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Entry Type	Group Yoga Therapy Session
Client/Group	CCDC men
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	06/18/2024
Session Number	10
Total Session Minutes	90
Homework assignment to client/group	Stretches and breathing for sleep, notice how you feel
Activities	WARM UP / MOBILIZE / CENTER Empty coat sleeves Over head reach / lat bend Shoulder rolls / circle sequence Hip swing / circle Torso circles / lateral bend Raise one knee / opp arm ¼ sun sals - PAUSE - CHECK IN ½ sun sals — DRILLS Sun sals (prone backbends) Plank drills (side plank, superman, iron man) Lunge drills Challenge / RTA - lizard, core work to pigeon, prone shoulder opener — STANDING POSES / FLOWS W1 flow / pyramid / W3 W2 flows BALANCE Tree Chair Tiptoe (to arm balance) — SEATED Boat / row; staff / row Diamond stir Janu + twist LYING pigeon Twists Legs up — Relaxation - breath awareness Pranayama - open hands practice, 3/5 extended exhale, deep breathing Stillness Check in - mental, emotional, physical Attention to how they feel after pranayama practice Sutra 1.34 - Or that calm is retained by the controlled exhalation or retention of the breath. Where the mind goes, the prana follows. –SSS
Client/Group progress summary	Pretty chatty group today. Several have been either sentenced or offered plea deals recently, and shared with the group. One with shoulder pain today. One very distracted as witnessed by his losing focus on sequences. One had just learned some had died and in the middle of class just needed to sit down and think. Self-reported: -I like the breathing and the stretching. -The breathing and the relief -I like practicing balance. -I love the cobra and the breathing. -I like being able to do stretches that I don’t normally do. -Class was great! I really love the last part with the breathing exercise.
Reflection and self-evaluation	Some days I feel like their mother . . . (Also, see the next section)
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	After a really chatty group, I often think I need to change something, but then I look at what they are going through (and just the small part they are willing to share) and I know the important part is to keep showing up, even if we try the same things every week. And often that IS the important thing, to have something they can count on to be a certain way, a way that brings some relief. So I’ll be doing much the same next week. I want to look for some warrior quotes or readings to bring, but I haven’t found exactly what I’m looking for.
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