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Entry Type	Final Client Report
Client/Group	SP-C005
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	5
Date you started seeing client/group	04/25/2024
Total hours of all Yoga Therapy sessions with this client/group to date	7.75
Adjustments and adaptations you made to your care plan,	Added grounding touch, seated big toe taps, low back strengthening and SI (sacroiliac) joint stability movements, supine heel and toe taps, sliding and gliding along the fascia of the back side of the body. Introduced a variety of yoga nidras with and without imagery.
Client/Group Goals	Yes, as stated above. And, the client became more comfortable with breathing practices and linking breath with movement. She came to understand diaphragmatic breathing somatically.
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	Client became more flexible and less critical of her muscle tightness.
Energetic level	Client was able to relax more fully in yoga nidra, thereby she was more refreshed at the end of our later sessions. Brahmari breathing in a prone position really helps her to relieve mental stress and tension.
Emotional	Greater acceptance of her life circumstances has relieved some of her self-described «Catholic guilt.»
Intellectual / Sense of self	Lessening of her guilt allows her to be kinder to herself and feel better about herself.
Spiritual orientation and support plan	The Serenity Prayer immediately links her to the solice she feels around her Catholic faith, connecting her with a greater, benevolent power of love and assurance.
Additional Information
Feedback received from client/group, anecdotal or written	She is grateful for the many tools she has learned how to us in relieving physical and mental stress.
Sample of homework given between sessions (after initial homework)	Grounding Touch from Cyndi Lee Can be done standing or seated. Throughout the practice, bring your awareness to the places your hands are touching. Breathe in to and out from those places. Take one or more breaths after each change of hand placement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Take a few moments and settle. Allow your breath to be soft, smooth, quiet and natural. Place one hand on the heart and one on the belly. Move hand from belly to sacrum. Move hand from heart to the belly. Move hand from sacrum to forehead. Move hand from belly to heart. Move hand from forehead to stack on top of other hand at the heart. Bring the hands to prayer and rub them together until they create some heat. Gently cup hands over your eyes. Slowly lower the hands down to the thighs. Place the palms on the thighs. Pause and notice. Seated Big Toe Taps. Seated with legs long out in front, hands to the sides, a bit behind the hips. Rotate the feet inward, towards each other to tap the big toes t
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
What you would change with benefit of hindsight	Introduce more yoga philosophy.
Questions, problems, areas in which you’d like more support	No questions. This client was consistent with her home practice, asked questions if something was not clear and commented without hesitation. Such ease of communication made working together pretty seamless.
Did you enjoy your service?	Absolutely yes!
Notify Mentor?	Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion