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Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast8. Deconditioning through Motivation, View, and our Open CentersMercury retrograde may have thrown delays, mishaps, and communication snags, yet we're finally back with another episode!In this episode, we continue our conversation from the previous episode to dive into our personal deconditioning stories. We explore the subtle yet powerful ways the mind pulls us off track—whether through distraction in view, transference in motivation, or the conditioned patterns stored in open centers. Teresa shares how her Desire motivation and Personal view can focus her like a “heat-seeking missile” when aligned, but lead to apathy or political overdrive when in distraction. James unpacks how his Gu...2025-08-131h 35Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast7. Deconditioning through PHS and Cognition: Our Personal StoriesIn this episode of Nine Centered, Teresa and James explore the deeply personal terrain of deconditioning through the lens of Primary Health System (PHS), Cognition, and Embodiment in Human Design.Drawing from their own lived experiences, they unpack how these elements have shaped their growth, health, and relationships, offering real-life examples and gentle guidance for those navigating their deconditioning process.What We Cover: PHS as a Portal to Somatic HealingNervous Touch (Teresa): How her need for stimulation shows up in meals, relationships, and learning—and how background café sounds became a s...2025-07-111h 06Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast6. The Complex Reality of the 5th LineIn this episode, Teresa and James dive deep into the world of the 5th line. As a 5/1 with eight 5th line activations, James shares his personal experience of living in the projection field, while Teresa offers reflections from her perspective as someone close to that frequency.Together, they unpack the psychology, challenges, and potential of this powerful and often misunderstood archetype.What's discussed in this episode:The Nature of the Projection Field: 5th lines carry a natural aura of expectation. Teresa and James explore how this projection distorts...2025-06-251h 16Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast5. A Unique Take on Post-2027In this episode, Teresa and James explore the coming shift from the Cross of Planning to the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix, expected around 2027. They frame this as an evolutionary change in the background frequency that shapes society, technology, and spirituality.The Cross of Planning (current era)Gates 37 • 40 • 9 • 16Themes: community bargains, collectivism, marriage and religious contracts, rapid technological growth, push-and-pull between collective and tribal priorities.We are still in the First-Line phase that favors investigation, security seeking, and top-down authority.The Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix (post-2027)Gates...2025-06-091h 39Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast4. The Surprising Truth about the Not-SelfIn this episode, Teresa and James explore the often misunderstood concept of the Not-Self in Human Design, reframing it as a necessary and valuable part of the deconditioning process.Key Topics Covered:The Not-Self as IntegralThe Not-Self isn't separate from the True Self—it exists within both defined and undefined centers.Understanding the Not-Self is essential to understanding the Self.The Somatic Roots of the Not-SelfNot just a set of mental stories—the Not-Self is deeply connected to somatic experiences.Mental patterns often aris...2025-05-211h 05Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast3. Debunking Common MisunderstandingsIn 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 i...2025-05-071h 04Nine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast2. We're All PsychicIn 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 in...2025-04-2358 minNine Centered: The New School of Human Design Podcast1. Introduction and the Essence of Nine-CenterednessIn 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 ke...2025-04-071h 22
Human Design Coffee Talk14. Being is Becoming with James AlexanderJames Alexander joins us again! He's a 5/1 Triple Split Emotional MG on the LAX of Demands
Topics discussed:
-9-centeredness vs 7-centeredness
-James' backstory and how he learned 9-centered communication
-The psychological ego vs. HD ego center
-Hanging 49
-The Solar Plexus Binary (feeling and touch cognition)
-Victimhood in the HD space
-Why and how the not-self needs to air itself out
-What it's like having the Channel 21-45
-The defined ego center
-Seeing life as impersonal
-Emergence vs. intention
-James' Analyst training and what's unique about it
-and much more!
2024-05-211h 52
Emoting56. Practical Heresy with James AlexanderJames Alexander is a 5/1 Emotional Manifesting Generator and one of my teachers I've referenced on the podcast. In this episode, we riff on some topics that we've both been processing including: surrender vs. resignation, No Choice, 9-centered teaching, spiritual bypassing, and more!
James and I are partnering up to offer Below the Surface: A course on tracking, trusting, and relating from our emotional authority. Join us!
Course info and sign up
2023-07-221h 13