• Check in, centering, balanced hatha yoga set considering contraindications, relaxation (with imagery as appropriate),
• Balanced pranayama considering contraindications, meditation/centering.
• Include at least one suggestion from Karma, Bhakti, Raja, or Jnana Yoga tailored for this client.

The revised care plan, which is what was posted, has held up pretty well with finding time to take a conscious breath, get away from the computer, go outside.

Any progress towards goals: client has more tools for dealing with stress, and is quicker to remember them and use them
Review and revision of goals.: In the beginning client had much more “free time”. Practices were always stacked with existing habits, but also some were added. Recently all habits fell out of her schedule and we’ve had to revisit everything and find ways she can manage to move her body and rest and practice mindfulness

Client gained weight, is still “feeling her age” and the changes that come with perimenopause/menopause. She’s been making time for exercise. I’ve most recently suggested rest in the form of yoga nidra for restoration.

Her energy is not where she’d like it to be, hoping the nidra helps with that. She does remember to use breathing techniques, and have added some for help with falling asleep.

she’s been grounding more, and going barefoot. She is mostly positive, although has ups and downs due to situations with a family member.

She feels appropriately challenged at the new job. This has been huge change from when I first started seeing her and she had been at the same job for ~20 years. It’s a process of resetting and reinventing her life and schedule from the flexibility she had at the last job which she did not like, but felt stuck. She no longer feels stuck and feels more appreciated and more in control of her destiny.

Ct had gotten to a place with her total absorption in with the new job that she wasn’t even getting outside, and wasn’t exercising. She shared that she went for a run in the woods one day and remembered who she is and what she’s here to do. She feels her connection in nature and when doing service in 12 step fellowship. That has not changed, but she4 got away from some of the things she knows she needs to do for a while.

sent the Google form

Getting outside where she feels a conscious connection, setting a timer or alarm for breaks from the computer to breath, stretch, walk around.
Brahmari breath at bedtime.
Yoga nidra.
Create a new routine that works.

Having had a crystal ball . . . I would have tried to see her more times in the beginning and not waited to have some sessions after Integrations. I didn’t have any way of knowing what would or wouldn’t “count”.

The most challenging thing with this one was the longer breaks in between seeing her. We did talk and see each other for Y12SR once a month or so, but that’s a bit different.
I wonder if I prefer groups to individual clients because I never do a group just whenever, there’s always a set schedule. I didn’t realize how important it is to have that structure. When I’ve seen other private clients, it has sometimes been a more regular, consistent, or set schedule. I see now that there is a great benefit in that, even if sometimes it gets canceled or changed.

Yes. I did, however sometimes it feels like checking boxes, rather than completely authentically what I will do after I graduate. I feel like this is one client that I will see again in the future.