Our Policies:

The reason for the Code of Conduct is to guarantee a safe and supporting climate where understudies can learn and educators can instruct. It likewise to guarantee the understudy can develop towards physical, mental and otherworldly prosperity. Understudies are required to respect and maintain the Code of Conduct during the span of remain with Patanjali Yogashala. 

  • While it isn't workable for school to list every conceivable lead, here are those destined to occur. Besides, understudies are required to follow extra direction and alerts from school the executives, assuming any. If it's not too much trouble experience the accompanying implicit rules material to understudies taking an interest in courses and exercises, just as non-partaking visitors at Patanjali Yogashala. During non-class hours, no sooner than 6am and no later than 9pm around evening time. 

  • No liquor, drugs or any addictive substance are permitted during understudy's stay at school. This applies regardless of inside or outside of school premise, including during any additional evenings prior or after course date, if understudies are remaining at our convenience. Any liquor/drug utilization will prompt being approached to leave without confirmation. 

  • No smoking of any sort, including e-cigarettes, are permitted on premise. We advance physical and passionate cleaning during the preparation. In the event that you have a solid propensity for smoking, if you don't mind attempt to hold it to a negligible and smoke just at a far separation outside of convenience/resort premises. If it's not too much trouble discard your cigarette buds in sheltered and suitable removal. 

  • No utilization of non-veggie lover (for example meat, poultry, eggs, and so forth), inside convenience or school/resort premise. We understand that not every person keen on the course are unadulterated veggie lover. Nonetheless, by joining and reserving for this course, you have consented to our controls and our eating regimen prerequisites. Understudies are liable for bringing dietary enhancements that they needed during the length of the course. In the event that you truly need non-veggie lover occasionally, you may cautiously get ready for your dinners outside the school. Kindly don't demand our staff to plan non-vegan dinners, including eggs. 

  • No verbal or conduct hostility, including aloof animosity, towards cohorts, school supervisory crew, educators and resort staff whenever. This incorporates tattle, provocation, harassing, or whatever other conduct that is unseemly or troublesome to the government assistance of the program or to individual understudies. 

  • Understudies are needed to go to 100% of the preparation hours. Lateness to class can't be considered full class and one ought not sign the every day participation sheet as though for a full class cooperation. If you don't mind see "Participation Policy" area under School Policy. 

  • No utilizing cell phones for outer correspondence or web-based media in class during a progressing class. This is viewed as discourteous to instructors and cohorts who may require positive and centered class climate. 

  • No late evenings out. We generously demand understudies to have returned to class and in your room by 9pm for your wellbeing and to help understudy's emphasis on the preparation that involves early morning normal and escalated plan for the duration of the day. Understudies are not permitted to sleepover outside of school for the length of their remain. 

  • No utilizing cell phones for outer correspondence or web-based media in class during a progressing class. This is viewed as discourteous to instructors and cohorts who may require positive and centered class climate. 

  • No late evenings out. We generously demand understudies to have returned to class and in your room by 9pm for your wellbeing and to help understudy's emphasis on the preparation that involves early morning normal and escalated plan for the duration of the day. Understudies are not permitted to sleepover outside of school for the length of their remain. 

  • No gathering or some other diversion gathering is permitted to be held by understudies on school premise. 

  • No sentimental relationship with Guru(s) for the length of your course. Understudies are unequivocally prompted not to go outside school with an educator alone, in any event, when understudy thinks it's anything but a sentimental relationship. Instructors are likewise not allowed under School Policy to sort out outings for understudies or take an understudy out for a supper all alone. 

  • Understudies are needed to rest in your doled out space for the term of your stay at school. Understudies are not permitted to sleepover in another understudy's space in any capacity whatsoever. 

  • No untouchables are permitted into understudy's rooms except if talked about ahead of time of your program, the visitor is checked-in and paid for their remain. Untouchable may enter school premise simply subsequent to mentioning authorization for every passage from school. He/she is restricted to remain just during a specific hour of the day and needed to be under management. 

  • Music is allowed under the accompanying explicit conditions: at proper volume, just if flat mate (assuming any) concurs, just if neighbors don't gripe, just during non-class hours, no sooner than 6am and no later than 9pm around evening time.

Enrollment Policy:

  • Patanjali Yogashala requires that each one trainees attending our Teacher educational program have comprehensive travel, medical and cancellation insurance for the duration of their training.

  • Upon arrival and check-in at college, all students and non-participating guests are required to supply passport and guest’s information required to be submitted by law to the Indian Government. Passport are going to be handed back after a photocopy is formed .

  • Trainees who are pregnant, or fall pregnant during an educator Training Course aren't permitted to partake in or continue on the training. No refund are going to be given under these circumstances. For this reason, if you think you'll be pregnant it's highly recommended you visit a doctor for a bioassay before enrolling for the training.

  • Patanjali Yogashala School reserves the proper to refuse admission to trainings, retreats or the other programs held at the varsity . Students arriving late could also be admitted to trainings at the discretion of Patanjali Yogashala School.

Payment Policy:

  • A minimum advance deposit is required to order a spot in your course. Please see required deposit in each course page.

  • The remaining course fee (if any) is due on arrival. The follow are available payment methods at college reception in Rishikesh, India centre. Methods could also be different in other school locations.

  • Credit Card: Payments made by mastercard would be subjected to additional 4% transaction fee.

  • Cash: We recommend you to pay the remaining balance in cash on arrival. ATM is out there and that we can bring you for cash withdrawal. 

  • Direct Bank Transfer: If you would like to avoid carrying cash or getting to the ATM, online banking is feasible . Please confirm you create a transfer before your arrival to make sure the quantity arrives before the course starts which you're ready to affect the bank if there's any issue with the transfer. Please note that any bank charges for the oversea transfer is your responsibility and will not be charged or deducted from the transferred amount.

  • PayPal: Payment via PayPal is feasible but you'd be subjected to six additional transaction fee. 

  • The remaining course fee (if any) are required to be made within 7 days after course starts. School reserves the proper to terminate student’s participation within the program if a student fails to form payment of the remaining course fee the mentioned period.

  • Patanjali Yogashala reserves the proper to form changes to payment options and policy at any time.


Attendance Policy:

1. MISSING TRAINING HOURS:

Graduation from our program requires the student’s attendance for 100% of coaching sessions. A maximum of 5 hours could also be missed for acceptable reasons if arranged beforehand and approved by the program director before your absence. we'll provide make-up sessions totaling 5 hours excluded from the worth of tuition. the scholar must schedule make-up sessions at a rate of US$15 per hour to graduate from the program.


Acceptable reasons to miss classes are temporary sickness (i.e. fever, cold, headache) or absolute emergency calls from home or work. regardless of the rationale , all absences must be told and approved beforehand by our program director before missing each class.


Leaving class before class ends also falls under Missing Training Hours section of Attendance Policy. If student has absolute emergency and wish to go away an on-going class, please inform reasons to program director immediately.


In the case that a student missed training hours over maximum hours allowed by school, albeit with acceptable reasons and advanced notices, school may decide that the scholar must retake the course to finish training hours as needed by Yoga Alliance.


We don't accept unapproved absences and that they may end in dismissal from the program without refund. during this case, graduation are going to be at the only discretion of the program director

2. TARDINESS:

Any student who is late for sophistication by quite 10 minutes are going to be docked an hour from their training hours and wish to form up at the speed of US$15 per hour for each hour missed.

3. WITHDRAWAL POLICY:

If a student wishes to withdraw from our program for any reason, they need to first contact the program director to debate their reasons for withdrawal. Fees paid are non-refundable when students plan to withdraw thanks to personal reasons.

4. TERMINATION FROM PROGRAM:

School may plan to terminate any student’s participation within the program if:

  • false or omission of data provided within the admission process that materially affects the program (i.e. omitted pre-medical conditions or other health conditions, false identity, etc.) ;

  • a student missed quite 10 hours of the training;

  • a student is absent for quite 2 consecutive days without contacting the program director;

  • the student fails to form timely payments of tuition (7 days after course starts);

  • a student who appears to possess mental or emotional instability and has displayed disruptive behavior.

  • If the program decides to finish the student’s participation within the program thanks to the stated reasons above, the scholar isn't entitled to any prior payments or fees. All prior payments and costs are non-refundable and non-transferable.

5. TERMINATION FROM PROGRAM: BAD CONDUCT:


REFUND POLICY: 

1. GENERAL CASES: 

Upon receiving an acceptance email, the applicant are going to be charged a non-refundable advance deposit of the course fee, as is applicable on the booking sites from which students booked. A confirmation email are going to be sent bent the applicant with details of remaining course fee that's due on arrival. The deadline to pay fully is 7 days after the beginning date of coaching . The program may plan to terminate any student’s participation within the program when the scholar fails to form timely payments of tuition. Please see further details under “Termination from Program” section.


If applicant withdraws from the program after acceptance, but before the program starts, the applicant’s advance deposit amount are often retained for rescheduling, as long as applicant makes an invitation 7 days before the program start date. However, such amount can only be applied towards an equivalent program within a timeframe of 1 year after the first course date booked. Booking will expire after the mentioned timeframe.


Advance deposit is strictly non-refundable upon cancellations. If a student has paid fully before the course date and decides to cancel before the course starts, the remaining fee after advance deposit amount are going to be refunded under the subsequent conditions:


Refund amount are going to be sent back via PayPal payment. School isn't liable for any loss on rate of exchange s and fees/charges which will incur from the refund transaction.


For those that made overseas direct bank transfer, we'll ask our bank to refund the quantity received in Rupees, if it's permitted and possible. School isn't liable for any loss on exchange rates and fees/charges which will incur from the refund transaction.


No refund are going to be made for amounts lost to tax, transfer fees (i.e. PayPal fees, bank fees, etc.), loss on exchange rate, non-refundable agency commission fee or the other charges incurred from or on your deposit payment transaction. Basically, school will refund the quantity we actually received into our checking account (final rupee amount received). So we'll remit the refund amount in Indian rupees (“Sender” amount) less amounts lost (i.e.tax, fees, etc. as mentioned earlier).


School won't make any refund after the training starts.

