Online YTT Scholarship Opportunities

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We are dedicated to supporting inclusivity and diversity in the yoga space and supporting yoga teachers through our recent years of financial hardships. Our scholarship programs were developed with empathy and gratitude for the many heartfelt yoga teachers wanting to share their passion for yoga and earn a liveable income. 

 

With this intention, we offer two types of scholarship schemes for our online yoga teacher trainings: our Inclusivity Scholarship and Financial Support Scholarship.

 

The intention of our Inclusivity Scholarship program is to support people of differing intersectionalities, including students and teachers of BIPOC, LGBTQ2S+ and differing abilities on their journeys to become a yoga teacher or continue their yoga education. We hope this helps to expand the presence of more diverse voices in yoga. 

 

We also offer our Financial Support Scholarship to support other yoga professionals who have faced substantial financial setbacks on account of the Covid-19 pandemic and difficult economic times since. We hope this scholarship helps to support their continuing yoga education in order to benefit their professional development and the yoga communities they serve. 

 

Please read more below about our two scholarship options designed to help empower students and teachers who otherwise may not have access to this training opportunity. 

 

 

 

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Scholarship One | Inclusivity in Yoga Training Scholarship

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The Inclusivity in Yoga Training Scholarship will grant the scholarship recipient with a 50% discount on an online Yin or Restorative Teacher Training. One scholarship may be awarded for each online YTT in 2023. 

 

The intention of this scholarship is to contribute to broader diversity and a more inclusive representation of yoga. We are committed to building a yoga community in which all folks feel welcome to show up as they are, share their experiences, and learn in a safe environment.

 

 

Criteria for Application for the Inclusivity in Yoga Scholarship 

 

To apply for the inclusivity scholarship, you must…

 

• Self-identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color)

• Or, self-identify as LGBTQ2S+ 

• Or, be someone with a disability

• Have a consistent practice and commitment to yoga

• Have a desire to teach yoga and share the skills of this training with your community

• You must be able to attend all dates of the training you apply for

 

 

To apply for the Inclusivity in Yoga Training Scholarship, please respond to the following questions and submit your responses to evahamiltonyoga@gmail.com by the specified date for your training (listed below).  Please be direct and do not submit more than two pages of text.

 

 

• Which teacher training are you applying for?

 

• Why do you think you would be a suitable recipient of this scholarship?

 

• How would you benefit from taking this training in your own daily life?

 

• How would you use the knowledge and skills of this training to give back to your community?

 

• Is your attendance in this training contingent on receiving this scholarship?

 

 

 

 

 

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Scholarship Two | Financial Support for Yoga Teachers Scholarship

 

 

The Financial Support for Yoga Teachers Scholarship will grant the scholarship recipient with a 50% discount on an online Yin or Restorative Teacher Training. One scholarship may be awarded for each online YTT in 2023.

 

The intention of this scholarship is to support yoga professionals who have struggled with economic hardships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

Criteria for Application for the Financial Support for Yoga Teachers Scholarship 

 

To apply for the financial support scholarship, you must…

 

• You must be teaching yoga professionally at present (part-time or full-time)

• You must have been teaching yoga for at least a year previous to this application

• You must have had your income from yoga teaching substantially affected by the Covid-19 pandemic 

• Have a consistent practice and commitment to yoga

• Have a desire to teach yoga and share the skills of this training with your community

• You must be able to attend all dates of the training you apply for

 

 

To apply for the Inclusivity in Yoga Training Scholarship, please respond to the following questions and submit your responses to evahamiltonyoga@gmail.com by the specified date for your training (listed below).  Please be direct and do not submit more than two pages of text (longer applications will be asked to resubmit). 

 

• Which teacher training are you applying for?

 

• How long have you been teaching yoga professionally? Do you teach part-time or full-time? 

 

• Tell me about your current teaching. What styles are you currently teaching or what populations do you work with? Do you have a website? If so, please share a link.

 

• Why do you think you would be a suitable recipient of this scholarship?​

 

• How would you use the knowledge and skills of this training to give back to your community?

 

• Is your attendance in this training contingent on receiving this scholarship?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scholarship Policies (please review)

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Submitting an application for a scholarship does not guarantee that you will receive one or reserve a place in the program for which you applied unless the scholarship is granted. 

 

If you plan to take the program whether or not you receive a scholarship, you may make a reservation to guarantee your spot. This will require paying 50% of the course fee to hold your place. 

 

Scholarships cover 50 percent of training tuition. You must be able to pay the remaining 50% to attend the training. It it helps, we can arrange a payment plan for the remaining 50% to ease any financial stress. 

 

You must be able to attend the dates of the training which you have applied for.

 

Scholarships are not transferable to other events or participants. Scholarships may be revoked if the recipient fails to respond or maintain attendance.

 

Scholarship applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application Deadlines

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- April 2023 Yin YTT | Please apply by March 1st, 2023

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- September 2023 Restorative YTT | Please apply by May 1st, 2023

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Contribute Towards our Yoga Education Scholarship Fund

 

 

Yoga makes difference in our communities, supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of so many populations. We are so happy to provide this scholarship process and have offered over 10 scholarships to teachers since March of 2020. If you feel you privileged during these challenging times and would like to make a difference to a yoga teacher and their student community, please consider making a donation to our Scholarship fund.  Any amount, even $5/£5, can help us to continue to offer scholarship programs to deserving yoga teachers. You can donate via PayPal to evahamiltonyoga@gmail.com to help me continue to make these opportunities available.