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Entry Type	Assessment
Client/Group	CM
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Sarala Evans
Intake
Assessment
Proposed number of sessions	5
Location of sessions	zoom
Planned time per session	60
Presenting Problem	Generalized Anxiety, depression.
Physical	She exercises regularly at the gym (4x a week) and has no physical limitations. She hasn’t much flexibility. She was part of the Yoga for Anxiety group. Sometimes she feels some pain in the left knee and back after exercises
Client/Group goals	Calm down her mind, get tools to manage anxiety and depression.
Energetic	High level of energy, she said that is too much that she can’t handle, very rajasic.
Emotional	She takes medication for anxiety and depression. She is an overthinker and very unrested. Before the centering practice, when we were talking about the intake, she was moving her leg all the time, and when she began to pay attention to her breath, she was still. Her major sources of stress are: her college studies, her husband’s health, living in society, being around people, and being older in college (she studied law before and now she is studying medicine.)
Spiritual orientation and needs	None.
Intellectual / Sense of self	Intellectual stimulation: reading novels, college studies and learning about plants.
Yoga philosophy/wisdom research reference(s)	Our true nature is experienced in a calm mind state (citta-prasādanam). Yoga can help (Yogas Citta Vritti nirodha). The 5 kleshas not only create suffering but prevent us from living in peace and harmony with others and ourselves. It is very important to talk about the kleshas and how to overcome them with this group, because they are a great source of stress, anxiety, and depression. Recognizing our true essence: SAT – CHIT – ANANDA (Upanishads)https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/sat-chit-ananda-philosophy-upanishads Prana and Pranayama. Swami Nirajanananda Saraswati The path of the Yoga Sutras. Nicolai Bachman The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Swami Satchidananda Unravel the thread. Ruben Vasquez. Wherever you go there you are. Jon Kabat Zinn. Stress Management TT Manual
Scientific research reference(s), why chosen, how you plan to incorporate 1-3	About the Study on GAD https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-right-mindset/202008/new-study-shows-benefits-yoga-generalized-anxiety-disorder https://nyulangone.org/news/yoga-shown-improve-anxiety-study-finds Pranayama and meditation for GAD https://psychcentral.com/anxiety/yoga-for-anxiety#yoga-and-anxiety Studies on GAD and yoga https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718554/ Mantra meditation for mental health: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876382018304591?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=8799c2579c35ad9b 1 Vagus nerve https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/vagus-nerve Kirtan Kriya: Practice the 12-Minute Yoga Meditation Exercise https://alzheimersprevention.org/downloadables/White_Paper.pdf Yoga for depression. Amy Weintraub Manual SMTT. Yogaville. Therapeutic Yoga, Cherry Clampton, Mithoefer.
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)