TEACHER TRAINING – TERMS & CONDITIONS

MOREYOGA TEACHER TRAINING LIMITED (“we”, “us”, “our”)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“Terms”)

Effective as of 13 July 2020

1 – INTRODUCTION

Please find below our Terms and Conditions. They apply when confirming a booking on our website https://www.moreyoga.co.uk/teacher-training/ and provide important information for you as a buyer. Read the Terms prior to completing the application form to our teacher training school. We recommend that you save these conditions or print them.

2 – BOOKING

2.1 The course has limited participants and spaces on the course will be offered on a first come first served basis and applicants will be subject to an interview and subsequent confirmation of acceptance on the course.

2.2 Upon signing up to the Teacher Training course, your name, email address and phone number will be forwarded to the accrediting body, Yoga Alliance Professionals (“YAP”).  Residents of the UK and Ireland are eligible to add trainee insurance for the duration of their course, find out more here https://go.yogaallianceprofessionals.org/yoga-teacher-insurance

2.3 Students will need to have 1 year of continued and consistent yoga practice before they embark on the teacher training course. We will need one reference from your main teacher to confirm you have been practicing consistently.  There may be exceptions to this requirement, however it will be at our discretion.

3 – WHAT IS INCLUDED/WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED

Included:

– Training and assessment by a qualified YAP Senior Yoga Teacher

– Dedicated anatomy sessions by a qualified professional

– In Person tutorials to deliver the course

– Manuals & course materials

– Printed certificate on successful completion of the course
(Paying the fees does not guarantee you a certificate as you will need to successfully pass all assignments and attend a minimum of 80% of the course in addition to any catch-up hours for the sessions you may have missed. Certificates will only be issued to those who meet these requirements.)

Not included:

– Meals or drinks

– Insurance (Available from YAP via the link in clause 1.2)

– Any costs of resitting assessments

4. OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU

4.1 Your agreement with us includes these Terms

4.2 Please ensure that you read these Terms carefully, and check that the details of the booking are complete and accurate.

5. CHANGES TO BOOKING OR TERMS

5.1 We may revise these Terms from time to time in the following circumstances:

(a) changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements;

(b) to reflect changes to our course terms.

5.2 If you wish to cancel the booking before it has been fulfilled, please see your right to do so in clause 10.

6. PROVISION OF THE COURSE

6.1 We will provide the Course to you on the date set out in the booking.

6.2 We will make every effort to complete the course on time. However, there may be delays due to an ‘Event Outside Our Control’. See clause 9 for an Event Outside Our Control happens.

6.3 In the unlikely event that we need to suspend the course we will contact you to let you know in advance, unless the problem is urgent or an emergency. If you have chosen to pay by instalments you will be bound by the terms of the Finance Company.

6.4 If you do not pay us for the course when it is due and payable, we may suspend your right to attend the course with immediate effect until you have paid us the outstanding amounts. 

7. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COURSE

7.1 In the unlikely event that there is any problem with the course:

(a) please contact us and tell us as soon as reasonably possible; and

(b) please give Us reasonable opportunity to address the problem.

7.2 If you are a consumer (and not a business), you have legal rights in relation to the course if it is not carried out with reasonable skill and care. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens Advice service or Trading Standards office. Nothing in these Terms will affect your legal rights.

8. PRICE AND PAYMENT

8.1 The price of the course will be set out in your booking confirmation.

8.2 We will require an advance non-refundable deposit payment to secure your booking.

8.3 If you choose to finance the remainder of the cost of the course with  our designated Finance Company you should be aware of and refer to the terms & conditions of your contract with this Finance Company. The advance non-refundable deposit that you pay to us will remain unaffected by terms and conditions set out by the Finance Company.

8. OUR LIABILITY TO YOU

8.1 If we fail to comply with these Terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of the Terms or our negligence, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if they were an obvious consequence of our breach or if they were contemplated by you and us at the time we entered into this agreement.

8.2 You may use the skills you acquire on the course for the purpose of providing yoga teaching to members of the public but you may not use the course content for the purpose of training other potential yoga trainers looking to acquire yoga teaching skills. 

8.3 We do not provide any guarantee of providing you employment or business as a qualified yoga teacher upon completion of the course.  We have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

8.4 If you intend to provide yoga teaching to members of the public or currently operate as a business then our total liability to you whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise shall in no circumstances exceed the sum equivalent to the total amount paid by you for the course.

8.5 We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability for:

(a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors;

(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

(c) breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (title and quiet possession);

(d) breach of the terms implied by sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (description, satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and samples).

9. EVENTS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL

9.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these Terms that is caused by an ‘Event Outside Our Control’.

