Conscious Warrior Training
For Leadership & Line-Duty Personnel
- Build tactical skills to mitigate stress and injury
- Invest in Firefighters with preventative wellness
- Yoga & mindfulness to increase self-leadership
- Train Peer Support to deliver yoga to your crew.
Why?
The National Fire Protection Association’s data show more than half of fireground injuries are due to strains, overexertion, slips, and falls. And chronic/acute stress can cause burnout and PTS.
FireFlex Yoga is an evidenced-based, mind-body wellness program customized for First Responders to mitigate on-the-job injuries while also strengthening resilience.
How?
FireFlex Yoga helps to prevent firefighter injuries by correlating the results of the Functional Movement Screen with yoga postures to increase strength and flexibility where it’s needed most.
The program also incorporates tactical breathing exercises and mindfulness to equip First Responders with essential tools for self-regulation, stress management, and leadership.
who?
Peer Support teams and Leadership will learn how to correlate functional mobility and yoga to help decrease injuries and reduce stress for their crew. Experience breathing and mindfulness exercises that measurably de-escalate chronic stress. FireFlex Yoga will teach foundational concepts you can implement at your agency and provide ongoing support with digital tools after the 3-day training.
We are constantly in a state of hyper-awareness and it’s important we find time to slow down. I have learned to do this by regulating my breath. Now when I hear the tones go off, I take a deep breath and feel my body calming down. This helps me think more clearly when I have to make decisions that will affect my crew.
~ A.F.
UPCOMING EVENT: Webinar and Q&A
Join us for a LIVE Information Session and Q&A about the Conscious Warrior Training with Founder Shannon McQuaide. You will have a chance to ask questions about all aspects of the program.
3-Day Conscious Warrior Training
DAY 1: Functional Movements for Mobility + Injury Reduction
DAY 2: Develop Resilience through Tactical Breathing Training
DAY 3: Demonstrate Competency of Training Objectives
First Responders are increasingly incorporating yoga and mindfulness classes into their training calendars because they work. A substantial body of research indicates that learning how to focus attention and regulate the breath has the potential to improve performance, reduce cardiovascular disease, and increase Vagal tone. Improved Vagal tone supports increased resilience in First Responders and the ability to respond effectively to chronic and traumatic stress.
Training Objectives
Attendees will learn how to:
- Correlate daily movements with functional mobility and yoga postures
- Utilize tactical breathing exercises to de-escalate stress and anxiety
- Incorporate mind-training strategies to maintain strong focus during protective events
- Deliver functional-movement-based wellness classes
Thanks to FireFlex trainings, our personnel are better equipped with tactical skills to mitigate injury and digest stress. It’s an investment in our personnel and I’m proud we’ve signed up for ongoing trainings. Shannon knows first responder culture and teaches the data and the science to support why yoga is imperative.
~ S.D.
UPCOMING EVENT: Webinar and Q&A
Join us for a LIVE Information Session and Q&A about the Conscious Warrior Training with Founder Shannon McQuaide. You will have a chance to ask questions about all aspects of the program.
F.A.Q.s
The FMS is a screening tool used to evaluate seven fundamental movement patterns.
No, beginners are welcome and encouraged to join.
Each attendee will need a yoga mat, a block, a yoga strap, and a water bottle.
Conscious Warrior Training
About Shannon McQuaide
Shannon created FireFlex Yoga in 2014 in a firehouse apparatus bay and developed a measurable 10-week yoga program that positively impacted thousands of Firefighters.
Results of her signature program were published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies showcasing measurable data of improved physical stability and mental resilience.
In 2022, Shannon published a book telling her story of how she bridged the gap between her fire-family origins and her training as a yoga teacher. The Conscious Warrior: Yoga for Firefighters and First Responders invites readers to see yoga as an imperative for wellness and also provides a detailed account of her signature 10-class program correlating First Responder mobility with yoga postures.
Shannon now works across agencies, delivering her 3-day Conscious Warrior trainings to Fire agencies, Secret Service personnel, and Police departments across the country. She blends yoga and mindfulness with self-leadership skills..
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