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
09/09/2024
Session Number
4
Total Session Minutes
105
Homework assignment to client/group
Observe breath and thoughts
Watch a minute video about the diaphragm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXstUTg_Rc&t=12s
Read the article: https://layoga.com/practice/meditation/the-healing-art-of-pratipaksha-bhavana/
Practice Pratipaksha Bhavana, see the positive in every situation, and JOURNAL about it.
Affirmation
Yoga Routine :
Sun Salutation (once a day) - sequence from Integral Yoga Stress Management Manual
Pranayamas (morning and evening)
- 3 part-breath - 2 minutes
Watch this video to know more about 3-part breath (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI055S7g7Xs&t=19s)
- Alternate nostril breathing - 2 minutes
- Smell the cake and blow out the candles - 2 minutes
Activities
Check-in with the client
Did you journal? Did you have any insight? Did you practice Yoga Nidra? Affirmations?
Check-in with the client
Yoga philosophy: Pratipaksha bhavana: see the positive in every situation (Patanjali Yoga Sutras)
https://layoga.com/practice/meditation/the-healing-art-of-pratipaksha-bhavana/
CENTERING - SITTING, OBSERVING BREATH AND SENSATIONS
Choose an affirmation.
ASANAS
Warm up the neck to relax muscles that tighten with stress.
Slow Eye movements to help with vertigo.
Chair standing Sun salutation (SMTT manual page 65)
Always aware of breath and sensations in her body.
Backbend: bridge pose
Forward bend: pashimotanasana (https://www.artofliving.org/us-en/yoga/benefits/yoga-for-vertigo)
“vertigo sufferers are cautioned against sudden forward bends”
Inversion: viparita/legs up the chair
Twist: Ardha matsyendrasana
Savasana
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: 3 part breath
MEDITATION (from Pratipaksha Bhavana article)
CLOSING
Client/Group progress summary
We reviewed our goals, which were strength, flexibility, improvement of breath (COPD and Sleep Apnea), anxiety, and depression. For the last two days, she has not been sleeping well. I suggest Julie’s Yoga Nidra Meditations on Audible before sleep, which she already has. She is reading a book about COPD, which teaches a pranayama that she is practicing: Inhaling 2/ Exhaling 4 (smell the cake, blow the candle). She is enjoying practicing it and we are including it in her homework. She still gets winded very easily. She said it’s a body reaction to not having enough O2. Generally, it happens when she bends over or walks up the stairs. She takes about 3-4 minutes to recover. It’s easier for her to practice the pranayamas lying down. She has a large body, so forward folds are also difficult.
She was not practicing Sun Salutations because she had to bring the heavy chair from the living room to her bedroom for more privacy. I suggested she could buy a foldable chair that is stable or a yoga chair, and she agreed.
I told her we have just one more session for my Yoga Therapy program, and she said she wants to continue, from now on with paid sessions, because it’s helping her a lot.
Reflection and self-evaluation
She reveals more information at each session. We tried to practice bridge but it was very uncomfortable for her, because of her large body. During the session, we talked about the importance of pranayamas for her, and decided to have a daily routine morning and evening:
Sun Salutation
3 part-breath - 2 minutes
Alternate nostril breathing - 2 minutes
Smell the cake and blow out the candles - 2 minutes
Sometimes it looks like it’s not working, but she told me “This has been very important to me”.
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
Yoga philosophy: Kleshas
https://integralyogamagazine.org/the-yoga-of-suffering-its-philosophy-and-practice/
CENTERING - SITTING, OBSERVING BREATH AND SENSATIONS
Choose an affirmation.
ASANAS(respect your body))
Warm up the neck to relax muscles that tighten with stress.
Slow Eye movements to help with vertigo.
Chair standing Sun salutation (SMTT manual page 65)
Always aware of breath and sensations in her body.
Backbend: bridge pose with support
Forward bend: child’s pose/ pashimotanasana
Inversion: viparita/legs up the chair
Twist: Ardha matsyendrasana
Savasana
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: Breath of Joy and alternate nostril breathing
MEDITATION
CLOSING
Homework:
Observe breath, and thoughts (like you practice, put your thoughts in the buble and let them go)
Observe the Kleshas in your daily life and journal about it
Affirmation
Practice Yoga routine (Sun salutations and pranayamas) and breath of Joy
Report briefly on each Kosha below
Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
