shadow work x human design | excavating the heart center

In Human Design, the Heart Center governs the energies of desire & commitment. (If you’re brand new to human design, start here to learn more about the Heart 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 Heart Center:

• What conditioning have I received about how I express my desires? About how flexible I am when deferring to what someone else wants? What conditioning have I received w/r/t expressing what I want and don’t want?

• What feedback have I received about my ability to take on an appropriate amount of commitments? About my ability to follow through? What conditioning have I received that either strengthened or weakened my ability to trust my own sense of what to or what not to commit to?

Open Heart Center:

• What conditioning have I received about how I determine what I want? How do I know when I truly want something versus when I'm mirroring back what someone else wants?

• What feedback have I received about my ability to take on an appropriate amount of commitments? About my ability to follow through? How do I know when I truly can commit to something versus when I'm mirroring back what someone else wants me to commit to?

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 October & November.

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