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
09/16/2024
Session Number
7
Total Session Minutes
90
Homework assignment to client/group
All Hatha Yoga Poses given thus far.
Continue to practice the SHHhhhh breath
Practice Diaphragmatic Breathing- Dirgha Swason Breath
Continue to be aware of your posture so that you are not collapsed and your able to take a full breath. Beware of breathing into the belly.
Meditation - 5 minutes
Read and Review the following Yoga Sutras:
Sutra I.5: There are five kinds of mental modifications which are either painful or painless.
Sutra I.7: The sources of right knowledge are direct perception, inference and scriptural testimony.
Sutra I.8: Misconception occurs when knowledge of something is nt based upon its true form.
Sutra I.9: An image that arises on hearing mere words without any reality [as its basis] is verbal delusion.
Sutra I.10: That mental modification supported by cognition of nothingness is sleep.
Sutra I.11: When a mental modification of an object previously experienced and not forgotten comes back to consciousness, that is memory.
Sutra I.12: These mental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment.
Sutra I.13: Of these two, effort toward steadiness of mind is practice.
Sutra I.14: Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break and in all earnestness.
Sutra I.15 – Vairagyam/Non-attachment – The consciousness of self-mastery in one who is free from craving for objects seen or heard about is non-attachment. Page 22-27
Sutra I.16 - When there is non-thirst for even the gunas (constituents of Nature) due to realization of the Purusha (true Self), that is supreme non-attachment.
You said that you want to connect your heart with your mind, and if you recall one of the lectures at the 2024 SRF Convocation spoke to that. Below is the talk by Swami Govindananda from the 2024 SRF Convocation and the technique he gives of uniting heart and mind.
Intuition: Nurturing the Love and Wisdom That Come From Meditation | 2024 SRF World Convocation (youtube.com)
Activities
Centering
Check In:
o review the Yoga tools that work,
o assessing client's meditation practice,
o client sharing
Asana –
o Jathara Parivartanasana (abdomina twist) – releases tension in the spine
Deep Relaxation (lying down) – 40 minutes:
o Full body tensing and releasing.
o Body Scan.
o Yoga Nidra.
Breathing Practices
SHHHhhh breath
Dirgha Swason
Meditation
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda:
Reviewed Sutra I.5: There are five kinds of mental modifications which are either painful or painless.
Reviewed Sutra I.11: When a mental modification of an object previously experienced and not forgotten comes back to consciousness, that is memory.
Discussed Sutra I.12: These mental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment.
Discussed Sutra I.13: Of these two, effort toward steadiness of mind is practice.
Client/Group progress summary
Client reports that she has been doing Hatha Yoga and meditation regularly.
Client said, “all the things she has been learning….. – she is noticing now that she can breathe more deeply into the abdomen, with the last practice of Dirgha Swason she noticed that.”
Client said “she is learning to relax her body, Yoga is helping her to be calmer, she is able to concentrate better and she is beginning to write more.”
Client said “the wisdom teachings reinforce what her mom and her sports coach has taught her, mother said ‘to be consistent and have a routine’ and coach said ‘that you have to know how to be able to know how to react and how to respond.’”
Client said “what is interesting about the teachings is to know about painful and painless and that meditation leads to a more painless option.”
Reflection and self-evaluation
Client is trying to better herself, she is on her way.
If she continues to work with the tools she is learning and does it of her own initiative, she will find inevitably find her way.
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
Centering
Check In
o review the Yoga tools that work,
o assessing client's meditation practice,
o assess the client’s breathing,
o revisit: digging in one well,
o discuss: giving it to God, leaving it in Gods hands, praying, love and devotion for God,
o client sharing
Asana
o Netra Viyayaman
Deep Relaxation (lying down) – 40 minutes
o Full body tensing and releasing.
o Body Scan.
o Yoga Nidra.
Breathing Practices
SHHHhhh breath
Dirgha Swason
Meditation
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda
Sutra I.12: These mental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment.
Sutra I.13: Of these two, effort toward steadiness of mind is practice.
Sutra I.14: Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break and in all earnestness.
Sutra I.15 – Vairagyam/Non-attachment – The consciousness of self-mastery in one who is free from craving for objects seen or heard about is non-attachment. Page 22-27
Sutra I.16 - When there is non-thirst for even the gunas (constituents of Nature) due to realization of the Purusha (true Self), that is supreme non-attachment.
Report briefly on each Kosha below
Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
