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),
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
08/30/2024
Session Number
4
Total Session Minutes
60
Homework assignment to client/group
Observe breath, and thoughts when something negative emerges and use the opposite
Practice Be friendly to the happy and journal about it (subway)
3-part breath
Activities
Check-in with the client: did you practice affirmations? Did you practice the Kriya meditation? Did you observe your thoughts/breath? Practice Pratipaksa Bhavana
Talk about 1st lock and key- Be friendly to the happy (Patanjali Yoga Sutras)
https://integralyogamagazine.org/four-locks-four-keys-a-simple-approach-to-relationships/
Activities:
CENTERING - SITTING, OBSERVING BREATH AND SENSATIONS
Choose an affirmation.
ASANAS
Warm up the neck to relax muscles that tighten with stress.
Sun Salutation - breath of joy
Always aware of breath and sensations in her body.
Backbend: bridge
Forward bend: pashimotanasana
Inversion: viparita/legs up the wall
Twist: Ardha matsyendrasana
Savasana
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra (SMTT p 192)
PRANAYAMA: bhastrika/ nadi suddhi
MEDITATION
CLOSING
Client/Group progress summary
I talked to her psychologist and she said she can see improvement in Carol. She used to bite her nails because of anxiety, and now her nails are not as bitten as before.
She agrees CM tries to avoid the image of stress because she is already charged with it, as she did during the exercise the week before. So I can work on aversion/attachment concepts with her in later sessions.
Her psychologist works with CFT (compassion-focused therapy) (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/compassion-focused-therapy)
and Cognitive behavioral therapy, which is very appropriate for GAD.
She was in the Yoga for Relieving Anxiety group and had the DASS-21 assessment
https://maic.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DASS-21.pdf
I will send the DASS-21 text to her during her exams this week to check how she deals with stress.
She said that her concentration was better today at the centering at the beginning of the session. During her weeks she feels that she is exploding less, less aggressive.
She didn’t practice the kirtan kriya because she was embarrassed to do it in the subway, but she practiced breath awareness and 3-part breath. She didn’t practice affirmations. She is embarrassed to stick her affirmation on her restroom mirror as other people can see it. So I suggested she stick it inside her closet.
Reflection and self-evaluation
Her therapist said I need to work one concept at a time with CM. Maybe it is because she can be overwhelmed easily. So I decided to work 1 lock and 1 key each session. I am learning that the same concept needs to be worked through different approaches and times with different clients.
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 with the client: did you practice affirmations? Did you practice the Kriya meditation? Did you observe your thoughts/breath? Did you practice 1st lock and key (Be a friend to the happy)?
Talk about 2nd lock and key - cultivate compassion toward the sad people
CENTERING - SITTING, OBSERVING BREATH AND SENSATIONS
Choose an affirmation.
ASANAS
Warm up the neck to relax muscles that tighten with stress.
Sun Salutation
Always aware of breath and sensations in her body.
Backbend: bhujangasana
Forward bend: janusirshasana
Inversion: viparita/legs up the wall
Twist: Ardha matsyendrasana
pigeon on the back ( stretching the psoas muscle to relieve stress) https://psychiatryinstitute.com/releasing-trauma-and-stress-with-the-psoas-muscle/
Savasana
Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: lion’s breath / nadi sudhi
MEDITATION
Loving kindness meditation:
My heart fills with loving kindness. I love myself. May I be happy. May I be well. May I be peaceful. May I be free.
May all beings be happy. May they be well. May they be peaceful. May they be free.
CLOSING
Homework
Gratitude journal when wake up
Observe breath, and thoughts when something negative emerges and use the opposite
Practice Be friendly to the happy and journal about it (subway)
3-part breath
Report briefly on each Kosha below
Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
