A Journey Through the Nine Centers of Consciousness
The Foundational Course of Life Giving Educators
Portals of Becoming is a nine-part online journey for mothers, parents, educators, mentors, healers, and guides who feel called to deepen their own inner development while supporting the next generation.
Together, we will travel through nine centers of consciousness, exploring each one as a living portal of human experience. These nine centers are the rites of passage guiding Waldorf Education and all of the ancient wisdom traditions. It is essential to do this work and know thyself.
True education begins with the educator. Many of us have been programmed against our nature. This often shows up as triggers by those closest to us and a difficult time getting to the root of the issues that live in our tissues.
Before we can create life-giving homes, classrooms, and communities for children, we must develop a deeper relationship with ourselves. We must learn to recognize the stories, inherited patterns, inner resources, and archetypal forces that shape the way we live, teach, parent, and relate.
This course weaves together;
storytelling,
artistic practice,
Waldorf education,
yoga philosophy,
Human Design, Gene Keys and archetypal wisdom,
ancestral healing, Family Constellations, mythology,
ancient wisdom traditions.
This is not simply a course about gathering more information.
It is an invitation to remember who you are, understand the forces moving through your life, and become a more present and life-giving guide for others.
The Nine Portals
Portal One: Root
Belonging, Safety and Foundation
Explore your relationship with home, family, ancestry, the Earth, stress, pressure, boundaries, and belonging. Each class we will study the one of the nine Human Design gates - this week we look at the Root Center and receive the life-giving strength of our ancestral roots.
Portal Two: Sacral
Creativity, Life Force and Relationship
Reconnect with creativity, pleasure, vitality, work, intimacy, emotional flow, and the sacred rhythms of life. We will explore what nourishes our energy and what depletes it.
Portal Three: Solar Plexus
Emotion, Transformation and Inner Authority
Develop a healthier relationship with emotions, sensitivity, conflict, desire, and emotional waves. We will explore how to move from reactivity toward conscious responsiveness.
Portal Four: Heart and Will
Worth, Courage and Sacred Commitment
Examine self-worth, willpower, promises, healthy ambition, material life, service, and the pressure to prove ourselves. We will explore the difference between authentic commitment and striving for approval.
Portal Five: Throat
Voice, Expression and the Art of Storytelling
Discover the creative power of speech, language, listening, song, poetry, and story. We will explore how our words shape our relationships, learning environments, and shared reality.
Portal Six: Mind
Perception, Beliefs and Discernment
Become more conscious of inherited beliefs, mental conditioning, judgment, certainty, and the stories through which we interpret life. We will practice observing without immediately needing to define or resolve everything.
Portal Seven: Head
Inspiration, Wonder and Sacred Questions
Explore inspiration, imagination, contemplation, spiritual inquiry, and the pressure to find answers. We will cultivate our capacity to live meaningful questions and receive inspiration without becoming overwhelmed by it.
Portal Eight: Spleen
Instinct, Embodiment and Nature’s Wisdom
Deepen your connection with intuition, physical awareness, health, fear, survival intelligence, and the natural world. We will practice listening to the quieter wisdom of the body and the present moment.
Portal Nine: G Center
Love, Identity and Direction
Bring the journey together through an exploration of identity, purpose, direction, authenticity, and love. We will consider what it means to live our story and become a true guide without losing ourselves in the needs or expectations of others.
Each Gathering May Include
An opening meditation, grounding practice, or gentle movement
A myth, fairy tale, wisdom story, or archetypal teaching
Exploration of the corresponding center of consciousness
Human Design gates and Gene Keys themes
Shadow, gift, and highest vibration
Archetypes connected with the portal
Ancestral healing and Family Constellations perspectives
Waldorf and human-development insights
Journaling and guided reflection
Watercolor, drawing, clay, collage, poetry, movement, or another artistic practice
A home practice for continued integration
No previous experience with Human Design, Waldorf education, yoga, art, or Family Constellations is required.
Course Rhythm
Nine live online gatherings + 90 minute private session over zoom or in person (Gainesville) + private Facebook Group + optional add ons (see below)
Two hours per gathering
September through early December 2026
Proposed Dates
September 24 — Portal One: Root
October 1 — Portal Two: Sacral
October 8 — Portal Three: Solar Plexus
October 22 — Portal Four: Heart and Will
October 29 — Portal Five: Throat
November 5 — Portal Six: Mind
November 12 — Portal Seven: Head
November 19 — Portal Eight: Spleen
December 3 — Portal Nine: G Center and Integration
The weeks without class provide space for rest, artistic practice, reflection, and integration.
Recordings and simple course materials will be available for participants who cannot attend every gathering live.
Exchange
$444 for the complete nine-part journey
This includes 18 hours of live teaching, 90 minute healing session, private group, course materials, artistic and reflective practices, and specialized integration across several bodies of work.
