the shala, you must agree with the property waiver.

In consideration of the risk of injury or illness while participating in yoga classes and/or yoga training, horse activities, the wilderness, movement, WWOOFing, meditation, gardening, meals, swimming, floating, sauna, cold plunge and any other activity offered or available at Circle Yoga Shala (the "Activity"), and as consideration for the right to participate in the Activity, I hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, or personal representatives, knowingly and voluntarily enter into this waiver and release of liability and hereby waive any and all rights, claims or causes of action of any kind whatsoever arising out of my participation in the Activity, and do hereby release and forever discharge Circle Yoga Shala, located at HC 70 Box 544, Jasper, Arkansas 72641, their affiliates, managers, members, agents, attorneys, staff, volunteers, heirs, representatives, predecessors, successors and assigns, for any physical or psychological injury, including but not limited to illness, paralysis, death, damages, economic or emotional loss, that I may suffer as a direct result of my participation in the aforementioned Activity, including traveling to and from an event related to this Activity.

I AM VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING IN THE AFOREMENTIONED ACTIVITY AND I AM PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITY ENTIRELY AT MY OWN RISK. I AM AWARE OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAVELING TO AND FROM AS WELL AS PARTICIPATING IN THIS ACTIVITY, WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY, PAIN, SUFFERING, ILLNESS, DISFIGUREMENT, TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT DISABILITY (INCLUDING PARALYSIS), ECONOMIC OR EMOTIONAL LOSS, AND DEATH. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE INJURIES OR OUTCOMES MAY ARISE FROM MY OWN OR OTHERS' NEGLIGENCE, CONDITIONS RELATED TO TRAVEL, OR THE CONDITION OF THE ACTIVITY LOCATION(S). NONETHELESS, I ASSUME ALL RELATED RISKS, BOTH KNOWN OR UNKNOWN TO ME, OF MY PARTICIPATION IN THIS ACTIVITY, INCLUDING TRAVEL TO, FROM AND DURING THIS ACTIVITY.

I agree to indemnify and hold harmless Circle Yoga Shala against any and all claims, suits or actions of any kind whatsoever for liability, damages, compensation or otherwise brought by me or anyone on my behalf, including attorney's fees and any related costs, if litigation arises pursuant to any claims made by me or by anyone else acting on my behalf. If Circle Yoga Shala incurs any of these types of expenses, I agree to reimburse Circle Yoga Shala.

I acknowledge that Circle Yoga Shala and their directors, officers, volunteers, representatives, and agents are not responsible for errors, omissions, acts or failures to act of any party or entity conducting a specific event or activity on behalf of Circle Yoga Shala.

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ACTIVITY MAY INVOLVE A TEST OF A PERSON'S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LIMITS AND MAY CARRY WITH IT THE POTENTIAL FOR DEATH, SERIOUS INJURY, AND PROPERTY LOSS. The risks may include, but are not limited to, those caused by terrain, facilities, temperature, weather, lack of hydration, condition of participants, equipment, vehicular traffic and actions of others, including but not limited to, participants, volunteers, spectators, coaches, event officials and event monitors, and/or producers of the event.

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS "WAIVER AND RELEASE" AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A RELEASE OF LIABILITY. I EXPRESSLY AGREE TO RELEASE AND DISCHARGE Circle Yoga Shala AND ALL OF ITS AFFILIATES, MANAGERS, MEMBERS, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, HEIRS, REPRESENTATIVES, PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION AND I AGREE TO VOLUNTARILY GIVE UP OR WAIVE ANY RIGHT THAT I OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING A LEGAL ACTION AGAINST Circle Yoga Shala FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

To the extent that statute or case law does not prohibit releases for negligence, this release is also for negligence on the part of Circle Yoga Shala, its agents, and employees.

In the event that I should require medical care or treatment, I agree to be financially responsible for any costs incurred as a result of such treatment. I am aware and understand that I should carry my own health insurance.

In the event that any damage to equipment or facilities occurs as a result of my or my family's willful actions, neglect or recklessness, I acknowledge and agree to be held liable for any and all costs associated with any actions of neglect or recklessness.

This Agreement was entered into at arm's-length, without duress or coercion, and is to be interpreted as an agreement between two parties of equal bargaining strength. Both the Participant,and Circle Yoga Shala agree that this Agreement is clear and unambiguous as to its terms, and that no other evidence will be used or admitted to alter or explain the terms of this Agreement, but that it will be interpreted based on the language in accordance with the purposes for which it is entered into.

In the event that any provision contained within this Release of Liability shall be deemed to be severable or invalid, or if any term, condition, phrase or portion of this agreement shall be determined to be unlawful or otherwise unenforceable, the remainder of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect, so long as the clause severed does not affect the intent of the parties. If a court should find that any provision of this agreement to be invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting said provision it would become valid and enforceable, then said provision shall be deemed to be written, construed and enforced as so limited.