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Entry Type	Final Client Report
Client/Group	Reina H
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Brahmi Romero
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	6
Date you started seeing client/group	06/04/2024
Total hours of all Yoga Therapy sessions with this client/group to date	6.25
Adjustments and adaptations you made to your care plan,	N/A
Client/Group Goals	Reina's primary goal for seeking yoga therapy is to improve the conditions from IBS and celiac disease. She also seeks to reduce her high-stress levels, bring her mental calmness, and improve her quality of life. She aims to enhance her physical flexibility, manage her lower back and left glute pain more effectively and mitigate the migraines triggered by certain foods.
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	Her symptoms of IBS have been improved after she added 5 seated yoga poses into her daily routine practice. Those gentle stretches and twist also helped to alleviate her pain on lower back and glute.
Energetic level	She started to notice gaining in her energetic level after 4 sessions, this is related to her improvements of her physical condition. She enjoys engaging in her daily yoga practice, aquarobics and other activities.
Emotional	She had daily prayer practice before starting yoga therapy, but creating altar helps enhance the benefits of the daily prayer. She still feels anxious sometimes, I trust her ability to improve this area continuing daily practice.
Spiritual orientation and support plan	Reina created an altar and placed photos of her family members who had passed. This helped her cultivate appreciation for the time she spent with them instead of feeling grief and sadness. This aligns with her native country’s tradition called ofrendas on Día de los Muertos, a day to honor deceased loved ones.
Additional Information
Feedback received from client/group, anecdotal or written	Reina reported • her lower back and left glute pain was alleviated, and she is going to end her session with her PT. • her bowel movements are more regular. Therefore, I feel more relaxed • she has more energy to do my yoga poses, not taking a nap • she still feels anxiety sometimes
Sample of homework given between sessions (after initial homework)	Because she was practicing only standing poses, I added seated poses to improve her IBS condition and lower back pain. They are apanasana (knees to chest), balasana (child’s pose), supta matsyendrasana (supine spinal twist),viparita karani (legs up the wall), malasana (squat), and supta baddha konasana (reclining butterfly).
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
Rough estimate of time spent in preparation and follow up documentation per session	90
What you would change with benefit of hindsight	Since Reina has been practicing yoga for years, I could have taught more about Raja yoga. Most individuals practicing yoga are not familiar with yoga philosophy including Reina, understanding key sutras will help to improve asana practice and bring more benefits to Reina.
Questions, problems, areas in which you’d like more support	Reina has been praying daily and has shown no hesitation in creating an altar as part of her Bhakti yoga practice. If a client lacks experience with daily prayer, meditation, or has no religious background, what is the best way to explain this teaching to them?
Did you enjoy your service?	I have seen her improvement at each session, and observing her progress was an enjoyable and positive experience for me.
Notify Mentor?	Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion