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by | Feb 16, 2024

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Entry TypeGroup Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupChronic pain and health conditions
Entry CategoryCase Study
Select your mentorSteffany Moonaz
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 Date10/27/2024
Session Number1
Total Session Minutes90
Homework assignment to client/group

1. Breath – Three-part breathing daily
2. Meditation – 5min daily - follow inhalation and exhalation
3. Gentle yoga – 10 min once a week.

Activities

• Check in & assessment (assessments were done during class)
o Ability to get up and down from the floor: three of four clients have no problems. The client (80 years old) who fractured her femur could do it slowly.
o Walking: one client walks okay with a cane; she can walk up and down a step very slowly. Other clients have no issues.
o One client mentioned that she is tight all over.
o Mountain pose and arms over head - okay
• Body scan & breath awareness
• Joint movements with breath – notices physical body when doing the movement
• Seated Sun salutation
• Mountain
• Sun salutation with chair
• Tree
• Tandem standing
• Standing locust
• Lunge with chair
• Pelvic tilt
• Knee to chest
• Hand to big toe
• Supine pigeon
• Supine twist
• Leg up the chair
• Deep relaxation - Guided imagery
• Pranayama – three-part breathing
• Meditation – Mindful meditation (follow inhalation and exhalation)
Yogic wisdom – being at present moment (mindfulness).

Client/Group progress summary

The clients are different in their physical limitations, strength & balance and yoga experience.

Reflection and self-evaluation

This is a more diverse group than the first group class (aging with grace) in age, physical condition, and yoga experience). yoga. Because one client cannot go up and down from the floor very easily, the class started on a chair and once the client was on the floor, I kept everyone on the floor. The series will focus on mindfulness with the first session emphasis awareness of the body and breath during movement and when holding a pose.

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

Flow movement with breath and introduce extended exhalation to reduce stress. I will discuss non-attachment in the next 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