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
10/11/2024
Session Number
4
Total Session Minutes
100
Homework assignment to client/group
1. How do you practice ahimsa (non-harm) in your life to yourself and others?
2. Practice:
-Warming up the joints when waking up or in bed
https://www.annswansonwellness.com/blog/joint-freeing-series
You can watch the video:
https://youtu.be/xYuLL21CIUw?si=mPBa6NkBRb3lMk03
-Web-claw-beak-paw exercise
-Sun salutation without engaging the wrists:
Tadasana (Mountain Pose) Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Salute) Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) high lunge or warrior 1, Plank Pose on your forearms (Four-Limbed Staff Pose)
- Before sleep:
Practice the belly breath with hands on your belly, observing your breath.
Yoga Nidra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_2Ep02AAVc
Another yoga nidra link: Yoga Nidra for Deep Rest - 10 Minutes
3. Affirmation- create your affirmation. Practice it in the morning.
4. Use this video to practice 3 part breath.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI055S7g7Xs
5. Suggestion of practice when waking up in the middle of the night:
hands or block to belly, count, extended exhale.
Activities
Check-in with the client: Did you practice SS? Affirmations? Journaling about Ahimsa? Yoga Nidra (Julie L.)? Belly breath? How was your sleep?
Yoga philosophy: ahimsa, nonviolence with yourself and others (learning boundaries is a way to be gentle and respectful with yourself and others).
Warming up with music - Welcome the lion on your path
https://open.spotify.com/track/1iPts9MemVv1RuqOodPqVQ?si=vAuyx-FbQCasOQOw_V32Aw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qkUyIM2GzU
Lyrics:
https://mooji.org/music/joy-of-freedom/3
Sun Salutation (without weight on his wrists)
The 5 basic postures are:
Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Salute)
Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend)
High Lunge (Stretches the hips on the back leg. Stretches the psoas muscles, which is good for the nervous system. https://neurolaunch.com/psoas-fight-or-flight/
Strengthens the quadriceps, gluteus maximus, calf muscles, and hamstrings. It engages the deep core muscles, which helps create stability. Improves balance.)
Tree pose (count time)
Boat pose- paripurna navasana (core strength)
back bend: sphinx going to forearm plank
forward bend: supta padangustasana with strap
Inversion - viparita with block
supine twist
Savasana.
Progressive Relaxation and Yoga Nidra
(https://www.arhantayoga.org/downloads/giveaways/Loving-Kindness-Yoga-Nidra-Script.pdf)
PRANAYAMA: 3-part breath
MEDITATION - 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
CLOSING
Client/Group progress summary
At the beginning of the session, we did Jala Neti together to improve his breathing. He has a deviated septum (I knew it last session) and this kriya can open more space in his airways.
I left my Neti pot with him in case he wanted to continue doing this practice.
The client is practicing the Web-claw-beak-paw exercise, but not the other suggestions. He is not sleeping well and seems depressed. He reported that his girlfriend died 50 years ago and got emotional. I suggested therapy and he said he did already. He doesn’t seem to be willing to improve, and his wife told me they have been married for 10 years and she sometimes thinks about terminating the relationship because “he never changes”.
Reflection and self-evaluation
It’s a very sad situation, but “You Can Lead a Horse To Water, But You Can’t Make It Drink”!
I revisited Ahimsa hoping he understands that clinging to the past is violence to ourselves. We are stopping ourselves from going forward with our lives.
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
