Facilitator Sean — The Yoga Medic

Known as The Yoga Medic, I offer trauma-informed mindful movement shaped by frontline service, embodied practice, and a deep respect for the nervous system.

I am trained in a variety of styles, including yin, vinyasa, mindfulness-based movement, and trauma-informed mindful movement. My approach is slow, grounded, and accessible, emphasizing awareness, choice, and presence over performance or intensity.

Before stepping into this work, I served as a paramedic, working in environments where responsibility, urgency, and prolonged stress were part of everyday life. That background continues to inform the way I hold space — steady, practical, and attuned to the realities faced by first responders, healthcare workers, veterans, and those who carry others for a living.

As The Yoga Medic, my intention is to offer practices that support regulation and reconnection through gentle movement and stillness. I meet participants where they are, honoring individual pacing, lived experience, and the wisdom of the body.

Burnout & PTSD —
Holding Space for Those Who Carry a Lot

Burnout and post-traumatic stress are not personal failures. They are often natural responses to prolonged responsibility, repeated exposure, and survival-based living.

Many people who feel drawn to this work have spent years showing up for others — first responders, nurses, veterans, caregivers, helpers, and those accustomed to staying composed under pressure. Over time, the body adapts by remaining alert, functional, and forward-moving, even when rest is needed.

This can be experienced in many ways: fatigue, hyper-vigilance, emotional distance, restlessness, or a quiet sense of disconnection — not because something is wrong, but because the system has been working hard for a long time.

This retreat does not require a diagnosis, a story, or a specific background. PTSD is not a prerequisite. What matters is a willingness to slow down and meet the body with curiosity and care.

Through ceremony accompanied with gentle, trauma-aware practices such as mindful movement, breath awareness, and stillness, participants are invited to reconnect at a pace that feels supportive. Emphasis is placed on choice, safety, and listening, allowing space for regulation, presence, and rest from effort.

This is an invitation to step out of constant doing,
to soften the nervous system,
and to remember what it feels like to simply be.

Follow Sean on Instagram at Yoga Medic