Entry TypeIndividual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupJG-C006
Entry CategoryCapstone
Select your mentorSarala 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 PlanOutline 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 Date09/12/2024
Session Number11
Total Session Minutes90
Homework assignment to client/group

Kirtan Kriya as part of preparation for work routine. Pratipaksha bhavana/Taking in the Good 2-3 times per day. Up dog PT movements daily.

Activities

Center, ground, check-in after two week break, physical, mental & emotional. Warm-up, six movements of the spine; down dog, plank, up dog at the wall; lunge to stretch hip flexors (particularly right side;) prone up dog, guided relaxation with awareness practice. Discussed Taking in the Good and Rick Hanson’s work as similar to pratipaksha bhavana. Practiced kirtan kriya for six minutes followed by one minute of silence.

Client/Group progress summary

Pain=4-no back pain, fatigue=7. The client’s vertigo is worsening. She had had a fall in a parking lot while alone. She bruised her face around the left eye. No other serious physical injuries. Her PCP scheduled a balance clinic session for her at a hospital 2 hours away. Her appointment is on November 6th. Concerned about her recent falls, I suggested she tell her PCP about all of her recent falls and try to get the balance clinic appointment moved up.

Advised by her Hallmark store boss to take 2-3 weeks off after two falls at that job. Client decided not to return to that job for fear of injury due to high possibility of falling and concern for injury.

Reevaluated client’s goals. Will focus on creating stability to keep client safe & avoid falling, stretching to alleviate pain, Kirtan Kriya for concentration and brain health, and relaxation as the client is overworked and fatigued. Reviewed gunas again: window of sattva.

Reflection and self-evaluation

Bring attention to negative speech and self-talk real-time during sessions. Example: “My life is a disaster,” as client departs session. Feeling discouraged by client what seems like lack of progress.

Final Client/Group ReportAfter 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

Gunas self-evaluation, WHO questionnaire, Kirtan Kriya in-person with recording, journal prompt-What am I actively working to shift to the positive? How would it feel to be free of the attachment or aversion to this pattern?

Followed up with client with tips for getting her balance clinic appointment moved up suggested to me by a friend who was treated there. Client did not follow through on the recommendation.

Report briefly on each Kosha belowProgress 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