2. BAD CONDUCT:

No refunds are going to be given if the program removes a student from the program for bad conduct. Bad conduct is violation of the Code of Conduct, harassment, violent or abusive language or actions, or the other behavior that's inappropriate or disruptive to the welfare of the program or to fellow students; and complete negligence to heed any specific request made by the staff to correct behaviors or to finish coursework within the allotted time-frame . .

3. SPECIAL CASES:

In case a student must withdraw from the program thanks to illness, accident, death within the family, or other circumstances that make it impractical for the scholar to finish the course, the program may allow the scholar to return to retake the complete course at a future date within a timeframe of 1 year after the first course date booked, as long as agreed by school management team and only agreed beforehand of student’s departure. In special cases, proof of such circumstances are going to be requested by school. there'll be additional charges supported student’s stay during the uncompleted course (considered as extra days).

SECURITY OF DATA

Patanjali Yogashala school takes the privacy and security of our trainees and their personal information very seriously. Personal information collected may be a requirement by Indian Government for check-in and by our college for student registration. Information won't be distributed to a 3rd party.

 

Information submitted to Patanjali Yogashala school could also be shared with administrative staff and teachers solely for the aim of administration and teaching.

 

Trainees understand that Patanjali Yogashala school engages in social media networking, like facebook, flickr etc. as a part of the company’s promotional endeavors, which can involve sharing of photos or other information.

 

Patanjali Yogashala yoga school may contact graduates within the future about upcoming events and opportunities. this may require the utilization of trainee contact details. If trainees are uncomfortable with this, please make this explicitly known to the staff via email.

LIABILITY POLICY: 

Patanjali Yogashala and instructors won't be liable for any personal injuries sustained or any pre-existing medical conditions triggered during the training, in or out of sophistication . Student are going to be liable for such injuries and any medical costs that incurs within the duration of occupy our campus.

GRIEVANCE POLICY: 

1. REPORTING OF POLICY VIOLATIONS

Any student who is late for sophistication by quite 10 minutes are going to be docked an hour from their training hours and wish to form up at the speed of US$15 per hour for each hour missed.

  • We encourage anyone who has been the topic of sexual misconduct or the other action that violate our policies and Code of Conduct to report the incident to our ethics panel , Human Resources department, or school management (henceforth mentioned because the “reviewing body”).

  • The report should contain the subsequent information:

# Your full name;

# Your email and phone number;

# The name of the one that the grievance is against;

# A description of the alleged policy violation;

# The date and site of the policy violation;

# Names and get in touch with information of any witnesses with first-hand knowledge of the situation; and,

# Any other credible evidence that's available to support the grievance.


In the interest of fairness and privacy, all reports must be made by the one that has personally experienced the misconduct. we'll not investigate a matter based upon a third-party report of misconduct. All reports must be made in straightness supported information the person reporting the incident reasonably believes to be accurate. We may request additional information from the person reporting the incident throughout the course of review of the report.


We will take appropriate action to make sure compliance with our policies. The reviewing body will impose any sanctions that it feels are fair, just, and reasonable under all circumstances. we'll not allow anyone to retaliate against a person for creating a report in straightness or providing information in reference to an investigation into an alleged violation. Any information provided during a grievance report review are going to be treated on a confidential basis. Similarly, any actions that the taken in response to the report also will be confidential.

2. SANCTIONS: 

  • We recognize the principle of “the punishment must fit the crime.” We don't sentence someone to captivity for jaywalking. There must be a way of fairness and moral proportion in judging these situations. All cases of abuse and misconduct, from inappropriate commentary to physical assault, are going to be judged objectively and therefore the reviewing body will fashion a sanction that fairly and equitably addresses things , giving due considerations, to all or any the facts.

 

In many cases, it's going to be hard to uncover all the facts, there could also be conflicting facts, there could also be conflicts of interest, and there could also be circumstances and facts that weigh down each side of the scales of justice.


However, the reviewing body will use sound and careful judgment choose what sort of sanctions to impose.


There are four options:


 # Do Nothing. The facts don't show that the person committed the policy violation.


 # A Warning. The facts show that the person’s actions were minor which a warning may be a fair sanction. The warning might be including counseling.


#Time Out. The facts show that the person’s actions were serious, and that they warrant suspending the person from the studio or community for a decided amount of your time . However, the actions weren't so serious that they support termination of employment. for instance , the person could also be good hearted, but made an error in judgement. this might weigh toward leniency. The “Time Out” period could also be one month up to at least one year, depending upon the circumstances. During the “Time Out” the person gets counseling, does spiritual work, contemplates their actions, etc. After the “Time Out” period expires, the person can approach the reviewing body to ask to re-commence their teaching activities or allow them to rejoin the community. This body will then determine whether the person has resolved their issues which it's appropriate for them to return. When making this determination, we'll consider whether there has been a sincere apology and contrition, appropriate reparation to the injured parties, rehabilitation, and heart-felt change before the person may return. This decision will entirely at the discretion of the reviewing body.


# Dismissal. The facts show that the person’s actions were so serious that they warrant dismissing the person from the studio or community. The person is dismissed, and their employment or independent contractor agreement is terminated.