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Entry Type	Individual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/Group	Justin
Entry Category	Intended 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)
Session Date	09/04/2024
Session Number	2
Total Session Minutes	90
Homework assignment to client/group	Loaned client Master Sivananda's hatha class DVD to practice with as he expressed potential boredom with the standard Integral Level I class video, and Deborah Adele's book on the yamas and niyamas since he is focusing on making his life more positive and refining the negative.
Activities	Check-in Centering/Gentle Warm-ups Sun Salutations Hatha - 1 pose from each category, 2 each in backwards and forwards bends, tested a couple gentle poses engaging upper and lower back, and client stated the lower back poses were fine, but felt the ache when the upper back was engaged (described as the inferior traps region), taught client adaptation of several poses. Sutra discussion HW
Client/Group progress summary	Client arrived to say he woke up that morning with an ache in his lower upper back (rated 6 out of 10), he believes due to completing Integral level I standard classes 3x/week since last session. Even with this ache, he was very optimistic for the session and stated he "feels better, less toxic, and less anxiety" since last week.
Reflection and self-evaluation	Session went great, and client is doing great. Client surprised me with having read Gurudev's entire Yoga Sutras book over the past week, and I had a plan to cover a few sutras related to the yamas/niyamas since he is focusing on refining his daily life. Changed the plan to having a brief discussion on some of what he read or found most meaningful. It felt good being able to shift the plan at the last minute and having a raja discussion instead of reviewing the planned sutras.
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	Yin Hatha - Client stated he would like to do more stretching Harmonium Chants - Client enjoys chanting/bhakti Reassess Perceived Stress Scale (was 30/40 at intake assessment, will reassess at 2-week mark)
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