Entry TypeIndividual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupCH
Entry CategoryStandard
Select your mentorSarala Evans
Intake
Assessment
Approval Notice
Your care plan should be approved by your mentor, with any amendments they suggested, prior to your remaining Yoga Therapy sessions.
Care PlanOutline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client/group, including:
  • Check in, centering, balanced hatha yoga set considering contraindications, relaxation (with imagery as appropriate),
  • balanced pranayama considering contraindications, meditation/centering.
  • Please include at least one suggestion from Karma, Bhakti, Raja, or Jnana Yoga tailored for this client/group.
  • Over time, we want to see something from each branch, selected, adapted and re-framed appropriately. Tools from each module should be used (not on each client/group – but overall)
The outline should show the sequence of practices as you plan to offer them.
Your care plan proposal should be approved by the mentor before session 2 if possible, or 3 if approval is delayed by mentor.
Session
Session Instructions (Not Mentoring)Your session outline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client, including:
  • 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.
Over time, we want to see something from each branch, selected, adapted and re-framed appropriately.
Tools from each module should be used (not on each client – but overall)
Session Date07/12/2024
Session Number2
Total Session Minutes75
Homework assignment to client/group

HW: added lifting big toe, lifting 4 toes, sitting on ground to help open hips, stand with back against the wall and keep lifting arms up, with a ball-circle the ball with right hand to help with shoulder (rotator cuff)

Activities

Seated: Grounding, centering, continued with 5 breaths in/out and worked to extended exhale

Standing: showed her lifting her big toe only and then the other 4 toes only. How you have to be present (focus) breathe and start slowly with building new neural pathways. We don't ask our brains to move our toes and when we do, it's difficult. At the end, she moved the big toe. She was amazed that she wasn't able to do it but we spoke about consistency in practice and with consistency she will be able to move her toes on command. Also spoke about how consistency rewires our brains and develop new behaviors and habits. "Neurons that fire together, wire together" - Donald Hebb

Worked on posture, continued with feet engagement.

Warm ups: seated stretches
With a yoga block, squeeze the ball between hands-strengthen shoulder.

Table top: cat/cows, cat/cows hip sways- dynamic movement with cat pose- Childs pose- cow pose - extend leg back-spoke about dialing down the hips to even out the hips, flex foot

Bird dog, bird dog lifts 5x

Child's pose

Down dog - spoke about bending knees, sending chest closer to legs - keep sending tailbone up

Standing:
Isometric holding mountain pose
Sun A

Hold plank pose

cool down with strap, around foot, out to sides etc., supine twists

Relaxation

Client/Group progress summary

Client is using yogi toes. Has hard time lifting arches. Hard to see if the client has any progress since she comes every 2 weeks. States she is moving more during the day at work.

Reflection and self-evaluation

Will show her the yogi foot handshake next time, if I see her again. Just found out she made another appt with another teacher. Have to let go of my ego, it happens. I know I did my best when we had met and that's all that I can do.

Final Client/Group ReportAfter seeing your client/group (for at least 4 sessions including interactive intake)
Please remember practicum is a learning experience. You’ll learn more from sharing what’s accurate than from what might “look good”. Things you did well, not so well, problems and questions are all valid and useful tools to teach you. We can’t serve you to become the best clinician you can be if you don’t share your challenges and mistakes. Success is anything from which you learn. You can continue to add Session entries after submitting this Final Client/Group Report.
Plan for next session

No plan for next session. She made an appt with another teacher.

Report briefly on each Kosha belowProgress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
Additional Information
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
Notify Mentor?Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion