Karen has experience with teaching senior citizens, nursing home and assisted living residents, youth soccer teams, school teachers, students with limitations and private lessons.

Mecquel began teaching in 2003. She teaches a Vinyasa Style Asana practice which includes aspects of Chanting, Pranayama, and Meditation. She is a Saraswati River Yoga and Yoga Alliance certified teacher.

Cynthia Greenfield is certified to teach Dancekinetics--also known as Move Your Body. This is a fun, rejuvenating movement experience where you follow simple dance moves to soul-filled music from around the world.

She became very excited about teaching Move Your Body classes when she experienced the benefits herself. She realized that the only requirement for a successful experience in these classes was to accept herself just as she was and drop expectations of looking any particular way while dancing. Cynthia hopes to share that experience. She believes that when we honor ourselves in that way and use the vehicle of expressing through movement at the same time, we can find joy, freedom, and fun. In addition, we can experience renewal and healing.

She has also trained with Daniel Leven in the area of Expressive Movement Therapy, which is a therapeutic approach using movement and other modalities to express feelings. Cynthia has extensive experience in the areas of yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques for 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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Dev Ketu was born in India and studied Hatha and Raja Yoga commencing in childhood. He has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit and recently obtained an M.D. Dev has taught in many different corporations and institutions and assisted many noted personalities to improve their health.

Lindsey Lento has been dancing for over 20 years and is extensively trained in jazz, ballet, hip hop, tap and salsa. Lindsey is a former member of the nationally ranking Rutgers University Dance team and was a member when the team won the National Dance Team Championship in 1998.

Being a trained dancer and instructor, Lindsey found Pilates to supplement her dance training and became a certified instructor through Power Pilates in NYC. Lindsey’s method of teaching focuses on the 6 principles of Pilates: breathing, precision, centering, flow, control, and concentration. Her classes welcome all levels from beginner to advanced Pilates enthusiasts.

Debra Leong is a Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T.) through the Yoga Alliance. She is certified to teach Kripalu Yoga through the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association (K.Y.T.A.) and is certified to teach Yin Yoga and Yang Vinyasa Yoga by Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers.

She continues to study privately with Jamie Stover Schmitt, author of “Every Woman’s Yoga”, and is working closely with the medical community to develop a yoga program specifically designed for cancer survivors.

PCYH founder and director, Deborah Metzger, ACSW, RYT, is a certified advanced Kripalu Yoga teacher, a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, a licensed social worker and holds an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania.

In addition to teaching throughout the area, Deborah has led related workshops at Princeton University, in corporate settings such as Johnson & Johnson, Merrill Lynch, Summit Bank, and State agencies, as well as local community groups, and has assisted programs at the Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA. PCYH is an independently owned and operated affiliate of Kripalu Center.

She founded and served as the first president of Womanspace, Inc., a program for victims of domestic violence.

Sunder has been practicing yoga for over 15 years. He has trained in a variety of yoga traditions. His classes combine physical postures with breathing and meditation to restore balance and energy. He has taught at PCYH since 1998. Sunder also teaches Marketing at New York University and at the Wharton School at UPenn

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.

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'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.

Catherine helps people realize they can enjoy a personal yoga practice that leaves them feeling energized and balanced. Catherine utilizes the principles of breath work (pranayama) and yoga poses (asana) coupled with meditation and mindfulness.

Catherine completed a 200-hour Yoga teacher training certification at the Kripalu Center in Massachusetts in March 2007, and prior to that, received a 50-hour Yoga teacher training certificate in California. Concurrently, she is working on being accepted into medical school.

Previous careers include Pastry Chef, Corporate Meeting Planner and Graphic Designer. Currently, Kathy is a Householder and Yoga Instructor, raising twins, Grayson and Sabrina with her husband, Sab.

"Yoga has created the space for me to feel at home in my own skin for the first time in my life. Practicing yoga allows me to be better equipped to handle parenting and partnership. As a teacher I hope to share the ability for yoga practitioners to realize their true nature by developing awareness, connection and deep listening. I am grateful to the teachers who have and continue to lead me on my path, Kirin Mishra (Parvathi Nanda Nath Saraswati), David Pittenger. Colleen Crunkleton and RaeAnn Banker."

Ms. Sacchetti was recently appointed to the faculty of the Spanda ® Yoga Teacher Training Program, a Yoga Alliance registered school. She is a graduate of this program at the 200 hour level, and studied under the direct supervision of Dr. Jaime Stover Schmitt. In addition, she has completed 40 hours of teacher training and study with Sri Srivatsa Ramaswami, approximately 20 hours of study with Carrie Demers, MD, Director of the Center for Health and Healing at the Himalayan Institute, on fundamentals of Ayurveda. She finds additional inspiration and clarity in the Bihar School tradition and Yoga Publications Trust, including Yogic Management of Asthma and Diabetes. Other training includes "Osteoporosis and Yoga" with Charlotte Stone; teacher training workshops with Dharma Mitra, and senior Iyengar teachers Bobbi Golden and Dean Lerner; and seminars with Eric Small, author of Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing, and Gary Kraftsow. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

In addition to the yoga training, Andrea Sacchetti is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University where she studied religion. She worked for a number of years in educational publishing, market research, and executive recruiting before finally discovering her true calling to study, practice and teach yoga in the tradition of the Himalayan masters.

Marcy believes her role, as a Yoga teacher, is one who aids and encourages students to listen, honor, and work with their bodies using the breath as a guide. Her classes are well balanced, including the qualities of flexibility, strength, and balance as well as time for centering and grounding, meditation, and relaxation. She has been teaching traditional hatha yoga and prenatal yoga for three years.

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.

Karin Steinhaus is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, hypnotist, and master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). She has been fascinated by the magic of the mind-body connection for most of her life. Karin discovered Hatha yoga as a teenager and she has practiced Kundalini yoga for more than 20 years. Over the years, yoga has enriched her pregnancy and mothering experiences, helped her stay sane in a hectic office environment, and supported her faithfully through many important life transitions.

Karin left her corporate training career in 2004 to devote herself to deepening her yoga and meditation practice and gratefully sharing the benefits of gentle yoga through teaching.