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News about yoga, health, stress management, mindfulness – featuring Princeton Center for Yoga and Health

  • Yoga Bliss: Princeton Center for Yoga & Health Moves to Expanded 5-Acre Facility in Skillman

    January 23, 2012
    Published by Planetprinceton.com

    2012_01 Yoga Teacher Training 021.jpgThe Princeton area’s premier yoga studio, the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, has moved to a new location in Skillman that offers more space, lots of light, and scenic views.

    Princeton Yoga has moved to a 5-acre campus known called the Orchard Hill Center at 88 Orchard Road, just a mile and a half away from its former location. The new location can accommodate more classes and events.

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  • Offers New Hot Yoga Alignment Based Teacher Training

    by Deborah Metzger
    Press Release: November 21, 2011

    Wanted: Hot Yoga Teachers

    Princeton Center for Yoga & Health is offering Hot Yoga Alignment Based Teacher Training

    Jeannine Dietz PoseIn this economy, many are thinking of new ways to earn an income. Why not get a jump start on the New Year this holiday season and explore a possible new career? Or if you’re already a yoga fan, learn how to deepen your practice. The Princeton Center for Yoga & Health (PCYH) is offering a free introductory class on Hot Yoga Alignment Based Teacher Training on December 10th from 2 to 4 pm and again on January 8, 2012. The actual training begins January 20, 2012 and meets Friday through Sunday one weekend per month through June 2012. A 500-hour Advanced Alignment-Based Teacher Training begins on July 20, 2012. The Center’s teacher training program is a designated Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School (RYS®). A detailed schedule and price information click here .

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  • Yoga for American Veterans of War

    by Deborah Metzger
    Press Release: November 3, 2011

    Princeton Center for Yoga & Health is offering free classes to all American veterans of war. The offer is valid at the Montgomery Professional Center, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Skillman, NJ location.

    VeteranThe Princeton Center for Yoga & Health has created special offers to express its gratitude to American veterans of war. These exclusive offers continue through the month of November and include access to the region’s largest selection of weekly yoga classes – over 50 classes to choose from – with a range of gentle and restorative to vigorous classes. All those with a valid Veterans I.D. can enjoy:

    • Free yoga classes from November 1 to November 30, 2011.
    • A discounted 12 class/3 month sample pack for just $140. A savings of $64
    (compared to regular drop-in price) through December 31.
    • Ongoing discounted classes at $15 for drop-in yoga after November 2011, which includes all regularly scheduled classes.

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  • Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis Program Offered

    October 23, 2011

    Skillman, NJ. On Sunday, October 30, 2011 the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health will host a two-hour program for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM at the Montgomery Professional Center, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Skillman, NJ. This is the third event in an ongoing series dedicated to combining the practice of yoga and healthy eating to manage MS. A fourth seminar will be held on Sunday, December 11, 201l.

    Dan Fernandez, Certified Yoga Teacher and instructor at Princeton Yoga, has developed a series of programs to address various aspects of life with MS. Fernandez was diagnosed with the disease in 2005. “When I first discovered that I had MS, I felt like I was no longer in control of my life; that my disease was in control,” he explains. “Luckily, I found that through yoga, I could bring back a greater sense of control. Dedication to the practice of yoga not only means taking care of my body through proper movement and breathing, but also how I conduct my life and what kind of food choices I make.” The October 30 program will include tips for food choices that help mitigate the symptoms of MS. For people diagnosed with MS or other autoimmune diseases, maintaining a healthy diet remains a key factor in combating the debilitating aspects of the disease.

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  • SPOTLIGHT: Therapist takes a holistic approach

    Princeton Packet Online: Monday, September 12, 2011
    By Susan Van Dongen, Special Writer

    Charles LeightonFor a growing generation of psychotherapists, it’s an exciting time to offer the multi-dimensional path of integral psychotherapy. This is an all-encompassing, holistic approach to therapy, treating the whole person, taking into account the individual’s cognitive and behavioral issues, but also their physical health, and even spirituality.

    ”To truly be well, we need to have a holistic approach,” says Charles Leighton, LCSW, CGP (certified group psychotherapist), and CYT (certified yoga teacher), who has been practicing at the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health in Montgomery (Skillman) for about a year. “We no longer approach mental health with a single modality.”

    When his wife, Jacqueline Leighton, was named director of the Davis International Center at Princeton University last year, the couple moved to South Brunswick (Kendall Park) from Butler (Passaic County), and Mr. Leighton began to think about establishing a practice here.

    Soon after the move to central New Jersey, Mr. Leighton discovered PCYH’s array of classes, took a yoga class there and immediately felt at home.

    ”It’s beautifully holistic,” he says. “Deborah (Metzger) has done a great job there, and when I got to know her more, I talked about renting space. The Princeton community is absolutely embracing this kind of work, and going forward, we’ll be able to develop some unique programs.”

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  • Three (Healthy) Ways to Cope with Stress

    by Deborah Metzger, Founder and Director, Princeton Center for Yoga & Health – Town Topics August 2011

    Are you constantly thinking about things that happened today, yesterday or last week? Are you fixated on planning for the future – preparing for a day when things will miraculously be “better”?

    Flowers RoseIf you’re like most people, even as you read this, you’re only half concentrating – your mind is running in a million different directions: thinking of the groceries you need to pick up, the errands that need to be run, the things you need to do over the weekend. We get so wrapped up in these thoughts that we rarely give ourselves time to be in the moment – to simply exist. Eventually, we feel run down, stressed out.

    Some signs that stress is affecting your body include headaches, forgetfulness, lack of energy, lack of focus, poor self-esteem, short temper, back pain, upset stomach, general aches and pains. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control, 85-90% of all illness and disease is caused by stress. Health problems that are often stress related include: depression, obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, acne, and menstrual problems.

    So what can we do about it?

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  • Princeton Center for Yoga & Health Offers Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis

    Press Release – (Skillman, N.J.: July 13, 2011 – Revised 08/22/2011)

    Next Workshops Yoga for MS:

    September 18, October 30, December 11

    Dan Fernandez Pose 2The National Multiple Sclerosis Society advocates practices such as yoga and tai chi for alleviating symptoms of MS, such as fatigue, numbness in limbs and loss of balance. By emphasizing stretching and breathing, yoga postures (known as asanas) can be profoundly effective at promoting balance, coordination, circulation and mental clarity. A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that yoga can be effective at managing the progression of MS. A 2004 study by the Oregon Health & Science University, for example, found that six months of yoga significantly reduced fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis.

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  • Go Ahead, Be Yourself!

    It isn’t always easy, but being mindful can make all the difference.

    By Deborah Metzger

    I find that most people are their own worst critic; they are tougher on themselves than anyone else. We beat ourselves up over things that we would tell someone else is OK to have done or not done. We analyze situations and think over and over what we “should have, could have or would have” done if we had the chance to do it over. We wonder and worry if what we did today will affect what will happen tomorrow, and, if so, how.

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  • EAST MEETS WEST - With roots in ancient India, modern yoga trains both mind and body

    By Jeff Weber – Staff Writer
    Home News Tribune and Courier News and MyCentralJersey.com, January 4, 2011

    Yoga isn’t the new kid on the block in exercise and fitness circles. It isn’t even the old kid. With roots in India dating back thousands of years, yoga is the ancient kid.

    And like a fine wine, yoga … which loosely translated means "unite’’ and focuses on the combined well-being of one’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs … continues to get better, and more popular, with age.

    That has been the philosophy of the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive in Skillman, since it opened in 1996. Originally geared toward residents of the Princeton area, the center now serves residents from all across Central Jersey … especially Middlesex and Somerset counties.

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  • Princeton Center for Yoga & Health to add classes in Princeton on Jan. 10

    by Jeff Webb
    MyCentralJersey published December 21st, 2010

    Beginning Jan. 10, the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health — which has been serving the greater Princeton area out of its 50 Vreeland Drive location in the Skillman section of Montgomery — will offer classes at a second location, Wild Child Yoga, in the Princeton Shopping Center at 301 North Harrison St. in Princeton.

    “We are delighted to announce that PCYH classes are now available at an additional location, with the same great teachers, classes and value people have come to know at Princeton Yoga,” said Deborah Metzger, founder and director of Princeton Center for Yoga & Health. “Through an exciting new affiliation with Wild Child Yoga, we’re now offering ‘PCYH at Wild Child Yoga.’ We’re giving students more value, more choices, additional class times and your choice of location! Everyone is welcome to take our classes at Wild Child Yoga. PCYH continues to grow as we enter our 14th year serving the Greater Princeton and Central Jersey community. And we’re pleased to collaborate with the nice folks at Wild Child, who currently offer a variety of age appropriate yoga classes for children from six weeks old through teens, plus pre- and post-natal classes.”

    Classes at Wild Child Yoga are indicated on the center’s website with “Wild Child Yoga” in the title and location. The standard $17 class fee applies for drop-ins at Wild Child Yoga, and center members and sampler package holders benefits and free classes week apply.

    People new to Princeton Yoga can sample as many classes as they’d like during the week of Jan. 10 to 16 to learn which programs suit their needs. Returning students are welcome to preview most of our classes during Free Yoga Week for a $17 drop-in fee, or — as a special thank you if they bring someone new to the center during that week — they get one free class. More information is available by calling 609-924-7294 or by visiting www.princetonyoga.com.

    And don’t forget to check out the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com on Jan. 4 for the launch of a January series on yoga, featuring the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health.

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