POLICIES
Guidelines for a safe and respectful community.
TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM
With the exception of Folk 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, the cancellation of any program is accepted up to 14 days before the start of a training. If you cancel, the cost of the program will be refunded to you. If you withdraw from a program 13 days or fewer before the program start date, or after the program has begun, you will surrender your spot in the program and forfeit the entire program cost. If you choose to withdraw, you can enroll in a future training for an additional fee of 50% the cost of the training.
To receive CEU or certification credit, a minimum of 90% attendance is required for multi-day programs, unless drop-in days are specifically offered in the program description. Students who register for or attend less than 90% of a program may not receive any credit for the hours that they did attend, and put their certificate at risk. In the event of any absence, missed hours must be made up to receive credit for the program, when this option is available.
All Access Membership students who withdraw from a program less than 14 days before the start will be charged a late cancellation fee of 50% of the full program cost, as per the All Access Membership contract. All Access Membership holders who register but do not attend a program will also be charged the late cancellation fee.
200-HOUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM
Certificates (and by association, confirmation of RYT-200 status through Yoga Alliance) will only be granted to students who participate in all hours of the training and/or complete all make-ups required, who have completed 100% of their homework assignments, and who have fully paid their tuition. Each student will receive an electronic copy of their certificate after they complete the three graduation requirements (attendance, homework completion, and tuition paid).
Students may only miss up to 10% (20 hours) of the training (of which hours must be made up). Those who miss more than 20 hours of training, may be dropped from the training while maintaining responsibility for full payment of the training. To receive certification, students must retake the training again at full price. A discounted price on the second training is possible depending on the space available within said training.
Attendance is mandatory for the first week of the 28-day program, or the first three weeks of the 12-week program. During that time, essential course pedagogy and introductory concepts are taught that are necessary for the remainder of the program.
We strongly recommend that students wait to start a 200-Hour training program until it is certain that full attendance is possible.
Tardiness is recorded. Students who miss a total of 50 minutes or more in total will be required to make up the time. Classes begin and end on time and each student is responsible for the material and minutes missed at the beginning of each class.
Students who have missed up to 20 hours of the training may make up the hours in one of three ways:
1) Schedule a private session with an instructor. Depending on the content of the missed coursework, instructor to student ratios may vary from 1:1 to 1:4.
2) Join a future training for the day(s) you missed. This option is available as space allows. $35 administrative fee per make up session.
3) When available and appropriate for the class content, watching a recording of the missed session is possible. $35 administrative fee per make up.
All hours must be made up within one year of initial training. Make up hours may be requested here.
Students who register with a non-refundable deposit of $500 must pay off the remainder of their balance or set up a payment plan at least 30 days before their training begins. Students who pay full tuition before the start of the program receive a $250 discount. Students who choose a payment plan must complete their payments on the remaining tuition within 6 monthly payments. Students in the 200-Hour program must pay their tuition in full before receiving a certificate of completion.
Cancellations are accepted up to 30 days prior to the start of a training. Students who choose to cancel within the allotted time will be refunded any tuition payments beyond the $500 non-refundable deposit. Those who withdraw from training with fewer than 30 days left until the start date are liable for the full balance of the teacher training tuition. No exceptions are granted.
CORE MODULES
Only students who complete all hours of each Core Module will receive credit for the module. Those who do not complete all hours, will not receive credit and will not receive a refund.
Certificates (and by association, confirmation of RYT-300 status through Yoga Alliance) is only granted to students who complete all hours of the program and/or all make-ups required.
Students may only miss up to 8 hours (or 1 day) of the program. After missing more than 8 hours of training, students are welcome to continue the program, but will not receive credit. Those who would like to receive credit for the Core Module will need to take the training again at a discounted price of $695. However, full payment of the first Core Module is still required.
In certain cases, course hours already completed may be counted as elective hours toward a 300-hour certificate, provided that a subsequent Core Module is completed.
