Every day is your day to spice up your life with the TRUTH.
The TRUTH is you are a unique human BE-ing with a unique energy, a unique path, and a unique flow.
Your uniqueness comes from within you.
It lives in your spirit, heart, mind,
body, and breath.
It’s what makes you the REAL YOU.
Here’s a special poem for you entitled, “The REAL YOU.”
Do you struggle with BE-ing the REAL YOU?
Are you ready to BE the REAL YOU from the inside out?
Are you ready to take better care of yourself no matter what’s happening in your life, relationships, and career?
Are you ready to befriend your inner critic and fears?
Are you ready to make better decisions that align with the REAL YOU?
If you answered HELL YES, yeah, maybe, I think so, I am kinda ready, I need more time and information, or I am not sure, I invite you to take 3 deep breaths, hug yourself for 20 seconds or more, and KEEP READING to learn how Human Design can support you.
FYI: Your deep breathing and hug will ground you in your body.
Human Design is all about IN-powering yourself to be present, well, and the REAL YOU in your life, relationships, and career. I call that Thriving Mindfully!
Human Design marries ancient wisdom systems including the African (Kemetian/Egyptian) science of astrology, the Chinese I Ching, the Hindu chakra system, and the Jewish Kabbalah along with quantum physics.
Your Human Design is a spicy gumbo made from a recipe that only you can enjoy.
Your Human Design recipe gives you the ingredients you need to navigate your life and express your divine talents, skills, and potential.
Those ingredients include your bodygraph, type (aura), strategy, authority, profile, and centers.
My Human Design journey started during the COVID-19 pandemic when I had my first session with coach Marilyn Fontaine. Marilyn gave me a brief overview of Human Design, explained how it could help me, and discussed how she used it with clients.
One of my first coaching homework assignments was to download a free bodygraph and watch a video about my Manifesting Generator energy type, strategy, and sacral authority.
Three months after I started my coaching sessions with Marilyn, my sacral authority in my gut lit up after watching her Human Design workshop video that was led by Livy Iasonos, a coach and the founder of Business by Design. I started following Livy on Instagram and reading her Human Design posts. Livy’s posts introduced me to other Human Design coaches and readers.
I also started talking to my friends Garnet, Gigi, and Martin about their Human Design journeys. Gigi and Martin recommended I check out Karen Curry Parker, founder of Quantum Human Design, and her book and videos. After reading about several women’s journeys in Karen’s book, my sacral authority lit up again and guided me to get a Human Design reading from a person of color.
Google became my BFF as I searched for information about people of color in Human Design. It led me to a blog post written by Fiona Wong, the founder of Wild Pixel. After reading Fiona’s blog and checking out her services, my sacral authority lit up once again and guided me to sign up for a reading.
Fiona’s reading was FUCKING AWESOME! IT LIT ME all the way up from my root chakra to my crown chakra. She advised me to go slow and be patient with myself as I experiment with my Human Design. Experimenting means growing in my understanding, nurturing, and use of my Human Design.
In her follow up email, Fiona recommended a few books and several women of color who use Human Design in their work. One of the women was Aycee Brown, a psychic channel who specializes in astrology, numerology, and Human Design. Aycee’s Instagram page, podcast, and YouTube channel quickly became some of my favorite resources.
The more I experimented with my Human Design, the more in-powered I felt in my life, relationships, and career as a coach, artist, and author. I also followed my sacral authority’s HELL YES when I received an email invitation to participate in Fiona’s Human Design Reader course and Livy’s Business by Design course. I approached both with a playful, fun, listen, and learn what I can attitude. For the first time in my life, I decided to release myself from the pressure to overachieve. That one decision was an affirmation of the REAL ME showing up and claiming space.
Over the past fours years, I have used astrology (Moon phases, planetary retrogrades and returns, and my Sun, Rising, and Moon signs), my relationship with Spirit, angels, loving + wise + well ancestors, my Orisha, archetypes, the Akashic records, Traditional Chinese Medicine, seasonal wisdom (equinox and solstice), shadow work, reiki, tapping, crystals (gemstones and jewelry), chakras, essential oils, incense, candles, colors (wearing colorful lipstick and clothing; sleeping on colorful sheets and blankets), mantras, mudras, playing sound healing bowls and other instruments, music, mindful movement, and yoga poses that correspond to my Manifesting Generator energy type and strategy, sacral authority, defined and open centers, channels, and 5/1 profile to cultivate a relationship with my Human Design. I have also written affirmations and poetry and made artwork (drawing, painting, and collage) to express my Human Design. Check out the pencil, magic marker, and crayon drawing of my Human Design bodygraph (chart) above. It represents how I see my bodygraph as an African American woman.
Are You Ready to Spice Up Your Life, Relationships, and Career with Human Design?
Learning about and embodying your Human Design is a lifelong journey. It’s magical, messy, mysterious, and meaningful. It can sometimes feel like you are in labor and ready to give birth.
