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),
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 Date
07/30/2024
Session Number
1
Total Session Minutes
70
Homework assignment to client/group
Breath and thought awareness.
Journal about what you observed.
Meditation - dive into this guided meditation "Healing your tender heart" before sleep. https://griefyoga.com/free/
Practice your affirmation during the day feeling it in your heart: "I am vibrant in my body, mind, and soul." Maybe write it down on your restroom mirror.
Read the article "Brain Plasticity and the Power of Affirmation"
Check-in with the client
We will talk about neuroplasticity, samskaras, and vasanas and how yoga creates space from dukha (which literally means obstruction but is translated as suffering) to sukha (which means unobstructed but is translated as happiness).
“Every time we react habitually to a given stimulus, we activate neural pathways and the brain regions housing those neurons. As the same areas are activated over time, they become thicker and denser, possibly because the associated neurons in that area branch out to make connections to other neurons, or increase the number of cells in those areas, or increase blood flow. The more these areas are activated in our day-to-day experience, the more we react habitually. This is akin to the yogic discussion of samskaras (latent mental impressions) and vasanas, the behavioral patterns arising from their activation.”Brain Plasticity and the Power of Affirmations” by Dearbhla Kelly
https://yogachicago.com/2014/11/brain-plasticity-and-the-power-of-affirmations/
CENTERING
SITTING, OBSERVING BREATH AND SENSATIONS
ASANAS(respect your body)
The joint freeing series or pavanmuktasana (Mukunda Stiles)
Chair standing or sitting Sun salutation (SMTT manual page 65/63). We will try the standing sun salutation because she is sitting all the time, she needs some standing asanas. The shoulders can be flexed but not abducted. (all sessions)
Always aware of breath and sensations in her body.
Backbend/Forward bend: flying cow (yoga for depression, page 50)
Inversion: viparita/legs up the wall
Twist: supine twist
Savasana
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: dirgha swasan
MEDITATION pranayama with imagery
CLOSING
Client/Group progress summary
We talked about neuroplasticity and yoga and she is a postgraduate in neuroplasticity, so it was easy to discuss some concepts of samskaras and vasanas.
She said she talks to her shoulders and she asks them about her pain. They answer that she is carrying too much burden. She said to herself “You’re no Tequila, you don’t have to please everybody!” She is the oldest of three children and since she was three years old she has taken care of her siblings. Now she decided she is not going to do this anymore.
She admits she is grieving for one year but she will not allow it to stay.
Her mother died last year of an acute leukemia in 14 days.
She says to herself: “I am vibrant in my body, mind, and soul”. I told her that I was going to ask her to make an affirmation, but she already has one!
She feels pain when putting weight on her shoulders like in a tabletop pose. She is afraid of moving her shoulders too much because of pain.
Reflection and self-evaluation
I have planned the sun salutation and Japa, but it’s impossible to do both plus the other activities in an hour. I did just the joint freeing practice for the shoulders and neck as a warming up.
It was interesting how she is unfolding more layers of her issue. I told her that the heart, lungs, and shoulders are related to the Anahata or heart chakra and grief obstructs the energy there. She also had a physical heart obstruction, she has stents. She said she could see that all happened last year, it looked like it happened for her learning and changing the “tequila” pattern of her personality.
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.
Plan for next session
- Check in with the client
Yoga Philosophy:
Who am I? Sat Chit Ananda: The Philosophy of the Upanishads
- Activities:
Sitting asana for centering.
Chair sitting Sun salutation (SMTT manual page 63)
Always aware of breath and sensations in her body.
Backbend: supported (smiling heart: yoga for depression, page 52)
Forward bend: child’s
Inversion: viparita/legs up the wall
Twist: supine
Savasana
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: Bhastrika with no arm movement
MEDITATION
CLOSING
Report briefly on each Kosha below
Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
