Holistisk Human Design
Meet the speakers for the 2025 Holistic Human Design Conference Season 2 with host Birgitte Bakke
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Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Read more about the conference: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/conferenceIn this enriching conversation, Birgitte sits down with Therese Jagersberger, a deeply experienced Human Design Guide and self-projected Projector, to dive into the true nature of Projectors, what it means to be recognized, and the healing journey back to self-love. Therese shares her personal experiences from Ibiza, her work with children and parents, and how sound, movement, and deep rest are integral parts of well-being. Together, they explore the challenges of navigating a fast-paced world as a Projector, the nuances of success, and the power of being truly seen.
Key Takeaways:
The Projector Aura: Understanding how Projectors guide through recognition and why being seen for your unique gifts is crucial.
Bitterness, Guilt & Healing: The importance of recognizing bitterness not as failure but as feedback and choosing self-love over self-blame.
Visibility & Invitations: Practical ways Projectors can make themselves visible without forcing, through joy, creativity, and simply being.
Success Redefined: Why true success for a Projector is rooted in well-being, rest, and living aligned with their energy.
Sound & Healing: Therese’s personal journey with music, sound healing, and how frequencies help release emotional and physical tension.
Generational Conditioning & Deconditioning: Stories from her own family and client work illustrating how Human Design helps break cycles of stress and burnout.
Living the Cross of Healing: Therese’s perspective on healing as returning to wholeness and loving oneself as they are.
About Therese Jagersberger:
Therese is a 5/1 Self-Projected Projector born on the Cross of Healing. With over two decades of experience in Human Design, she brings a deeply embodied and experiential approach to her teachings. Known for her warmth, clarity, and sensitivity, Therese guides Projectors (and other types) back to their own authority and unique expression.
Connect with Therese:
Webpage: https://www.humandesignselflove.com/en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therese_humandesign/
Join Therese for an immersion experience, July 9th - July 13th in Travancinha, Portugal: Read more about the immersion: https://www.humandesignselflove.com/transformativeimmersions
Are you a Projector, or do you love one? This episode is a must-listen for anyone wanting to understand the true essence of Projectors beyond the popular surface-level interpretations. Share this conversation with someone who needs to hear it, and come learn from Therese in person at the Holistic Human Design Conference in Oslo this September!
Get your ticket: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/offers/KdXuzJgs/checkout
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Read more about the conference: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/conferenceIn this conversation, Martin Grassinger shares his deeply embodied approach to Human Design, health, and service. With a perspective grounded in three decades of experience, Martin speaks about the importance of relating to oneself through the body, the role of emotionality, the richness of music, and how true health stems from living in alignment with our individual nature. This is a soulful, grounded dialogue that invites us to slow down, listen deeply, and rediscover what it means to truly be of service, to ourselves and others.
Key Takeaways:
Body First: Martin emphasizes Human Design as a body-centered system, focusing on how we relate to ourselves before the outer world.
Health as Alignment: True well-being arises from living authentically, respecting one’s design, and not identifying with external conditioning.
Emotional Authority in Practice: Martin shares how he navigates his emotional waves with intimacy, patience, and a wide palette of responses.
Music as Medicine: Martin reveals how music has been a constant thread of healing, expression, and connection throughout his life.
Wisdom in Simplicity: With a cross of service and a foundation in the 58/18, Martin’s teaching style prioritizes precision, experience, and relevance over information overload.
Respecting Individual Nature: Whether working with clients or family, Martin highlights the importance of honoring the unique rhythm and needs of each person.
About Martin Grassinger:
Martin Grassinger is a veteran Human Design analyst and teacher with over 30 years of experience. Known for his somatic and health-oriented perspective, he integrates Human Design, physiology, and practical life wisdom to guide others in aligning with their true nature. A musician at heart, Martin brings depth, nuance, and heartfelt service to everything he does.
Connect with Martin:
Website: martingrassinger.de
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martingrassinger/
Join us at the Holistic Human Design Conference in Oslo this September to experience Martin Grassinger live. Expect grounded wisdom, practical insights, and a perspective that might be different than you have heard before. This is an opportunity to meet a true master of service and embodiment. Secure your ticket and be part of this meaningful gathering.
