Terms & Conditions

Please read the following terms and conditions before you submit your application form for Yoga Teacher Trainings and Retreats.

 

Payment of the Balance Course Fee: Balance course fee must be paid upon arrival in cash either in Euros, US Dollars only. No other currency will be accepted. If you choose to pay the balance fee online, you can either pay through the bank transfer or PayPal, at least two weeks before the beginning of the course. Please note that applicants should pay all Bank service charges/ PayPal transaction charges only.

Yoga TTC students who choose to pay the remaining course fee in cash on arrival need to sign up the written agreement and accept the rules and regulation of our cancellation policy. If you are not paying the total course fee minimum two days before the commencement of neither the course nor sign the written agreement will result in losing the registration fee and cancellation of enrollment.

 

Cancellation & Refund policy: Due to organizational expenses, fixed traveling costs of our teaching team, and the reservations in advance, the paid course fee including the Registration fee is strictly non-refundable, non-cancellable and non-transferable.

If you need to cancel the course due to unavoidable reasons the Course fee (excluding Registration fee) can be adjusted in any future course you attend with Krisma Yoga & Wellness within one year from the date of booking. To reschedule your course you must inform us at least One Month before the starting date of your rescheduled course otherwise you may lose your course fee entirely. (You also need to apply for the course again and pay the registration fee).

 

Unplanned changes or cancellations of the scheduled course: It is very unlikely that we shall have to change the course venue or cancel the scheduled course; however, we reserve the right to do so in case of Natural calamities and like. 

If the Training Program/Retreat is canceled by Krisma Yoga & Wellness, we will refund 100% of the fee paid by the applicant or offer an alternate placement. However, Krisma yoga is not responsible for any other cancellations like flights etc. Or any other expenses incurred by the applicant.

 

Teaching Staff reshuffle: Due to certain unavoidable circumstances, organizational issues, Teachers personal commitments, teaching staff may change at certain times. However, Krisma Yoga & Wellness strives to provide the best teachers for teacher training programs in the best interests of the students and the school. Any decision in this regard by Krisma Yoga & Wellness management is final.

 

Attendance: Krisma yoga is a registered Yoga School conducting professional yoga Teacher Training courses and issues certificates recognized globally. Hence 100% attendance is required in order to receive a certificate. Our programs are intensive and demand compulsory attendance for compulsory contact hours of training. In case of continuous absence, except in serious medical conditions, the participant may not receive certification and additional hours of study on a future training will be required.

If the student has any slight sickness and is unable to practice intense Asana class, we strongly encourage such students to attend the class and observe the teachings. In our experience we have noticed that being present and observing the class can still help the students to assimilate the teachings.

 

Punctuality: We request all the students to arrive for the classes in presence or ONLINE at least 10 minutes in advance and be settled down before the class begins. Do not enter the class if you are late without prior permission from the teacher. Any late arrival is considered not only disrespectful to the group and the teachings but also results in non-admission into the class.

 

Maintenance of silence: We strongly recommend the students to observe silence throughout the course and especially during morning meditation hours. Practice of silence is a great value in Yogic tradition as it greatly helps to assimilate and imbibe the essence of yoga.

 

Health and Fitness Issues: Yoga students are expected to take responsibility for themselves and are solely responsible for his/her own safety, health and general well being during the training program. 

The Yoga-Meditation practices during the training period are intensive and challenging physically as well as mentally, hence, Krisma yoga Training programs are suitable only for physically healthy and mentally stable personalities. 

Our training programs are not suitable for people who are rehabilitating from or on Medication for severe physical or psychological conditions except under the supervision of a doctor or a psychologist/Psychotherapist.

Our yoga Teacher training programs are also not suitable for pregnant women, except in the case of prenatal Yoga courses. (Please inform the senior teacher prior to the course beginning of any known injuries, ailments, disabilities, medication you are taking or anything else that may affect your ability to fully participate in the course. However, you are responsible for taking preventive measures- i.e., being sensible, if it hurts, causes pain or strain – do not push yourself. Always stop the practice if you experience any pain or sickness. In case of any medical problem or emotional crisis we are always there to extend our help and support including arranging medical advice, Doctor or therapists or spiritual counselors.

 

Liability release: Krisma yoga management or any of its staff is not responsible for any loss, damage, injury, sickness or illness caused, medical or psychiatric conditions developed prior, during or subsequent to the course or holiday.

We request you to sign the liability release form on arrival and before joining into the course stating that you are healthy and fit both psychologically and physically and you are prepared for intensive practices that may lead to emotional and physical issues. 

Without signing the liability release form, you will not be accepted in the course. Krisma Yoga and Wellness is also not responsible or liable for delays, cancellations, changes or losses caused by natural disasters, war, and threat of war, closure of airports, civil strife, accidents or any other events beyond our control. 

The YTTC Participants are entirely and solely responsible for their own belongings and Valuables.

