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Bikram Choundhury in 2024Bikram Choudhury founded Bikram, or "hot," yoga in the early 1970s. In this article, yoga instructor and co-owner of Bikram Yoga East Harlem Stephanie Pope Caffey tells us about Bikram Choudhury's visit on May 22, 2024 to Harlem. Read more below!

Sisters Stephanie Pope Caffey (head yoga instructor) and Jennifer Pope (operations manager) grew up in Harlem and opened Bikram Yoga East Harlem to introduce the Harlem community to Bikram yoga. In this article, they talk about how the studio is involved in the Harlem community.

Did you know that high levels of stress can affect your body in manMeditationy ways?

For instance, stress can contribute to damage and clots in the heart that keep your blood from flowing properly. This can lead to heart disease and increase your risk for heart attacks.

The Bikram Yoga East Harlem TeamBefore becoming a yoga instructor, Harlemite Stephanie Pope Caffey was a dancer in New York City and Los Angeles.  In this article, she tells us how she started practicing Bikram yoga.

Benjamin Kligler, MD, MPH, is a family medicine doctor at The Center for Health and Healing in lower Manhattan. He uses the integrative medicine method of treating patients. In this article, Dr. Kligler remembers how he became interested in this form of medicine and talks about his practice.