Zora has been practicing yoga for 12 years and was inspired by her Mom who raised Zora with an appreciation for Eastern practices and philosophies. Zora became a certified Soma Yoga Instructor in March of 2008 through the program offered at PCYH. . Zora attributes yoga for getting her through the challenges of life with greater ease. She feels grateful to have these incomparable tools and wishes to share what she has learned with others. Zora is also a certified ChildrenÌs yoga instructor and has a 3 á year old daughter with whom she practices.

Robin Boudette, Ph.D . is a licensed psychologist and yoga instructor. She has studied mindfulness meditation, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindful yoga. She currently works in private practice in Princeton and at Counseling and Psychological Services at Princeton University. She facilitates mindfulness groups including Mindfulness Skills for Graduate Students, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Mindful Eating and Mindfulness Skills for Therapists.

Ryah Dekis RYT, IAYT is a 500 level certified yoga teacher that specializes in Hatha Yoga. From the age of 3 until high school classical ballet was a very significant part of her life. Ryah has been integrating yoga into her personal life for over 13 years. Through her life journey Ryah has cultivated a true passion for helping others embody yoga with an understanding that we are all on our own life path and we all obtain something unique through our holistic yoga practice. Ryah personally understands the importance of a daily yoga practice and hopes to help others make yoga a habit. Ryah teaches Hatha, children, pre/post natal, gentle, couples, private and flow classes.

With a Psychology background from Rider University along with her yoga teacher training, Ryah understands the importance for mind, body, and spirit balance and connection. Ryah uniquely weaves mindfulness, intention and somatics in every class. Ryah wants to help those in her classes find their ìseatî. She is a member of IAYT-International Association of Yoga Therapists and RYT- registered through the Yoga Alliance.

Cheryl Delaney-Villar took her first yoga class at Princeton Center for Yoga and Health as a high school student in 1997. Having grown up a gymnast and later a dancer, the idea of pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses or internalized consciousness) blew her competitively-trained mind and changed her world. While studying modern dance and choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University, Cheryl had the good fortune to take Ashtanga classes with Valerie Jeremijenko, herself a student of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. With her roots set in Ashtanga, Cheryl soon ventured out into the exciting world of Vinyasa Flow and began teaching her first classes in 2001.

After graduating with a BFA in dance from VCU in 2002, Cheryl flowed through many experiences, always seeking balance through yoga on the waves of life. Some of her experiences during this time include; working as a modern dancer in New York City, section-hiking the Appalachian Trail, living on an organic farm, three weeks with a traveling circus, and then finally settling down for five years in Buenos Aires. Now back in New Jersey with her Argentine husband, Facundo, Cheryl is excited to share the voluminous information she gathered along the way. Her life experience and undergraduate training is supported by a solid base of certifications including a 200-hour Yoga Alliance teacher training at Dhyana Yoga in Philadelphia, a personal training certification from the National Association of Sports Medicine, and a certificate in Thai Massage obtained in Thailand at the Traditional Medical School of WatPo.

Kimberly Dodson has been teaching Astanga and Hot Yoga in the Princeton area for five years. Her yoga teachers include: Beryl Bender Birch, David Swenson, Pattabhi Jois as well as others outside the astanga form.

April is a certified Jivamukti yoga instructor, certified Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist, teacher and group facilitator. Her classes have been described as a ëtune upí for your entire being. Regardless of the style, her classes are challenging, intellectually stimulating and empowering. Aprilís greatest joy in teaching is when students are able to take the teachings they received in class and create positive change in their daily lives. She currently teaches weekly group yoga classes, facilitates stress reduction groups and gives private yoga instruction and yoga therapy sessions by appointment. She lives a vegan lifestyle as a practice of ahimsa for the animals, environment and humanity.

Beth L. Evard, the founder & teacher of Princeton Insight Meditation, has meditated for 14 years. One of her teachers is Jack Kornfield, the author of A Path With Heart. She is a leadership coach & the co-author of Managing Business Change for Dummies.

Dan Fernandez has studied with yoga instructor Rama Ramanathan for the past five years, and with instructor Bobbi Ellis to receive his Yoga Teacher Certification. Dan focuses on yoga as the ìmiddle-pathî in life, specifically on the long-term benefits of yoga as a lifestyle that helps regulate the nervous system, reduce stress, bring mindfulness, and tone the body. "I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2005. Because of this potentially debilitating disease, I began exploring yoga to improve the health of both my body and my mind. Now, through my daily practice of yoga, I have found that I continue to improve both physically and spiritually. It is my wish to share these benefits with others so that they too can learn how to heal and grow."

