| Entry Type | Individual Yoga Therapy Session |
|---|---|
| Client/Group | SB |
| Entry Category | Case Study |
| Select your mentor | Steffany Moonaz |
| Intake | |
| Assessment | |
| Approval Notice | |
| Care Plan | Outline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client/group, including:
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:
Tools from each module should be used (not on each client – but overall) |
| Session Date | 06/04/2024 |
| Session Number | 4 |
| Total Session Minutes | 75 |
| Homework assignment to client/group | Alignment: Bridge pose with a block for support 1x/day at Breathing practice: Continue rectangle breathing from our first session. Meditation: Develop a consistent meditation practice. Meditate daily at the start of the day for one minute following three rounds of rolling Om chanting. Emotional awareness: Consider our discussion about 1:12 and attachment to outcomes. For the next week, consider how this shows up in your life and the impact and we will discuss this in our next session. |
| Activities | Centering: Guided Awareness Check In Discussion of Yoga Sutra 1.12 to help the client think about their attachment to outcomes and begin to develop non attachment. Balanced Pranayama considering contraindications: Rectangle breathing to help the client regulate their breathing into a more consistent breathing pattern. Meditation/Centering: Chanting based meditation utilizing Om to calm the limbic system and trigger a parasympathetic response in preparation of relaxation. Guided meditation of DBT Stop, sending emotions in and out of doors. Relaxation: Yoga Nidra focused on awareness of and releasing grief. |
| Client/Group progress summary | The client reported that she had a good week an an evening that was very peaceful. While she was sitting in the park afterwards with friends, a police officer came and harassed them. She felt anger that she described as rage as a result of this, which by the time we met had turned to grief. She did say that she applied her breathing practice in the moment and was able to prevent her normal reaction to trauma, which is shutting down. During MI I was able to surface with her that the anger was about a feeling of “bad things always come after good things” and feeling violated. She set a boundary with a friend based on discussion we had in a prior week and felt good about that as an act of non-harming for self. She has not been consistent about her meditation practice and indicates that she’s felt mentally distracted. The client talked about having big emotions and feeling like she’s not allowed to have them, which I asked about using MI. It was reiterated from her intake session that she hadn’t been allowed to have visible expression of emotions in childhood and so she’s learned to repress them, to the point that she felt she was unable to identify the emotions. |
| Reflection and self-evaluation | The client talked about feeling grief but being unable to cry so I created some space through physical movement and then in Yoga Nidra for emotional release. I recognize that we have limited sessions together because she wants to meet in person, so I’m going to focus on the Locks and Keys next to provide her with some tools to apply when the emotions surface. |
| 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 | Centering: Guided Awareness Check In Discussion about the Locks and Keys and application to self. Balanced Hatha Yoga considering contraindications: Balanced Pranayama considering contraindications: Rectangle breathing to help the client regulate their breathing into a more consistent breathing pattern. Meditation/Centering: Chanting based meditation utilizing Om to calm the limbic system and trigger a parasympathetic response in preparation of relaxation. Guided meditation of DBT Stop, sending emotions in and out of doors. Relaxation: Yoga Nidra while in Restorative Seated Forward Fold with upper torso and head on a bolster, blanket optional on the backside of the body. |
| 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 |
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