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Entry Type	Individual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/Group	Client "A"
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Sarala 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 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	05/01/2024
Session Number	5
Total Session Minutes	105
Homework assignment to client/group	For your physical body - continue the gentle mobilization of your joints. Add some tense and release to process stress. For your energetic body - try the physiological sigh - breathe in, breathe in more, let it out with a big sigh. I love that you’ve noticed that you need to have your feet on the ground, and how that feels! For your emotions - you’ve started to notice where you feel emotions in your body. Part of the niyama practice - for ishvara pranidhana - is to observe your reactions and look for patterns. You had a good start to that right away during our meeting. Let me know how that goes for you this week. Remember to “feel it - let it go” as needed - breathing in to feel whatever it is, breathing out to let it go. For your mind - you said you’ve been working on not overthinking. Give your mind something to do, like using your senses - noticing what you see, hear, feel, smell, and taste. The practice for ishvara pranidhana from the book The Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele: “Watch your attitude and responses to the moment. Are you fearful, trusting, fighting, judging, or annoyed? Notice if there is a pattern to your attitude.” And you can take it that step further and decide to change your attitude or your response.
Activities	Long centering - breath/body awareness. 3-part and recover breaths throughout Seated 6 spinal movements Standing warmups, ½ sun sal, standing cobra W1 flow, pyramid, W3 (all dynamic to hold) attn to knees Balancing triangle to triangle flow Table cat/cow, spinal balance Prone cobras Supine w/w, modified hand to big toe Relax with tense and release, body scan, nidra Savasana Breath awareness 5 senses meditation and seated awareness Check in discussion
Client/Group progress summary	Used “when I breath in I know I’m breathing in, etc” for sleep Feeling more positive about sleep, feeling calmer Using affirmation (I am worthy of having a good day) Working on NOT overthinking but reading empath 365, going outside, listening to sounds in nature, using 5 senses Still not clicking on nidra link Noticing how she feels with shoes off, feet on the ground outside
Reflection and self-evaluation	I found out today that I’m not very clear (in my classes as a whole) about taking practices off the mat.
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	Continue with weekly practices from Y&N book Work more on breathing practices and relaxation practices, stress relief, mental reframing
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