Dr. Naima Gwen Lewis is a recipient of a Ph.D. in Education from the Univ. of California at Berkeley. Professor Lewis has taught Holistic Health, Human Development, Dance Performance, Movement Edu., Fitness, and Wellness courses at U.C. Berkeley, Howard Univ., Clark Atl., Univ., Fort Valley St. Univ., Kennesaw St., Univ., and Florida A&M Univ. She has served as a consultant for CDC, DHS, NIH and has lectured, performed, taught and/or researched for many nonprofit and for-profit organizations internationally. She is founder of HYer-DYnamic Health Discoveries (HY-DY Inc.) programs, products, and trainings that focus on advancing the wellbeing of underserved populations. Dr. Lewis is director of HY-DY’s Yoga Teacher Training School that sets the educational foundation for her whole-human development branded programs i.e., A Sacred Journey to Wellness, Shaping Shades of Gray, and the HYPE/T (Higher Yoga Police Edu/Training programs.