May 31, 2025 • 25 mins
In this final episode of the Human Design mini-series, we explore one of the most subtle but powerful aspects of your Human Design - your environment. This isn’t about aesthetics or decor. It’s about the kind of physical and energetic space your body feels most at ease in. The place where your system opens, responds, thrives, flows and resets.
In this episode, you will learn:
What environment means in your chart
Why it becomes more important after 30
What each of the 6 types feel like
How to recognise when you’re in or out of alignment with yours
Can you guess which one you will be?
Caves - private, secure spaces where you feel in control of who comes in
Markets - lively places with exchange, variety and movement
Kitchens - collaborative spaces where energy transforms and ideas evolve
Mountains - elevated environments (literal or energetic) that offer perspective
Valleys - spaces for consistent conversation and information exchange
Shores - transition zones: you thrive at the edges, in movement between states
If you’ve made it through this series, you’ve done the inner work and I have a special offer for listeners to receive an exclusive discount for their 1:1 Human Design. Tune in to hear more!
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(00:00):
Welcome to Well with Anna, the podcast that explores all things
well-being from Eastern to Western perspectives, from the
mind to the body. I'm your host, Anna Gritzner,
and I can't wait to dive in withyou today.
Welcome back to the podcast and to my final episode on human
(00:25):
design all around environments. Environment is one of the things
that first stood out to me in human design because I noticed I
was very sensitive to my environments.
A lot of people can relate to that feeling of being
overwhelmed in say, a shopping centre or an airport, or you
(00:48):
might feel isolated when you're on your own and not in company
or around activity and stimulation.
And we all have different environments that we feel the
best in that we flow and thrive in, and human Design speaks to
this. So today I'm going to talk you
(01:08):
through what the six environments are and what this
means to have an environment. It's not necessarily a physical
place, although it can be. It's more about an atmosphere or
taking aspects of these environments and bringing them
into wherever you are. Maybe it's your workplace, maybe
(01:31):
it's your home, and it really creates this space and this
feeling of settledness in your nervous system.
That's definitely not a word, but we'll run with it.
And The funny thing about environments is it really
becomes important after or around the age 30.
(01:54):
And I'm 31, so this is very muchrelevant for me and a lot of
people who I think will be listening to this podcast.
Because when you're 30 or aroundthe age of 30, you go through
this process called your Saturn Return, which would take a whole
nother episode to do it justice.But basically it's this process
of becoming who you are and stepping away from maybe who you
(02:19):
were in the past, who you were told to be, and really coming
into your true self. And a lot of people will
resonate with that feeling whereafter you turn 30, you just have
low tolerance. You have a smaller bandwidth for
bullshit, for inauthenticity, for environments, people, places
that don't serve you. You become a lot more bullish in
(02:41):
knowing what you want and what you don't want.
And you tend to settle a lot less for anything that you know
isn't serving you or the other person or the place that you're
in. So if you're around that age,
environment is such a important thing to think about for you.
And if you are interested in learning more about sudden
returns specifically and what that means, this big 2 1/2 to
(03:04):
three-year period where your whole life can flip upside down
and teach you tough lessons and really push you onto your path.
And sometimes it really is a push.
I wrote a blog post on it, so you can find that on well with
anna.com under the blog post section.
(03:25):
And you can hear about what a Saturn return is, when to expect
yours. You can learn about mine.
The absolute chaos it was of 2 1/2, three years.
And that's, yeah, that's a Saturn return.
So I won't go into that today, but it is really most important
in this time of around 30 onwards to find an environment
(03:48):
that suits you and that is good for your nervous system.
So what is an environment? It is really your body's ideal
energetic habitat. It draws from your design
variables. So you won't probably be able to
see this on your free human design chart.
This is more in the advanced charts.
(04:10):
For instance, if I do a reading with someone, you you see their
variables, some of them might have them, it really depends on
which one you're using. But basically there are 4 arrows
that are on either side of your head and the environment is all
around that top left arrow and the colour underneath it.
(04:32):
So the variables are very nuanced parts of human design.
It really talks about where you thrive, how you thrive, what
environments to be in, how you should digest food, all of these
sorts of minute details seemingly that make huge impact
into your flow and feeling your best self.
(04:56):
So the environment specifically helps you to process life
decisions, creativity, healing, regulation, all of these
positive things that we can do for ourselves.
And it's not about finding the perfect environment or moving
homes if you're not in your environment or quitting your job
(05:18):
or anything like that. It's about bringing aspects of
these environments, these archetypes into your day-to-day
and just seeing how it feels. So I'll go through what the six
environments are, an overview, the key traits, what it looks
like when you're in alignment versus out of alignment with
your environment, Some tips or subtle ways to access these
(05:44):
environmental archetypes withoutcompletely overhauling your
life. And then also some real life
examples of how this might look in your workplace, when you're
travelling your home, set up your relationships, what this
actually looks like on a day-to-day basis.
So the first environment I will talk you through is caves, and I
(06:07):
wanted to start with caves because that's my human design
environment and this was such a big permission slip like every
other part of my human design chart.
I felt so seen and understood and just had this understanding
of myself once I knew that my environment was caves.
(06:29):
Because when you think about a cave, it doesn't have this
lovely accepted tone to it, doesit?
It's this, you know, dark, smalllittle hole in the wall, right?
Like people don't really idealize, idolize caves as an
environment. But when I learned this about
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myself, I was like, OK, yes, I can actually see how this works.
And basically a cave is not a physical cave.
Of course, me, anyone with this environment is not meant to pack
up their lives and go live in the caves.
It's just not the idea, but it'sabout having this protective,
enclosed, controlled space wherethere's one entrance and you can
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sort of sit back and see who is coming in and out of your space.
So if you have that caves environment, you might resonate
with this feeling of feeling best when you're in these safe,
cosy spaces like little reading nooks, closed door offices,
private studios. You might even notice when you
go out for dinner, like you're the one that's sitting on the
(07:34):
booth on the wall facing into the restaurant rather than the
other way around. And it's a really subtle thing.
It's not this, you know, huge, like, whoa, I can't sit here.
I feel so off. It's just, it's like little ick
you get when you're not in your cave environment.
And I feel that very much when I'm in a restaurant, like I
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always know which seat at the table or which side of the table
I need to go on. And of course I can be flexible,
but in my heart I'm always like,oh, why am I sitting here?
Because I love to be able to seewhat's going on outside and
around me. So when you're misaligned or
when you're not in that cave environment, when you feel like
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you're in an environment where there's a lot happening, you're
not controlling who's coming in,what's going on.
You might feel exposed, you might feel anxious, you might
feel overly stimulated. And obviously it's OK to put our
body into these spaces for periods of time We can't live in
a cave. But where you're spending the
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bulk of your time, where you're doing that creative work, those,
you know, brainstorming, ideating, setting goals,
journaling, like do that sort ofstuff in your environment, in
your cave, because that is whereyou will access the most flow,
the most ease. So some tips about how you can
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bring this sense of a cave into your environment, no matter
where you are are just little tweaks like curtains or soft
surroundings. You could have solo time.
So just taking yourself away from a more chaotic environment
to just have 5 minutes to yourself in a little nook.
You might even use noise cancelling headphones, like
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something to just block out the noise.
I also really love being in my car.
I don't actually have a car at the moment, but I had a car for
a long period of time and I loved being in my car because it
was just my space and I could dowhat I wanted in there, you
know, sit in silence, pelt out music, listen to podcasts.
(09:44):
And I felt like I was in this little booth that no one else
could intrude on. Almost.
And similar to like being in my bedroom, like I grew up in a
really small bedroom and I noticed that I like being in
small spaces rather than big open rooms.
I really like a little nook, like a tidy, clean nook that
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just feels cozy. So how can you bring that
essence into your workplace, into your home when you travel?
These are the little things thatyou can do to just tweak it and
to give your nervous system thatsense of being in a cave.
