Get Healthy Harlem

Dr. Martha Eddy, CMA, EdD, exercise physiologist and movement therapist, is the founder and director of Movement for Life and designer of a special dance-exercise program for cancer survivors called Moving On that includes gentle stretching and aerobics.  Here she talks about Moving On aerobics and what made her create a special aerobics class for cancer survivors. 

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.

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!

In addition to being a neurologist at Harlem Hospital, the director of the Stroke Center at Harlem Hospital, and the founder of the Hip Hop Public Health Education Center, Dr. Olajide Williams, MD, MS is also an author. In this article he talks about his new book, Stroke Diaries.

Yoga is a great way to reduce stress! In this article, Stephanie Pope Caffey, co-owner of Bikram Yoga East Harlem, explains how yoga can reduce stress. She also shares easy ways for you to use the practice.