9.2 An ‘Event Outside Our Control’ means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic, natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks.

9.3 If an ‘Event Outside Our Control’ takes place that affects the performance of our obligations under these Terms:

1. a) we will contact you as soon as reasonably possible to notify you; and 

(b) our obligations under these Terms will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of the ‘Event Outside Our Control’. Where the ‘Event Outside Our Control’ affects our performance to you, we will restart the course as soon as reasonably possible after the ‘Event Outside Our Control’ is over.

9.4 You may only cancel the contract if an ‘Event Outside Our Control’ takes place which entirely prevents the course from being delivered, this does not include a change of location (including presenting the course online) or venue under circumstances where the course goes ahead. We will only cancel the contract if the Event Outside Our Control continues and delays the course for longer than 30 days in accordance with our cancellation rights in clause 11.

10. YOUR RIGHTS TO CANCEL AND APPLICABLE REFUND

10.1 You may not cancel a course booking once the course has started nor within 30 calendar days of the course start date. You do however, have the following rights to cancel a course booking, including where you choose to cancel because we are affected by an ‘Event Outside Our Control’ which entirely prevents the course from going ahead.

10.2 You may cancel any course booking at any time if you contact us prior to 30 calendar days of the course start date. We will confirm your cancellation in writing to you.

10.3 If you cancel a booking under clause 10.2 and you have made any payment in advance we will refund this amount to you minus the non-refundable deposit.

10.4 If you cancel a booking under clause 10.1 and we have already started work on your booking by that time, you will pay us any costs we reasonably incurred in starting to fulfil the booking, and this charge will be deducted from any refund that is due to you or, if no refund is due to you, invoiced to you. However, where you have cancelled a booking because of our failure to comply with these Terms (except where we have been affected by an ‘Event Outside Our Control’), you will not make any payment to us. 

10.5 To cancel a booking, you can contact us on teachertraining@moreyoga.co.uk explaining in detail the reasons for your cancellation. If you use this method we will email you to confirm we have received your cancellation. Your cancellation is effective from the date you send us the email.

10.6 Once we have begun to provide the course to you, you may cancel the contract for course with immediate effect by giving us written notice if:

(a) we break this contract in any material way and we do not correct or fix the situation within 5 working days of you asking us to in writing;

(b) we go into liquidation or a receiver or an administrator is appointed over our assets;

(c) we are affected by an ‘Event Outside Our Control’.

10.7 If you chose to finance the cost of the course with our Finance Company you should be aware of and refer to the terms & conditions of your contract with the Finance Company. We will not be liable for the return of any payments made to the Finance Company.

11. OUR RIGHTS TO CANCEL OR ALTER A COURSE AND COURSE VENUE

11.1 If we must cancel a booking or part of a course booking before the course starts.

(a) We may have to cancel a booking before the start date for the course, due to an ‘Event Outside Our Control’ or the unavailability of key personnel or key materials without which we cannot provide the course. We will contact you as soon as reasonably possible.

(b) If we must cancel a booking under clause 11.1(a) and if you have made any payment in advance for a course that has not been provided to you, we will refund these amounts to you.

11.2 Once the booking is confirmed, we may cancel the contract for the course at any time by providing you with at least 7 calendar days’ notice in writing. If you have made any payment to us in advance for any part of a course that has not been provided to you, we will refund these amounts to you.

11.3 We may cancel the contract for the course at any time with immediate effect by giving you written notice if:

(a) you do not pay us when required;

(b) you break the contract in any other material way and you do not rectify the situation within seven days of us asking you in writing;

(c) failure to comply with clause 2.3 regarding experience; or

(d) we are unable to guarantee availability of the venue of the course set out in the booking.

12. INFORMATION ABOUT US AND HOW TO CONTACT US

12.1 We are a company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 12640292 and our registered office is 41 Oakdale Road, London, N4 1NU.

12.2 If you have any questions or complaints, please contact us. You can contact us by telephoning 020 8948 2080 or by e-mailing us at teachertraining@moreyoga.co.uk.

13. PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

13.1 Students will need to have experience in line with clause 2.3. 

13.2 We reserve the right to cancel a booking without compensation if you fail to provide proof to us as per clause 13.1 prior to the training.

14. OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS

14.1 We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation, and we will always notify you in writing if this happens, but this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms.

14.2 You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these Terms to another person if we agree in writing and you pay in advance our reasonable administration costs for effecting such change.

14.3 This contract is between you and MoreYoga Teacher Training Limited. No other person or entity shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.

14.4 Each of the paragraphs of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

14.5 If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, We will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

14.6 These Terms are governed by English law. You and us both agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are a resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.