Nine Centered
Nine Centered
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Welcome to Nine Centered, the New School of Human Design Podcast: Where we have grounded conversations on Design, Deconditioning, and life through a nine centered lens.
This is a space for conversations that bring clarity, practicality, and embodiment. We dive deep into the real experiment of living your design, asking critical questions, challenging 7 centered narratives, and exploring new insights in the system that have emerged from years of lived experience.
This isn’t pop HD, and it’s not the pedantic legacy approach—it’s The New School of Human Design.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers themes such as nine-centered consciousness, differentiation, and embodied awareness. Episodes explore topics like the critique of traditional seven-centered narratives and the importance of somatic work in integrating personal design. For instance, the inaugural episode discusses trauma responses and the significance of surrendering to the body's intelligence.
Welcome to Nine Centered, the New School of Human Design Podcast: Where James Alexander and Teresa Brenneman have grounded conversations on Design, Deconditioning, and life through a 9-centered lens.
This is a space for conversations that bring clarity, practicality, and embodiment. We dive deep into the real experiment of living your design, asking critical questions, challenging 7 centered narratives, and exploring new insights in the system that have emerged from years of lived experience.
This isn’t pop HD, and it’s not the pedantic legacy approach—it’s The New School of Human Design.
Are you over-intellectualizing the Human Design System and approaching it with dogma? In this new podcast episode, we explore our relationship with the mind: how it shapes our sense of self, how we orient to the Human Design system, and how we connect with others. We discuss the pitfalls of mental over-intellectualization in the Human Design field and why embodiment is essential for real transformation.
What you'll hear about in this episode:
♦️The Mind and Human Design
The mind can distort truth when it leads our experiment.Dogmatic or black-and-white thinking can turn anything—even Human Design—into a cult-like experience. Embodiment is non-negotiable: without it, the system stays theoretical.
♦️ Returning to the Body
We share personal experiences of becoming disembodied through spiritual overreach and finding their way back through Human Design and inner authority.True understanding arises from felt experience, not belief systems or external validation.
♦️ Practicing with Integrity
Observe first, then apply Human Design to what you’ve lived.Avoid mental witch hunts for mechanics; let truth reveal itself.Follow what your inner authority draws you to learn—nothing more.Transits and complex teachings should support awareness, not feed anxiety.
♦️Relationships Through a Nine-Centered Lens
Relate to others beyond their chart; avoid “guru” or superiority traps.”Rules” (like sleeping separately) are experiments, not mandates—follow what actually works for your body and relationship. Love is not something conceptual or even mechanical. Embodiment builds honesty, empathy, and trust.
♦️Deconditioning, Truth, and Embodiment
The system can either pull you deeper into your mind or anchor you in your body.Real growth comes through grounded awareness—being with your experiences, not bypassing them. Cults keep you mental; embodiment brings you home to yourself.
♦️Announcements
Teresa will be taking a few months off for maternity leave, but don’t worry—James will be hosting some incredible guests in her absence! You can look forward to hearing from some former NSHD students, offering a range of perspectives and insights.
Analyst Training Enrollment — Enrollment is still open for the 2025–2026 Analyst Training cohort!
Semester 1 has already begun, but if you’re ready to dive in and can catch up with the recordings, there’s still time to join us on this journey. Enrollment will officially close when Semester 2 begins in March 2026, so there's plenty of time to catch up and still get the live experience.
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