Get your ticket: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/offers/KdXuzJgs/checkout
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Read more about the conference: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/conferenceIn this heartfelt episode, we meet Emelie, a seasoned Human Design teacher from Norway, known for her grounded, soft-spoken, yet deeply insightful approach. Emelie shares her personal journey into Human Design, how the system helped her embrace her unique struggle, and why discernment, honesty, and awareness are vital in navigating inner authority. We explore how individual circuitry expresses itself, why melancholy isn't a problem for her, and the importance of finding back to yourself, not as an abstract idea, but as an embodied experience. This is a conversation about courage, the beauty of nuance, and the joy of being your own authority.
Key Takeaways:
Emelie discovered Human Design through a cabin conversation with friends, feeling deeply seen by the 28-38 channel before even seeing her chart.
Her approach blends Human Design, Gene Keys, and mindfulness, focusing on awareness, discernment, and honesty as essential tools.
Inner Authority isn't always black and white; Emelie emphasizes differentiating fear, desire, and genuine responses with self-honesty.
Individual circuitry brings melancholy and creative winters, but also exciting new springs of insight and expression.
Emelie prefers silence over music, highlighting how even the absence of sound can be a vital sensory experience.
She discusses the importance of avoiding dogma in Human Design and encourages using the system for personal empowerment, not as an external authority.
Teaching online allows her to focus on clarity without distractions, making the transmission of knowledge more precise.
A candid reflection on how Human Design conferences, like the one in Norway, can be spacious, nurturing, and community-oriented.
About Emelie:
Emelie is a Human Design teacher, content creator, and podcast host based in Norway. Known for her calm, clear, and holistic teaching style, she focuses on helping people reconnect with their unique essence through Human Design and Gene Keys. Emelie’s work emphasizes self-awareness, discernment, and gentle but honest exploration of inner authority. With her individual circuitry, she brings depth, nuance, and a refreshing heresy to the world of Human Design.
Connect with Emelie:
Website: www.emeliehumandesign.no
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emelieshumandesign.no/
Come meet Emelie live at the Holistic Human Design Conference in Oslo this September! Experience her gentle wisdom, nuanced perspective, and practical insights on inner authority. Join us for a beautifully curated, heart-centered gathering of Human Design enthusiasts from around the world.
Get your ticket: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/offers/KdXuzJgs/checkout
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Read more about the conference: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/conference
In this deep and illuminating conversation, Dirk Nellens, a 4/6 Reflector with a background in anthropology and body-based therapy, shares his unique and embodied perspective on Human Design. Dirk discusses the importance of seeing Human Design not as dogma, but as a living lens that invites curiosity, compassion, and self-inquiry. Together, we explore how conditioning, trauma, and child development intersect with the chart, and how Human Design can become a truly therapeutic, experiential journey.
Dirk also shares powerful reflections on deconditioning, the role of the reflector, the difference between individuality and individualism, and how Human Design can be misused to reinforce neurosis instead of supporting transformation. A must-listen for those craving depth, nuance, and authenticity in their HD experiment.
Key Takeaways:
Human Design should be a revelation, not a rigid doctrine - the chart reveals itself through lived experience, not mental understanding.
The difference between individuality (our undividedness with life) and individualism (egoic separation) is critical in how we apply HD.
Deconditioning is deeply therapeutic and benefits from being supported by modalities like body-based therapy, the Enneagram, and trauma work.
Reflectors experience deep sampling; Dirk shares insights on how the body, not the mind, holds the truth of authority.
Strategy and authority aren’t things to do, but inherent energetic laws we’re born with; embodiment comes first.
The Human Design chart reveals the architecture of the mental body, but the character that forms is shaped through childhood and environment.
Human Design and therapy can powerfully support each other: HD provides an essence-based lens, therapy offers the tools for real integration.
There’s a danger in using HD to reinforce trauma or defense mechanisms, especially when analysts are unaware of psychological dynamics.
Music, sound, body awareness, and the neutrino weather all offer ways to stay grounded and present in our experiment.
Dirk’s upcoming book will explore themes like child development, deconditioning, anthropology, and how to play with Human Design more consciously.
About Dirk:
Dirk Nellens is a 4/6 Reflector with a background in anthropology and body-based therapy. He spent many years immersed in spiritual and therapeutic communities including Osho’s meditation resort, and has studied Human Design for over two decades. Dirk’s approach is experiential, therapeutic, and deeply grounded in compassion and embodiment. He is currently preparing to publish his first book on Human Design, which explores its intersection with child development, trauma, and consciousness.
