Princeton, NJ Health Care Guide Announcement
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health February Events
Free or By Donation and Charitable
Princeton Yoga Community Classes by Donation
Weekdays, Monday - Thursday 4:15 – 5:30 pm, By Donation
Our Community Classes are open to all students. Any donation from the heart is welcome. Come, enjoy, and spread the word! Our Community Classes provide an opportunity for everyone in the community to experience yoga. It is our hope to make yoga classes available to those who are out of work or in the military, and our local teachers and students. August donations go to Enable. All contributions are donated to a specific local charity selected each month or for our special needs programming. February donations are dedicated to #Say My Name. Princeton Yoga has collected over $26,000. since 2011 and proceeds were donated to organizations such as Montgomery Township Education, One Simple Wish, Montgomery Friends of Open Space, The Rock Brook School, Stretch for the Cure Cancer Research, Montgomery First Aid Squad, Womanspace, March for Our Lives, Let's Imagine, Enable, Children's Home Society, Distributing Dignity, Montgomery Township Food Pantry, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Mercer County, Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, The Anchor House, Habitat for Humanity, The Crisis Ministry, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Young Survivor Coalition; Tour de Pink. Foundation, Mill Hill Child Development Center, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, TASK, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Carrier Clinic, The Suppers Program. We are proud to have been the first yoga studio in our area to initiate these donation-based classes where proceeds are donated solely towards a charity each month. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com pcyh@mindspring.com
Introduction to Insight Meditation with James Pritchett and Martha Elliot
Saturdays, February 22 (4th Saturday each month) 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM By donation
Whether you are curious about meditation as a way to deal with stress and calm your mind, or you are a long-time meditator who wants some fine tuning, we invite you to explore Insight Meditation, known in Asia as Vipasana. At the heart of Insight Meditation is the practice of mindfulness – a process that cultivates a clear, non-judgmental awareness of our thoughts, and actions. You will get the opportunity for periods of sitting and walking meditation and time for questions. Open to beginners and experienced meditators. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: Free Intro
with Ken Verni PhD and Deborah Metzger, MSW, E-RYT500
Free Intro – Monday, March 30, 7:15 – 8:40 pm
8-week program: Mondays, April 20 – June 16 6:45 – 9:15 pm
Learn new strategies to release stresses and find a new sense of calm. Learn about this innovative and effective program, meet the program leader. Bring your questions. The session ends with a short meditation. NOTE: Participation in this introductory session is not required for participation in the program and is not part of the 8-week program.
Join this experienced team for this well researched and time proven life affirming, transformational program. Based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, the program's structured educational approach offers mindfulness meditation and gentle yoga as the core of its program to guide people to take better care of themselves and to live healthier and more adaptive lives. People who have participated in MBSR have found help with a range of physiological and stress-related conditions including chronic pain, IBS, migraine headaches, high blood pressure, cancer, sleep disorders, anxiety and depression. MBSR provides training in meditation, mindful-yoga, and relaxation to mobilize your mind/body resources to work with stress, pain, and illness in new ways that can promote growth and healing. More info and registration here: https://princetonyoga.com/mindfulness/mbsr-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction/Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Participatory – World Music and Dance
5Rhythms® Waves with Megan Kelley
Friday, February 21, 7:30 – 9:00 pm (and every third Friday of the month.)
Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide, 5Rhythms® is a philosophy, perspective, performance art and dynamic movement practice rooted in the principle that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself. Movement is both the medicine and the metaphor, reaching across all languages, cultures and age groups to transform suffering into art, art into awareness, and awareness into action. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a safe space for each of us to shatter the ego's hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Rhythm, Drum & Dance Circle with Mark Wood
Saturday, March 7 8:00 – 10:00 pm (and first Saturday each month) $15
Drum, slap, tap, dance, shake it up. Experience the healing vibrations created by group drumming. Drumming as a group can create states of euphoria, promote play, release anger, and promote feelings of community, unity and well-being. Drummers, dancers, hoopers and such, join us for one of our unique and fun Princeton Drum & Dance Fire Circle! Held outside, weather permitting. No experience necessary! All drums are provided (if you reserve a drum) or bring your own. See for yourself why New Jersey Life Magazine named our Circle the #1 Drum Circle in Central NJ! (Held outside spring and fall, weather permitting). . Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
New $5 classes
NEW! $5 Lunchtime Yoga
Monday - Friday 12:00 – 1:00 pm $5 cash at the door
A variety of yoga experiences each weekday from gentle to mixed level Hatha yoga to gentle or moderate flow. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
NEW! $5 Hatha (Gentle)
Thursdays, 8:00- 9:15 am $5 cash at the door.
