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
10/04/2024
Session Number
13
Total Session Minutes
100
Homework assignment to client/group
1. Journaling:
“The cosmic creation explodes in a big bang and then evolves over millions of years as suns, planets, increasingly sophisticated life forms, and, of course, human beings. All of reality, this tradition says, is Shakti’s dance. Shakti takes form as the biological processes of our body. She acts through our thoughts and the play of our emotions. She becomes every atom and dust mote in the physical world. We are, in our essence, made of Shakti. Her powers of consciousness, ecstasy, will, knowing, and acting are constantly at play both in ourselves and the world. She is also the force that inescapably nudges us toward the evolution of our consciousness, with which we must align when we seek conscious transformation.”
Kempton, Sally. Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga (p. 7). Sounds True. Kindle Edition.
Reflect on the Shakti within you. Can you sense Her power? How can we balance the divine feminine and masculine in us and the world? Think about how the feminine power or Shakti can help you daily.
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 2x a week 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 Kriya Yoga of Patanjali? Yoga Nidra? Guruji’s lessons? Belly breath? Walk? Any other yoga practice? Did you have fun?
Yoga philosophy: we are Divine. Celebrating Navaratri.
Asanas:
Sun salutation on the floor and low lunge (https://asivanayoga.com/blogs/yoga-blog/low-lunge)
Low lunge can stretch the psoas muscle. About Psoas muscle:
(https://www.medicinewithmelody.com/blog/the-psoas-muscle)
Tadasana and Tree pose with support (check balance)
Grounding exercise
Happy dog (back strength)
back bend: bridge
forward bend: paripurna navasana (to improve core strength)
bridge (for core strength)
Inversion - viparita with block
supine twist
Savasana.
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: 3-part breath (no time for alternating nostril breathing)
MEDITATION
CLOSING
Client/Group progress summary
She said she had a “crazy week”. Her mother was depressed in the nursing home (she goes to visit her every week and takes her for lunch) because her siblings could not see her. She had a Covid shot yesterday and could not sleep very well with pain. Today she is feeling better. She felt good after the group yoga class on Wednesday. She has been listening to the Gayatri mantra and said it is a “comfort food for my ears”. She said she wants to have a routine and do things but she still procrastinates and then she caught herself saying “Oh! this a negative self-talk!”.
After group class, she even did one sun salutation on the floor, which she loves.
She said she still has a very judgmental mind and need to work on Self-love.
Reflection and self-evaluation
I am happy that now she is prepared for a gentle yoga class. I can see she is more aware of her thoughts and negative mind. Today we talked and meditated on the aspect of the Divine in everything and on us. This concept can change her negative self-talk and hopefully honor each aspect of herself.
I changed the walk homework from every day to every other day and today we agreed that 2 times a week is an achievable goal. She can always increase this goal when the habit is established.
There was no time for a low lunge, but she practiced the sun salutation on the floor which also stretched her psoas major.
She bought the “Secret Power of Yoga” by Nischala Devi whom I quoted in one of our meetings. Next session we will talk about the Yamas and Niyamas.
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
What are the yamas and niyamas?
“The yamas and niyamas form a foundation for life that happens off the mat in our daily interactions.”Judith, Anodea. Anodea Judith's Chakra Yoga (p. 404). Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.. Kindle Edition.
“The Yamas & Niyamas may be thought of as guidelines, tenets, ethical disciplines, precepts, or restraints and observances. I often think of them as jewels, because they are the rare gems of wisdom that give direction to a well-lived and joyful life.” Adele, Deborah. The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice (p. 14). On-Word Bound Books. Kindle Edition.
Yamas: https://youtu.be/gR2vReGPwrY?si=oqO-fCvJTRyA2iS9
Niyamas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCMRmPDV-os
Below are the Yamas and Niyamas listed in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras:
Yamas
Ahimsa (non-harming or non-violence in thought, word and deed)
Sayta (truthfulness)
Asteya (non-stealing)
Brahmacharya (celibacy or “right use of energy”)
Aparigraha (non-greed or non-hoarding)
Niyamas
Sauca (cleanliness)
Santosha (contentment)
Tapas (discipline, austerity or burning enthusiasm)
Svadhyaya (study of the self and of the texts)
Isvara Pranidhana (surrender to a higher being, or contemplation of a higher power)
Asanas:
Sun salutation chair sitting/standing
Tadasana and Tree pose with support (check balance)
Grounding exercise
Happy dog (back strength)
back bend: bridge
forward bend: paripurna navasana (to improve core strength)
bridge (for 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:
1. Journaling: yamas and niyamas in your life
2. Practice Sun salutation on the floor or standing with chair support (attach the pictures) 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 and the yoga sequence.
6. Walk 2x a week 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
