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
09/27/2024
Session Number
11
Total Session Minutes
90
Homework assignment to client/group
1. Journal about Tapas and read the article on Kriya Yoga
The yoga of suffering that you already have and if you would like to know more:
https://integralyogamagazine.org/patanjalis-words-kriya-yoga/
2. Practice Sun salutation on the floor and 15 minutes of Yoga Nidra
3. Read your Guru’s lessons before sleep.
4. Practice 3 part breath. Use this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI055S7g7Xs
5. Practice the bioenergetic exercise for grounding.
6. Walk every day for 30 minutes (if that is ok for you) in beautiful surroundings.
7. And have fun!
Activities
Check-in with the client: Did you practice SS? Affirmations? Journaling about tapas? Yoga Nidra? Guruji’s lessons? Belly breath? Walk? Did you practice the standing Locust pose? Did you have fun?
Yoga philosophy: Tapas and svarapranidana in your daily life
Asanas:
Sun salutation on the floor
Tadasana and Tree pose with support (check balance)
Grounding exercise (good for vata dosha and strengthening the legs.)
back bend: standing locust
forward bend: Apanasana
lateral plank - to help her scoliosis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4268609/pdf/gahmj.2013.064.pdf
Inversion - viparita with block
supine twist
Savasana.
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: 3-part breath and alternate nostril breathing
MEDITATION
CLOSING
Client/Group progress summary
We met three days before this session, and during this time her son-in-law had a very serious accident in a 4-wheel motorcycle. So she didn’t have much time to practice the exercises.
We talked about tapas. She said she is spending more time in silence, which is improving her meditation. She is observing more her vrittis and talking to her thoughts.
The pain is totally gone - 0.
I taught her how to stand from sitting on the floor.
We talked again about increasing her diet with nutritious food like kitchari. She said she is doing also an ayurvedic sweet - cranberry bliss balls, which is very good for vata.
Reflection and self-evaluation
In this session, we could control better our time together. I was so glad that she didn’t have any pain and that she was dealing very well with her son-in-law's accident.
Although I planned to talk about “Kriya yoga” today, I changed the subject back to “tapas”, because we needed to get it deeper.
After knowing she had scoliosis when she was 12 and seeing her back, I decided to research about yoga for scoliosis. I found this work by Dr Loren Fishman (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4268609/pdf/gahmj.2013.064.pdf) where he prescribes side plank for scoliosis cases. It would have been perfect if she didn’t have shoulder problems (which I didn’t know about!). So we tried side plank but it didn’t work. That’s ok, now I have many choices thanks to our group meeting with my mentor.
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
Kriya Yoga tapas, swadhyaya, ishvara pranidana
Meditation
(gayatri mantra) EXPERIENCING KRIYA YOGA THROUGH
CHANTING OF THE GAYATRI MANTRA
Om Bhur Bhuvah Swaha
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasya dhimahi
Dhiyo yonah prachodayat.
Embracing Earth, Heaven, and Beyond
The sacred source is revealed [reflecting Swadhaya]
Evoking the resplendent flame [reflecting Tapas]
The all-pervading light venerates us all [reflecting Iswara Pranidhana].
(Devi, Nischala Joy. The Secret Power of Yoga (p. 115).)
Asanas:
Sun salutation on the floor
Tadasana and Tree pose with support (check balance)
Grounding exercise
back bend: standing locust
forward bend: Apanasana, supta padangustasana with strap
bridge (to improve core strength)
Inversion - viparita with block
supine twist
Savasana.
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: 3-part breath and alternate nostril breathing
MEDITATION
CLOSING
Homework:
Journaling:
EXPERIENCING KRIYA YOGA IN EVERYDAY LIFE
“Observe the different aspects of Kriya Yoga and how you’ve practiced them throughout the day. Create a practice for each of the three aspects of Kriya Yoga that is meaningful to you. Change or alter the practices as you choose. What would your practice of Karma Yoga (Selfless Service) and Tapas (igniting the purifying flame) be like? What would your practice of Jnana Yoga (intuitive wisdom) and Swadhaya (sacred study of the Divine) be like?
What would your practice of Bhakti Yoga (devotion) and Iswara Pranidhana (wholehearted dedication to the Divine Light in all) be like? Allow all three to dance together in your life, bringing you to wholeness.”
Devi, Nischala Joy. The Secret Power of Yoga: A Woman's Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras (p. 116).
2. Practice Sun salutation on the floor and 15 minutes of Yoga Nidra- “I am meditation” for health and healing (Yoga Nidra meditations, Julie Lusk, chapter 5)
3. Read your Guru’s lessons before sleep.
4. Practice 3 part breath. Use this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI055S7g7Xs
5. Practice the bioenergetic exercise for grounding and lateral plank.
6. Walk every day for 30 minutes (if that is ok for you) in beautiful surroundings.
7. And have fun!
Report briefly on each Kosha below
Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
