shadow work x human design | excavating the solar plexus center

In Human Design, the Solar Plexus center governs how our body processes and expresses emotional energy. (If you’re brand new to human design, start here to learn more about the Solar Plexus 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 Solar Plexus Center:

• What conditioning have I received about the validity and importance of my emotions? What messaging did I receive around the value of my feelings?

• As a child, was it safe to express how I was feeling as I was feeling it?

• Was I allowed to follow my feelings and say YES to the things I felt invested in and NO to the things that I wasn't?

Open Solar Plexus Center:

• What conditioning have I received about my emotional sensitivity? What messaging did I receive around the value of how my body processes my feelings and how my body expresses empathy?

• As a child, was I taught how to differentiate between sensitivity and empathy? Was I supported in developing a process to discern what feelings were mine and where I was sponging/mirroring/magnifying the feelings of others?

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!