The next environment is markets.So a market is very different to
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a cave, I would almost say the polar opposite.
And a market environment is buzzing.
It is exchange oriented, it's very stimulating.
There is transactions, people are taste testing like they're
over here, they're exchanging with one, you know, market
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seller, let's say and then they're wandering down and
exploring the next. And it's very transactional and
very stimulating and constantly moving.
So if you have markets as your environment, you might really
thrive when you're around others, lots of ideas,
opportunities, negotiations. You might love being in Co
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working spaces, in cafes, in a physical market.
So maybe that's something you really enjoy doing on your
weekend or what have you. And I know a few people that
have markets as their environment and they're very
great with people. For one, they are great
negotiators. They are good with conflict, I
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find. And they're not afraid of
conflict either. They are quite steady and
grounded amidst differing opinions.
And they, yeah, they have this kind of, they thrive in that
environment, whereas a lot of people would run the other way.
And for a markets person, you might feel really misaligned
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when you're in a environment that doesn't have that exchange.
It might feel boring. It might feel stagnant, stuck,
uninspiring. You might not really feel lit up
by environments that don't have that buzzing energy where people
are exchanging thoughts, ideas, physical goods, whatever,
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because that is how your nervoussystem likes to feel.
So you might actually really enjoy Co working spaces.
Like I said, maybe events are where you thrive and you're
really able to be in these busier environments while still
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remaining very calm, centred within yourself.
The next environment is kitchens, and kitchens are all
about nurturing, transformation,experimentation, alchemy.
It's really this space where things change and evolve.
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You know, you think about the coming together of a meal, like
you start off with your raw ingredients and then you bring
them together and you add your little flavours and chop
everything up and put it all together.
And then the most important partis then you sit down and you
enjoy that meal with friends, with family, maybe on your own.
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It's this very nurturing, warming space.
So if you have kitchens as your environment, you might thrive in
really collaborative, lively, evolving spaces.
You might actually love kitchens, a physical kitchen.
You may love being in restaurants, in workshops, in
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spaces that bring people together.
And a dear friend and my business partner actually has
kitchens as her environment. And I really see this in her
where she's so in her element when she's bringing people
together, hosting, organizing. Like she organized this girls
(14:16):
trip for us to Mallorca, just 17girls in this beautiful villa in
Mallorca. And none of us really knew each
other, but she brought us all together and created this
feeling of community and connection.
And that is where she thrives and other people thrive being in
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her energy when she's in that sort of space.
So when you're in a space that'snot aligned, that's maybe not
bringing to people together, notnurturing, maybe it's dull,
Maybe you feel like nothing's moving, nothing's happening.
It's this feeling of stagnation,of stuckness, of boredom.
Even so, some tips that you could bring into your spaces to
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give that element of kitchens iscreating a team, joining group
projects, starting a collaborative creative process
where ideas can be brought to the table and workshopped.
That is where you thrive. The next environment is
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mountains. So if you have mountains as your
environment, the key traits to look out for a really
perspective altitude, air space,like these high vantage points
that you can sort of get away from the noise and you go up
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onto the mountain and you look down and you might really thrive
with space to reflect and to seethings from above from a bird's
eye view. You might not necessarily be the
one that's meant to be in the nitty gritty, like the markets,
doing the exchanging and the relationships and the
negotiating, like you're sort ofmeant to be a step over and
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above and just watching. So when you're misaligned or
when you're not feeling that sense of perspective of seeing,
you know, the outer edges of everything, you might feel boxed
in. You might feel foggy,
overwhelmed, overstimulated. And it can be really helpful for
you to even physically get up ona vantage point, you know, go
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upstairs, find a rooftop if you have the ability to go for a
hike on your weekends, you know,go up and out where there's a
view so that you can see things from a higher perspective to
clear your mind to get you out of the noise.
And the busyness of life can also be really helpful to have
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alone time, especially in that environment.
