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Entry Type	Final Client Report
Client/Group	S.S.nurse with back pain
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Steffany 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 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)
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.
Number of sessions completed	5
Date you started seeing client/group	01/24/2025
Total hours of all Yoga Therapy sessions with this client/group to date	7.5
Adjustments and adaptations you made to your care plan,	I made some minor adjustments to my care plan, for example, when she had trouble doing the dosha assessment, I decided that it would be best for us to do it together. I gave her different options to practice legs up the wall. I did not do forwards bends when she had a headache.
Client/Group Goals	She would like to improve her low back pain and her anxiety driving.
Report briefly on each Kosha below	Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
Physical level	She was able to do a basic hata yoga class. She was able to practice the asanas at home and her low back pain improved.
Energetic level	Her energy level fluctuated a bit though our time together. Her basic energy is good but at times she has some rajasic energy, 3 part deep breathing, grounding with forward bend, mountain pose and repetition helped her to feel more static again. But at times when her work became more demanding and she did not practice, her anxiety came up again. We talked about sutra 1.13 effort towards steadiness of mind is practice and she wants to continue to practice even after our time tougher has ended.
Emotional	She does have times when she feels overwhelmed and depressed. Yoga practice helps her to feel calmer and more optimistic.
Intellectual / Sense of self	She is perfectionistic and has a low sense of self but she was motivated by our practice to develop a daily routine for herself and continue to practice on her own.
Spiritual orientation and support plan	She is does not attend church regularly but she likes to read and she finds comport in reading and getting together with her friends. She also enjoys her weekly yoga class. We discussed the book the secret power of yoga by Nischala Devi and her interpretation of sutra 1.13. "devoted practice, abhyasa, cultivates the unfolding of consciousness".
Additional Information
Feedback received from client/group, anecdotal or written	She enjoyed her yoga practice with me, she felt motivated by our discussions and time together to develop a daily routine for herself.
Sample of homework given between sessions (after initial homework)	She did daily breathing practice, she did asanas about 3 times a week for example cat cows and forward folds.
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
Rough estimate of time spent in preparation and follow up documentation per session	10 hours
What you would change with benefit of hindsight	I will train about possible barriers and how to overcome them early on.
Questions, problems, areas in which you’d like more support	I did feel supported form my mentor.
Did you enjoy your service?	yes it was a lot of fun.
Notify Mentor?	Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion