In this episode, we begin our deep dive into the nine centers in the Human Design Bodygraph by exploring the Pressure Centers (Root and Head) as the starting point for how energy moves through our system. All of the energy in the 9 centers is trying to make its way to the Throat Center to be expressed. Kelsey explains how pressure is both inevitable and essential, and how our attempts to avoid, escape, or compulsively relieve it often feed the Not-Self and bring us out of alignment.

This conversation introduces the functional categories of the centers, why pressure is the foundation of movement in the Bodygraph, and how awareness of your defined and undefined centers can shift your relationship with both consistency and conditioning.

What's Discussed in this Episode:

• Introduction to the 9 centers and their categories
• Why the solar plexus, ego, and G centers have multiple names
• The role of pressure in Human Design: everything begins here
• How energy moves from pressure to release through the throat center
• The difference between experiencing pressure in alignment vs. distortion
• How defined centers operate as consistent, non-negotiable aspects of self
• How undefined or open centers reveal conditioning, sensitivity, and not-self narratives
• Ways to reflect on your historical and somatic experiences with each center

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In this episode, we continue our exploration of the nine centers by taking a deeper look at the Root Center, which is the source of pressure, stress, and adrenaline in the Human Design Bodygraph. As both a pressure center and a motor center, the Root provides the ignition that gets energy moving in the body, shaping how we experience urgency, timing, and stress.

Kelsey goes into depth on how the Root functions differently when defined versus undefined, how conditioning distorts its natural role, and what it means to move through pressure in a healthy way. This episode is all about reclaiming your relationship with stress and discovering how pressure can become fuel for alignment rather than distortion.

What's Discussed in this Episode:

• The Root Center's role as both a pressure center and motor center
• Defined Root: consistent ways of handling stress and pressure
• Undefined Root: amplifying others’ urgency, and not-self tendencies
• Healthy vs. not-self expressions of the Root for both defined and undefined charts
• The “not-self voice” of the open Root and how it sounds in everyday life
• How conditioning can distort Root pressure and lead to chronic burnout, impatience, or unnecessary stress
• The Root Center's connection to other centers (Sacral, Solar Plexus & Spleen)

If you would like full access to the course, including the videos and slides, make sure to join the Patreon, where you will find the full LYD course and exclusive Human Design and Astrology content.

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In this episode, Kelsey talks about how she came to the decision to release her Living Your Design course as a free podcast offering. As an Emotional Manifestor, this initiation was a long time in the making. These lectures were created while the foundational aspects of Human Design were alive within Kelsey. Her unique transmission of Human Design has led to profound shifts and transformations within her students, which is why she's excited to share this with a wider audience.

The course will be broken up into over 40 podcast episodes that will be released over the next several months. If you would like full access to the course, including the videos and slides, make sure to join the Patreon, where you will find the full LYD course and exclusive Human Design and Astrology content.

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