| Entry Type | Group Yoga Therapy Session |
|---|
| Client/Group | Yoga Therapy for Stress Management group |
|---|
| 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 | 06/21/2024 |
|---|
| Session Number | 4 |
|---|
| Total Session Minutes | 80 |
|---|
| Homework assignment to client/group | After a centering practice, observe your thoughts and decide which ones help you to get healthy and happy.
Use the 4 anti-stress pills.
Practice the asanas and the affirmation.
|
|---|
| Activities | Check-in
4 Anti-stress pills (SMTT manual, page 146): upgrade desires, make your desires selfless, see life as an adventure, and live in the Golden Presence.
Manipura chakra is blocked by SHAME. Unblock it with confidence, self-discipline, willpower.
The impact of stress on your gut
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-impact-of-stress-on-your-gut
The gut-brain connection
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/the-gut-brain-connection
Samana vayu, manipura center and the gut
https://yogainternational.com/article/view/the-5-prana-vayus-in-yoga-samana/
CENTERING:
Observe your breath and the belly region.
ASANAS (respect your body)
Warm-ups,
Sun Salutation
Tadasana
Ardha Salabhasana (standing with chair support)
Woodchopper (gut health, samana vayu, naval center)
(Avoid if you have knee problems, sciatica, slipped discs, other serious spinal problems, or unmedicated high blood pressure.)
Viparita or legs up
supine twist
Savasana
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: bhastrika with arms
MEDITATION with affirmation: “I will be calmly active, actively calm. I am a prince of peace, sitting on the trone of poise, directing the kingdom of activity.” Paramahansa Yogananda (At the end: bija mantra RAM)
CLOSING
|
|---|
| Client/Group progress summary | The group felt relaxed after the savasana.
L had an MRI with contrast and her veins were sore but she was able to practice everything. S.'s neck was not relaxed during the practice but relaxed when I told her to release the neck more.
|
|---|
| Reflection and self-evaluation | The group doesn’t talk much about themselves. They’re more used to yoga classes. They are my friend’s students. I don’t think they know the difference between yoga class and yoga therapy, I’ll talk to them about it next time.
|
|---|
| 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 | The 5 kleshas or obstacles – raga, dvesa, asmita, abhinivesa, avidya. Yoga can remove these obstacles.
Anahata chakra is blocked by GRIEF. Unblock it with love, compassion, peace.
Warm-ups, moon salutation, tadasana, breath of joy, child’s, viparita with block, supine twist, and savasana.
Pranayama: alternate nostril breathing
Meditation “I am love” (adapted from Yoga for your mood deck, Amy Weintraub)
In a seated position, allow your eyes to soften or close. Find a soothing image, maybe from nature or a time when you've felt loved and calm. You can also visualize a word like "peace" or "love." Inhale your arms out in front of your heart. Pause and see that image or the word in your heart's mind. Draw your hands to your heart in Hridaya or inner guidance Mudra chant "YAM," which is the bija mantra for the heart center. Repeat three times.
|
|---|
| 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) |
|---|
