HY-DY INC. - Services and Products for Health and Wellness

ORGANIZATION AND BACKGROUND

HYer DYnamic Health Discoveries dba HY-DY Inc.
HY-DY is an educational and charitable non-profit organization under the direction of Dr. Naima Lewis. The organization's mission is to provide prevention/intervention programs and products to underserved, underestimated and overlooked populations in Georgia. Since its inception in 2002, it has provided training, education, and support products to individuals, groups, organizations, and agencies in need of health education and human service programs.

HY-DY has touched the lives and altered the health habits of many people throughout the state of Georgia. Through its unique services, it has created the reputation of a nonprofit organization that genuinely cares about improving limited expectations regarding self-healing and self-help. HY-DY has partnered with several other major organizations in order to better serve diverse populations in a variety of settings. Through its collaborative efforts with The Andrew and Walter YMCA, Fort Valley State University, Peach Medical Center, The Early Family Practice Medical Center, The Village at Carver Family YMCA, Hillside Chapel and Truth Center, Bally Total Fitness Center, Calvin Court Senior Citizen Residence, and The Joseph Whitehead Boys and Girls Club HY-DY has provided dynamic programs that enriched lives and moved participants to a higher level of wellness.
ABOUT THE CEO
Naima Lewis received her Ph.D. in Education from the Univ. of California at Berkeley, her Masters in Dance from Mills College, and her Bachelors in Health and Physical Education from Calif. St. Univ. at Los Angeles. She has taught Dance, Health, Human Development, Fitness, and Wellness courses as a full time professor, adjunct and visiting professor 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, CSAP and for many nonprofit and for profit agencies, nationally. She has lectured, performed, taught and researched in Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Haiti, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Paris, and Brazil. She is the author of the book "Holistic Counseling: An Innovative Approach to Self-Empowerment;" video “Self-Empowerment processing;” DVD“ Cultivate Spirituality through Yoga;” DVD “Yoga for Weight Loss;” CD “Moments in Meditation” and several articles regarding health and Wellness.
In 2007 Dr. Lewis was a Mills College Katherine Dunham Dance Alumnae Honoree in recognition for her work in dance, health and fitness.