Erin has practiced yoga for 15 years and became a certified teacher in 2007 at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. She was initially drawn to yoga as an extension of her interest in dance, but soon came to see the transformative effects of yoga in her life. She writes, “I now appreciate the power of yoga as moving meditation and a profound connection to spirit. I have seen yoga increase my strength, flexibility, and energy levels while increasing my joy and engagement in life.” Erin has studied with Kamakshi Hart, A. Mecquel, Priti Robin Ross and Jai Randal Williams. Her continuing interest in the intersection of movement, flow, and yoga has led her to study vinyasa flow with Shiva Rea, and the practices of viniyoga and Qi Gong.

Jennifer is a former college and professional basketball player. Jennifer has been practicing various styles of yoga since 2001, however it was her experiences with Power Vinyasa that truly sparked her passion for yoga. In this style she discovered a challenging, low impact exercise alternative that satisfied her craving for movement. She has learned to love and appreciate her body through yoga and has found freedom in expression and acceptance on her mat. She has had many life transformations and one of the greatest is a connection to her true self. She hopes to inspire students to embrace their uniqueness, express their gifts, expand their minds, and find their JOY!

A Certified Ashtanga Teacher(Mysore, India), Natalia credits her yoga practice with acquiring physical and mental strength, focus, flexibility, open mind, patience, compassion and inspiration for her art. She is a student of John Frank (Princeton) and Chidananda (Mysore, India). In her teaching Natalia honors spiritual and philosophical aspects of yoga as well as the individual needs of her students. She guides her students on a yogic path by sharing her knowledge of physical and spiritual aspects of yoga asana, chanting, meditation and pranayama. Natalia also teaches privately in Princeton area. She lives with her two sons in Hopewell, NJ. For more info. visit www.nataliagali.com.

Suzin Green, MA, has been a student of yogic wisdom traditions for over thirty years. A gifted teacher, she is known for her ability to guide students into profound levels of insight and stillness where they experience openings that bring real transformation. Her knowledge of Yoga is rooted in the nearly two decades she spent living and studying in Siddha Yoga ashrams and centers (including the one made famous in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Eat, Pray, Love).

Suzin is the founder of Devi Yoga, a transformational path that integrates sacred psychology of the goddess with yogic philosophy and creative arts practice.

A recording artist specializing in sacred music and kirtan fusion, Suzin maintains a private practice in NYC & NJ, offering life coaching and meditation-based therapies to individuals. To learn more about her work, please visit:http://www.suzingreen.com

Lesley Haas has been teaching Yin yoga for six years. Lesley has been greatly influenced by mentor and master teachers Ellen Joseph, Bobbie Ellis and John Frank. Lesley has also taught chair yoga, aerobics, step and rebounding classes. When she is not practicing yoga Lesley is employed as a middle school counselor. Lesley enjoys sharing the peaceful practice of Gentle/Yin yoga with children and adults.

Girija is a registered Yoga Teacher with additional training in Yoga Therapy (RYT-500). She has been practicing yoga for more than 10 years. She has trained with many Yoga Masters both in United States and in India. Her expertise is in working with each student at their level in bringing awareness to their body with Yoga Asanas (postures) and awareness to their breath with Pranayama (breath work). Her focus is to use Yoga as a complementary therapy towards stress reduction and general well-being in every day life. She also brings her knowledge of Ayurveda into the therapeutics of Yoga.

Girija specializes in teaching yoga to specific groups like people with cancer, people with low back pain etc. She also works one on one with private clients.

In addition to the yoga training, Girija is a graduate of Rutgers University with Masters in Computer Science. She worked in the telecommunications software industry for 20 years and then decided to pursue her path in yoga and healing.

Karttikeya is a musician of many instruments and a composer in many styles. In kirtan, Karttikeya plays the South Indian Naal drum, djembe, doumbeck and a plethora of percussion, as well as singing and chanting in the ancient Sanskrit language. Other current activities find him singing baritone in the Voices Chorale and playing his V-drums with the Jack Furlong Quartet (jazz). After graduating from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Production and Engineering, Karttikeya immersed himself in Hindu sadhana, living and studying for 12 years at the feet of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Karttikeya furthers his musical studies with regular drum lessons at The Collective in Manhattan. He endeavors to blend the best of East and West in each of his projects.