So you know, if you're, if you have a mountain, like if you
have a mountain, wouldn't that be nice?
But if you have a mountain nearby, maybe you're walking up
that mountain alone or looking out over the ocean while you're
processing whatever's going on for you.
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The next environment is valleys,and a valley is a very sound
sensitive, clear, low sensory, information based space.
So it's very much, if you picture a valley, it's like this
big wide open landscape. There is air, but you're also
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grounded. And acoustics is a really big
part of valleys. You know, the noise that travels
through a valley, it can be quite strong because there's
nothing blocking it. It's just this clear space, so
if you have valleys as your environment, you might thrive in
a really calm, contained place where your mind can be
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stimulated without external stimulation.
It's almost like your mind creates that intelligence and
genius because you have a space that allows you to do that
rather than being distracted. So a misaligned environment
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might be something that's loud, chaotic, scattered, too much
going on. So if you find yourself in those
environments, maybe at work, maybe at home, you could think
about noise management. You know those headphones like
the, what are they called, noisecancelling headphones as I said
before, or listening to podcasts, music, having
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something playing in the background and just allowing
that quiet space where you can get curious.
The next environment and the final environment is shores.
And shores I always find the most difficult to explain
because it's really this transitional liminal in between
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space that brings together 2 worlds.
It's this flow. If you think about, you know,
the ocean coming onto the shore,there's water, there's sand, and
it is this hybrid place. And it could look like a
physical shore. It could be a space where people
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are coming and going, these little doorways even you know
something like an airport. And if anyone likes an airport
and has Shore's as your environment, please let me know
because that will prove to me that this theory is true because
I am yet to meet someone that loves airports.
But that is very much a Shore's environment.
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It's people coming and going andit's quite transient.
So you might feel misaligned when you're stuck, or boxed in
when you feel like your environment is just boring or.
Under stimulating and when you feel that way you can make
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adjustments like sitting you sitting near windows or living
near water or maybe in a suburb that is between two places.
You know, maybe you have like more of an urban environment,
cool cafes down the road and then a beach down the end of
your street or a Bush, dependingon where you are.
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So you obviously don't need to go and make those changes to
your home. But you know, can you hop in the
car on the weekends and experience that more
transitional environment and honour that change that your
body's craving. So those are the six
environments. I'm very curious to hear how
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that lands for you and if that resonates with you because as I
said, finding out my caves environment was such a big
permission sleep. And it can be really helpful to
understand what environments thepeople around you have as well.
For instance, if you're married and one of you has caves
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environment and one of you has markets, it's a very different
environment that your bodies aregoing to be seeking.
So how can you both have a spacewithin your home to bring in
that sense of your environment. Maybe the person who has a cave
has a little room or a little corner of a room that is just
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their nook. You know, if if you have a kids
that has caves environment, maybe they have like a cubby or
like a reading room, something that is their space that they
can control. Whereas the markets might be a
lot more stimulating, there could be more going on and they
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within that relationship should be able to have that experience,
whether it's in another room or what have you.
So you don't need to force theseenvironments at all.
It's just about finding time andspace to be in them when it when
you can, knowing that you can't always pick your environment at
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all times. But really, if you're going
through big decision making processes, if you're working on
a big project, you need a lot ofcreativity and strong headspace.
Give it a try in your environment and just see what
little shifts it provides for you.
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So that is the end of my Human Design series.
I could go on forever because I truly keep discovering more and
more about this system that I love.
But these are probably the things that are most important,
particularly what we spoke aboutearlier with your energy type,
(23:08):
your strategy, your authority. And then I've sprinkled in some
other parts of human design thathave really helped me on my
journey. So the profiles, the
environments, and there is so much more to explore within
this. So if you have gotten to this
point, we're at 23 minutes of myfinal episode.
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I want to say thank you so much for being here and for tuning
in. I really hope that you've learnt
something new about yourself, about the people around you
today, specifically about your environment.
