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Princeton Center for Yoga & Health August 2019 Events
Promotions and Seasonal Specials
$20 for 20 days of unlimited Yoga
New to Yoga? Or just new to Princeton Yoga? Great way to support those New Year’s Resolutions.
We invite new students (first time visitors only) to come and sample our over 45 weekly classes:
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com pcyh@mindspring.com’
Princeton Yoga Work Exchange program. Yoga Classes in exchange for volunteering! We need you! Currently we are looking for volunteers to join our SEVA team. (“Seva” is a Sanskrit word meaning “selfless service” or work performed without any thought of reward or repayment. In ancient India seva was believed to help one's spiritual growth and at the same time contribute to the improvement of a community. We are a busy yoga studio located 5 miles from downtown Princeton. We would like to welcome a committed and service oriented member to our team. If interested lease contact Deborah at deborah@princetonyoga.com or call609-924-7294 or complete this form and we will contact you:https://goo.gl/forms/nZz0SMzdhWJlIOB42
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. April donations are dedicated to Let’s Imagine Princeton Yoga has collected over $25,000. 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, 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
Free Introduction: Mindfulness for Kids, Pre-Teens and Teens
with Michelle Moorehead
Wednesday, August 7, 6:15 – 7:15 pm FREE
Our children face a busy world, with many things demanding their attention. The 8-week Mindfulness for Kids programs are tailored to children from 3rd through 5th grade and middle/high school students to allow them to strengthen their ability to be present, learn how to respond rather than react and generate compassion for themselves and others. We invite you to come and learn about these 8-week programs and meet Michelle Moorhead.
Open to all kids, pre-teens, teenagers and parents!
2019 Fall Session: 8 weeks: September 18 to November 13 (Skipping 10/9 Yom Kippur)
3rd – 5th graders: Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 pm
6th – 12th graders: Wednesdays, 6:45 to 7:45 pm Sign up here:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=-174&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000640 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, August 24 (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
Free Introduction: 200 Hour Prana Yoga Teacher Training
with Jeff Migdow, MD
Saturday, September 21, 5:30 – 7:00 pm FREE
Have you been touched by the spirit and essence of yoga? Do you feel you would like to share the gifts you have received from your practice with others? Or are you drawn to simply go deeper into yoga? Then this yoga teacher training is for you! In this 200 hr Yoga Alliance certified Prana Yoga Teacher Training, you will learn how to practice and teach yoga as a profound science that unites movement, safety, breath, sound, concentration, meditation and prayer. Approached in this way, yogic practice becomes a deeply potent healing and transformational path. This course will enable you to become a teacher of yoga at its essence and greatly expand the depth and power of your practice and the healing experiences of your students. Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Prayers for Peace with Dhyana Devi & Marleny Franco
Friday, September 27, (and fourth Friday each month) 7:00 – 8:30 pm By Donation
Join us as we pray for world peace using shantih sanskirt mantras from the Vedas and the Upanishads. Mantras are a way to focus our minds, and through that focus along with the sounds, we produce and have the capacity to manifest a different reality. Mantras are very powerful as all of creation starts with sound. Therefore, let’s put out the sound of peace by chanting: We will begin with a short meditation followed by peace chanting, a world peace visualization, and short kirtan. 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
Rhythm, Drum & Dance Circle with Mark Wood
Saturday, September 7– 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
5Rhythms® Sweat with Megan Kelley
Friday, August 16, 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
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.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Events by Date
Free Introduction: Mindfulness for Kids, Pre-Teens and Teens
with Michelle Moorehead
Wednesday, August 7, 6:15 – 7:15 pm FREE
Our children face a busy world, with many things demanding their attention. The 8-week Mindfulness for Kids programs are tailored to children from 3rd through 5th grade and middle/high school students to allow them to strengthen their ability to be present, learn how to respond rather than react and generate compassion for themselves and others. We invite you to come and learn about these 8-week programs and meet Michelle Moorhead.
