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Entry Type	Assessment
Client/Group	Healthy Aging
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Sarala Evans
Intake
Assessment
Proposed number of sessions	6
Location of sessions	zoom
Planned time per session	90
Presenting Problem	There are many contributors to the cause of aging, such as inflammation, stress, and molecular damage. Aging is a major risk factor for many diseases including heart disease, stroke, and osteoporosis.
Physical	Different bodies with different issues. B. has knee problems, J. has a fused spine and Afib, R neck and shoulder pain, M. is a beginner, and L. is a yoga teacher but has osteoporosis.
Client/Group goals	The group goals are to learn more about their aging bodies and how they can improve their being holistically and attain a state of Joy through the yoga practice.
Energetic	In general good level of energy.
Emotional	In general low level of stress. R has a higher level of stress, she is passing through emotional problems with her husband who has Parkinson's and her beloved dog is dying of cancer.
Spiritual orientation and needs	J., B., and L. are devotees of Paramahansa Yogananda and Self Realization Fellowship members, M has faith but doesn't belong to any religion, R. is Christian and spiritual, and believes in spiritual evolution.
Intellectual / Sense of self	M gets intellectually stimulated by her business, R by mystical studies, J by her Guru P. Yogananda, B. social and reading, and L nothing particular.
Yoga philosophy/wisdom research reference(s)	Prana and Pranayama. Swami Nirajanananda Saraswati. Using this book for pranayama. It is a wonderful tool in general but mainly when we age. The body and the breath can be constricted, it's when we need pranayama. The path of the Yoga Sutras. Nicolai Bachman, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Swami Satchidananda and Unravel the thread by Ruben Vasquez. These books are different perspectives of the yoga sutras, whose content is very helpful for healthy aging. The mind can be more at ease listening to some wisdom from these books. In Unravel the thread, Ruben Vasquez gives us very nice exercises to journal and think about related to the sutras.
Scientific research reference(s), why chosen, how you plan to incorporate 1-3	https://journals.lww.com/topicsingeriatricrehabilitation/Fulltext/2009/07000/Yoga_for_Osteoporosis__A_Pilot_Study.9.aspx More thorough study from 2005-2015: https://journals.lww.com/topicsingeriatricrehabilitation/Fulltext/2016/04000/Twelve_Minute_Daily_Yoga_Regimen_Reverses.3.aspx Dr. Fishman’s website: articles, videos, explanations, and class link. Osteoporosis For kirtan kriya: Practice the 12-Minute Yoga Meditation Exercise https://alzheimersprevention.org/downloadables/White_Paper.pdf For progressive relaxation: Manual SMTT. Yogaville. Manual Therapeutic Yoga - Cheri Clampett Yoga Meditations. Julie Lusk Yoga for Healthy Aging. Baxter Bell and Nina Zolotow. Yoga for Arthritis. Fish
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)
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.
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?	Do not notify Mentor (choose if you wish to continue working on this entry later)