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StudentSimone Sanchez
Entry ID5293
Date CreatedJanuary 13, 2023
Date UpdatedDecember 7, 2023
AdvisorSarala Evans
Core Module NameRaja Yoga

Plan Information

Selected key teaching (specific core concept):

1:2 Modifications of the mind stuff is Yoga
2:46 Asana is a steady, comfortable posture

Goal for implementation with client (Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound relating to the client):

We are meeting for 90 minutes weekly fo 4 weeks. We are using talk therapy, asana, pranayama and chanting to build strength through the body and mind that will hoping move into other areas of her life and health. She has a 10 minute daily task of a chore meditation with a balance posture and some JAPA to do on her own.

Relevant Client(s) Details

65 year old female good health but frail. She is weak physically due to a great deal of stress going through a divorce after 40 years and retiring after a long career.
Typical age related aches and pains and complaining of hand and finger pain. She a bit under weight and has some depression and anxiety which affects her appetite. She has a good amount of friends around her but is used to running a company and being very busy, so the retirement is a challenge and it effects her mood, sleep.

Session Outline
Practice/Activity (5 words or less) Amount of time (in minutes)
Asana Pranayama Meditation Japa Talk 90 minutes weekly

Report Information

How did you envision working with the client(s) to incorporate the selected teaching? (Define the plan)

When putting the plan together the plan i envisioned the focus of the 2:46 Asana should be steady comfortable posture to be the majority of our sessions. She was very strong physically and had a great yoga practice before the events of her life which changed her physically into being more frail and slight. While the use of the 1:2 Sutra and teaching her to modify her mind and thoughts I expected a bit of pushback into the quieter stiller time spent.

What branch(es) of IY did you use? How does each support your goal/relate to the key teaching?

Hatha, we used breath and connection to the physical body to do asana for strength and balance. I used Hatha as a moving meditation for this client so she could find presence and work on her balance which was greatly decreased due to stress.
Raja yoga helped me guide her through learning how she can modify her thoughts and while i thought we would stay with this sutra we moved into sutra 2.54. When the mind maintains awareness, yet does not mingle with the senses, nor the senses with sense impressions, then self-awareness blossoms. So, the goal of pratyahara—the reason it's important to go within—is for self-awareness to blossom.

Short notes on time with client:

This client wanted strength of her body and stress management first and foremost but as we worked together she discovered that the mind stuff, sense withdrawal, pranayama and meditation became what she really needed and wanted most.
We introduced imagery and a mantra for these quiet moments to assist her in staying present and quiet.

Follow up suggestions for your client (whether with you or on their own):

Each week I gave her a daily 5 minute task meditation and a mantra that she chose to aid her in her sleep if she wok eat and her with citta vritti. We added a walking meditation daily as well because she was receptive to the learning on controlling the mindstuff.
I shared with her the benefits from the Cleveland Clinic that states ;

Decreased symptoms of anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Improved ability to think, concentrate and solve problems.
Better ability to adapt to and overcome emotional problems
Because mental health has a strong impact on the health of your body, those benefits also often bring improvements in how well you sleep, high blood pressure and heart function, and much more.

Reflection
Did you apply your intended plan once you met with the client(s)? Was the goal achieved? Explain.

The care plan worked very well with this client and we transformed it was we worked together while still working on the fundamental plan. She was receptive and open to trying many different techniques for her sense withdrawal and meditation work. She explains after our sessions that it was what helped he the most to battle anxiety and her sleep issues due to stress and the shifts in her life.
Overall the goal is being achieved, she is and needs to continue her practices for physical strength, balance, breath and meditation which will likely be a never-ending journey for her.

Did you have to adapt anything in your plan? What lessons did you learn?

I wouldn't say I adapted anything from the plan. I would describe it more as a deeper dive in the Raja yoga practices to guide this client into her own journey in her stress management and understanding of her own power over her mind.
The Sutras are the best lesson and lessons to explore and share with our clients. It acts like a roadmap into understanding and controlling negative or dis ease within ones self and create a healthier whole being.

If you are faced with the same situation again in the future, would you approach it in the same way? Why or why not? What went well? What you might change and why? Summarize.

I would approach this same situation the same way, mostly because I allowed the client to decide what she need through letting her talk before we began our sessions
This is how I found out where her daily struggles were and knew which to suggest and get a read on what she was receptive to trying.
in my experience with a client who has had large traumatic life changes they are less inclined to any meditation and need the more active sides of yoga to avoid citti vritta which can induce the stress and anxiety.
This client was celebrating being able to breath again and yes it was the pranayama but it mostly came from the modifications of the mid stuff that allowed that space for her.

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