Welcome to YogaMedCo!
An Online Coaching Studio and Research Center
Founded by Dr. Suzie Carmack, YogaMedCo brings the practices of yoga, lifestyle medicine and coaching together into one scientific method for managing chronic health conditions and work-life well-being. Learn more about us in this video - then scroll down to experience the method for yourself!
How Can We Help You?
Whether you’re needing to manage a chronic health condition or work-related stress, or you want to expand your coaching and business skills, I am delighted to welcome you to YogaMedCo.
What started out as a scientific method for bringing the practices of yoga, lifestyle, medicine and coaching together, has grown into a online studio and research center dedicated to moving people experiencing chronic disease and work-life imbalance to well-being.
Please scroll down to learn more about how you can experience the power of YogaMedCo for yourself -- through Coaching, Continuing Education Courses and our Annual Retreat. We also welcome partnerships to advance research in the fields of yoga, lifestyle medicine and coaching.
Together we can move to well-being one practice at a time.
Live One-on-One YogaMedCo Coaching
Are You...
- Searching for coaching support for your chronic health condition?
- Experiencing burnout and not sure how to recover your well-being?
- Curious about how the practices of yoga, lifestyle medicine and coaching can be woven together into one scientific method for taking great care of yourself?
Then schedule your online coaching consultation with Dr. Carmack. Your first session will be held online, and future sessions can be conducted online or in person in our McLean, VA studio.
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Our Story
Searching for solutions for my own lived experience with an autoimmune disorder and professional burnout, and finding none that worked well for me, I asked myself a bold question in 2018.
What would happen if I brought together my multi-disciplinary expertise in yoga, lifestyle medicine and coaching to create one scientific method for chronic disease management and work-life well-being?
That was the day I started creating the YogaMedCo method -- weaving together findings from the latest research with my professional expertise coaching clients and my personal lived experience managing my own health and well-being.
Since then the method has evolved and our impact has too. Through our YogaMedCo Online Studio and Research Center we:
- Empower clients to manage their chronic health conditions and optimize work-life well-being through one-on-one coaching and customized online courses
- Train professionals in the YogaMedCo approach to coaching, program design and business development through continuing education courses approved by the American Council on Exercise, the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Yoga Alliance, CanFit Pro, and the MedFit Education Foundation
- Partner with researchers to advance understanding of the impact of the YogaMedCo coaching method on chronic disease, work-life well-being, and perceived stress. A recent (2025) pilot study by researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill found that the YogaMedCo coaching method improved physician-scientist well-being during the pandemic
- Move leaders, teams and organizations to well-being, such as the Pan American/World Health Organization, the U.S. Treasury Executive Institute, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the U.S. Air Force, and
And because I am a firm believer in karma yoga (giving back to the greater good), we have granted over $50k in scholarships for our coach and yoga teacher training programs. I also donate a portion of my Yoga for One book sales to worthy causes such as the Give Back Yoga Foundation.
We look forward to moving to well-being with you!
Suzie
Suzie Carmack
PhD, MFA, MEd, PCC, NBC-HWC, C-IAYT, ERYT-500
Creator Coach and CEO, YogaMedCo
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