The first and most important aspect is what you bring to the session.What are your concerns, requests, and expectations? I take a detailed history of your symptoms and issues, asking about past injuries or surgeries.Before the session, consider the outcomes you want from somatics. Where do you experience pain, restricted movements, numbness, stiffness, or fatigue? Recall any injuries you've had throughout your life (accidents, bruises, fractures, surgeries, psychological trauma). What diagnoses do you have, and what treatments have you undergone? How do you approach health in your lifestyle (nutrition, daily mobility, walks, sports, hobbies, risk factors)?Next, we move on to an assessment, identifying your dominant reflex patterns. Initially, this is done standing — you might notice one shoulder is higher or lower than the other, the pelvis may be tilted or slightly twisted, shoulders slouched or overly expanded, the back arched, or the head tilted in one direction. Palpation helps determine which muscle groups are excessively contracted.Further diagnosis happens directly on the table. Much can be observed from how you lie down. Is your head aligned or tilted back? Is it leaning to one side? How do you breathe? Does your belly move more? Or your chest? Or perhaps your collarbones? Does one side of your chest expand more than the other? Are your shoulders spread flat or slightly raised above the table? Are your hands turned palms-up or rolled down to the floor? When you bend your knees and place your feet on the table, do your knees tend to collapse inward or fall outward? Does a gap remain between your lower back and the table, or does it lie flat?All these observations indicate which muscles are holding habitual tension and cannot relax on their own without targeted work, which we will carry out during the somatic learning session.