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Entry Type	Individual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/Group	JB
Entry Category	Intended Case Study
Select your mentor	Steffany Moonaz
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)
Session Date	08/25/2024
Session Number	1
Total Session Minutes	90
Homework assignment to client/group	• Three-part breathing and meditation daily 15 minutes • Non-attachment – pick one thing (e.g., a YouTube channel) and practice non-attachment for a week • Read an article by Rachel Naomi Ramen about fixing, helping and serving.
Activities	The client has stress and anxiety related to taking care of a 94-year-old friend who is the mother-in-law of her late husband. • Check in – assessment PANAS and Neuro-QOL Anxiety shortform I read an excerpt from the Bhagava Gita about Karma yoga ‘let your concern be with the action alone, and never with the fruits of action. Do not let the results of your action be your motive, and do not be attached to inaction’. We also discussed • Witness practice • Seated forward bend, lateral bend • Cat-cow • Downward dog • Standing forward bend • Three rounds of sun salutation with modification in 2nd (lunge and lunge twist) and 3rd rounds (Warrior II, reverse warrior and triangle) • Tree • Prone alternate lift arm and leg and then lift both arms and legs • Child • Pigeon • Hero – forward bend • Seated twist • Yoga mudra • Savasana • Three-part breathing with mudras • Meditation – gratitude Yoga philosophy – non-attachment
Client/Group progress summary	Anxiety assessment indicates that the client often feels uneasy, worried, tense and had difficulty calming down and sometimes feel nervous and overwhelmed. PANAS average score for positive affect is 27 and average score for negative affect is 33.
Reflection and self-evaluation	During my conversation with the client, I feel that there are several issues that came up: guilt, attachment, uncertainty of the future, relationship with others. For this session, I chose to tackle attachment first because it was brought up by the client, especially attachment to her ideas, on how to do things and the expected outcome.
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	I plan to discuss with the client about the article by Rachel Naomi Ramen. I will also talk to her about four locks and four keys. I will continue with grounding pranayama, such as Brahmari breath. I will teach loving kindness meditation in the next session.
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