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Entry Type	Group Yoga Therapy Session
Client/Group	Yoga for Letting Go, Group 3
Entry Category	Intended 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)
Session Date	05/11/2024
Session Number	1
Homework assignment to client/group	Clients will: Journal about the Locks and Keys, writing down current ways that the keys are practiced ideas for new ways to practice. Practice seated/standing star pose to seated/standing turtle Humming bee breath for three rounds at the middle or end of the day. Pick a word or phrase that is comforting and meditation for 1 minute at the beginning of the day.
Activities	Centering: Lovingkindness Centering Check In Raja YogaTeaching: I introduced the Locks and Keys to help the clients work on relationships with selves and others. Balanced Hatha Yoga considering contraindications: Seated Hatha Yoga with adaptations to include: Joint freeing series: Overall joint freeing series with emphasis on the breathing accompanying movements. I encouraged some tensing and releasing during this in the upper body, like the shoulder shrugs. Knee straightening while seated in chair to help with core strengthening and strengthening the muscles around the knees. Legs up the wall to reduce hip and low back pressure, to create a parasympathetic nervous system response, and to improve sleep. Avoiding: kneeling/pressure on knees while on the floor, abdominal twists, long periods of standing without support Relaxation: Yoga Nidra with tensing and releasing and guided awareness followed Balanced Pranayama considering contraindications: Humming bee breath (adjusted from original plan) Meditation/Centering: Guided meditation on a mental walk through nature to encourage a release of tension in the body and anxiety in the mind.
Client/Group progress summary	The group indicated that they felt more relaxed from their first session. They all found the relaxation practices helpful. One indicated reduction in pain in the shoulders because of the shoulder shrugs I taught in the intake session. One client’s brother passed away since our last session. Another had a large skin cancer removed. We had a new client join us that missed the first session.
Reflection and self-evaluation	It was a little hard to adjust to having the new student join after intake, so I think in the future I would want to schedule a separate shorter intake session if someone misses the longer first session. I appreciated the feedback that I received from the group and I found our discussion about the locks and keys to be really robust.
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	We will practice adaptive sun salutations with star and turtle pose incorporated. We will review notes from the journaling about locks and keys and talk about application of the locks and keys with others. We will practice extended exhalation breathing with legs up the wall. We will practice Yoga Nidra. We will work on mantra repetition for meditation.
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