Let’s explore how the Not Self can show up in each of your Human Design Open/Undefined Centre's.

You are constantly taking in so much energy through your Undefined areas and Open Centre's in your Human Design Chart. This is where you can be so incredibly impacted by the energy of the people around you.

You can take in all that energy and start to identify with those emotions, ideas, identities and more as your own.

I see this as ‘energetic conditioning’ and this causes you to live from your “Not Self”.

Not self refers to who you are when you are operating from a place of conditioning rather than authenticity.

The thing is we have ALL been conditioned our whole life by our experiences and the people around us, and the Open Centre's can literally map out exactly where you are most vulnerable to conditioning, where your self sabotaging patterns are and where you may have had painful experiences that taught you it is not safe to be + express who you truly are.

I’ve personally found in my own Human Design journey and working with clients that these are the area’s where comparison shows up, where feeling not enough shows up.

These are the places where you can tell yourself that you are inadequate and feel like you are missing something. That something is wrong with you.

This can cause you to view yourself as someone very different from who you actually are!!!

In this post, I’m exploring how the Not Self theme can show up in each Centre. I’m only exploring one theme per Centre – but please know there are MANY themes and many ways your Not Self can show up in the Centre's.

I am highlighting the Not Self themes with some of my own personal interpretations, so please note how this shows up for YOU is way more nuanced than simply which Centre's you have open.

Not Self Themes in Your Human Design Centres:

Head Centre: I have to answer everyone's questions and act on inspirations so that I can be free of pressure

Ajna Centre: I have to be certain in order to feel intelligent and respected.

Throat Centre: I have to attract attention so that I can be heard.

G-Centre: I have to define myself and discover 'who I am' on in order to be loveable.

Heart/Ego Centre: I have to push myself to commit to things to prove myself and my worth.

Solar Plexus Centre: I have to make everyone else happy in order to not feel overwhelmed by others emotions.

Spleen Centre: I have to hold onto situations/peoples/things that are not good/healthy for me in order to feel safe.

Sacral Centre: I have to keep going, do it all and say yes in order to be productive.

Root Centre: I have to get rid of this stress and pressure in order to be free.

Please note, this is not taking into account your Type, your Authority, your Profile, if you have any Gates activated, what other Centre's you have Defined or Undefined , if it is completely Open or Undefined etc.

In saying that –

I have found that this is an amazing place to start, to get to understand some of the patterns in your life, and begin your journey of self love and acceptance for EXACTLY who you are – not who the world thinks you should be.

Keep in mind your Not Self looks different to my Not Self – and you do not need to judge or shame yourself in any way for it.

It can simply bring awareness and then acceptance for why you think, feel and act the way you do. We are all designed to be unique and this is a beautiful thing. Each part of your design has a purpose!

You are always going to experience your Not Self.

You cannot run or escape it – but you can allow it to guide you and teach you about yourself, and let it shine a light on any things that are not serving you.

Knowing your design allows you to let any self judgement melt away, and make peace with these energies within you, and know that they are always going to be a apart of you.

Your openness is where you are here to learn, grow and evolve in Earth School. This is where you learn to turn these lessons into wisdom over time – you get to be wise about how you use this energy!

The first step on that journey is becoming aware of your own personal Undefined/Open Centre's and starting to witness what energy you are taking in.

From there you can start to address and work through these stories that you may be telling yourself and getting stuck in. You then have a choice on whether you want to make any changes in your life with this new awareness.
You can stop letting these Centre's + your Mind override your Authority. You can start to free your mind and let your body (intuition + Authority) lead the way!

The wisdom is in discerning which of those emotions, questions, or energy are actually yours, and detaching from anything that is not.

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This is NEXT LEVEL healing that combines the cutting edge somatic practice of Breathwork with the most empowering self awareness tool out there – your Human Design Chart – to allow you to completely step into and emBODY the person you came here to be.

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