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Tim Kovacs offers an integral approach to yoga. As a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYTÆ) through the Yoga AllianceÆ, he provides asana instruction in Power and Vinyasa Flow styles. Moreover, Tim is eager to assist others transform themselves through a yogic lifestyle. His asana practice began in New York in 1997 and continued when he moved to Miami in 1999. However, it took nearly another decade before Tim began to experience and appreciate centeredness, clarity of mind, and a spiritual connection. Yoga has enabled him to develop balance, flexibility, strength and inner peace while guiding him through challenging personal and professional periods. Now, Tim intends to share all the benefits (physical, mental & spiritual) of yoga with those who may be in transition and/or seeking personal transformation.

Louis Lavin completed the 21-day process at the Golden City Oneness University in India in August 2006 and is a certified facilitator for the Oneness Movement offering Oneness Blessing Workshops as well as individual sessions. Lou's goal is to offer the Oneness Blessing to as many people as possible, at no charge, so the experience of the opening of the heart to more love and unlimited joy can be felt and lived by everyone.

After a history of epilepsy as a teenager, being diagnosed with an incurable kidney disease at the age of 21, and a short semi-professional career as a drummer and percussionist, Debra Leong decided to settle on a lifestyle conducive to better health and well-being. In 1996, she discovered yoga and has been studying ever since.

ìYoga, above all, is designed to facilitate healing.î

Debra teaches Kripalu, Vinyasa, and Hatha Yoga in the Mercer County area. She has created a yoga program for breast cancer survivors, which she teaches at the Breast Cancer Resource Center in Princeton, and was featured on Princeton's TV30, Spanda Yoga. As a caregiver for her husband, a 3-time survivor of an aggressive blood cancer, Debra found that yoga enabled her to cope with the uncertainties and stresses forced upon them during his different cancer therapies.

Debra is an experienced registered yoga teacher (E-RYT) with the Yoga Alliance and is registered as a Kripalu Yoga teacher through the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association (KYTA). She has completed additional teacher trainings in Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga with Shiva Rea, Sarah Powers, and Paul Grilley. She continues to study Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Donna Feiner and David Swenson, and has studied with David Williams, and Danny Paradise.

Her classes encourage students to be guided from within, to practice with compassion and self-awareness. Debra's love for yoga is reflected in her joy for teaching.

Claire Lindberg teaches Hatha yoga and prenatal yoga. She has completed 500 hours of teacher training, has completed additional certification in pre-natal yoga, and is registered by Yoga Alliance. In addition to teaching yoga, Claire has her doctorate in nursing and teaches nursing. She also maintains an active practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention.

Founder and director of the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, Deborah Metzger, is a certified advanced Kripalu Yoga teacher and certified Dharmic Yoga Instructor and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (E- 500 Hour RYT) with the Yoga Alliance, a licensed social worker and holds an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. She has completed the Yoga of the Heart: Cardiac and Cancer Certification Training, and additional courses in Structural Yoga Therapy and Reiki.

In addition, she has studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program 7 Day Residential Retreat and the 9 Day Summer Intensive Practicum with Melissa Blacker and Florence Meleo and co-leads MBSR and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy programs at the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health. She is currently enrolled in 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.

Mala started practicing Yoga in her school days inspired by her father as a relaxation technique. Passion for Yoga led her to graduate from Vibhuti Yoga School and currently in process of getting registered with National Yoga Alliance at the 200 level.

Mala teaches Hatha Yoga with primary focus on alignment with a blend of Iyengar and Kripalu methodologies. She strongly believes her duty as a Yoga teacher is like a guide who can make one's yogic journey a pleasant experience. In her class she integrates philosophy, anatomy, in addition to the benefits of each posture. Her sincere request to all is to honor oneself, listening, communicating with one's breath which is all the more precious.

Kimberly had a brief but wonderful dalliance with yoga in 1996 that was cut short by the impending birth of twins along with two young children already at home. A move from the East Coast back to her home state of Texas brought many changes. Fortunately, she was able to resume a yoga practice with great fervor in 2005. She trained in Hot Yoga under Nicole Shaw and Brandon Hartsell, founders of Sunstone Yoga in Dallas, Texas, and she is a 500 hour RYT with Yoga Alliance. She loves the heat of the yoga room which enhances the warmth, detoxification, and rejuvenation that hatha yoga provides.

