• 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.

1. Breath – Three-part breathing daily
2. Meditation – 5min daily _ follow inhalation and exhalation
3. Gentle yoga – 10 min once a week
4. Practice non-attachment – choose something that is not too easy or to challenging

• Body scan & breath awareness
• Extended exhalation
• Joint movements with breath – notices physical body when doing the movement
• Mountain
• Arm over head with breath
• Lateral bend
• Chair
• Downward dog
• Sun salutation with chair
• Tree
• Warrior II
• Triangle
• Standing locust
• Prone
• Cobra
• Child
• Table
• Puppy
• Thread the needle
• Bound angle
• Head to knee
• Seated forward fold
• Seated twist
• Deep relaxation - Integral
• Pranayama – three-part breathing, alternate nostril
• Meditation – Mindful meditation (follow inhalation and exhalation)

Yogic wisdom – non-attachment. I explained that non-attachment is one of the root causes of suffering. We are attached to our younger self, things that we could do in the past, results of our action, our ideas. And when things do not turn out the way we want them to be, we feel stressed and that cause tension in the body – muscle tightness, compromise immune system, chronic pain, and health conditions. I invited the client to observe how they are doing during pose without attachment of what the pose should look like or what they used to be able to do.

One client has a difficult week: dealing with her dog’s health. She is stressed. I also noticed during chair pose that one client has different range of motion between her two shoulders; she could bring left arm toward the ear, but the right arm was ~ 70-degree angle (I gave options for arm placement, and she chose to bring her arms toward the ears. At the end of the class, a client who had not done yoga before told me that she felt nauseous during class. She has had this symptom before (not from yoga), but when she moved her neck in a weird way. This started when she was young; she is now in her sixties. She had a car accident when she was 25 years old. I suggested to her to see a doctor to find out what it is. I asked when the nausea started during class. She said that it was when we were on the floor – supine pigeon and twist. But the nauseous feeling subsided during savasana. The client has been doing home practice twice a day – neck, head, and spine movement, leg up the wall/chair. She does not feel nauseous when doing home practices.

I have never had someone feeling nauseous during class before. So, this is a new experience. I did research and think that it may be vertigo, but it is best for her to go to see a doctor. I asked the client to pay attention to her body and lie down if she starts to feel nauseous. From my reading, intense twists, forward bend may trigger nausea.

Flow movement with breath and introduce alternate nostril to reduce stress and balance energy. I will discuss Yama in the next session.