Entry TypeGroup Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupYoga for Anxiety
Entry CategoryCase Study
Select your mentorSarala Evans
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 Date03/04/2024
Session Number1
Total Session Minutes60
Homework assignment to client/group

Observe breath, sensations
Hear the mantra Om asatoma when anxious
Practice before sleep the 12-minute progressive relaxation recorded on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEofVkiyr58&t=1s

Activities

Check-in
Talk about the sessions and what is stress and anxiety
Session:
1. In a supine position, observe breath, thoughts, energy
2. Apanasana
3. Catcow + balasana
4. Tadasana
5. Sun salutation - chair
6. Lateral stretch
7. Prasarita
8. Malasana
9. Sitting twist
10. Setubandha
11. Supine twist
12. Savasana: progressive relaxation
13. Pranayama - meditation

Client/Group progress summary

The clients liked that they could practice the asanas and could relax also.

Reflection and self-evaluation

I didn’t know at this point that I needed to do an Integral Yoga style session, although this sequence had all the requirements of asanas but not in the same order as IY.

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

ACTIVITIES:
1. CENTERING
SITTING POSITION, OBSERVE BREATH AND SENSATIONS
2. WHAT IS STRESS? How does it work?
3. ASANAS(respect your body))
1) Warm-up (neck, shoulders)
SUN SALUTATION - CHAIR
2) BACK BEND: STANDING HALF-LOCUST
3) FORWARD BEND: WARRIOR 3 STANDING (CHAIR SUPPORT)
4) INVERSION: LEGS UP THE WALL
5) TWIST: SUPINE
6) PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION
7) PRANAYAMA
a) EXTENDED EXHALATION (SMTT manual page 124)
8) Guided MEDITATION
9) CLOSING

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