Connect with Dirk:
Website: https://dirknellens.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthelensofdesign/
If you resonated with Dirk’s unique and powerful lens on Human Design, share this episode with someone on their journey of deconditioning. And if you’re ready to explore Human Design as an embodied, healing experience, come meet Dirk and all the other incredible speakers at the Holistic Human Design Conference in Oslo this September. Let’s make this wisdom real, together.
Get your ticket: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/offers/KdXuzJgs/checkout
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Read more about the conference: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/conference
In this episode, James Alexander shares his journey as a 5/1 Emotional Manifesting Generator and triple split, and how Human Design came into his life through lived experience rather than theory. James emphasizes the importance of embodiment, somatic awareness, and bringing Human Design “down to earth.” He shares insights on emotional authority, the triple split process, and why deconditioning requires more than just knowing strategy and authority.
We discuss the current state of Human Design in the world, how to navigate misinformation, and the need for supportive, grounded teaching. James also talks about his personal connection to music, healing modalities, and why his work now focuses on clarifying and deepening the practical use of Human Design.
Key Takeaways:
Why emotional authority is more nuanced than a simple “wave” pattern.
The triple split experience: why “herding cats” is the perfect metaphor.
Undefined Spleen & Root centers: challenges with fear, health, and pressure.
The importance of somatic work and nervous system regulation in deconditioning.
Human Design’s blind spots: what Ra did (and didn’t) teach about the psychological process.
How the field of Human Design needs to embrace more nuance, patience, and embodiment.
James’ relationship with music, touch cognition, and their healing roles.
About James Alexander:
James Alexander is the founder of the New School of Human Design, a teacher, guide, and coach with a focus on bringing Human Design back into the body. As a 5/1 Emotional Manifesting Generator with a triple split definition, James blends his background in coaching and Human Design to support people in real, embodied deconditioning. His approach is grounded, practical, and deeply rooted in lived experience.
🔗 Resources & Links:
Website: newschoolofhumandesign.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newschoolofhumandesign/
Legacy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_alexander_coaching/
If this conversation resonated with you, come meet James live at the Holistic Human Design Conference in Oslo this September. Experience his grounded approach and discover how to bring Human Design back to the body.
Get your ticket: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/offers/KdXuzJgs/checkout
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Read more about the conference: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/conference
In this reflective and intimate conversation, Jenni Crowther; a 5/1 Splenic Projector and nomadic retreat guide, shares her story of surrendering to life’s invitations, living out of a bag for over a decade, and exploring Human Design through deep embodiment and meditation.
Jenni and Birgitte explore the power of the projector aura, the process of deconditioning, the aliveness found in stillness, and the mystical beauty of the Human Design mandala. A quiet yet potent invitation to let life move through you.
Key Takeaways:
❤️Jenni’s life radically changed during her Jupiter return, launching her into a nomadic lifestyle guided by spontaneous invitations.
❤️ Her first experience of Human Design felt like being seen for the first time, and offered her a map to understand herself.
❤️ Surrender has been a consistent theme: life often moves her before her mind can catch up.
❤️ Trusting splenic authority means saying yes in the moment and letting the rest unfold.
❤️ Meditation, especially in stillness, has helped her observe and regulate energetic patterns.
❤️ Sound and silence are both powerful tools. Jenni explores Tibetan throat singing, toning, and the vibrational environment around her.
❤️ As a Projector, she’s deeply aware of the responsibility of her penetrating aura and the need for consent and alignment.
❤️ How Jenni leads retreats and sessions with spaciousness, allowing participants’ inner authority to guide the experience.
❤️ Her practice is a fusion of deep structure and intuitive expression, rooted in years of mastery across multiple systems.
❤️ The Human Design mandala captivates her as a work of cosmic art, one she may explore further in her conference talk.
About Jenni Crowther:
Jenni Crowther is a 5/1 Splenic Projector with a deep background in yoga, meditation, and Human Design. For over a decade, she has lived nomadically, traveling and guiding retreats across Europe. Her work blends mystical inquiry with grounded embodiment, emphasizing surrender, presence, and spiritual integrity. A lifelong student of esoteric systems, she weaves Human Design into every aspect of her life and teaching.
