January 15, 2021 - Winding Down

Human Design Podcast - Episode 98 - Sleep and Your Human Design

Listening to this podcast I was reminded the importance of sleeping in our own aura. It’s something I have been hearing and even experimenting with for months now. I even went as far to make sure that the kids beds were six feet apart. James and I set up our bedroom to have two beds that are six feet apart from each other and we have an extra bed in a different room as well. We still cuddle and occasionally sleep or nap together but go in knowing neither of us is going to get great sleep or really be able to let our open centers decondition and recharge.

With James being a projector he needs to sleep often, before he’s tired, and also have a few spaces in our home where he can go be alone while he’s awake too. I always take Max into consideration when observing James since Max is a projector too. While they are similar in many ways, I always take note that Max is a different type of projector with an emotional authority. Lately I’ve been watching Max for cues on when he is tired or needs to disconnect.

Payton and I are manifesting generators and Emma is a generator, so we have a similar way of operating but are each unique in our own ways too. This has really shaped the sleeping experiment I am doing with myself and the girls. Like Emma Dunwoody says in this podcast, we have energy to burn. I’ve been giving myself and the kids the freedom to relaly use up our energy before we go to bed. For the girls that looks like them deciding how to burn that energy up and to decide when they are ready to go bed. We are all learning our own body cues that tell us when that is and being as kind to ourselves and others in the process.

Side note: I often recognize the way I parent these kids is not traditional so allowing them to set their own bedtimes can seem like an off putting choice to many, but I’ve found by doing this with them I am teaching them how to listen to their body, natural consequences for their own choices, and being a space of love and understanding for them as they process it instead of deciding what is best for them and creating a divide between our communication and connection. I fully support everyone for choosing the way they parent and am purely making choices on what’s best for us in this household. Side note complete.

What I found really interesting was her suggestion of winding down before bed. She talks about how she lets herself lay in bed and find inspiration and receive downloads and how journaling and reading can light up her energy center too much before sleeping. It’s encouraging me to play with my own winding down and see what that might look like. I find so much value in trying out different ways of living and listening to how my body responds to it. For example:

Showers are refreshing, inspiring, and give me energy to get going.
Journaling takes me from a mental space to a soul connected flow.
Taking a bath helps me process heavy emotions and big lift shifts.
Reading encourages me and can also put me a space ready to sleep.
Meditation calms me, opens me up to information and prepares me.
Music can shift my mood depending on what type it is.

I tend to stick with instrumental music since I have enough emotions of my own without them thanks to my defined emotional center. I’m excited to see what a winding down routine would look like and how it might benefit me.