Attendance is mandatory for the first two days of any core module. During that time, essential course pedagogy and introductory concepts are taught that are necessary for the remainder of the program. We strongly recommend that students wait to start a Core Module until it is certain that attendance of these first two days is possible.
Tardiness is recorded. Students who miss a total of 50 minutes or more in total will be required to make up the time. Classes begin and end on time and each student is responsible for the material and minutes missed at the beginning of each class.
Students who have missed up to 8 hours of the training may make up the hours in two ways:
1) Schedule a private session with an instructor. Depending on the content of the missed coursework, make-up time instructor to student ratios may vary from 1:1 to 1:4.
2) Join a future training for the day(s) missed. This option is available as space allows. $35 administrative fee per make up.
3) Watch a recording of the missed session. $35 administrative fee per make up. This applies to online trainings only.
All hours must be made up within one year of initial training. Because program content varies by instructor, students must contact their course teacher to find out what was missed. Students may be asked to complete an assignment (writing an essay, sequencing a class, etc.) on the content missed.
WORKSHOPS
For all programs except Folk Yoga School 200-hour yoga teacher training, cancellations are accepted up to 14 days before the start of a training; if you cancel, the cost of the program will be refunded to you. If you withdraw from a program less than 14 days before the program start date, or after the program has begun, you will surrender your spot in the program and forfeit the entire program cost.
To receive CEU or teacher training credit hours, you must attend a minimum of 90% of the program for all multi-day programs, unless drop-in days are specifically offered in the program description. Students who register for or attend less than 90% of a program may not receive credit for the hours that they did attend and may not receive a certificate. In the event of any absence, missed hours must be made up to receive credit for the program.
All Access Membership students who withdraw from a program less than 14 days before the start will be charged a late cancellation fee of 50% of the full program cost, as per the All Access Membership contract. All Access Membership students who register but do not attend a program will also be charged the late cancellation fee.
ALL ACCESS MEMBERSHIP
The All Access Membership: 200-Hour + 300-Hour is an annual membership payable in 12 monthly payments. After 1 year, All Access Membership: 200-Hour + 300-Hour members may renew on a month-to-month basis. This membership provides access to all programs offered at Folk for no additional fees. This includes weekly yoga classes, teacher training, advanced studies electives, mentorship and workshops.
The All Access Membership: 300-Hour is an annual membership payable in 12 monthly payments. After 1 year, All Access Membership: 300-Hour members may renew on a month-to-month basis. This membership provides access to all programs offered at Folk for no additional fees with the exception of the 200-Hour Teacher Training Program. This includes weekly yoga classes, 300-Hour Teacher Training, advanced studies electives, mentorship, and workshops.
These memberships are nonrefundable, non-transferable, and cannot be suspended or extended.
Failure to make timely payments constitutes default of this agreement. In the event of default, Folk may refer this account to a collection agency and accelerate the entire balance due. All costs associated with collection are the member’s responsibility.
All Access Memberships includes the tuition for all Yoga Teacher Trainings, Advanced Studies Electives, Workshops, Mentorship, and Yoga Classes offered at Folk, but does not guarantee availability to these programs. Advanced reservations are recommended.
All Access Membership holders are subject to the In-Person Class Policies detailed here.
All Access Membership holders may take one of each offering (space permitting) within Yoga Teacher Training, Advanced Studies Electives, Mentorships and Workshops within one year (e.g., one 200-hour training, one Core 1, one Core 2, et cetera). If you fail to complete a training, you forfeit the right to retake the training during the year-long term of your membership. If you would like to retake the training anyway, you are responsible for all additional tuition.
Your All Access Membership is a method of payment for Folk programs and classes. It does not constitute, nor guarantee, a reservation for a class or training. Spaces designated for All Access Membership holders are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
Students may withdraw from a program without a cancellation fee up to 14 days prior to the start of a program; withdrawing from a program less than 14 days prior to the start of the program, will result in a late cancellation fee of 50% of the regular program tuition. Those who fail to participate entirely (no-show) will incur the late cancellation fee, as well.
