Entry TypeIndividual Yoga Therapy Session
Client/GroupSP-C005
Entry CategoryIntended Case Study
Select your mentorSarala 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 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 Date06/25/2024
Session Number3
Total Session Minutes105
Homework assignment to client/group

Include full diaphragmatic breathing in her daily routine, including noticing how it affected her natural breath and sense of calm. Add rowboat to her daily physical practice.

Activities

Care plan minus Netra vyayamam, anjaneyasana, ujjayi, serenity prayer, and metta meditation. Spent time practicing diaphragmatic breathing.

Client/Group progress summary

Diaphragmatic breathing is becoming more natural and easeful for the client, gaining skill to progress to other pranayama practices such as ujjayi. Client continues her daily PT exercises. She now links the breath to the movements, finding the exhales release her more fully into the stretches. Bhramari pranayama while in crocodile readily calms her, lowering her anxiety. She has an interest in the vagus nerve and has emailed me an article about vagal tone.

Reflection and self-evaluation

Her mother’s third reoccurrence of breast cancer and the possibility of the cancer being hereditary is weighing heavily on the client. She appreciates the yoga therapy sessions, finding them relaxing and refreshing.

Incorporate wisdom teaching and spirituality up front. Remember the client’s faith sustains and uplifts her. Find ways of integrating yoga philosophy naturally, complimenting her spiritual beliefs.

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

Follow care plan. Include serenity prayer and metta meditation. Teach client Netra vyayamam and ujjayi pranayama. Inquire about client’s regularity of reciting the rosary. Does she find it calming? In what ways? Encourage consistency with reflection.

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