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Entry Type	Final Client Report
Client/Group	CCDC men
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Sarala 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 Plan	Outline 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)
Final Client/Group Report	After 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.
Number of sessions completed	11
Date you started seeing client/group	04/09/2024
Total hours of all Yoga Therapy sessions with this client/group to date	16.5
Adjustments and adaptations you made to your care plan,	These men as a group come in very rajasic and need a huge energy expenditure upfront to then focus for balance, breathing practices, stillness. It is a constant reassessment and adaptation to their energy.
Client/Group Goals	Client/Group Goals: Relieve stress, stretching, calm mind and self, peace, improve movement Any progress towards goals Review and revision of goals. The progress happens with regular practice. I observe the men coming in smiling more, calmer, eager to practice. They report improvement toward the above goals.
Report briefly on each Kosha below	Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
Physical level	Improved flexibility; improved mobility; report the physical postures to be both challenging and relaxing
Energetic level	After experiencing the breathing practices it is many participants’ favorite part.
Emotional	Many report feeling more calm.
Intellectual / Sense of self	Many report being able to quiet their thoughts; and developing motivation to exercise more regularly
Spiritual orientation and support plan	Many report feeling more peace and serenity.
Additional Information
Feedback received from client/group, anecdotal or written	Feedback collected every week is very positive toward the experience of being able to get out of the cell and unwind physically, mentally, and emotionally. They are very positive toward me and the class structure and outline. They often request class be offered more often, which is something I can’t do right now.
Sample of homework given between sessions (after initial homework)	Practicing what we do in class - stretches for stiffness after sleep, stretches and breathing practices to promote sleep and manage pain, breathing practices to manage stress and stressful situations.
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
Rough estimate of time spent in preparation and follow up documentation per session	30
What you would change with benefit of hindsight	Bringing in more references, books, or readings
Questions, problems, areas in which you’d like more support	Mostly what I need for the CCDC groups is time with other facilitators who can relate. That is sometimes offered by PYP with varying participation. I need to make more friends in certain areas 🙂 I’d love to know where to look for funding to be able to go in more than once a week, and/or to have someone else take the women’s class so I could meet with the men’s group more often.
Did you enjoy your service?	Yes, this group is my favorite service.
Notify Mentor?	Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion