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
10/07/2024
Session Number
14
Total Session Minutes
150
Homework assignment to client/group
1. Journaling: yamas and niyamas in your life
“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.)
2. Practice Sun salutation on the floor or standing with chair support (picture from SMTT manual page 65) Yoga Nidra
3. Read your Guru’s lessons before sleep.
4. Practice 3 part breath and alternate nostril breathing.
5. Practice the bioenergetic exercise for grounding and the yoga sequence.
6. Walk 2x week for 30 minutes (if that is ok for you) in beautiful surroundings.
7. Practice the mirror exercise with Louise Hay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZFcN5qB8yM&t=96s
8. Practice the Metta meditation
Metta meditation (https://www.healthline.com/health/metta-meditation)
Love Meditation | Guided Metta Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5luvQp--B8U&t=7s)
https://positivepsychology.com/loving-kindness-meditation/#metta
Short prayer: “May I/you/all beings be happy, safe and free.”
Meta Meditation – Loving-kindness ~ Buddha
May I be well
May I be happy and content
May I be free from danger and suffering
May I be filled with loving-kindness
May you be well
May you be happy and content
May you be free from danger and suffering
May you be filled with loving-kindness
May all beings be well
May all beings be happy and content
May all beings be free from danger and suffering
May all beings be filled with loving-kindness
https://wholesomeresources.com/?s=may+all+beings+be+happy
9. And have fun!
Want to know more?
Here are some Books about yamas and niyamas:
The secret power of yoga. Nischala Devi
The path of the Yoga Sutras. Nicolai Bachman
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Swami Satchidananda
Unravel the thread. Ruben Vasquez
Adele, Deborah. The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice
Activities
Check-in with the client: Did you practice SS? Affirmations? Journaling about the divine feminine? Yoga Nidra? Guruji’s lessons? Belly breath? Walk? Any other yoga practice? Did you have fun?
Yoga Philosophy
What are the yamas and niyamas?
(work mainly on ahimsa and self-compassion)
“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.)
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 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
https://www.arhantayoga.org/downloads/giveaways/Loving-Kindness-Yoga-Nidra-Script.pdf
PRANAYAMA: 3-part breath and alternate nostril breathing
MEDITATION
CLOSING
Client/Group progress summary
She reported that she is still losing weight. I asked her to go to a nutritionist and to eat more nutritious food. She doesn’t have a proper breakfast, just an almond drink, but she is changing it.
We discussed what her routine would look like. I told her to put the bigger stones in her cup first, i.e. the most important things first, and then the small stones, the sand, and the water. The bigger stones will not fit in the cup if we put the sand there first.
She is talking to her husband about what they can do to have fun together. She wants to travel. She said that introspection helped her to conclude that they grew apart and they needed to have good times together.
She said before and affirmed that it is very hard for her to receive compliments. I gave to her the mirror exercise by Louis Hay and metta meditation.
She said that our weeks spent together were “not a (Yoga therapy) program but a life change.”
She reported she is practicing more now: living in the presence, feeling stillness, and sitting in silence.
We talked about yamas and niyamas and how those ethical principles can affect our lives.
She is taking her trained dog to the nursing home where her mother is. She said her dog goes directly to people’s rooms to greet them and they love that. She said Elsie (the little dog) is teaching her compassion.
She bought Nischala Devi's "Secret of Yoga" book.
Reflection and self-evaluation
I am very glad with the last session with JD. We went over time but we needed this time for a nice closing. I see that she is stronger in her body and mind, she also had no pain today. She had a standing Sun salutation (with chair support). She is now ready for a group yoga class, which she already began last Wednesday.
After all this time with her, I could learn the power of yoga therapy. I never imagine to see JD as she is now, our friends noticed that she is lighter and happier, and for the first time after many months, she went with friends to have lunch and had a great time.
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
Last session.
Report briefly on each Kosha below
Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