 

Accommodation: In case that accommodation is allotted to the students on a first come first served basis. We will not be in a position to cater to the individual preferences.

Your room will be reserved at on site accommodation, where the Retreat/ Yoga Teacher Trainings will be conducted, on first come first serve basis, if all the rooms are full at on site accommodation, your accommodation will be arranged in the immediate neighboring guest houses very close to where the retreat/ Yoga teacher Training will be held. Accommodation charges are included in the course fee.

 

Discount Policy: We reserve the right to give concessions and discounts to certain people on our own judgment. This does not automatically entitle other students to claim the same. Discounts are to be utilized within the prescribed time frame work.

 

Certification Criteria: Course completion certificates are issued to the students who successfully complete a given training program. Certification criteria includes (a) 100% percent attendance; (b) punctuality; (c) over all course assessment and evaluation; (d) submission of coursework and assignments and (e) good performance in the practical and written tests.

 

Issues with classmates and teachers: In the event of any differences, difficulties with your classmates, teachers or other school staff, or if you have any personal problems or issues, please directly convey to the Director immediately, so that appropriate action could be taken to restore the learning atmosphere.

 

Drugs and Alcohol: consuming drugs, alcohol or cigarettes is strictly prohibited during the training programs. Consuming these substances will be counterproductive of your yoga practice and are against the basic principles of yoga. We strongly recommend giving up these habits as they have detrimental effects on the central nervous system and dampen your receptivity to the teachings in the training programs.

 

Conduct and Behavior: We reserve the right to dismiss or cancel the admission of the student and ask to leave the course immediately, if he or she is indulges in disruptive activities or fails to comply with the terms and conditions (including mentioned above), set by Krisma Yoga & Wellness.

Marcela Solorzano

Marcela is from Nicaragua and she started practicing yoga in 2013.

After taking a yoga class in a studio in Managua she was hooked and felt in love with the practice. She went to this yoga studio for about a year until she decided to become a yoga teacher. At that time not many people practiced Yoga in Nicaragua and Yoga Teacher Trainings were not common; however, in 2014 she met Victor Flores owner of a yoga studio in Spain who was giving his first YTT in Nicaragua and in 2015 she completed her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training with him.

That training changed her life and she wanted to share the benefits of the practice with everyone so she started teaching at yoga studios and giving private classes. Marcela loves to study and she has a certification in Meditation and Studied Trauma Sensitive Yoga.  

She considers herself a very happy and optimistic person who believes that yoga can change people’s lives

FERNANDO DIAZ

Born in Spain, I have been living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark  for almost two years

At the moment Fernando works at Wel-come and NOR. Teaching Pilates, Reformer, TRX, Yoga, Watsu and treating people. He is always looking forward to meeting new people and participating in beautiful and inspiring projects. Fernando considers himself a very  happy, optimistic & passionate person. He has been working in the health sector for up to 20 years, from psychiatric and neurological hospitals to Gyms, Spas and private Clinics.

Would be great to meet you and  find a way to collaborate together.

“ Happy, optimistic and passionate, working in the health sector for up to 20 years, always looking forward to meet new people and participate in beautiful and inspiring projects”

JOSH ALLEN

Josh Allen. Born in Canada. Josh’s yoga journey started as he was preparing to move overseas several years ago. Learned how yoga could increase  his focus, charge up energy and support whatever was going through his  life. Shortly later, he took a yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India and taught in six countries afterwards. His primary areas of focus are restoring postural alignment, balancing yin and yang, both on and off the mat, as well as supporting yoga students on their journey of self-realization. He is looking forward to holding space for you and having you with us. If you have any questions, he would be more than happy to answer them

“Focusing on restoring postural alignment, balancing the yin and yang on and off the matt, as well as supporting self realization, he is able to hold a space for you”

RICHARD DUNNE

Richie was introduced to yoga on a rooftop at 5am in Kolkata, India, where he immediately fell in love with it and maintained a strong self-practice on his return to Ireland.

After many years of practicing different varieties of Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Hot Yoga he took his 200hr training in Khajuraho, India, in 2015, focusing on the Sivananda Sequence and the Traditional Hatha approach, holding active poses for much longer times with resting poses in between. While here he was introduced to many aspects of Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama, Bhakti Yoga, and deeper levels of meditation.


He returned to India in 2017, assisting his teacher during a 200hr teacher training and then taking a 300hr course later that year, where he trained in advanced Sivananda Yoga, as well as Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation, and Yoga Nidra.

Since then he has accumulated years of teaching experience in places like India, Thailand and Cambodia, where he has been the Yoga and Wellness Manager at a high-end resort, as well as the Senior Teacher at one of Cambodia’s best-known retreats, often leading large groups of students through various styles of yoga, pranayama, and meditation, as well as philosophy workshops, alignment workshops, anatomy lectures, partner yoga, mindfulness workshops, and ecstatic dance. He has helped to train and mentor many new teachers during his time in Cambodia.