Connect with Jenni
Website: https://jennicrowther.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenni_crowther_/
The Clarion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0oRslCZLxzqiqxKYjmHojX?si=3eec48bc9b3449e8
Ready to feel the frequency of truth through embodiment, surrender, and presence? Join Jenni and other incredible speakers at the Holistisk Human Design Conference in Oslo September 17th - 21st 2025.
Get your ticket: https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/offers/KdXuzJgs/checkout
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Get your ticket for the Holistic Human Design Conference in Oslo (Sept 17–21): https://www.holistiskhumandesign.no/conference
Episode Description
In this final episode of the Holistic Human Design Conference podcast series, Birgitte sits down with the luminous Darshana Mathews, a seasoned Human Design teacher, splenic projector, storyteller, and deeply intuitive guide. Their conversation is intimate, layered, and profoundly moving, weaving together themes of grief, service, ancestral healing, the Chiron return, music, and the mystical unfolding of a life lived in alignment.
Darshana shares her remarkable journey from acting in New York that led her to Denmark, and into decades of spiritual service and Human Design education. The conversation touches on death and birth, being a projector in a sacral world, waiting as presence, and the deeper mysteries of our consciousness beyond form.
This is one to sit with slowly, a quiet transmission of depth and grace.
Key Takeaways
How Darshana’s splenic awareness and lived experience led her to Human Design
The powerful role of Chiron in understanding our individual life purpose
Darshana’s insights on teaching, language, and the deeper meaning behind Human Design terminology
Stories of profound transformation through caregiving and the death process
The significance of sound, music, and storytelling in identity and healing
Reflections on being a projector and the nuanced wisdom of waiting and recognition
A beautiful look ahead at what Darshana may bring to the Oslo conference this September
About Darshana Matthews
Darshana is a 3/5 Splenic Projector on the Cross of Service with decades of experience in Human Design, healing arts, and deep spiritual inquiry. Her background includes singing, acting, and many modalities of intuitive work. She has studied directly with Ra Uru Hu and teaches at the International Human Design School, conferences, and in deep one-on-one containers. She is known for her clarity and the ability to transmit complexity through deep simplicity.
Connect with Darshana: https://human-design.org/
Follow the conference on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistiskhumandesign/
Connect with Birgitte: https://www.instagram.com/hdnorge/
If this episode touched you, share it with someone who would appreciate the depth of Darshana’s wisdom. And if you feel the pull to be in the room with beings like this, come join us in Oslo this September. There’s still time to claim your seat till August 17th!
Sunday Sep 07, 2025
Sunday Sep 07, 2025
A surprise bonus conversation with Mark, a long-time Human Design authority and 3/5 Projector. We dive into the foundations, no choice, surrender, and seeing - and how a projector’s outer authority actually lands.
Mark shares how right-minded cognition gets “pulled” out in dialogue, why recognition and invitation matter (even when you know the answer), parenting through mechanics, and the seven-year refinement cycles that change how wisdom transmits over time.
Key Takeaways
Foundations first: No choice, surrender, and seeing are the pillars Mark keeps returning to drop the “I did this” vanity and let authority lead.
Projector mechanics in practice: Recognition + invitation aren’t niceties; they’re the switch that determines whether guidance lands or backfires
Right-minded flow: Mark’s guidance emerges in response. Q&A formats pull the correct insights; the same question can yield different answers based on the moment.
Knowledge × experience: Book smarts alone or life experience alone won’t cut it. Wisdom comes when mechanics and lived processes synthesize.
Seven-year refinements: Year 1–7 clears debris; Year 8+ you start to live as yourself. Expect continued refinement in 7-year waves.
In-aura matters: Group fields amplify recognition, learning, and bonding
About Mark
Mark is a seasoned Human Design guide with ~20 years in the system. A 3/5 Projector with a right mind and passive body, he’s known for sharp pattern recognition, provocative humor, and clean, in-the-moment reads. His HD satsangs (live Q&A) are designed for spontaneous, invited guidance where the wisdom fits the person and the moment. You will get to experience a Q&A Satsang with Mark at the After Hours events at the conference!
Connect with Mark:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.germain.9
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markgermainhd/