Kayko did a good job in presenting a clear and purposeful response on how yoga therapy could help her client (ELV) reduce anxiety-induced stress associated with self-judgement and how others perceive her as an imposter, increase her ability to relax, and improve her relationship with her body.

Kayko identified the relationship between what her client hope to achieve from yoga therapy (reduce anxiety & negative thinking, increase her ability to relax, and improve her relationship with the body), why her client struggled from a Yogic perspective (i.e. kleshas such as asmita, abinvesha and raga), and how yoga therapy techniques could help her client release tension, manage stress & anxiety, manage sensory attachment, increase mindfulness, and deepen ability to relax. Kayko offered a detailed care plan that included asana, pranayama, meditation, self-reflection (svadhyaya), and yogic philosophy to provide comprehensive treatment across the 5 koshas. She included research to support her work, and she offered resources to her client for homework practice.

One suggestion for Kayko is to document how she is measuring whether or not yoga therapy techniques are helping her client meet her goals.

Kayko was proficient in her analysis of the topic(s) raised by her client & her thought process on how yoga therapy could address her client's needs. After reviewing Kayko's initial write-up, there was some confusion for me about what was being treated (anxiety based on her client's thoughts & beliefs versus a diagnosis of orthorexia).

After speaking with Kayko, she updated her case study to reflect that the primary focus of yoga therapy was not on her client's self-diagnosed eating disorder, but rather on helping her client reduce stress, foster a body-mind connection, and learn how to relax.

With this clarification, I understood why Kayko created the care plan that was implemented across the sessions -- it was reasoned, logically sequenced, and rational to address the goals of her client.

Kayko provided a thoughtful care plan that she adjusted over time to address her client's goals and needs. The care plan included client education on anatomy & how yoga therapy can help relieve pain, vinyasa and restorative postures, breathing practices, meditative practices, chakra awareness, mantra, Yoga Nidra, Jnana Yoga and self-reflection.

In particular,I appreciate how Kayko interwove techniques (ie active postures followed by witness practice / pratipaksha bhavana with alternate nostril breathing) to help her client move between an active state and a quiet space to achieve better balance in life.

Kayko listed resources and references that informed her care plan, and she referenced that work to support what she included in her care plan. She also provide a list of useful resources to help educate her client about her body, yoga therapy techniques, and choices the client could make to reduce her anxiety and stress.

In this case study, Kayko began by listing references related to the eating disorder - orthorexia. It was important for Kayko to learn about this disease, as her client had self-diagnosed with this infliction. While it was useful to understand what orthorexia is, Kayko might have highlighted more how her client's thoughts (perfectionism, excessive devotion, rigid thinking) induced her anxiety and stress -- and that this was the yoga therapy care plan would focus on.

Kayko clearly demonstrated critical thinking and an individualized yoga therapy approach for her client. During intake, Kayko not only gained useful background information from her client, but went on to help her client establish short-term and long-term goal(s) for the yoga therapy sessions. Kayko then created a care plan that addressed her client's individual needs (ie. reduce psoas pain, increase self-awareness of body-mind connection, reduce self-negative thoughts, increase self-acceptance, improve ability to relax, etc.) in a thoughtful and creative manner.

Kayko demonstrated solid observations and recommendations to offer her client yoga therapy techniques that aided her client in enhancing her body-mind connection, reducing stress and anxiety, and cultivating greater self-acceptance and compassion. She worked with her client to develop realistic short-term and long-term goals in a realistic time frame. In addition, Kayko offered several ways (alternatives) for her client to become more comfortable with relaxation -- examples include vinyasa and restorative yoga poses, breathing practices, self-massage, chakra activation, mudra, Yoga nidra, meditation, journaling, and more. In this way, her client could explore alternative ways to relax both in a practice session and on her own.

One area of improvement: establishing a means by which to measure the effectiveness of Yoga therapy techniques from the first to last session.

Kayko is an excellent writer, and her case study was presented in a professional manner.