And if you do want to go deeper into your human design and to
understand the nuances, particularly as you start
(23:55):
experimenting with yours, you might notice things are coming
up, you might have trouble connecting to certain parts of
your human design and want some support on navigating Lowe's.
I do offer one to one human design readings.
So if you have listened to the podcast, you are very welcome to
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get in touch and actually receive 50% off a human design
reading with me. And the reason for that is
because I really appreciate you taking the time to join me on
this journey. And also because a lot of the
heavy lifting is done and we won't have to go through the
(24:39):
basics of strategy, authority, energy type.
Of course, we can touch on those.
But it will really be a good chance to deep dive into those
more nuanced aspects of your chart, such as your gifts, which
comes through your 64 gates, or your incarnation cross, which is
your life's purpose or the essence that you're meant to
(25:01):
bring into everything that you do.
You might like to focus a session on career or finding
purpose. Whatever is coming up for you
and whatever's really resonatingfor you, we can tailor that
session around. So thank you so much again for
being here. I've absolutely loved creating
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these episodes and I hope you'reenjoying listening to them.
And I can't wait to stay in touch, whether it's back on the
podcast in the future or on socials.
You can find me at Well with Anna or on my website, Well with
anna.com. Thank you so much for being here
and take care.
Welcome to Well with Anna, the podcast that explores all things
well-being from Eastern to Western perspectives, from the
mind to the body. I'm your host, Anna Gritzner,
and I can't wait to dive in withyou today.
Welcome back to the podcast and to my final episode on human
(00:25):
design all around environments. Environment is one of the things
that first stood out to me in human design because I noticed I
was very sensitive to my environments.
A lot of people can relate to that feeling of being
overwhelmed in say, a shopping centre or an airport, or you
(00:48):
might feel isolated when you're on your own and not in company
or around activity and stimulation.
And we all have different environments that we feel the
best in that we flow and thrive in, and human Design speaks to
this. So today I'm going to talk you
(01:08):
through what the six environments are and what this
means to have an environment. It's not necessarily a physical
place, although it can be. It's more about an atmosphere or
taking aspects of these environments and bringing them
into wherever you are. Maybe it's your workplace, maybe
(01:31):
it's your home, and it really creates this space and this
feeling of settledness in your nervous system.
That's definitely not a word, but we'll run with it.
And The funny thing about environments is it really
becomes important after or around the age 30.
(01:54):
And I'm 31, so this is very muchrelevant for me and a lot of
people who I think will be listening to this podcast.
Because when you're 30 or aroundthe age of 30, you go through
this process called your Saturn Return, which would take a whole
nother episode to do it justice.But basically it's this process
of becoming who you are and stepping away from maybe who you
(02:19):
were in the past, who you were told to be, and really coming
into your true self. And a lot of people will
resonate with that feeling whereafter you turn 30, you just have
low tolerance. You have a smaller bandwidth for
bullshit, for inauthenticity, for environments, people, places
that don't serve you. You become a lot more bullish in
(02:41):
knowing what you want and what you don't want.
And you tend to settle a lot less for anything that you know
isn't serving you or the other person or the place that you're
in. So if you're around that age,
environment is such a important thing to think about for you.
And if you are interested in learning more about sudden
returns specifically and what that means, this big 2 1/2 to
(03:04):
three-year period where your whole life can flip upside down
and teach you tough lessons and really push you onto your path.
And sometimes it really is a push.
I wrote a blog post on it, so you can find that on well with
anna.com under the blog post section.
(03:25):
And you can hear about what a Saturn return is, when to expect
yours. You can learn about mine.
The absolute chaos it was of 2 1/2, three years.
And that's, yeah, that's a Saturn return.
So I won't go into that today, but it is really most important
in this time of around 30 onwards to find an environment
(03:48):
that suits you and that is good for your nervous system.
So what is an environment? It is really your body's ideal
energetic habitat. It draws from your design
variables. So you won't probably be able to
see this on your free human design chart.
This is more in the advanced charts.
(04:10):
For instance, if I do a reading with someone, you you see their
variables, some of them might have them, it really depends on
which one you're using. But basically there are 4 arrows
that are on either side of your head and the environment is all
around that top left arrow and the colour underneath it.
(04:32):
So the variables are very nuanced parts of human design.
It really talks about where you thrive, how you thrive, what
environments to be in, how you should digest food, all of these
sorts of minute details seemingly that make huge impact
into your flow and feeling your best self.
(04:56):
So the environment specifically helps you to process life
decisions, creativity, healing, regulation, all of these
positive things that we can do for ourselves.
And it's not about finding the perfect environment or moving
homes if you're not in your environment or quitting your job
(05:18):
or anything like that. It's about bringing aspects of
these environments, these archetypes into your day-to-day
and just seeing how it feels. So I'll go through what the six
environments are, an overview, the key traits, what it looks
like when you're in alignment versus out of alignment with
your environment, Some tips or subtle ways to access these
(05:44):
environmental archetypes withoutcompletely overhauling your
life. And then also some real life
examples of how this might look in your workplace, when you're
travelling your home, set up your relationships, what this
actually looks like on a day-to-day basis.
So the first environment I will talk you through is caves, and I
(06:07):
wanted to start with caves because that's my human design
environment and this was such a big permission slip like every
other part of my human design chart.
I felt so seen and understood and just had this understanding
of myself once I knew that my environment was caves.
(06:29):
Because when you think about a cave, it doesn't have this
lovely accepted tone to it, doesit?
It's this, you know, dark, smalllittle hole in the wall, right?
Like people don't really idealize, idolize caves as an
environment. But when I learned this about
(06:49):
myself, I was like, OK, yes, I can actually see how this works.
And basically a cave is not a physical cave.
Of course, me, anyone with this environment is not meant to pack
up their lives and go live in the caves.
It's just not the idea, but it'sabout having this protective,
enclosed, controlled space wherethere's one entrance and you can
(07:12):
sort of sit back and see who is coming in and out of your space.
So if you have that caves environment, you might resonate
with this feeling of feeling best when you're in these safe,
cosy spaces like little reading nooks, closed door offices,
private studios. You might even notice when you
go out for dinner, like you're the one that's sitting on the
(07:34):
booth on the wall facing into the restaurant rather than the
other way around. And it's a really subtle thing.
It's not this, you know, huge, like, whoa, I can't sit here.
I feel so off. It's just, it's like little ick
you get when you're not in your cave environment.
And I feel that very much when I'm in a restaurant, like I
(07:58):
always know which seat at the table or which side of the table
I need to go on. And of course I can be flexible,
but in my heart I'm always like,oh, why am I sitting here?
Because I love to be able to seewhat's going on outside and
around me. So when you're misaligned or
when you're not in that cave environment, when you feel like
(08:18):
you're in an environment where there's a lot happening, you're
not controlling who's coming in,what's going on.
You might feel exposed, you might feel anxious, you might
feel overly stimulated. And obviously it's OK to put our
body into these spaces for periods of time We can't live in
a cave. But where you're spending the
(08:40):
bulk of your time, where you're doing that creative work, those,
you know, brainstorming, ideating, setting goals,
journaling, like do that sort ofstuff in your environment, in
your cave, because that is whereyou will access the most flow,
the most ease. So some tips about how you can
(09:01):
bring this sense of a cave into your environment, no matter
where you are are just little tweaks like curtains or soft
surroundings. You could have solo time.
So just taking yourself away from a more chaotic environment
to just have 5 minutes to yourself in a little nook.
You might even use noise cancelling headphones, like
(09:22):
something to just block out the noise.
I also really love being in my car.
I don't actually have a car at the moment, but I had a car for
a long period of time and I loved being in my car because it
was just my space and I could dowhat I wanted in there, you
know, sit in silence, pelt out music, listen to podcasts.
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And I felt like I was in this little booth that no one else
could intrude on. Almost.
And similar to like being in my bedroom, like I grew up in a
really small bedroom and I noticed that I like being in
small spaces rather than big open rooms.
