Princeton Yoga, Neighbor

See for yourself why New Jersey Life Magazine named the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health (PCYH) one of the top five traditional yoga studios in New Jersey!

Opened in 1996, PCYH, a yoga and holistic health center, was the first studio of its kind in our area. Serving the Greater Princeton area, our mission is to provide a warm, comfortable and inviting environment in which to explore different paths to health, healing and personal growth.

In two spacious and light-filled studios, PCYH offers a variety of yoga for all ages and stages of life, yoga swings classes, meditation, stress reduction - including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, (MBSR and MBCT), holistic lifestyle classes, monthly concerts, kirtan/chanting, drumming circles, dance experiences, workshops and yoga teacher trainings. Work-exchange opportunities, gift certificates, corporate programs, space rental, private sessions.

Deborah Metzger, Founder/Director is a certified 500 Hour Professional Level Kripalu Yoga teacher and certified Dharmic Yoga Instructor and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, a licensed social worker and holds an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed the Yoga of the Heart: Cardiac and Cancer Certification Training, and additional courses in Structural Yoga Therapy and Reiki. She trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli and completed the Practicum in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program at UMass.

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, 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.