2019 Fall Session: 8 weeks: September 18 to November 13 (Skipping 10/9 Yom Kippur)
3rd – 5th graders: Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 pm
6th – 12th graders: Wednesdays, 6:45 to 7:45 pm Sign up here:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=-174&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000640 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, August 16, 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
Trauma Releasing Exercises with Bonnie Pariser
Saturday, August 21, 9:00 – 12:00 pm $65
TRE (Tension, Stress & Trauma Release Exercise) is an innovative series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma. Created by Dr. David Berceli, PhD, TRE safely activates a natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular tension, calming down the nervous system. When this muscular shaking/vibrating mechanism is activated in a safe and controlled environment, the body is encouraged to return back to a state of balance. During this retreat day we will have a lot of time to practice tremoring as a group and with partners. Bonnie will demonstrate some benefits of interventions while tremoring and show you some you can do for yourself at home. Learn some of the science behind the tremors and their benefits. 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, August 24 (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
Restorative Yoga – The Art of Relaxation with Lauren Nagy
Sundays, 8/25 (and fourth Sunday each month thereafter) 3:30 – 5:30 pm $20
Restorative yoga is about slowing down and opening the body through passive stretching. During long holds, your muscles relax deeply without any discomfort, stress, strain, injury risk and pain. This workshop is a good complement to more active practices and an excellent antidote to stress. This monthly restorative workshop uses supported asanas (poses), breath work and meditation practices to explore different relaxation techniques. This calming resting is different from sleep, while you need both rest and sleep this gentle practice helps you relieve stress and energizes you at the same time. 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, September 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 Ph.D and Deborah Metzger, MSW, E-RYT500
September 16, 7:15 – 8:45 pm FREE
8-week program: Mondays, October 7 – November 25
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
Mindfulness for Kids, Pre-Teens and Teens with Michelle Moorehead
2019 Fall Session: 8 weeks: September 18 to November 13 (Skipping 10/9 Yom Kippur)
3rd – 5th graders: Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 pm
6th – 12th graders: Wednesdays, 6:45 to 7:45 pm Sign up here:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=-174&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000640 Our children face a busy world, with many things demanding their attention. The 8-week Mindfulness for Kids programs are tailored to children from 3rd through 5th grade and middle/high school students to allow them to strengthen their ability to be present, learn how to respond rather than react and generate compassion for themselves and others. We invite you to come and learn about these 8-week programs and meet Michelle Moorhead.
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558. 609-924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com deborah@princetonyoga.com
Free Introduction: 200 Hour Prana Yoga Teacher Training
with Jeff Migdow, MD
Saturday, September 21, 5:30 – 7:00 pm FREE
Have you been touched by the spirit and essence of yoga? Do you feel you would like to share the gifts you have received from your practice with others? Or are you drawn to simply go deeper into yoga? Then this yoga teacher training is for you! In this 200 hr Yoga Alliance certified Prana Yoga Teacher Training, you will learn how to practice and teach yoga as a profound science that unites movement, safety, breath, sound, concentration, meditation and prayer. Approached in this way, yogic practice becomes a deeply potent healing and transformational path. This course will enable you to become a teacher of yoga at its essence and greatly expand the depth and power of your practice and the healing experiences of your students. 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
Tuesdays, 7:15 pm, Fridays 6:00 pm, Reiki Restorative: Wednesdays 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
NEW! Prime of Life Yoga
Thursdays, 6:00 pm
12 classes for $159/24 classes for $288 drop-ins $17. Seniors and Students: $15
This class incorporates an overall lifestyle approach to yoga based on the Prime of Life Yoga program developed by Larry Payne. Through the use of yoga postures, breathing practices and meditation, the practice is adapted to meet the individual needs of the student. This is a multi-level yoga class designed to help students with their life off of the mat as well; every day movement, the challenges of common aches and pains, stress relief and cultivating overall peace of mind. 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
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health?
Orchard Hill Center
88 Orchard Road, Suite 6, Skillman, NJ 08558?
609-924-7294 www.princetonyoga.com
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