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Entry Type	Final Client Report
Client/Group	CH-C007
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)
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.
Number of sessions completed	5
Date you started seeing client/group	05/27/2024
Total hours of all Yoga Therapy sessions with this client/group to date	9.25
Adjustments and adaptations you made to your care plan,	The joint freeing series concentrated on spinal movements, shoulder, neck, head, wrists and hands. All elements of the care plan were included at some point over the five sessions together.
Client/Group Goals	• Any progress towards goals Personalized guided relaxation helped the client to integrate a range of emotions around her past life experience in various phases of her life. As she put it, “There is sweetness in the sadness.” The client’s neck ROM remained the same. She now has a set of movements to relieve stiffness and possibly increase ROM over time. • Review and revision of goals. The general goals remained the same, the overriding theme came to be grief and loss, affecting all aspects of her being.
Report briefly on each Kosha below	Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
Physical level	Ease in neck and hands. More stable balance with awareness to create a stable, solid, grounded base in asana.
Energetic level	The client moderated her activities to maintain an energy reserve. Extended exhale and full diaphragmatic breathing practices brought calm and ease with aliveness.
Emotional	The client’s sense of loss and grief is eased by retelling stories of her loved ones. She acknowledges her resiliece, attributing some of her strength to yoga pracitce. She consciously lives life to the fullest each day, letting go of sorrow to the extent possible at any given moment.
Intellectual / Sense of self	Dancing Ganesha was quite challenging for the client at first. Over time, the brain/thinking challenge dissipated. As the body became familiar with the movements, she was able to flow fluidly through the movements, embodying fearlessness with ease. A lifelong learner, the client enjoyed sharing the newfound knowledge she gained over the course of our sessions.
Spiritual orientation and support plan	The client’s religious affiliations and her love of her plants gives her strength and a continuous sense of wonder and awe of both the natural world and spiritual realm.
Additional Information
Feedback received from client/group, anecdotal or written	The client expressed verbal appreciation for the benefits of our work together.
Sample of homework given between sessions (after initial homework)	Practice for hand mobility, neck stretches, dancing Ganesha hand movements for brain challenge, and integrating rest time into her day. Follow Ann Swanson videos for guidance with mobility movements.
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
Rough estimate of time spent in preparation and follow up documentation per session	30 minutes before each session, 30-60 minutes for documentation and reconnecting with client after session.
What you would change with benefit of hindsight	Keep the session to 90-105 minutes.
Questions, problems, areas in which you’d like more support	Previously discussed with mentor.
Did you enjoy your service?	Yes.
Notify Mentor?	Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion