Twenty-eighth day. First day of Stage 2 — Mouthing, oral rooting. The yoga mat on the parquet floor of Tenerife. The body takes position. Thanks to the yoga practice, the surface is familiar, the contact between floor and body is known, comfortable. We are not starting from zero — the body already knows how to settle.
The head — a partial presence
The head rests on the floor. And something unusual: it is neither heavy nor light. It is not completely there. A partial presence. No discomfort — rather, an incomplete awareness. As though the head existed, but its relationship with the floor was not yet fully established.
A slight tendency toward the right — very slight, barely perceptible. Not a restriction, not pain. A soft, almost imperceptible preference.
The oral zone — what the body already knows
Jaw, lips, tongue. The release comes immediately. The tongue unsticks from the palate without effort. The lips part on their own. The jaw yields.
This is an observation that comes from daily clinical work: very few people achieve this spontaneously. In sessions, it is something that must be named five, six times per consultation. "Release the jaw. Detach the tongue from the palate. Let the lips separate." Again and again. The adult body holds these zones. It tightens them without noticing.
Here, they yield quickly. This is not a universal given — it is the result of a long practice.
The rotation — what the skull says
The head rolls to the right. Easy. Sixty, seventy percent of the range — not to the maximum, staying in the comfortable. And beneath the back of the skull, against the floor: irregularities. The occiput is not smooth. Contact with the floor reveals the relief of the bone. New information — the floor as cartographer of the head.
Rotation to the left. Less easy. The organisation of the movement is not the same. The intention is similar — rolling on the back of the skull — but the path does not respond in the same way. Less fluid. And something interesting: fewer irregularities on this side. The relief is different. The contact with the floor is different. The head itself is asymmetrical in its relationship to the floor.
The silence of the right
This is where something unexpected appears.
When the head rolls to the left, the left shoulder blade, the left shoulder, the left arm slide outward — they accompany the movement. They participate. They are part of the same chain. The head turns, and the entire left side follows, naturally, without seeking it.
When the head rolls to the right: the right shoulder blade does not move. The right shoulder does not participate. The right arm stays where it is. The chain is interrupted. And it is not only in the direction "head right, right shoulder" — even when the left shoulder blade slides on the return, the right shoulder blade does not accompany it, does not follow, does not respond.
The right is silent. Not contracted — silent. Absent from the movement. As though this part of the body had not yet received the invitation.
First session, first mapping
Nothing is forced. Nothing is sought for integration. This is a first exploration — we observe what is there, not what should be there. The asymmetry is information, not a problem to be corrected. The right holds something. It has its reasons, its history, its own logic.
Mouthing begins. The body is already saying what it has to say.