• 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.

Suggested meditation on gratitude for body/breath, practicing breathing practices which are new to some.

Check in with breath and body awareness.
Sutra 2.49 - That [firm posture] being acquired, the movements of inhalation and exhalation should be controlled.

Our breathing should be gentle, slow and fully controlled, without any agitation. –SSS
Instruction on 3-part breath as measure of exertion and point of focus.
Warmups, including moving the spine in all directions with instruction on processing stress.
Chair sun salutations. 1 for instruction. 3 with breath integration.
Chair poses seated cobra, goddess, eagle arms option, chair chair.
Attention to shoulders, neck, hands and feet. Chair boat, after cross crawl movements of arms and legs.
Standing poses mountain, W1.
Think of the Earth and how steady a huge mountain is. –SSS
Integration of brain yoga poses from IH FRI group. (hand movements)
Relaxation with body scan, gentle tense and release with instruction on processing stress. Lion breath.
Breathing practices HO HO HA HA HA, 3 breath anchor, extended exhale, and the effects on the nervous system.
Meditation on gratitude for body *HW*

Quiet group as it’s a new combination of folks. Good participation and focus. All stood for the standing part. None got on the floor at all. Gave options for challenge during tree pose and all chose their own adventure. Eager to learn practices.

I’m leading this group as if they are beginners - not knowing everything they already know. So sometimes I catch myself feeling unsure of giving a cue that they might not be familiar with, because I don’t know them that well yet. I felt like I’m talking too much, so I left a few intentional pauses.
It seems like everyone everywhere is eager to learn about stress mgmt or tools for regulation.
I might be at my max for different groups now as it’s getting harder to write things up afterward even if it is the same day. I’m like, wait, did I do that today…?
See the next answer…

I want to write up something and actually stick to it, just to make this documentation part easier, but every time I say I’m going to do that, I get with a group or person, and change it up.
My plan is to build on the breathing practices, and the information I’ve shared and reinforce what we’ve already done.
I’m thinking about doing more of a check in, but there is a very strict schedule that I’m fitting into, so I’m not sure how that will work.
In other groups I’ve been able to do a little check in with some gentle movement at the beginning. I’ll think about that and see if that might work, although I only have a couple more sessions that will be documented.