Kimberly credits her yoga practice with bringing calm and equilibrium to her busy life. It has enabled her to break through many psychological and emotional barriers and given her tremendous strength and flexibility both mentally and physically. She is a devotee of hot yoga. However, since her move back to the East Coast this year, she has enjoyed learning from many different teachers and is committed to expanding her knowledge of various styles of hatha yoga.

Rama Ramanathan, Yoga Alliance (R.Y.T. 500) is a certified yoga instructor with 19 years of teaching experience. Rama studied at the Sivananda Yoga Centers, under Martin Bland, the centenarian yogi Swami Bua, and also Srivatsa Ramaswami, who taught him the Vinyasakrama yoga of the late Sri Krishnamacharya of India, who has taught yoga teachers like B.K.S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois. (Srivatsa Ramaswami is the author of the book, Yoga fvor the Three Stages of Life published by Inner Traditions, USA.)

Rama was introduced to yoga at age 18 by his uncle. He has taught at a number of hospitals, corporations, fitness centers, yoga studios, schools, senior centers, and summer camps for children. He has taught "Power" yoga, gentle yoga, "Sivananda" yoga, and he now teaches the "Vinyasa Krama", the style of yoga that meets the needs of all individuals irrespective of age, physical and mental capabilities. "Vinyasa" means a joining or linking mechanism; a fluid movement. "Krama" means "the method." Vinyasa krama allows one to do a main, classical asana (posture) by doing all the preliminary movements preparatory to that pose. It is a logical, well-planned sequence of movements in one or more yogic postures or sequences, synchronized with appropriate breathing.

Rama is a volunteer at the Chinmaya Mission, a world-wide organization, which teaches Vedanta to adults and value-based education to children. He attends Vedic chanting classes and also organizes Indian classical music and dance concerts in the tristate area.

Rajam Ramanathan is from India and was first certified to teach yoga by Martin Bland of Wellness Trainers, later receiving certification from the Sivananda Yoga Center. Having taught yoga for over 20 years, she constantly updates herself on teaching methods and underwent an advanced course in Vinyasa Krama Yoga taught by Srivatsa Ramaswami, author of Yoga for the Three Stages of Life, and The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga. Srivatsa Ramaswami learned from the great legendary teacher, Krishnamacharya, who taught other world-renowned Indian yoga masters such as B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and T.V.K. Desikachar.

Rajam's approach to yoga is classical incorporating the traditional form of yoga. At the same time, having received training from different masters, she has developed a unique approach to yoga successfully integrating strong emphasis on alignment, strength and flexibility associated with "Iyengar" yoga, the methodical sequencing of "Sivananda" yoga, the vigourous, integrative movements of "Bua" yoga, and with the vinyasa flow style (Vinyasa Krama). Her classes are appropriate for both beginning and intermediate level students. Incorporating compassion, relevance, and power in her teaching, Rajam's classes are tailored to suit the needs of students with different abilities and special needs.

Rajam also volunteers her time to teach yoga at Chinmaya Mission in Cranbury, New Jersey, and also at their Vedanta retreats and is a life member of the Heart and Hand for the Handicapped, an organization devoted to the welfare of differently able children.

Andrea Sacchetti is a yoga teacher and yoga therapist specializing in techniques for stress reduction and wellness. She is the originator and lead teacher of the 10 week Yoga Makeover program at the Princeton Center for Yoga and Health, where she has taught regular weekly classes since May 2005.

Additional course offerings include Healing Yoga and Meditation in Cancer Wellness programs, Yoga for Allergy and Asthma, and Radical Healing. She is Director and Lead Teacher of the new organization, Yoga Calling, which brings yoga to underserved populations. As part of this work, she has delighted in teaching yoga on a weekly basis to teenagers in the care of the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission since January 2009.

As an adjunct faculty member, Andrea taught Yoga for Special Needs in the Spanda Yoga Teacher Training Program, a Yoga Alliance registered school. She is a graduate of this program at the 200 hour level, studying under the direct supervision of founder Dr. Jaime Stover Schmitt. Additional training includes: 14 hours of Street Yoga Core Teacher Training with Street Yoga founder Mark Lily; 40 hours of teacher training and study with Sri Srivatsa Ramaswami; 20 hours of study with Carrie Demers, MD, Director of the Himalayan Institute Total Health Center, on the fundamentals of Ayurveda; and numerous other trainings and workshops on yoga as a complementary therapy for a variety of complaints including Multiple Sclerosis, allergy and asthma, addiction, anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis/osteopenia. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

In addition to the yoga training, Ms. Sacchetti is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University where she obtained her B.A. in Religion. She worked for a number of years in educational publishing, market research and executive recruiting before discovering her true calling to study, practice and teach the time-honored techniques and philosophy of yoga in the Himalayan tradition.

