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Entry Type	Final Client Report
Client/Group	Yoga for Anxiety
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Sarala 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 Plan	Outline 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)
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.
Number of sessions completed	6
Date you started seeing client/group	03/04/2024
Total hours of all Yoga Therapy sessions with this client/group to date	6
Adjustments and adaptations you made to your care plan,	The goals didn’t change.
Client/Group Goals	The group goals were: to relieve anxiety, calm the mind, and be able to think clearly. To some degree and for most of them, the goals were reached.
Report briefly on each Kosha below	Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
Physical level	They practiced all the asanas, except for the pregnant client. Cin (pregnant) didn’t do the twists, forward bends, or any asana that pressed her belly or made her feel uncomfortable. The asana practice served to release tension in the body, which helped with anxiety.
Energetic level	Cin has very low energy because of pregnancy. The others have a moderate to high level of energy. They all could balance their level of energy during the sessions.
Emotional	They all had some emotional challenges, but at the last session they all reported being more emotionally balanced.
Intellectual / Sense of self	The exercises of introspection helped them somewhat.
Spiritual orientation and support plan	Observe breath and sensations in the body. Observe negative thoughts related to yourself and others Journaling. Take the daily D.O.S.E.This a meditation with affirmation, which helps to take the attention to the breath and away from the negative thoughts of fear or frustration. DOSE is an acronym where D is dopamine, O is oxytocin, S is serotonin and E is endorphin. They are called joy hormones. And how are they released? Yoga can help release these hormones because it has 3 important requirements for this to happen: 1. Focus, concentration 2. Control of vital energy through breathing 3. Pratipaksha Bhavana These 3 are DOSE ingredients, a recipe to activate the parasympathetic system, making them calmer and more balanced. Practice the 12-minute deep relaxation recording before sleeping every night. Practice the mantra “asatoma sadgamaya” when needed, to reset the mind. I chose this mantra because they can relate to it. Practice Kirtan Kriya.
Additional Information
Feedback received from client/group, anecdotal or written	“As always you gave us a transforming practice” “We learn a lot from what you said: the healing process begins with us.” “Anna, it was a very good class for me, just what I needed from a physical point of view and also for relaxation. I am very grateful. I am truly happy.”
Sample of homework given between sessions (after initial homework)	Observe breath, sensations Hear the mantra Om Asatoma when feel anxious Have longer exhalations during the day to activate the parasympathetic nervous system. Practice the 12-minute progressive relaxation recorded on YouTube before sleep https://youtu.be/cEofVkiyr58?si=XKoZZ121Z4TcEtw_
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
Rough estimate of time spent in preparation and follow up documentation per session	Between 5 and 10 hours
What you would change with benefit of hindsight	I would have taken more notes.
Questions, problems, areas in which you’d like more support	More support in informed trauma material. It was my first group, and I could see I didn’t take many notes, and I didn’t know how to coordinate at the same time the group and observe them. Online limitations to observe the clients.
Did you enjoy your service?	Oh yes, I loved it.
Notify Mentor?	Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion