| Entry Type | Individual Yoga Therapy Session |
|---|---|
| Client/Group | Sharea H |
| Entry Category | Standard |
| Select your mentor | Brahmi Romero |
| Intake | |
| Assessment | |
| Approval Notice | |
| Care Plan | Outline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client/group, including:
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:
Tools from each module should be used (not on each client – but overall) |
| Session Date | 08/03/2024 |
| Session Number | 2 |
| Total Session Minutes | 90 |
| Homework assignment to client/group | Practice - the Awareness practice - use the recording for as long as it's helpful. Practice - Waterfall breath If you want, practice TRE. I would do no more than 2 sessions before we meet again. |
| Activities | Check In Awareness Practice Pranayama: Waterfall Breath Raja: Sutra 1.2 - The modification of the mind-stuff is yoga. Yes, we move our body through asana, but we explore those practices, as well as working with the breath, practicing the yamas and niyamas, to calm the vrittis of the mind. Conversation about cross-body movement, and her experience of a specific class: Centergy Introduction to TRE - 2 rounds of 5 minutes Shavasana with Yoga Nidra |
| Client/Group progress summary | Client presented more rajasic mentally than previous session, and while still tamasic in physical energy, was from fatigue of an earlier workout. She shared she has had a very busy two weeks. Following the awareness practice she reported a visualization that she connected with when noticing what emotions were present, something she described as a "weight... hunk of iron," that she connected with fear, guilt, anxiousness. When she shifted attention to her thoughts and intellect, she visualized her thoughts as "telephone wires" emerging from the iron and flowing up to her brain. In her anamaya kosha, she noticed that she was not experiencing pain in her body today. She did say that the awareness practice is still a new experience overall, as in prior experience with "body scans" she never connected with any koshas/layers beyond the physical - but she very much enjoys the practice. She actually made an audio recording on her phone as I guided it to make it easier for her to continue the practice as part of her homework. She mentioned a situation she did not include on the intake, where she had a microwave fall on her head - impact at the crown (frontal?) in Walmart in January. Diagnosis was a concussion - and not the first one she has experienced. I asked her to share more about what she's experienced since, and she mentioned less patience, light sensitivity (for which she was prescribed rose tinted glasses), trouble sleeping (for which she was prescribed trazadone), and issues with "losing things." She had taken a class at the gym earlier that day, Centergy (not with me, but I do teach this pre-choreographed format that blends yoga with pilates). She very much enjoys the class, so I shared with her some modifications and adaptations that she found to be more easeful in her body and supportive of her concussion healing. One example: simplifying arm movements to focus on bringing the contralateral arm across the body. She mentioned feeling uncomfortable in a twist variation because of her body shape and scoliosis, so we talked about how the experience of the twist on each side of her body is unique, and I encouraged her to continue to find the balance between effort and ease, steadiness and sweetness (sutra 2.46). Introduced the client to TRE, guiding her through the exercises/practices, and then two short rounds of shaking. During the first round client felt gentle but consistent tremors through the adductors, psoas and pelvic floor. During the second round she felt "waves" up into the diaphragm and thoracic region of her back. After the second round with the client sharing her hands were a little "tingly," we both felt two rounds were a sufficient practice for today. Returned to the practice of waterfall breath leading into Shavasana, followed by Yoga Nidra. Client overall felt very calm in body and mind after the practice. |
| Reflection and self-evaluation | I'm still sitting with what the client shared about her visualization during the awareness practice. She connects with imagery very easy - was her experience because of that, and that she visualizes easily? Was the "story" of the visualization the client staying in her thoughts more so than getting into her body? Again, the client reported that really observing sensations beyond the anamaya kosha is a new process. |
| 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 Awareness Practice Pranayama: Gentle Kapalabati Raja: want to give an overview of the types of vrittis and hear clients thoughts and responses to looking at the movement of the mind through the lens of the vrittis. Asana: want to explore poses with a focus on adapting for the client's scoliosis. Some examples: balasana with support of blocks, supported twists |
| Report briefly on each Kosha below | Progress 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 |
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