About Dr. Amy Sedgwick MD, FACEP, E-RYT
Amy lives in Maine where she practices emergency medicine and medical acupuncture at Intermed, P.A., seeing patients of all ages and backgrounds. She also teaches yoga and meditation in the greater Portland area. In 2014, Amy founded the Riverbend Yoga and Meditation Studio in Yarmouth with the intention to help people in her community achieve holistic health from within. In 2018, she sold the studio but continues to teach there, offering classes and workshops on yoga and mindfulness at studios and medical institutions in the area. Amy also works extensively with private yoga clients, many of whom have complicated medical issues.
Amy also leads yoga and mindfulness trainings and workshops for medical professionals. She offers sessions at national meetings for the American College of Emergency Physicians and, in the fall of 2017, offered a Mindfulness in Medicine course for clinicians at Maine Medical Center. In her current role at Intermed, she provides easy-to-access online content on yoga and meditation for patients and employees.
Most recently, Amy joined forces with Tiffany Cruikshank and Yoga Medicine® developing curricula and leading advanced teacher trainings in the areas of neuroscience and restorative yoga. She is very active writing pieces in the general media to showcase merging the Eastern and Western approaches to health. She has published articles in Yoga International, Sweat Equity, and Breathe Magazine.
Amy completed her emergency medicine residency at Maine Medical Center. She earned her MD from Larner School of Medicine at the University of Vermont and her BA at Wellesley College. She completed her acupuncture training with Joe Audette, MD, and Kiiko Matsumoto, L.Ac, through the University of New England. She completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Jacqui Bonwell and the Sacred Seeds Yoga School, a Yin Yoga training with Josh Summers, and is currently working to complete the 500-hour certification with Yoga Medicine®. She is currently completing a teacher training in meditation with Shinzen Young through United Mindfulness.
Amy enjoys spending time with her two girls, Alexis (12) and Elle (9) and her husband, Peter. She enjoys hiking with her beloved golden retrievers, Hip Hop and Sundance, and also loves to play her mandolin and guitar as well as write, knit, and make jewelry.
Yoga Medicine® Certifications
500 Hour
In Progress
Nervous System & Restorative Yoga
Myofascial & Chinese Medicine
Research
Spine
Anatomy, Dysfunction & Application
Hip
Anatomy, Dysfunction & Application
Shoulder
Anatomy, Dysfunction & Application
Online Courses with Amy
Articles By Amy
This Is Why You Need to Have a Restorative Yoga Practice (According to an ER Doctor)
By Dr. Amy Sedgwick for YogiApproved. Cognitive, emotional, and physical health are what I like to think of as the “three pillars of longevity.” Longevity
Limit Distractions by Training your Frontal Lobe
Dr. Amy Sedgwick, MD for Sweat Equity on how exercising your frontal lobe can help limit distractions, and let you get more done. Learn how to train your
Mental Health, Well-Being, & Yoga
Dr. Amy Sedgwick, MD for Breathe Magazine discusses the idea of health, the importance of mental health, and how yoga fits into your health plan. The Essence of