Entry TypeIndividual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupRuth C
Entry CategoryStandard
Select your mentorBrahmi Romero
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 Date05/06/2024
Session Number7
Total Session Minutes90
Homework assignment to client/group

Follow up with her doctor - ask about the fatigue

Check in with herself periodically during the day, especially before her movement choices of the day. How would she describe herself using the gunas? If rajasic, how might she adapt her practice? If tamasic, how might she adjust her practice?

Activities

Check In

Awareness Practice

Introduction to the gunas - article by Swami Satchidananda, Surfing the Gunas - exploring how to view the gunas in different contexts: giving/serving, meditation, as well as the image of the mind like a hurricane lamp. Talked about how she can use the gunas as another way to guide her daily practices.

Shavasana

Client/Group progress summary

Client had a great trip to Guatemala - she was part of a team that built stoves for three families. She had the opportunity to ride a horse up a volcano. She attended an AA meeting on Friday, then had one of her infusion treatments. She's frustrated with feeling digestive issues following treatment as well as ongoing fatigue. She is following up with her doctor next week, and I encouraged her to ask about the fatigue.

Reflection and self-evaluation

While she has been very consistent in moving, the fatigue is a real concern. While she prioritizes her physical practices, I wanted to focus more on the subtle practices - the "working in" of yoga more than the workout/working out.

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

See what information she brings following her conversation with her oncologist. From my mudra studies, wanted to explore the vayu mudras with her, as another way to understand and work with her vital energy.

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