• 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.

- Practice the 2nd sequence of Dr Loren Fishman - second half - that we did today.
- Practice witness awareness. Stop for a minute during the day and observe your breath and your thoughts. Write your perceptions in your journal.
- Practice SA TA NA MA before sleeping or when it’s convenient.
https://alzheimersprevention.org/research/kirtan-kriya-yoga-exercise/
https://alzheimersprevention.org/downloadables/White_Paper.pdf
https://youtu.be/GiKkM9VywzE?si=Wgj1i70xF_dr2yXr

Check-in with clients.
Talk about: Body and Mental Flexibility, and joint integrity (PowerPoint)
Benefits of practicing Kirtan Kriya(Sat Nam). How the sound can be a healing tool. Practice SA TA NA MA while holding the asana (mentally or verbally)
Meaning of the mantra: Sat Nam is the name of truth or ever existence consciousness, our real name (Sat Chit Ananda)
CENTERING
SITTING, OBSERVING BREATH AND SENSATIONS
ASANAS(respeite seu corpo)
Warm-up -breath of Joy (backbends and forward bends)
Tadasana, Utkatasana, dandasana, pashimotanasana, vasistasana, arm trending, jathara parivartanasana, savasana.
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: alternate nostril breathing
MEDITATION: SA TA NA MA
CLOSING

B had injections of hyaluronic acid in her knees but was doing some asanas, with no strain on her knees. J had family visiting but found the time to practice with us. L was fine. C was having some emotional problems related to trauma with her family.

This session was different from the previous ones. I had a long PowerPoint about joint integrity and decided not to show them everything. But I had an idea of showing the pictures and performing the asanas as we speak about that specific joint to let them feel in their bodies what we are working with and what we should avoid. They loved this format of session. I also enjoyed it.
At the centering and check-in, we talked about the SAT (from the mantra SA TA NA MA) that we are. We are this ever-existing being that observes the drama around us. In silence, we practiced “staying in the observer”. Maybe this helped C while she was going through some tough times. She sent me a message before the class saying she could not come, and I suggested that she could come to the session just to watch. She agreed and afterwards, she was feeling better.

Check-in with clients.
Talk about Kriya yoga (tapas, swadhyaya, ishvara pranidhana). “Kriya Yoga (...) is a set of synergistic tools that bring about inner change.” Nicolai Bachman
Talk about Pranayama and high blood pressure prevention
CENTERING
SITTING, OBSERVING BREATH AND SENSATIONS
ASANAS(respeite seu corpo)
Warm-ups neck, shoulders, hips
The whole sequence: Tadasana, Utkatasana, Virabhadrasana I, Ardha Chandrasana, ustrasana, vashistasana, dandasana, Urdhva Mukha pashimotanasana, arm trending, Bharadvajasana (seated twist), jathara parivartanasana (supine twist), savasana.
Progressive Relaxation and deep relaxation with guided yoga nidra
PRANAYAMA: Pranayama: slow bhastrika
“Slow or mild bhastrika is practiced to approximately one breath every two seconds, with no undue force on inhalation or exhalation. It’s like amplified normal breathing. Slow bhastrika should be practiced by beginners and those practicing for therapeutic reasons, although it’s beneficial at all stages.
Medium bhastrika increases the speed of respiration to approximately one breath per second.
Fast Bhastrika’s speed is around two breaths x second.” Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati - Prana and Pranayama.
MEDITATION
CLOSING