Hatha yoga aims to achieve balance from within using breath, movement and mindfulness. Based on asanas or physical poses, this traditional form of yoga helps balance mind, body, and spirit. The class ends with Savasana, personal time for deep relaxation. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.comdeborah@princetonyoga.com
Events by Date
Restorative Yoga with Live Music with Arielle Wortzel and Chris Idell
Sunday, February 16 (and every third Sunday of the month) $40/$30 prepaid.
In this workshop you will be guided through gentle movements to help release tension and deepen the connection between the mind, body, breath, heart and spirit. After some gentle movements, you will be invited into a series of restorative postures to help encourage a state of balance and within your whole being. This practice will be accompanied by live music where students will find the full benefits of using music as a form of meditation and healing. *All levels of experience welcomed. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
5Rhythms® Sweat with Megan Kelley
Friday, February 21, 7:30 – 9:00 pm (and every third Friday of the month.)
Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide, 5Rhythms® is a philosophy, perspective, performance art and dynamic movement practice rooted in the principle that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself.. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Introduction to Insight Meditation with James Pritchett and Martha Elliot
Saturdays, February 22 (4th Saturday each month) 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM By donation
Whether you are curious about meditation as a way to deal with stress and calm your mind, or you are a long-time meditator who wants some fine tuning, we invite you to explore Insight Meditation, known in Asia as Vipasana. At the heart of Insight Meditation is the practice of mindfulness – a process that cultivates a clear, non-judgmental awareness of our thoughts, and actions. You will get the opportunity for periods of sitting and walking meditation and time for questions. Open to beginners and experienced meditators. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Chakra Balancing with Lauren Nagy
Sundays, February 23 (and fourth Sunday each month) 2:00 – 4:00 pm $35
Workshop for students and teachers alike! Chakras are subtle, energetic centers which govern specific physical, emotional, and psychological functions within the human being. Each of the main 7 Chakras are portals through which the elements of nature work in our bodies and connect us to the wider web of life. By bringing attention and balance to these chakras, we begin the process of profound, multidimensional healing. Each workshop will begin with lecture to dive deep into a specific chakra including philosophy, physiology, and Ayurvedic lifestyle and dietary recommendations to nourish this chakra. Students & teachers can expect flowing vinyasa, breathwork, meditation, and kriya for cultivating direct experience and understanding of each element of self. This workshop finishes off with deep relaxation and yoga nidra to bring us deep into the unconscious for radical healing. Explore your own personal relationship with this piece of your essential nature and learn practical, invaluable tools for bringing harmony & balance to life. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Rhythm, Drum & Dance Circle with Mark Wood
Saturday, March 7. 8:00 – 10:00 pm (and first Saturday each month) $15
Drum, slap, tap, dance, shake it up. Experience the healing vibrations created by group drumming. Drumming as a group can create states of euphoria, promote play, release anger, and promote feelings of community, unity and well-being. Drummers, dancers, hoopers and such, join us for one of our unique and fun Princeton Drum & Dance Fire Circle! Held outside, weather permitting. No experience necessary! All drums are provided (if you reserve a drum) or bring your own. See for yourself why New Jersey Life Magazine named our Circle the #1 Drum Circle in Central NJ! (Held outside spring and fall, weather permitting). . Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
with Ken Verni PhD and Deborah Metzger, MSW, E-RYT500
Free Intro – Monday, March 30, 7:15 – 8:40 pm
8-week program: Mondays, April 20 – June 16 6:45 – 9:15 pm
Learn new strategies to release stresses and find a new sense of calm. Learn about this innovative and effective program, meet the program leader. Bring your questions. The session ends with a short meditation. NOTE: Participation in this introductory session is not required for participation in the program and is not part of the 8-week program.
