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Entry TypeGroup Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupYoga Therapy for Joint Health in a Population of Seniors Seeking to Improve and Maintain Mobility
Entry CategoryCase Study
Select your mentorBrahmi Romero
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 Date10/21/2024
Session Number4
Total Session Minutes120
Homework assignment to client/group

Do these joint freeing practices in the morning when you get up and if you can do them before going to sleep. The asana, meditation and breathing.

I have informed the participants that I will translate the joint freeing movements to Spanish and provide it them so that they can continue to follow them at home.

Activities

1. CENTERING
2. CHECK IN AND DISCUSSION

TODAY’S FOCUS/GOAL: Going within to observe our true Self in peace as we do Meditation.

3. Joint Freeing Movements – all joints of the body
o Group 1 Foot/Ankle
o Group 2 Knee
o Group 3 Hip
o Group 4 Wrist/Hand
o Group 5 Elbow
o Group 6 Head/Neck
o Group 7 Scapula
o Group 8 Spine

4. Progressive Deep Relaxation - Yoga Nidra
o Full body tensing and releasing (Seegra Savaasana).
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

5. Pranayama
o Observe the breath technique - SMTT manual pg 122
o Dirgha Swason Diaphragmatic breathing – 3 part breath.

6. Meditation - GUIDED ‘

7. Reframed Yoga Philosophy:
o When we quiet the mind, we experience a deep sense of peace.

8. Closing – 1 to 2 minutes.
o Take a few moments to send good wishes and thought of peach to people you care about.
o Now expand your good wishes to all people everywhere in the world.

Client/Group progress summary

Four the of the original participants attended this class. They have attended every class thus far.

During the class, one of the participants received an urgent phone call with the news that a family member had died. She had to leave the class to take care of things. The class continued with the remainder of the students.

This was the last class, and the students were grateful for having received these Yoga Therapy sessions.

Reflection and self-evaluation

I really enjoyed providing Yoga Therapy to these senior citizen participants. It was an endearing experience because they are very friendly and caring with each other.

After these four sessions I feel much more confident in working with groups.

Even though all of the participants found the joint freeing movements very helpful and want to have the information/the instructions that I will provide for them in Spanish so that they can continue them at home, I found that they enjoyed and benefited from the progressive Deep Relaxation - Yoga Nidra portion the most.

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

This was the last session.

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