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by | Feb 16, 2024

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Entry TypeIndividual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupDaniel M
Entry CategoryCapstone
Select your mentorBrahmi 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 PlanOutline 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)
Session Date08/22/2024
Session Number13
Total Session Minutes75
Homework assignment to client/group

1. Balancing Exercise (one leg standing, heel-to-toe walking, hip abduction)

2. Lower body muscles strengthen exercises

3. Eye movement: 1 or 2 times a day and as needed.

4. JAPA Meditation with Alternate Nostril Breathing, suggested combining his 10-minute daily practice with the
affirmation, “I trust my body’s ability to heal and restore itself,” which became his favorite mantra.

5. Seated gentle stretch

Activities

I began the session with a check-in where Dan mentioned no major changes since the last session. He reported that there have been no major changes since the last session.
I invited him for a few minutes of guided meditation to bring him to focus on practice.
Then, I led a series of physical movements including neck/shoulder stretches and JAPA on the chair, forward bending, spinal twist on the floor, hip flexing/extension, strengthening muscles, and balancing supported by a chair as standing practice. He enjoyed stretching his lower back by forward bending while holding the back of the chair.
A 15-minute yoga nidra helped him to relax physically and mentally to end the session.

Client/Group progress summary

Dan reported that his upper/mid back pain has improved, his lower back is more flexible now, and neck/should stretch video I provided him with was helpful.

Reflection and self-evaluation

He follows daily homework assignments and has shown progress since I added balance and muscle-strengthening practice, this plan is working well. I will carefully review and update each practice as needed before I begin the capstone project.

Final Client/Group ReportAfter 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

I will continue to follow this care plan for the next several sessions as he enjoys the asana practice.

Report briefly on each Kosha belowProgress 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?Do not notify Mentor (choose if you wish to continue working on this entry later)