• 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.

I have not had to make adjustments.

Having a better relationship with herself. Allow herself to feel the feelings she is feeling. Process feelings going through her body instead of cutting feelings off.

Client likes asana and says that it’s helping her feel better.
Client has been speaking more calmly and coherently during the sessions. She has been taking little moments of silence before she speaks to formulate her thoughts and speak more clearly.

I am finding that client’s energy is getting better less Tamasic more Rajasic - its seems more Rajasic-Tamasic-Sattvic now.

As discussed in the Assessment, Client had several things happen at the age of four that were traumatic. Client speaks with a therapist about these issues and she is still having difficulty understanding and differentiating all that stuff.

Yoga Therapy is helping her to understand how the mind works and how we identify as we do, and it’s helping her to understand what her true self is.

I find that because the client has so many deep seated issues that she has not been able to let go of – that this causes a confusion in her mind and does not let her understand things clearly. Its like if she has a ‘blind spot’ and it takes more effort on her part to ask the precises question to get a further answer that will complete the picture (understanding) for her. Yoga Therapy wisdom teachings are helping her ask better questions that help her.

Client said she felt she was getting better. The Yoga Sutras seem to be helping her understand things that were never presented to her in her life. She did not have the opportunity to learn about these ways of thinking and looking at life before.

Client asks several questions and I find that she is trying to understand if she is thinking correctly about things.

Client is currently still not working and she has said that she has to start looking for a job.

Client has reached some level of Samadhi in meditation recently, and she described it as “she didn’t want to leave”. Yoga Therapy wisdom teachings are helping her to understand what her true self is.

Client has not yet identified a path or teacher, but it has been explained to her what a seeker is and she understands now the difference between being a seeker for a period of time until one finds their path, and a person who is perpetually jumping all over the place spiritually digging holes in different places and never digging deep in one spiritual place.

Client is being encouraged to study the Yoga Sutras we discuss in session. So that by studying the knowledge can go deeper. Client has her own copy of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda.

Client said she felt “she learned a lot from this session”.

Client said that while doing Nadi Sudi she was able to ‘breath into the belly.’

Client said she felt she was getting better.

Client has started walking meditation and she found that she was very comfortable and conscious of her breathing.
In Cobra client feels her breathing into the abdomen.

Standing Poses
o Tadasana with affirmation.
o Nataraja –
o Indudalasana
Back bending Poses
o Bhujangasana
Forward Bending and Inversions and Twist
o Dandasana –
o Paschimottanasana
Deep Relaxation (client lying down)
o Full body tensing and releasing.
o Body Scan
o Yoga Nidra
Breathing practices – 15 minutes:
Client is a reverse breather:
o SHHHhhhh breath
o Nadi Sudi
Meditation:
o Meditation on love, compassion for self, surrounded with white light.
o Walking meditation.
Review the wisdom teachings of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that we discussed. It is helpful to re-read these sutras to help us recall and understand how the mind works: Sutra I.3, and your Bhakti Yoga notes.
These foundational teachings and practices of study and meditation help us to learn and give us the tools to heal and change. Regular practice is important to build your foundation which is your steadfast anchor, that provides the cushion and a safe haven for difficult times.

Not sure if I would do anything differently. I think it's been okay.

I'm not identifying any right now.

YES!