Who This Course Is For
This journey may be especially meaningful for you if you are:
A mother or parent seeking greater self-understanding
A homeschool parent creating a life-giving family culture
An educator or mentor who wants to become a more conscious guide
Drawn to storytelling, archetypes, Human Design, Gene Keys, or wisdom traditions
Exploring ancestral patterns and family healing
Longing for meaningful creative and spiritual community
Seeking a more embodied and connected way of living, parenting, or teaching
The Invitation
We do not become life-giving educators by following a perfect formula.
We become life-giving through our willingness to know ourselves, tend our wounds, receive the gifts of our ancestors, listen to the wisdom of life, and meet the children before us with presence and reverence.
Portals of Becoming is an invitation to cross these thresholds together—to remember who we are and become the kinds of adults our children are longing to meet.
Optional Add-On
HeartRoot Child Guidance Report
Personalized Social and Emotional Support for Your Child
Parents enrolled in Portals of Remembering may also choose to receive a personalized HeartRoot Child Guidance Report.
This report uses your child’s Human Design chart as a reflective framework for understanding how they may experience energy, emotions, pressure, communication, identity, intuition, relationships, and the world around them.
Rather than placing a child into a fixed category, the report offers parents practical ways to observe, understand, and support their child’s unique nature.
The intention is not to “fix” the child.
The intention is to help the adults surrounding the child create an environment in which they feel seen, respected, and supported.
The Report Includes:
Your Child’s Energetic Foundation
A simple overview of your child’s:
Human Design type
Strategy
Authority
Profile
Defined and open centers
Learning styles and natural strengths
Areas of sensitivity
Social and emotional activities
The Nine Centers of Consciousness
The report will explore the centers that are most significant in your child’s design and offer age-appropriate social and emotional practices.
Possible areas include:
Root Center
Stress, pressure, grounding, patience, movement, safety, and completing tasks without rushing.
Sacral Center
Energy, work, play, creativity, satisfaction, rest, and recognizing the body’s natural yes and no.
Solar Plexus Center
Emotional waves, sensitivity, conflict, empathy, emotional expression, and waiting for clarity.
Heart and Will Center
Self-worth, promises, competition, willpower, motivation, and releasing the need to prove oneself.
Throat Center
Communication, expression, listening, storytelling, timing, and feeling heard.
Mind and Head Centers
Questions, ideas, concentration, mental pressure, beliefs, curiosity, and freedom from needing certainty.
Spleen Center
Instinct, fear, intuition, body awareness, health, safety, and trusting present-moment signals.
G Center
Identity, love, belonging, friendship, direction, environment, and the freedom to grow and change.
Personalized Practices
Each report includes simple exercises selected for the child, such as:
Grounding and breathing practices
Emotional check-ins
Movement games
Drawing and watercolor prompts
Storytelling exercises
Nature-based activities
Boundary practices
Parent-child connection rituals
Journaling prompts for older children
Calming practices for transitions
Language parents can use during difficult moments
Weekly family rhythm suggestions
Parent Guidance
The report will also help parents consider:
What may create unnecessary pressure for their child
What helps their child feel safe and connected
How the child best makes age-appropriate decisions
How to support emotional regulation without suppressing feelings
How to honor the child’s energy and need for rest
How to respond to common areas of conflict
How the parent’s own design may interact with the child’s design
A Living Resource
The HeartRoot Child Guidance Report is not intended to predict who a child will become.
Children are growing, changing beings.
The report is designed as a living resource that helps parents observe their child with greater curiosity, compassion, and openness.
At the heart of this work is a simple question:
What does this child need in order to feel safe enough to become fully themselves?
Format and price
A 10–15 page personalized PDF and a private facebook group for support.
A strong founding price would be:
$288 for the report, consultation, and a follow-up call after four to six weeks
Optional Add-On
Personalized Healing & Integration Sessions
Learning is only one part of transformation.
Real change happens when new understanding is experienced in the body, integrated into daily life, and supported with compassionate guidance.
These personalized one-on-one sessions are designed to complement the Portals of Becoming journey by meeting you exactly where you are.
Each session is uniquely created for you and may include an integration of:
Human Design guidance
Gene Keys contemplation
Family Constellations and ancestral healing
Acutonics tuning forks
Therapeutic body and energy work
Somatic awareness and nervous system regulation
Breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness
Personalized practices to support your next steps
Together we will explore the patterns that are asking for your attention, uncover the gifts waiting to emerge, and create practical ways to bring greater ease, presence, and alignment into your life.
These sessions are intended to support not only your personal well-being, but also your capacity to show up more fully for your children, family, students, and community.
Continue the Journey
Many participants discover that meaningful transformation unfolds over time through consistent support.
For those who wish to continue beyond a single session, discounted mentorship packages will be available, providing ongoing guidance as you deepen your understanding, integrate new practices, and continue your own journey of becoming.
Healing is not about becoming someone different.
It is about remembering who you have always been beneath the layers of conditioning, stress, and inherited patterns.
It would be an honor to walk alongside you.