Entry TypeIndividual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupDB
Entry CategoryCase Study
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 Date10/04/2024
Session Number5
Total Session Minutes75
Homework assignment to client/group

Continue to practice ahimsa
Continue with 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

Activities

Check in: Client was feeling good except her wrist was acting up. Her wrists hurt when in too much extension. Her wrists are undiagnosed. I asked if it was her carpal tunnel but she said she doesn't think so. It just happens every now and then. I suggested she see her doctor to find out the root issue of her wrists so she can make sure it's not her carpal tunnel or she's might be further harming her wrists.

Philosophy: we continued with Ahimsa - was she able to take it easier last week not to harm her body from the vaccines - listening to her body and respecting its limits. I further elaborated on ahimsa on how our bodies communicate with us when something feels off or when we're in pain. In those moments, it's important to practice non-harm by honoring what our bodies need—whether that means taking time to rest or seeking medical attention when the issue goes beyond what rest can resolve.

Breath work: diaphragmatic 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, side bend

Continued from last week
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. Bridge pose with pelvic tilt lifting up to bridge with arm over head 5x. Bridge pose with a pilates ball between knees for bridge pose. Dead bug, dead bug alternating arms and legs.

Table top: Childs pose, puppy pose, Childs pose.

Mountain pose, 1/2 sun A with flat back

Supine, knees to chest, windshield wiper legs, supine pigeon, knees into chest, wind relief, supported bridge pose with foam block, supported fish pose with blocks

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

Client/Group progress summary

Client's energy was back to normal but her wrists were sore. She was able to do all the movements but we did not put pressure on the wrists. No wrist extensions, no table top, plank etc. this week. She is present and focused.

Reflection and self-evaluation

I encouraged client to seek medical attention on her wrists.

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

Breath will introduce - alternate nostril
Continue with building muscle, flexibility, so we can maintain her bone density

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