Paying in advance for yoga school???

Natasha108

Ok,I have found yoga school in Dharmasala,yoga sidharta school,for YTT,and I am very interested in it.
Teacher allready contacted me with positive answer but thing is he is asking for some money in advance(Western u.)
Does anybody had similar expirience,what do you think about that particulary for this school??

dillichaat

Don't know the school in question but I can tell you the one rule that I keep in mind and that has saved me lots of money since arriving in India: a rupee given is never returned.

Don't pay an advance, this is ridiculous and no Indian that I know would do it under those circumstances. Payment on delivery is the gold standard here.

namaste_cat

Ask him what that is supposed to be for. Generally speaking, I agree about not paying upfront anywhere, and that includes the U.S. w/ its unscrupulous contractors and tradesmen. But when it comes to a yoga school or that sort of thing if it's a token amount to reserve a slot, I can see that being legit, possibly. Otherwise people from all over the world can say they'll be there for x # of weeks/months, and never show up. So it might just be ok. Again provided we're not talking about a large amount of money...and there's some accounting for exactly how it will be applied.

Haylo

I agree with the general advice about not paying for anything in advance, but bear in mind that if you were planning on entering India on a student visa, you would have to; one of the documents required to prove you are a genuine student is a receipt for the entire course.

Obviously, if you're just doing a bit of yoga as part of your tourist experience, you could enter India on a tourist visa.

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