• 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.

I’ve had to repeatedly make changes to asanas based on the client’s health. I’ve also had to adjust the planned yoga philosophy approach that I was thinking I would take once we completed intake as a result of the client’s emotional shifts.

The client has been able to relieve some physical pain despite new experiences of pain surfacing. The client has begun to change his relationship with his condition, is receiving spiritual support that seems to be resonating, and is starting to release trauma.

I’ll talk with him in our next sessions about reframing some thoughts about the goals so that he can continue to work on these when we meet. I think when he completed his intake he was in the mindset that he had to do “all of the things” so I want to see if that’s shifted at all. I’ll use MI to accomplish this.

The client’s physical body has experienced a lot before coming to yoga therapy, but there has been good progression with the reduction of pain in the foot which was the primary reason for coming. There have been some improvements with the gait and I was pleased to hear that the physical therapist was supportive of the yoga therapy approaches that I’ve been using.

The client’s energy has shifted from being very low energy to very high energy and very hyper vigilant. Our last session the client finally appeared more balanced and we will work to maintain that in future sessions.

The client’s emotional energy has been all over the place. It’s been good to see that the client is able to name and articulate the emotions so clearly, so it will be important to help him remember to employ the yoga tools so that he doesn’t stay stuck in the emotions.

The client had a dramatic shift between session 3 and 4 with body identification, never realizing that he was identifying with the pain throughout his life as though he is the pain. This conversation in session 3 and 4 really seemed to help him come to this realization.

We have been discussing God a lot in our sessions, how we are the manifestation of God as our True Self. This has deeply resonated with the client and we are working together on ensuring that he doesn’t turn this into another thing to “strive for” but to recognize that he already is the true self, but the Kleshas are in the way.

“So grateful...gratitude for the time, energy and effort you are pouring into me.”

Reducing feelings of attachment to the body/mind by repeating “I am not the body, I am not the mind, I am the (Truth Absolute/True Self or something else that the client can identity like the Atman.) The client should repeat this at least three times in a row at the start of each day and again when he feels himself connecting to the pain and other disturbances of the body or mind.

I don’t have any changes that I would make at this time.

I’d just like some feedback about whether there’s anything I haven’t thought of that I should try with this client before we wrap up our sessions. We have two more sessions—one this week and one next.

Yes.