All Access Membership holders who miss class time in yoga teacher training must make up their time to meet the requirements of the program.
All Access Membership holders are responsible for the aforementioned fee for made up hours and substitutions.
To register for a program with your All Access Membership, the entire program schedule must fall within your active All Access Membership.
A credit card is required to purchase the All Access Membership monthly installment, and must remain active on the account for incidental charges, such as the fees described above.
These are the terms and conditions of the All Access Memberships at Folk. By using your All Access Membership at any time, you are agreeing to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with them, do not use your membership and contact Folk immediately to terminate this agreement. Once your membership has been used, it cannot be terminated.
These policies may be updated with notice from time to time, as necessary.
PRIVACY
We may collect personally-identifiable information that students share with us depending on the type of transaction; this includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses, together with data about website use. Other information that may be needed from time to time to process a request may also be collected as indicated on the website.
Data in relation to credit card payments and reserving space in workshops and classes is processed by Union.fit on a secure website linked to ours. Union.fit has its own privacy policy and any information provided to their website will be subject to their privacy policy.
In some cases, we may collect non-personal information. Examples of this type of information include the type of internet browser our visitors are using and the domain name of the web site from which our website was found. We use this information on an aggregated basis to do such things as operate and enhance our website and deliver advertising.
We use the information collected on our website for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to running the website and contacting our users. We may use information to communicate with students to update our community on products, services and benefits, to make contact for market research, or to provide students with marketing information, newsletters, or other information we think would be of particular interest. In addition, if a purchase is made on our website, we may send order and shipping confirmation emails and receipts. We will always give students the opportunity to opt out of receiving any of such materials.
E-mail addresses can be removed from our e-mail list service at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in any e-mail that comes from us. In addition, information and/or preferences can modified your studio profile by contacting us. <link to contact form>
Information obtained through our website may be intermingled with and used in conjunction with information obtained through sources other than our website, including both offline and online sources.
Internet browsers have the ability to store small files (“cookies”) that hold information which allows a website to recognize your account. Our website and/or the Union.net website takes advantage of this ability to enhance the user experience. Users have the ability to prevent computers from accepting cookies but certain functionality on the website may be impaired.
We will not share personally identifiable information with third parties except as described below. We may, however, share with partners aggregated statistical data that includes demographic information but does not contain any personally-identifiable information. We may provide personally-identifying information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities, such as website analytics. These third parties are authorized to use personally identifying information only as necessary to provide these services to us and will be subject to a non-disclosure agreement in such case.
We may also disclose personally identifying information in the following situations:
- as required by law such to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process;
- when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect student safety or the safety of others, or investigate fraud;
- of we become involved in a corporate transaction, we will provide notice before disclosing any information or amending our privacy statement; and
- to any other third party with the user’s prior consent to do so.
We will share personally-identifiable information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Statement. We will never sell or rent names, e-mail addresses, or any other personally identifiable information to any third-parties.
Cancel participation in our newsletter at any time by following the instructions in each newsletter. We will honor all requests for list removal sent to us as described in Contacting Us below.
We are committed to making a safe environment for children on our site. Our website is not directed toward children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 through the website. However, due to the nature of the internet, we cannot prohibit minors from visiting our website. If it is believed that a child has provided information to us through this website, please contact us with this form or by calling us at 415-515-9644. You can also write to us at 286 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117.
When we collect information for membership inquiry purposes, for using our services or purchasing goods offered on our website, users are informed they must be at least 18 years of age or have parental consent to provide personally-identifying information to us. We encourage parents to monitor children’s internet use to keep them safe while navigating our website and all other areas of the Internet.
PLEASE NOTE:
We will take reasonable steps to draw attention to any changes in our policy. Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be displayed on our website and will supersede this version of our policy. However, we suggest that all students read this document each time this website is used to ensure that these terms remain agreeable.
Our Privacy Policy applies only to our website and does not address the practices of third parties who may collect your personal information. External websites linked within our pages are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we encourage users to be very cautious before disclosing personally identifiable information to others.
