shadow work x human design | excavating the root center

In Human Design, the Root Center governs how we handle pressure and stress, our sense of readiness, and how we focus our physical energy. (If you’re brand new to human design, start here to learn more about the Root Center, and how it feels when it’s open and when it’s closed) 🖤

Here are some Shadow Work Journal prompts to consider as you’re going through the de-conditioning process with this center…

Closed Root Center:

• What conditioning have I received about my own relationship to pressure and stress? To timing?

• How does my body typically respond to external deadlines? To deadlines I set myself?

• How do I typically behave when tackling large, important, multi-part projects? Do these behaviors feel good in my body? Do these behaviors typically lead to the successful completion of the project? How do I generally feel when a project is completed?

Open Root Center:

• What conditioning have I received about my own relationship to pressure and stress? To timing?

• How do I feel when I procrastinate? Work on someone else’s timetable?

• How does my reaction to pressure/stress impact those around me? Do I expect others to work the way I do?

Over the next few months, I'll be sharing where to look in your chart and how to engage with what you find to get the most out of your Human Design experiment. But if you're ready to get started NOW, join the catalyst | fire community. This work is our focus for November.

Are you working on de-conditioning/aligning with the energy of your centers using shadow work? Share your experience in the comments!