• 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.

3 part deep breathing and doing their favorite pose at least once a day.

We met online for this session. The group gave me feedback about how much they appreciate having part of the session in the chair. They feel that they are able to work with the different asanas better and get a lot out of it. Overall they already felt that they noticed an improvement in their back.
3 Om
Bodyscan and centering
Shoulder rolls, neck rolls in the chair
chest openers, arm raises with twist and focus on breathing
modification for clients with shoulder problems instead of arm raises, cactus arms.
circles in the chair
forward bend and back ward bend in the chair
leg raises and hip mobilization in the chair
getting up from the chair
on the high side of the chair, tandem stand and tree pose
heel to toe movement for balance
forward bend with the help of the chair
pyramide pose with the help of the chair
on the mat
Savasana
windshield wipers with knee bend
chest to knee pose
guided yoga Nidra on the floor

S.K states that she mood is good, sleep though continues to be interrupted. She started drinking decaf coffee at lunch. She ran 13 miles on Saturday. She continued to go to PT and works on stretching and strength with the help of an app.

B.D.she played a lot of pickle ball, and works in her woodshed. Her sleep is good. She feels some anger due to politics. She enjoys getting back to yoga and she especially enjoys the chair because she feels every one move on their own pace.

L.C she feels that the back stretches and the chest openers have helped her to improve her back pain. Since they paused the refugee settlement her work with immigrant children has really been affected. People are being laid off, and this causes a lot of stress. She states that her mood is still good but she is stressed. Sleep is ok.

L.M.She states that she is trying to stay in the moment and to tell herself that facilities and administration is out of her control. She is stressed about the cutting of federal grants. She is considering taking early retirement, as she turns 59 and 1/2 soon, but she likes her work and is not ready to let go. Her mood is good her stress level is high. Her back pain is about the same.

Talked about Satya today and the sentence that really resonates with the group was:
The compassion keeps truthfulness from being a personal weapon.
One member states that she finds this to be so true, when in disunion people will say "but it is true, these are the facts", and they use it to get back at people.
An other member states that at work she sometimes has to make people aware of their mistakes and this is difficult, we talked about the difference between teaching from the intellect and teaching form the heart. That the teaching from the heart encompasses more kindness and compassion.
I enjoyed our discussions about truthfulness today.
I am working on teaching more from the heart and I think I am on a good path.

I will continue to work with the chair, include even more sequences from the joint freeing yoga.