Entry TypeIndividual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupYaz
Entry CategoryCapstone
Select your mentorBrahmi Romero
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 Date06/04/2025
Session Number8
Total Session Minutes90
Homework assignment to client/group

Client continues with his asana, breathing and meditation practices.

Activities

Check-in

Asana: Quick stress buster routine - Seated position
Centering: (5 mins)
Body awareness
Chanting "Om"
Setting Sankalpha
Smiling at palms

Warm-ups:
Eye movements
JAPA (Joint Activation Practices for All) movements
Seated Sun salutations (Dynamic X2)

Asanas:
Seated Sun Salutations (Static with 10 to 15 seconds hold x 1)
Tw - Seated spinal twist with one leg on top of other leg (knee to knee)
Yoga mudra

Relaxation
Quick stretch and release
Relaxing from top to bottom
Relaxing from bottom to top

Breathing practice:
"Ha" breath
Nadi sudhi

Meditation:
Loving kindness meditation

Yogic Wisdom:
Practice and non-attachment

Checkout

Client/Group progress summary

Client opened up about his relationship issues with his mom. His relationship with his mom was good and loving except the part that his mom believes his injury was due to karma and that he should repeat certain verses from the Quran to ask for forgiveness and to relieve and heal from his injury. She is also not appreciative of his efforts put on PT and daily activities of life. That belief system completely throws the client off and he doesn't buy in with those rituals of his mother.

Client went on a vacation all my himself and spent time on meeting friends and Kayaking. He felt mentally and physically exhausted after his trip and was taking it very light for the couple of days after his trip. Part of his mental exhaustion was due to his conversation with his mother.

We had a talk about the practices that are most beneficial for him to further design his care plan. Client expressed his preference with more breathing practices as he wants to connect with his breath more and uses breath as a starting point to explore more complex yoga philosophies. He sees asana practice as breathing with movement and meditation as breathing in stillness. He likes to pick some Raja yoga sutras that he likes the most and would like to revisit them more often. He thinks that Jnana yoga was very difficult for him as he thinks his mental battle is already messed up, he will eventually get there but right now it was his weakest part. He expressed that Sutra 1.2 is his favorite sutra so far. So we decided to do more of yogic practices such as asana, breathing techniques, meditation, chanting, yoga nidra, and guided imagery and less yoga philosophy for the future sessions.

Reflection and self-evaluation

I felt like I have established a good relationship with Yaz as he started sharing about his relationship struggles.
Now I feel more responsible and spending more time on preparing for how to part the yoga philosophies so it won't cause more mental struggle for him.
I have joined in a pranayama mini series offered by Rev. Margabandhu as I know very basic breathing practices.
I feel like I need to focus on intensifying my own practices in terms of asanas and breathing practices.

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

Check-in
Centering:
Breath awareness practice
Chanting: Hari om
Setting intention
Smiling at palms
Warm-ups
Netravyayamam
Drawing "X" with eyes
Neck movements
chin to chest
side to side
ears to shoulders
semi circles
neck strengthening
Jaw movements
Shoulder movements
shoulder stretches
Gomukasana hand stretch
Eagle pose hand stretch
shoulder strengthening
Pressing hands in namaste
Wrist and fingers movements
Spine movements
Hip movements
Ankle and Toe movements
Sun salutations (dynamic x2)
Sun salutations (Static holds for 10 seconds)
Twist
Seggra savasana
Deerga svasam
Sivananda breath (Deerga svasam with sending the breath to third eye at the top of inhalation)
Kapalabhati with retention at the top of inhalation and chin lock and directing the breath to the part that needs healing
Nadi suddhi with breath retention at the top of inhalation (Ratio: inhale:retention:exhale ; 1:1:2)
Kirtan Kriya meditation
Closing chants
Yoga philosophy - Practice and non-attachment
Check-out

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