Paulette was originally drawn to yoga because it merges vigorous physical exercise with mental and spiritual reflection. Having received her 500 hour yoga certification in the Soma yoga style with Bobbie-Ellis Bianculli in 2004, Paulette has been teaching yoga for a little over 5 years. Paulette sees yoga as a continual opportunity for renewal, growth, and awareness. In addition to yoga, Paulette has been teaching high school English for 9 years, and finds the balance between her yoga teaching and public school teaching an interesting and challenging, yet dynamic one. Paulette feels really blessed and inspired to be joining the PCYH staff.

Elizabeth Scura has been practicing yoga for six years and began teaching yoga to children in 2007 and has trained with Bobbie Ellis-Bianculli's Soma Yoga teacher training program at PCYH in 2008. Soma yoga is a movement therapy or free-flowing, intuitive movement and sensory experience, which opens the body allowing it to become more receptive to the yoga practice. Her main focus is on the importance of breath awareness and allowing each individual's 'body' to be their guide.

Beth Shen began her yoga practice over fifteen years ago and has been studying with Dr. Jaime Stover Schmitt of Spanda Yoga for the past thirteen years. She has also had the privilege to study under the guidance of Sri Srivatsa Ramaswami, Beth obtained her certification as a Yoga Instructor through the Spanda Yoga� teacher training program, and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 200 hour level of certification. Beth is working toward the 500 hour level, and is a member of the Himalayan Institute's Yoga Teachers Association. As in the tradition under which she studied, a guiding principle in her teaching is that of ahimsa (non-harming).

Beth has taught classical Hatha yoga for the Montgomery Township Recreation Department, Momentum Fitness and provides private instruction for individuals seeking to develop a yoga practice targeted for their specific needs. When not teaching yoga, Beth works in the field of mental health and social services.

Valerie found yoga at her doctorís suggestion that it might help lower her borderline high blood pressure. Since the very first time she stepped on the mat, she developed a love of the practice and found a calmness that had been lacking in her hectic life being the mother of 4 children. The asanas, pranayma, meditations and philosophy quickly became her journey and passion. Almost as quickly, she discovered that the practice of vinyasa resonated with her most and brings her to a place in her spirituality that words cannot begin to describe.

Valerie embarked into teacher training with the desire to share this passion with others. She completed her 500 hr teacher training at One Yoga Center in May, 2009. She is a RYT with Yoga Alliance 500 hr level and has been teaching in the area steadily since receiving her 200 hr. certification in November 2008. She has attended workshops with Seane Corn, Shiva Rea and completed level one of Baron Baptisteís Power VinyasaYoga Boot Camp for teachers in August 2009. She is certified to teach Hatha, gentle, Kids/ teens, pre-natal ,Power, Vinyasa as well as pranayama & meditation. In addition to teaching in traditional settings, Valerie also teaches the 4th & 5th grade yoga to her sonsí classes on a voluntary basis and hopes to continue bringing this gift to the children. Practicing Karma yoga is an important part of her passion. Her own personal practice has continued to remain strong and regular so that she may continue to share the inspiration yoga has brought to her with others.

Pat Vroom Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and the Director of Integral Medicine at Capital Health System, the first area hospital to create a service to foster collaboration between conventional medicine and complementary therapy in order to provide for the whole person. Dr. Vroom's psychotherapy practice focuses on teaching individuals to access their own inner strengths for growth and healing. She has clinical and research experience in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness Meditation, Ericksonian Hypnosis, and Mind-Body Therapy.

Dr. Vroom teaches mind-body strategies (such as meditation, self-hypnosis, and mindfulness based cognitive therapy) to manage stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other symptoms of illness ( e.g. surgical anxiety, menopause, cancer related fatigue, chemo-brain, IBS, high blood pressure), to facilitate positive behavior change, reduce pain, and improve coping and living life to the fullest.

Dr. Vroom and CHS are collaborating with PCYH to offer the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program and individual psychotherapy at PCYH. Prior to coming to CHS, she led the Mind-Body Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Integrative Medicine Service in NYC.