Welcome to CENTER Yoga + Wellness

CENTER Yoga + Wellness is a pair of welcoming, community-rooted studios located in Clinton and Guilford, CT.

We believe yoga is for every body — whether you're stepping onto the mat for the very first time or seeking to deepen an advanced practice.

Our full schedule includes both heated and non-heated classes, workshops, and teacher trainings — all designed to meet you where you are and support you on your unique journey. You'll also find a thoughtfully curated retail space featuring yoga gear, apparel, and wellness essentials.

At CENTER, our purpose is multifaceted:
To help you build strength, flexibility, and resilience in your body — and to support a return to ease, balance, and clarity in your life.

Led by a dedicated team of experienced teachers, our classes emphasize safe alignment, skillful movement, and joyful exploration. Whether you're here to ground yourself, challenge yourself, or simply take a breath — you’ll leave feeling empowered, supported, and centered.

Come as you are. There's space for you here.

Have questions? Find the answers here. New to our studio? Find out everything you need to know here.

We offer:

• In Studio and Livestream Classes

• Restrooms

• Complimentary WIFI

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Our Mission + Name

The choice of the word CENTER rings true for our community because it represents a physical action and an embodied feeling and a sense of place. It is the action of using body and breath to come to your true center, the feeling of stillness and peace and the place from which those actions and feelings are cultivated. All of this make a simple word like CENTER the ideal choice to fully embody our mission.

Our hope is that CENTER Yoga + Wellness is a place you come home to, an action you take while you're here, and an essence you keep with you as you make your way through the world.

Our Beginnings

CENTER Yoga + Wellness (formerly pradipikaYOGA) was founded by yoga teacher and dietitian Jennifer Dahlgren in 2012.  She took a gamble and signed a lease on a small space on the shoreline to see if she could help cultivate a vibrant yoga community. Teaching after a long day working with her patients at Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center was a welcome transition to switch gears, take a pause, and provide a space for deep healing and relaxation to all who walked through the doors. Whether it was cranking up the heat in a vigorous power class or winding down in a slow, lower back soothing foundations flow, Jennifer began to connect like minded practitioners and teachers until bursting at the seams in the first studio. In 2015, the studio was relocated to a larger space in Clinton, CT to support the expanding community. Now with a gorgeous 1000 square foot studio in Clinton and a added location in Guilford, we are able to offer a retail area with cozy clothes, gear and post-yoga refreshments. From its foundation to its future CENTER Yoga + Wellness aims to be an accessible, community-driven yoga studio with an offering for everyone.

Our Growth

In the summer of 2020, longtime studio manager and yoga teacher Petra stepped into a new role as owner of CENTER Yoga + Wellness. With deep roots in the community, her intention was clear: to honor the evolution of yoga and expand the offerings in a way that met the needs of a changing world, while staying grounded in connection and purpose.

Since then, the CENTER community has grown not only within our studios, but across the globe through intentional retreats. These experiences go far beyond simply practicing yoga in beautiful places — they offer a thoughtful curriculum, cultural immersion, and meaningful community. Our retreats have taken students to Costa Rica, Iceland, Morocco, India, Peru, Sicily, and Greece, with more inspiring destinations on the horizon. Each journey invites participants to explore the practice of yoga not in pursuit of perfection, but with curiosity, compassion, and shared support.

To further serve the community, Petra launched a Yoga Alliance-accredited Teacher Training program, and in 2023, CENTER Yoga proudly became a Registered Yoga School. Our training exceeds the standards of Yoga Alliance and reflects our commitment to education, growth, and excellence in the field of yoga.

Today, CENTER Yoga offers a wide range of classes to support students of all ages and experience levels. From Heated Power and Flow to Gentle, Restorative, and Yoga with Weights, there’s a class — and a place — for everyone here.

Our Boutique

CENTER Yoga + Wellness offers a curated selection of yoga clothing, equipment, refreshing beverages, nourishing treats and more in our retail boutique. Browse our selection before or after class or ask our skilled teachers and staff to help you find exactly what you are looking for.