In this episode, James and Teresa delve into common misunderstandings within the Human Design system. They emphasize a nuanced approach, moving beyond simplistic interpretations to offer a more practical and embodied understanding.Strategy & Authority: Ra Uru Hu emphasized strategy and authority, but it’s not the whole picture. The mind and nervous system also play vital roles in decision-making, especially for emotional, ego, and mental authorities.Misapplication of Strategy: Strategy guides major life decisions — not every little task. Projectors, for example, only need invitations in key areas like relationships and career.Mind’s Role in Authority: The mind can hijack the decision-making process, especially for process-based authorities. Awareness of motivations and mental narratives is crucial.Sacral Sounds & Responses: All types make sacral sounds, not just Generators. Emotional authority can sometimes override sacral responses, leading to silence instead of sounds.Nervous System Regulation: It's important to be able to have nervous system flexibility to access inner authority. A dysregulated nervous system can interfere with clarity and decision-making.Transference & Functional Freeze: The mind can create false narratives to avoid discomfort, leading to apathy and disengagement. Awareness helps to shift these patterns.Awareness as the Key: Recognizing bodily cues and sensations can deepen understanding beyond standard Human Design signposts.Want to go even deeper? Sign up for our upcoming course Embodying Your Design starting May 19, 2025Embodying Your Design is the advanced beginner’s course James and Teresa wish they had when they started. Whether you’re new to the experiment or years in, this course will reconnect you to the core mechanics of your design — not just intellectually, but somatically. You’ll learn to trust your internal GPS beyond Strategy and Authority with practical, body-based guidance that makes the keynotes come alive. Step into your design with clarity, confidence, and embodied alignment. Join us and discover how to truly live your Human Design.For the course syllabus and all the other details click hereFollow NSHD on Instagram!
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2. We're All Psychic
In this episode, Teresa and James dive into the world of psychic abilities—redefining them not as rare gifts, but as natural human capacities to tune into unseen frequencies and gather insight beyond logic. Through the lens of Human Design, they explore how our inner knowing speaks, and how we can learn to trust it.Rethinking the word "Psychic": Teresa and James unpack the stigma around psychic abilities, reframing them as intuitive tools accessible to everyoneHuman Design as a Map: How cognition and authority in Human Design can illuminate your unique intuitive style and help you trust those subtle hitsThe Mind vs. Inner Knowing: Teresa shares stories of splenic intuition and the mental resistance that often follows, especially for emotional authoritiesMental Chatter as a Signal: James explains how tracking the mind’s activity reveals our emotional clarity—or lack thereofIntuitive Truth in a Noisy World: How discernment and inner authority can cut through misinformation and lead to deeply aligned decisionsThe Trap of Seven-Centeredness: How fear-based, strategic thinking still dominates many spiritual spaces—and how true surrender requires letting go of controlThe Evolution of Connection: With the mutation of the Solar Plexus, Teresa and James explore the shift from codependence to interdependence, and the new ways tribes form around resonance, not samenessLimitations as Creative Fuel: Why boundaries and challenges aren’t obstacles but portals to innovation, evolution, and personal freedomIf you're just discovering the system or you're craving a grounded, embodied way to understand and experiment with your design, join our newest course: Embodying Your Design. This course is designed to help you move beyond the mental concepts and into real-life integrationClick here for the details!
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1. Introduction and the Essence of Nine-Centeredness
In this inaugural episode of the Nine Centered podcast, Teresa Brenneman and James Alexander delve into the core principles of nine-centered consciousness, emphasizing differentiation, surrender, and embodied awarenessHow James and Teresa became friends and eventually began a professional collaborationThe creation of the New School of Human Design and their shared visionExploring nine-centered consciousnessThe concept of limitations and challenging the new-age narrative of limitless potential The importance of recognizing trauma responses and differentiating them from inner authority Why somatic work is a crucial tool for integrating one's design and embodied awareness and surrender to the body's intelligence are key to navigating life's challengesHonesty, fulfillment, and the illusion of intentionThe New School of Human DesignAbout JamesAbout Teresa
Welcome to Nine Centered, the New School of Human Design Podcast: Where we have grounded conversations on Design, Deconditioning, and life through a nine centered lens.
This is a space for conversations that bring clarity, practicality, and embodiment. We dive deep into the real experiment of living your design, asking critical questions, challenging 7 centered narratives, and exploring new insights in the system that have emerged from years of lived experience.
This isn’t pop HD, and it’s not the pedantic legacy approach—it’s The New School of Human Design.
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