• 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.

Asana
Netra Viyaymam
Diaphragmatic Breathing - Dῑrgha Śvāsam with Hugs
Breathing practice with affirmation on inhaling confidence and exhaling judgement.
Meditation – 1 min
WISDOM TEACHING – Satya – To one established in truthfulness, actions and their results become subservient.

Client informed that she has not been regular with her practice – “when she feels positive she is regular with her practice and her studying goes well, when she feels bad she has no motivation to do her practice nor her studies.”

Even when you are feeling bad and unmotivated to do the things you need to do you must utilize your will power and this takes effort to do. It takes effort to utilize your will power and not give in to the emotions. No matter what is going on in your environment like receiving anger from another person – this is the opportunity to utilize the Yoga wisdom tools. First remember that everything is a mental modification in yourself and also others. You can apply the key of disregard by maintaining your equanimity. Practice Titiksha - bearing things with patience, endurance and mental evenness. You can ‘disregard’ a person’s bad behavior by not reacting to it; and, by not attaching to what they say nor by having aversion to what they say – ultimately, they both bring pain. As we discussed, use the breath in those few crucial moments before you say anything so that you are responding from your frontal cortex with composure, self-control and intelligence; and to keep ‘order’ in your mind. You will find that as you change yourself, others begin to change.

Control the emotions. Paramahansa Yogananda says “introspect……..choose a particular quality you want to develop such as patience, will power, emotional maturity” - this will help you not to allow things to disturb your mind. Control your emotions - be like steel with emotions not to let them overcome you. Use the locks and keys when you have to close a lock and disregard someone’s bad behavior. This is under your control.

CENTERING
CHECK IN
o Review what YT has she been able to integrate (what worked)
since last session?
o Diaphragmatic Breathing?
o Assess client’s meditation practice.
o Heart rate - Has she felt her heart rate increased?
o Client sharing. Other questions were asked to client this session.
ASANA
o Tadasana
o Half-moon
o Uttanaasana
o Star - 5 pointed star with hands free
o King Dancer
o Pelvic circles
o Waist circles
o Forward bend with spinal stretch
o Standing Strut
o Standing Twist
o Spinal Extension and Flexion

PROGRESSIVE DEEP RELAXATION - Yoga Nidra
o Full body tensing and releasing.
o Body Scan – from the head down to the feet and then up again.
o Observe the body
o Observe the breath
o Witness the thoughts
o 5 minutes of peace within

PRANAYAMA
o Dirga Swasam with Hugs
o Breathing practice with affirmation on inhaling confidence and exhaling self-judgement.

WISDOM TEACHING -
o Satya – To one established in truthfulness, actions and their results become subservient.

CHANTING - "Hari Om”

MEDITATION – 1 min

CLOSE OUT
CO-CREATING CLIENT’S TOOL BOX
o Half Moon
o Full forward Bend
o Extended Star
o King Dancer
o Standing twist
o Eye movements
o Breathing
o Meditation
o Wisdom teachings

Client informed that she has not been regular with her practice – “when she feels positive she is regular with her practice and her studying goes well, when she feels bad she has no motivation to do her practice nor her studies.”

Client said that “she is getting much better at controlling her feelings but she is not able to control or fully control all the time.” This is very important because she is recognizing her behavior and she is trying to change her behavior and this is definitely an improvement.

Client’s heart rate has not increased when she has done meditation, but she informed that it does go up when she fights with her husband or if she studying and she does not understand something and she feels she is going round and round without learning, or it increases when she is nervous.

Client mentioned that her husband thinks that her Yoga Therapy sessions are a waste of her time. The client does not agree and will continue her sessions. I have more recently spoken with her about this to clarify if he knows she is still taking the session and she confirmed that he knows but she prefers to do it on a day he is not home, but will do it on a day he is home if there is no other alternative.

•CENTERING
•CHECK IN
o Review what YT has she been able to integrate (what worked)
o Assess client’s meditation practice.
o Heart rate - Has she felt her heart rate increased
o Client sharing.
•ASANA
o Tadasana
o Half-moon
o Uttanaasana
o Star - 5 pointed star with hands free
o King Dancer
o Pelvic circles
o Waist circles
o Forward bend with spinal stretch
o Standing Strut
o Standing Twist
o Spinal Extension and Flexion
•NETRA VIYAYMAM
•YOGA NIDRA - 30 min
o Full body tensing and releasing
o Body Scan
•PRANAYAMA
o Dirga Swasam ‘WITH HUGS’.
•CHANTING - "Hari Om"
•MEDITATION – 1 min - ask the following:
o Teach client to lightly touch the tip of each finger as in sa, ta, na, ma during meditation.

•WISDOM TEACHING
o Sutra II.42 - Samtoshat - By contentment, supreme joy is gained.

•CLOSE OUT - 5 min {reflection on how she is feeling, any questions she might have, the homework – the idea is to continuously focus her and our conversation back to YT and what will grow her true self, not about what has happened.