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Entry Type	Assessment
Client/Group	YT and Elemental Balance Series
Entry Category	Intended Case Study
Select your mentor	Steffany Moonaz
Intake
Assessment
Proposed number of sessions	4
Location of sessions	Hush Studio
Planned time per session	60 min
Presenting Problem	This group presents with feelings of imbalance, emotional fatigue, and difficulty finding calm or direction in daily life. Each participant seeks to reconnect with themselves—whether through processing grief and loss, managing stress, or learning tools for emotional steadiness and self-understanding.
Physical	Earth (Annamaya – Physical Layer): Ground the body through stabilizing postures, mindful movement, and sensory awareness to foster safety, steadiness, and a sense of belonging in the present moment.
Client/Group goals	1. To cultivate balance and emotional steadiness through embodied practices that align with the five elements—ether, air, fire, water, and earth. 2. To develop simple, restorative tools for managing stress, processing emotion, and reconnecting to a sense of peace, clarity, and self-trust.
Energetic	Water (Pranamaya – Energy Layer): Flow through gentle breathwork and fluid movement to release held emotion, regulate energy, and invite a sense of ease and adaptability.
Emotional	Fire (Manomaya – Mental/Emotional Layer): Ignite transformation through intention, mindfulness, and focused awareness—supporting emotional processing, healthy boundaries, and inner strength.
Spiritual orientation and needs	Ether (Anandamaya – Bliss Layer): Rest into stillness, silence, and connection with something greater—inviting peace, forgiveness, and the quiet remembrance of wholeness within.
Intellectual / Sense of self	Air (Vijnanamaya – Wisdom/Insight Layer): Cultivate spaciousness and perspective through reflective practices, meditation, and creative inquiry—opening the mind to compassion and self-understanding.
Yoga philosophy/wisdom research reference(s)	Ahimsa (Non-Harming) – Yoga Sutra II.35 “In the presence of one firmly established in non-violence, all hostility ceases.” Ahimsa can be internalized as self-compassion—learning to stop harming oneself with guilt, shame, or harsh inner dialogue, supporting the group’s goal of forgiveness and emotional healing. The Five Elements (Pancha Mahabhuta) The elemental model offers an intuitive way for beginners to sense balance: * Earth → grounding, safety * Water → emotion, adaptability * Fire → motivation, transformation * Air → clarity, breath, expansion * Ether → peace, spaciousness  These connect directly to regulating the nervous system and integrating emotion through embodied awareness. Ishvara Pranidhana (Surrender) – Yoga Sutra II.45 “Through surrender to a higher power, perfection in samadhi is attained.”  For those processing grief or feeling powerless, this concept offers a compassionate reminder that healing unfolds when we soften our grip and trust in something larger—whether nature, spirit, or life itself.
Scientific research reference(s), why chosen, how you plan to incorporate 1-3	Effects of Yoga on Stress, Stress Adaption, and Heart Rate Variability Among Mental Health Professionals—A Randomized Controlled Trial Shu-Ling Lin SW, MS, Ching-Ya Huang MS, Shau-Ping Shiu SW, MS, Shu-Hui Yeh RN, ANP, PhD This study found that regular yoga practice significantly reduced stress levels, improved heart rate variability, and enhanced stress adaptation—indicating better balance within the nervous system. These findings directly support the group’s goals of learning tools to calm the body, manage emotional reactivity, and cultivate steadiness amid daily challenges. Woodyard C. Exploring the therapeutic effects of yoga and its ability to increase quality of life. Int J Yoga. 2011 Jul;4(2):49-54. doi: 10.4103/0973-6131.85485. PMID: 22022122; PMCID: PMC3193654. Woodyard’s research highlights how yoga promotes mental clarity, emotional balance, and overall well-being by integrating physical postures, breathwork, and mindfulness. This aligns with the group’s goals of reducing stress, processing grief, and fostering greater peace and self-awareness through embodied, holistic practice.
Approval Notice	*Your care plan should be approved by your mentor, with any amendments they suggested, prior to your remaining Yoga Therapy sessions.*
Questions for Mentor	Looking forward to discussing and working on the care plan. Thank you.
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.
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