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In a private space
of warmth and safety, our practitioners
can help you connect with your body's innate ability and wisdom to
heal itself. Our offerings include:
- Holistic Massage
- Integrated Chiropractic
- Phoenix Rising
Yoga Therapy
To learn more about these services offered a PCYH, see Holistic Services.
We focus primarily
on the yoga of physical postures, Hatha Yoga, offering classes in
Anusara Inspired Yoga, Astanga, Classical, Integral, Kripalu, Hot,
Spanda, Vinyasa Flow, Vinyasa Krama, and Soma styles. One is distinguished
from another in how postures are taught and sequenced, and integrated
with other yogic disciplines such as Pranayama (breath control)
and meditation. We encourage students to sample styles and teachers. Our schedule also
includes meditation, pranayama, kirtan (chanting),
belly dance, Ageless Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Mom/Baby Yoga, Pre/Post-Natal
Yoga, Yoga for Kids, concerts, and drumming circles. Classes are held mornings, lunchtime, evenings, and weekends to fit the busiest of schedules.
Opportunities
and Other Services
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Mission
Statement
Our Mission: to help you explore and enjoy the wonders of Yoga.
Our goal is to create a safe, inviting
environment in which to explore different paths to health, healing,
and personal growth. PCYH also seeks to provide a forum for holistic
professionals to share their work and be supported in right livelihood.
Guided by principles of yoga expressed
by all traditions, and through all its endeavors, PCYH strives to
be a source and center of inspiration, information, products, and
services to help meet the needs of people living and working in the
greater Princeton community and beyond.
About Our Director
Deborah Metzger, M.S.W,A.C.S.W, E-500 RYT
Founder and director of the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, Deborah Metzger, is a certified advanced Kripalu Yoga teacher and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT)with the Yoga Alliance, a licensed social worker and holds an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania.
Deborah completed the Yoga of the Heart: Cardiac and Cancer Certification Training, and additional courses in Structural Yoga Therapy and Reiki. She has completed Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training programs with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli and other senior teachers at the UMass Center for Mind Body Medicine and co-leads MBSR and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy programs at the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health. In addition, she recently completed the 2 year Hakomi mindfulness based psychotherapy training program.
In addition to teaching throughout the area and at the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, Deborah has led related workshops in corporate settings such as Johnson & Johnson, Merrill Lynch, L’Oreal, Merck, Summit Bank, Devry Institute, Martin Financial Group, Princeton University, and State agencies, as well as local community groups, and has assisted programs at the Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA.
She founded and served as the first president of Womanspace, Inc., a program for victims of domestic violence and served as Mental Health Planner and Liaison to the Department of Health for the State of New Jersey Division of Mental Health services and Mental Health Administrator for the County of Mercer in New Jersey.
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