AIGUL MIFTAKHOVA

Born in Russia, Aigul has been practicing yoga for 6 years and with 11 years of self practice, that has allowed her to conduct over 3000 group classes and 900 private classes. She is a Certified Ashtanga yoga, Hatha yoga, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy of musculoskeletal system as well as  yoga therapy of internal organs.

Ever since her childhood she has had Scoliosis, hunched back and flat feet. She decides to go to a yoga class and she got  the wrong approach in yoga giving her back pain, knee pain and hyperlordosis. She thought to herself that yoga should give her  health benefits instead, but at that time it was exactly the opposite. She took it very positively and decided to  learn to cure herself. As years passed by she found out that a lot of people felt the same way as I did. 

Today her mission is to make people understand that asana practice can be very harmful as well as healing. There are hidden dangers in poorly done practice, furthermore everyone one of us is unique and that requires a tailored and bespoke approach. Therefore, she educates students to feel and differentiate subtle healing movements in the body from traumatizing, introducing body literacy. She calls that approach – Smart Yoga.

“Educating students to feel and differentiate subtle healing movements in the body from traumatizing, introducing body literacy, calling it Smart Yoga”

NIKOLE CEDENO

Born in Costa Rica, raised in California. After several years of teaching yoga she realizes that yoga is much more than just asanas, she decides to travel the world and explore within, starting off in Nepal connecting with spiritualism, hiking the Himalayas after a year in Nepal teaching yoga she realizes that her body is much more capable than what she thought all of this time and this is when her connection with her body starts embracing. With that in mind she embarks to India, after a year in India she is able to connect with her soul and her mind, understanding that her environment affects her reality and that her reality is created because of her environment because of the way she thinks. Then off to Southeast Asia for 4 more years, then off to Peru living on a backpack she understands the simplicity of life and the true meaning of it with gratitude, abundance and connection.

“Live life to the fullest and appreciate the surprising moments that they universe has for you”

AGNI KACZMAREK

Agni Kaczmarek Born in Poland,  a sociologist by education and an artist by nature. Agni has completed her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Trimurti Yoga in Goa India, 300hrs with Sattva Academy in Rishikesh, 50h Aerial Yoga and 50h Kundalini Yoga in Thailand. Additionally she has completed the Women’s Circle and Ecstatic Dance Facilitator training. Agni has also been doing Yoga Teacher Training in Thailand and Cambodia. Her classes offer an integrative and holistic approach to yoga, blending meditation, breathwork and kundalini kriyas with creative asana sequences and intuitive free body movement. She lovingly creates a safe environment for her students to dive beneath the surface of their daily lives in order to find deeper meaning and inspiration. 

(MORE ABOUT AGNI) Her Yoga journey began over 20 years ago at the gym, where she met her first teacher who introduced her to Iyengar Yoga. Thas time she thought that a little bit of yoga for stretching would enhance her fitness and pilates practices. 8 years later, after her first visit to India, in no time she had changed her practice environment from fitness studio to Yoga Shala, and started a regular practice of Iyengar yoga in her hometown. She also travelled back to India, backpacking around anda falling in love with the country, its vibe and culture.  During these years she also developed a strong self practice while working on passenger ships. In 2012 yoga brought her to India again to complete her first yoga teacher training and ultimately, to completely transform her life. 

After one month of training she decided to leave her previous life and embark on this new journey, trusting the path of yoga and what a journey it has been so far – she says

Agni continues, yoga has become her passion and her medicine, her journey of self realization and healing. Through her daily practice of yoga ,she finds the courage to fully express herself in the world. I’ve been able to heal emotional issues like anxiety and depression and release biocellular memory of past traumas. Through yoga she has developed a sense of awareness and compassion like no other practice. 

So far, she has studied and taught in many places around the world, India, Thailand, Bali, Cambodia and Mozambique just to name a few. Her intention is to pass this wisdom, magic and energy to other people, to help them find their balance, love and happiness and discover their inner light and infinite potential to support healing on every level and to enable people to truly realize the beauty and joy of living. 

“Yoga has become her passion and her medicine, her journey of self realization and healing, finding the courage to fully express herself in the world, healing emotionally, developing a sense of awareness and compassion like no other”

Stephan Schaefer

Stephan Schaefer was born in 1984 in Braunschweig, Germany.

Following his apprenticeship as a mechatronics engineer at Volkswagen he went on to study electrical and electronic engineering in Wales.

In 2015 he started to work in the pilot hall, where he had the chance to travel to many plants of Volkswagen around the globe. It was then when his dream of living abroad started to nourish.

Since he always felt connected to nature and photography being a hobby, he decides to move to Costa Rica to combine these two passions, becoming a wildlife photographer and open up a yoga school in which he imparts workshops connecting nature with the human body.