Raja Yoga is a guidebook to happiness, peace of mind, and self-transformation. It becomes possible through the regular, practical application of the Yoga Sutras to modern day-to-day life.

Each student experiences a specific and measurable shift in one targeted area of their choosing. That area is identified before each class begins via survey and the shift they experience is largely self-generated through the structure of the 4-Session offering.

Between 4 and 8 students (the group is coming together now.) They are dealing one of a combination of the following: issues with sleep, stress, back issues, or moderate chronic pain.

My plan was to have four consecutive sessions including heating asana, 1 long-held restorative posture, yoga nidra/progressive relaxation, pranayama, meditation, and a journaling opportunity on one teaching from the Yoga Sutras that they were also assigned to engage with daily, through the week. In addition to this, each student completed both an intake and outtake assessment and a 15-minute intake call with me, and weekly pre-class and post-class assessments letting me know how it was going.

Hatha, Jnana and Raja Yoga. Through our Hatha Yoga practice, we utilized Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Nidra practice on a weekly basis to prepare the body and mind for the meditation, contemplative inquiry, and self-reflection that would follow. At the end of our session and in between sessions, we utilized journaling (Jnana) and self-reflection based on a teaching from the Yoga Sutras (Raja.)

Without the Jnana/Raja reflections, this would have been just another Hatha Yoga class. These inquiries created a context for the classes themselves, a throughline for the series overall, and allowed the students who had not previously engaged with a long-term study of the sutras, to explore engaging with "regular, practical application of the Yoga Sutras to modern, daily life over time," and for me to assess the efficacy of this structure as a way to offer that.

A lot about the framework for this series worked well. The clarity of the structure worked well, as did the regular opportunities for the students to self-assess their experience as well as future wants and needs. At the top of each class, I provided the props and adjustments that might support this group, based on what I knew about them from their intake conversations. During the class, my videos were spotlighted and the students were invited to leave their video cameras off to encourage privacy. 50% of the time students completed their pre and post-session assessments without any additional prompting from me. When they did, it allowed me to very swiftly assess what was and was not working and adjust my plan for the upcoming sessions. Working with a group, one of the most challenging aspects of the delivery was time management. I'll say more about this in a future response.

Upon completion of the session, students were invited to share which of the practices they intend to continue to use after the series is complete. Across the board, all students shared that they would continue utilizing specific stretches and some shared that the journaling made a difference and they would continue to use that. I am now considering making this offer available within my digital studio on a weekly basis. I would recommend that all four of these students remain in a structure like this to continue to take advantage of the obvious and largely self-generated physical, mental, and emotional benefit they were able to garner from the series. My studio is already regularly providing community classes but nothing as involved as this so, that is an unexpected benefit of having explored this.

I did. I was incredibly happy with the structure and outcome of this project and what it provided for these four students. While the same level of intimacy as a one-on-one session is not possible through this format, I was completely satisfied with the experience.

My goal with the series was achieved to varying degrees. Two students committed more completely and honestly than the other two. Because they were prompt and thorough in submitting their assessments and arrived early and ready to go for the live sessions, it was very easy for me to address their requests exactly. With the two of them, I can say that they experienced measurable shifts in their target areas. With the other two, I am confident that they left with stretches and mood-altering exercises that they could continue to use. However, I am unsure whether they will actually use them.

I chose not to adapt anything about the overall structure at any point so that I could really see if it does or does not work. However, I *very regularly* adapted class outlines to meet the specific concerns that students shared in their assessments. Between Week-1 and Week-2, I saw very clearly where the postures I provided did not directly address the students' desires and, after incorporating their feedback, I had great success with that. Additionally, while I'd like to continue to explore how this can be a 60-Minute offering this is much more likely a 75 or 90-Minute offering and what I had wanted to be a 10 or 15-minute journaling opportunity was reduced nearly every week to a 3 to 5-minute journaling opportunity. I saw that while it's likely that 15-minutes is much more time than is actually needed, it's also clear that 3-minutes is not enough.

Overall, I would approach the situation the same way AND there are several specific ways I would consider enhancing the offering. I might incorporate the assessment into the Zoom registration so that I could ensure that every person attending the class had actually completed their assessment before they were allowed entry into the session. So that the desires of everyone who is present are represented in the final class sequence. I would incorporate check-ins and reminders throughout the week to engage with the journal prompt and opportunities for students to share what they notice from that work. I would consider extending the length of the class and offering an orientation call for the group at large to create a context for *why* each part of the class is in place and what it allows for.