• 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.

Choose a practice or practices that is/are intriguing to you. Try it out several times between the sessions. To increase your likelihood of practicing, make the time commitment short, even three minutes. Try integrating the yoga practice with other routines of your day: an exercise routine, waiting for the kettle boil, preparation for sleep routine.

As per care plan. Added A-U-M-silence repetition to centering. Introduced the koshas and biopsychosocial-spiritual model. Some introduction to the anatomy of breathing.

The group is learning to link the breath to movement more fluidly, they are receptive to yoga philosophy concepts. Limited ROM and balance are a common challenge.

The participants take a weekly group speech therapy for Parkinson’s class together each week, so vocalization is a familiar practice for them and they are uninhibited by it. There was more willingness to share reflections of their experiences with the practices this week compared to last. After class one participant said, “That was great! I feel like I had a full body massage.”

Note to self ~ Maintain consistency of the sessions while adding variation and challenge to keep engagement and interest, fostering a sense of achievement.

When I asked the group for suggestions for future sessions, working on standing balance and countering retropulsion were mentioned. We’ll take some movements already introduced and increase the challenge by exploring less reliance on the chair for steadying ourselves.

Continue with the focus of linking movement to the breath, anatomy of the breath, energizing and calming breath practices, stress response, introduce the mental sheath.