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Entry Type	Individual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/Group	RA
Entry Category	Intended 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)
Session Date	09/23/2024
Session Number	3
Total Session Minutes	75
Homework assignment to client/group	Practice Hand Exercises min 3x per week. DD with Chair - 2 - 3x per week 3-Part Breath when feeling anxious
Activities	CENTERING / CHECK-IN – Weather Forecast / How can I help? Focus. ASANAS – Warm-ups \| Hand exercises \| Vagus Nerve Stimulation - Facial Tension Release Cobra \| CP \| Thread the Needle \| Bird Dog \| FF \| Fingertip Shoulder Rolls \| Hips - Assessment – Reclining Pigeon / Happy Cow Chair DD – props gives us more access to the shape – gives us a line of communication between our inner environment & the outer world PRANAYAMA - 3-Part Breath \| Alternate-nostril Breathing \| Brahmari RAJA - Sutra 1.2 - discuss as basis for our work together YOGA NIDRA MEDITATION - 5-minute sit with Breath Focus
Client/Group progress summary	Client is obviously depressed, not feeling very excited or motivated to do the work. We took it easy throughout our session. She'd stop and sigh regularly. I encouraged her to keep going and do her best - and congratulated her for seeking support and showing up.
Reflection and self-evaluation	I had a lot of empathy for Client. Obviously stuck and hurting. Trying different things to address the varied ways she's feeling pain and discomfort right now. I think I offered a caring, patient and support presence as I held space for her.
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	Continue with Asana sequence with a focus on balance, including Mountain Pose - for proprioceptive awareness. RAJA – PRATIPAKSHA BHAVANA – cultivating the positive – limiting belief re Balancing – hold it as a possibility – BREATHING – Naddi Suddhi / Breath of Joy
Report briefly on each Kosha below	Progress 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