Join this experienced team for this well researched and time proven life affirming, transformational program. Based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn, the program's structured educational approach offers mindfulness meditation and gentle yoga as the core of its program to guide people to take better care of themselves and to live healthier and more adaptive lives. People who have participated in MBSR have found help with a range of physiological and stress-related conditions including chronic pain, IBS, migraine headaches, high blood pressure, cancer, sleep disorders, anxiety and depression. MBSR provides training in meditation, mindful-yoga, and relaxation to mobilize your mind/body resources to work with stress, pain, and illness in new ways that can promote growth and healing. More info and registration here: https://princetonyoga.com/mindfulness/mbsr-mindfulness-based-stress-reduction/Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Specialty Classes – selected new or specialty classes.
NEW! Restorative Yoga and Reiki Restorative
Tuesday, 7:15 pm, Wednesday 10:00 am, Friday 6:00 pm, Reiki Restorative: Wed 6:00 pm
2 classes for $159/24 classes/$288/drop-ins $17. Seniors and Students: $15
A deeply relaxing practice that incorporates restorative yoga postures and Yoga Nidra - conscious deep relaxation. Classes begin with gentle movement, preparing the body to settle into a place of stillness. Restorative postures are held for longer periods of time with the support of props (bolsters, blankets, blocks), allowing the muscles to relax deeply with no effort. This class is designed to release tension, soothe the nervous system, and leave you feeling well rested and renewed. Highly effective for relieving chronic stress, anxiety, insomnia, and generalized fatigue. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Gentle Yoga
Tuesdays, Fridays, 10:00 am, Thursdays, 10:30 am
12 classes for $159//24 classes for $288 drop-ins $18. Seniors and Students: $15
These classes help one experience balance and harmony through a slow and mindful yoga practice, designed to release tension, reduce stress, and promote relaxation. Teachers place a strong emphasis on self-awareness, breath and honoring the body. No experience necessary. This class is appropriate for both beginners and students with limitations, as well as experienced practitioners looking for a less physically challenging and more relaxation-based practice. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Yoga for Stress Reduction
Sundays, 10:30 am
12 classes for $159/24 classes for $288 drop-in $17. Seniors/Students: $15
This class focuses on relieving and reducing the everyday stress that so many of us encounter. Using gentle to moderate Yoga poses (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), and meditation, this class helps one to create a more peaceful life both on and off of the mat. This class is appropriate for both beginner and experienced students looking to reduce stress. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294 www.princetonyoga.com. deborah@princetonyoga.com
Yoga Basics
Thursdays, 7:45 pm
12 classes for $159/24 classes for $288 drop-ins $17. Seniors and Students: $15
This class is designed to introduce new students to the practice of yoga. Teachers will go over the building blocks of the asana practice: how to breathe, how to optimally align each pose, and how to relax. It is a nourishing practice with clear direction, so that students can grasp a deep understanding of asana. No experience necessary. This class is ideal for beginners that do not have major limitations. It is also perfect for experienced students seeking an elemental or refresher practice. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Yin Yoga
Sundays 6:00 pm, 12 classes for $159/24 classes/$288 drop-ins $17
A practice made up passive stretching held for long periods of time. It is a quiet but intense practice that targets the connective tissue. It invites you to slow down and create space for stillness while nourishing the joints, ligaments, tendons and fascia. Many of the poses are seated, supine or prone. There is a focus on the breath, and being present in the moment. This class is open to all levels; however, it is not necessarily gentle. Some of the poses can be intense and are held for a long period of time. Modifications are offered. A perfect complement for vinyasa flow and other challenging practices. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Vinyasa Flow, Easy Flow, and Mixed Level Hatha Yoga Classes
Daily – mornings, evenings, weekends
Princeton Yoga offers a variety of classes for all levels of challenge and experience in addition to our specialty and therapeutic programming. People can chose from the most gentle to the most vigorous experiences, mix and match mornings, lunchtimes, evenings and weekends to fit the busiest of schedules and find different payment options from drop in, to discounted sampler packages, unlimited class passes and $5 and donation based classes which honor people's budgets to boot. We offer a work exchange program as well. People are invited to browse the website for the schedule and payment options and contact us regarding work exchange opportunities. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
