• 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.

Continue to practice ahimsa - Allow herself to rest. Don't over do it for the next few days until she feels better. Non harming to her body and respect it's limits.
Continue with box breathing and deep breaths
Continue to practice bridge pose at home or pick a pose we have done.
Stand against the wall in mountain pose, cactus arms and move arms up and down the wall. Help with pose and shoulders

2 Session summary

Check in: Client was achy and feeling under the weather from her covid and flu vaccines. Otherwise, she felt ok.

Philosophy: we spoke about Ahimsa - non harming to self and others. I asked her if she was ok to continue with YT or should we reschedule because she should let her body heal and rest from the vaccines. She wanted to proceed with YT. I explained that Ahimsa means non-violence or non-harming, and it's one of the core principles in yoga. It means being kind and gentle with yourself—listening to your body and respecting its limits. It’s not about pushing yourself into pain or discomfort but rather finding a balance where you feel both safe and challenged. Off the mat, ahimsa can extend into how we interact with others and ourselves. It involves treating people, animals, and the environment with compassion and care, but it also means being mindful of one's thoughts and words.

** we took the class very slow and gentle, lots of rest in between **

Breath work: box breathing
Grounding/centering/meditation - breathing in healing energy. We gave the energy a color and visualize it healing the whole body.

Warm up: shoulder rolls, neck turns. side bends, cactus arms. forward bend

Supine: knees to chest, dynamic side twists, bridge pose with gentle pelvic tilts-rested in constructive rest, feeling how the mind and body felt after those movements. Bridge pose with pelvic tilt up to bridge pose 7x. rested. Bridge pose with pelvic tilt lifting up to bridge with arm over head 5x rested

Table top: cat/cow, Childs pose, dynamic thread the needle before landing in thread the needle pose, Childs pose.

Mountain pose, 1/2 sun A with flat back

Supine, knees to chest, windshield wiper legs, supine pigeon, knees into chest,

Restorative yoga nidra pose with bolster, tense and release, yoga nidra

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Client was obviously achy from the vaccines. We moved slowly with lots of rest.

Wished the client had reached out before the session to let me know she was achy and feel unwell so we could reschedule. However, it was a great segue to speak about ahimas.

Continue with breath work-alternate nostril
Continue with building muscle, flexibility, so we can maintain her bone density