That’s why it is so important you have someone who can hold space for you and offer guidance and support. That someone is ME, your Human Design Doula.
As a Human Design Doula, I hold space for you where you are able to feel safe, seen, and heard. In creating this sacred and safe space, I offer you compassion, curiosity, clarity, and a commitment to your highest good.
I also offer you guidance and support that will help you learn about and use your Human Design energy type, strategy, authority, profile, and centers in your life.
When I work with you, I draw on my gifts, training, and expertise as a Thriving Mindfully coach, meditation and yoga teacher, reiki master practitioner, sound healer, artist, writer, and digital wellness educator. Go here to learn more about me.
Learn how I impact my clients’ lives, relationships, careers, and businesses.
“My Human Design session with Ananda was more revealing than I expected, having been somewhat familiar with HD. Her ability to accurately identify my my gifts, talents and skills and guidance on how to practically apply them was refreshing and enlightening. The holistic nature of the session also addressed the shadow side of me and expanded my awareness of the possible pitfalls I should be mindful of. The session was free-flowing and Ananda held the space for me and acted as a sounding board while I processed what I was learning in real time.” Garnet Jackson (Projector Aura/Energy Type), Writer, MC, Music Producer, Workshop Leader & Youth Advocate
“My Human Design readings with Ananda were more than I could ask for. They were informative, eye-opening, a warm, grounding embrace, with hints of spicy that I just couldn’t help but laugh. She mixes it all in a way that flows so seamlessly and feels like you’re hanging out and sharing a special bowl of gumbo with a friend. During our readings, she created a space that made me feel safe and seen. She used language that was inclusive, provided examples of others with my Human Design type that were all people of color, and frequently brought to the table reflections of our ongoing collective decolonizing and deconditioning work. Not only did I learn so much about my Human Design (and Quantum Human Design!), but Ananda also incorporated other elements from the wealth of knowledge she has to offer — crystals that may be helpful with what I am working through, understanding the effects of the current planetary alignments and suggestions on how to move, chakras I may want to focus on, and even yoga poses that may help any of my specific blockages. A heart-centered approach through and through, she always brought it back to the home of self, providing reminders to check in with what I needed at the moment and what I could do to take care of myself right now. The readings truly allowed me to trust again in my unfolding, leaning in and giving me the courage to ground in the unknown. Ananda, the ever-groovy, present, trusting-and-moving-with-the-flow teacher and friend. She is human, humble, powerful, wise, and SOFT AF. And she keeps it real, f*cking real. She has always encouraged me to show up authentically, embracing me to just be with wherever I am on my life’s journey; something she is able to do because she embodies and does that so beautifully for herself—a gift I get to witness and hold dearly. Her prayer for me at the end of my second reading was for me to step into the fulfillment of my potential. And it is with her belief in me and with her support that I do feel it to be possible. It felt right to have my first Human Design readings with Ananda. And I am deeply grateful to simply have her in my life.” Gigi M. (Projector Aura/Energy Type), Visual + Performance-Based Storyteller
“This was my first time having a session like this and I thought it was excellent. Having the first session with Ananda has really helped me identify the most optimal ways in which I can make decisions for my personal and business life. I was able to have better awareness of the importance of choosing when and where I spend my energy. Most importantly, I have identified the unique ways in which I show up and contribute to this world. My second session helped me understand what to look for when I’m not operating as my true self. Discussing the centers was my favorite.” Kiona Jé (Projector Aura/Energy Type), Photographer, Digital Marketing Specialist & Founder of Je Studios
“It was really cool to get this information from you, as someone who has the same type. In a way, you serve as a role model for other Manifesting Generators (MGs), especially those of us who are still trying to grow into it. I really enjoyed the addition of my parents’ human designs as it helped me to get a bit more needed insight into who they are as people. I really appreciated the other examples of Black Manifesting Generators; it reminded me of the greatness that’s inside of me, still waiting to be fully tapped into. I am still marinating in what we discussed less than a week ago, but this will be something that I will treasure and continue to come back to. I’m not so strange and I can make something beautiful of this life, even though what I am is outside of the norm. As a result of my second coaching session, I understand myself a lot more. Learning that I have manifesting generator energy is helping me to reframe my understanding of failure; having a coach who’s also an MG helped me to feel less alone and more magical. The personalized reading was also a plus, especially with how culturally responsive and relevant it was.” Ralonda S., (Manifesting Generator Aura/Energy Type), Designer, Writer, and Poet
“My first session with Ananda was helpful because I learned how my personal design style impacts my thinking and motivations. My second session clarified my tendencies as it pertains to my creative ventures and different ways to approach business. Doing things my own way in other words. I really enjoyed learning about my dad’ss HD profile and seeing my profile and it’s approach to business. The session confirmed I’ve always been creative and enjoy doing things outside the mainstream. As a result, I am giving myself permission to create in my own way.” Corey C. (Manifesing Generator Aura/Energy Type), DJ & Social Worker
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