The Spleen and Anxiety: A look at Human Design and Energy
Within Human Design the Spleen processes fear and survival stress.
It is an awareness or processing centre, responsible for fear, safety and survival instincts, and is often linked to the nervous system, immune system and lymphatic system too. It links to our survival systems, which are picking up on patterns, assessing our state of survival and our chances in certain situations. It keeps us safe, but also keeps us small.
And whilst our worlds have evolved beyond our caveman existence, our physical and energetic bodies have not...
Which leaves a bit of a problem... because whilst we can tell ourselves that it’s safe to do certain things, if our body doesn’t feel safe, then we’re not going to get much further.
If a client is suffering with anxiety, this is one of the centres I would look at to see what was going on. Why? Because it’s PROCESSING the danger and threats, and we need to work with those processes and begin to override them slowly (I’ll mention the other centres in other posts).
If a client has an undefined spleen i’ll be looking more towards their variables to help break down what help they need...
Working with the nervous system needs and training the body how to feel safe in a triggering environment, alongside setting the mind and body up for long term safety based on alignment of their digestion, motivation, environment and perspective. The things their body and mind need to be surrounded by, held by, and fed by. And this is COMPLETELY unique to every single individual.
And if a client has a defined spleen? I’ll be looking more at their channels, hanging gates, authority, and nervous system focus to help guide the next steps...
Because if the spleen is defined, this is an inner process, rather than necessarily an environment or digestive trigger. And by digestive trigger I’m talking about what is coming in through all of our senses, not necessarily our food. So if it’s an inner process, the channels, the hanging gates, and the connection is important to prioritise for anxiety. I want to know what the spleen is struggling to process, or has become hyper aware of.
For example, I was recently speaking to a Manifesting Generator, who had the 34-57 to the spleen, then then 48-16 to the throat, making her a Mani Gen.
An indirect mani gen. Offt. She was struggling with anxiety. But as we chatted, we saw what was possibly happening was she was having all these energetic responses, and nowhere for them to go. No way to get her excitement out of her throat, without it feeding her spleen (survival reactions) first. And at that point, she was backing out of her urges. The excitement was going to the spleen, and because the spleen filters through fear responses, it was signalling that excitement wasn’t safe to feel. Mainly because the urges she was getting were pushing her forwards to being seen and standing up against the crowds.
The anxiety was a signal that her processing was stuck because she didn’t feel safe to share, causing a backlog and story that kept on going... “my anxiety is holding me back.”
When infact, the excitement was just being misinterpretted. She would still need to listen to her excitement responses, but would need to train her nervous system to feel safe in that to re-process excitement as excitement, not fear.
By undertstanding your clients energy body, you can start to work with the root cause of something much more easily and quickly. You can see the pipes, the mechanisms and the electronics.
How might that transform your work both inside and outside of the client sessions? How might that set your client up for better long-term growth, KNOWING that their body is asking for and how they’re set up to work, rather than trying to override systems that are already there? Nervous system work will always be important as we evolve, but understanding the WHY behind the mechanism needed is so incredibly helpful. Visual.
Remember, for anxiety we’re looking to slow the system down and get comfortable with waiting and pressure. Very few things are as urgent as they seem...
Breathe
Smell
Ground
Listen
Be as still and intentional as possible
This is not to replace Medical intervention, but to support people in becoming health empowered...
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And if you’re just looking to understand your own anxiety more?
Reflect on what I’ve shared. What’s your spleen doing in your chart?
I’m here to help guide you, book in a Human Design reading or Golden Hour reading and we’ll see exactly what’s going on with that energy body of yours to more deeply understand your needs.
You can also download your Soul Map, a 110+ page document completely tailored to you, to help you align to your natural energy and reorientate yourself to peace, one step at a time.
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