I really like a little nook, like a tidy, clean nook that
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just feels cozy. So how can you bring that
essence into your workplace, into your home when you travel?
These are the little things thatyou can do to just tweak it and
to give your nervous system thatsense of being in a cave.
The next environment is markets.So a market is very different to
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a cave, I would almost say the polar opposite.
And a market environment is buzzing.
It is exchange oriented, it's very stimulating.
There is transactions, people are taste testing like they're
over here, they're exchanging with one, you know, market
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seller, let's say and then they're wandering down and
exploring the next. And it's very transactional and
very stimulating and constantly moving.
So if you have markets as your environment, you might really
thrive when you're around others, lots of ideas,
opportunities, negotiations. You might love being in Co
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working spaces, in cafes, in a physical market.
So maybe that's something you really enjoy doing on your
weekend or what have you. And I know a few people that
have markets as their environment and they're very
great with people. For one, they are great
negotiators. They are good with conflict, I
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find. And they're not afraid of
conflict either. They are quite steady and
grounded amidst differing opinions.
And they, yeah, they have this kind of, they thrive in that
environment, whereas a lot of people would run the other way.
And for a markets person, you might feel really misaligned
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when you're in a environment that doesn't have that exchange.
It might feel boring. It might feel stagnant, stuck,
uninspiring. You might not really feel lit up
by environments that don't have that buzzing energy where people
are exchanging thoughts, ideas, physical goods, whatever,
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because that is how your nervoussystem likes to feel.
So you might actually really enjoy Co working spaces.
Like I said, maybe events are where you thrive and you're
really able to be in these busier environments while still
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remaining very calm, centred within yourself.
The next environment is kitchens, and kitchens are all
about nurturing, transformation,experimentation, alchemy.
It's really this space where things change and evolve.
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You know, you think about the coming together of a meal, like
you start off with your raw ingredients and then you bring
them together and you add your little flavours and chop
everything up and put it all together.
And then the most important partis then you sit down and you
enjoy that meal with friends, with family, maybe on your own.
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It's this very nurturing, warming space.
So if you have kitchens as your environment, you might thrive in
really collaborative, lively, evolving spaces.
You might actually love kitchens, a physical kitchen.
You may love being in restaurants, in workshops, in
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spaces that bring people together.
And a dear friend and my business partner actually has
kitchens as her environment. And I really see this in her
where she's so in her element when she's bringing people
together, hosting, organizing. Like she organized this girls
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trip for us to Mallorca, just 17girls in this beautiful villa in
Mallorca. And none of us really knew each
other, but she brought us all together and created this
feeling of community and connection.
And that is where she thrives and other people thrive being in
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her energy when she's in that sort of space.
So when you're in a space that'snot aligned, that's maybe not
bringing to people together, notnurturing, maybe it's dull,
Maybe you feel like nothing's moving, nothing's happening.
It's this feeling of stagnation,of stuckness, of boredom.
Even so, some tips that you could bring into your spaces to
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give that element of kitchens iscreating a team, joining group
projects, starting a collaborative creative process
where ideas can be brought to the table and workshopped.
That is where you thrive. The next environment is
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mountains. So if you have mountains as your
environment, the key traits to look out for a really
perspective altitude, air space,like these high vantage points
that you can sort of get away from the noise and you go up
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onto the mountain and you look down and you might really thrive
with space to reflect and to seethings from above from a bird's
eye view. You might not necessarily be the
one that's meant to be in the nitty gritty, like the markets,
doing the exchanging and the relationships and the
negotiating, like you're sort ofmeant to be a step over and
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above and just watching. So when you're misaligned or
when you're not feeling that sense of perspective of seeing,
you know, the outer edges of everything, you might feel boxed
in. You might feel foggy,
overwhelmed, overstimulated. And it can be really helpful for
you to even physically get up ona vantage point, you know, go
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upstairs, find a rooftop if you have the ability to go for a
hike on your weekends, you know,go up and out where there's a
view so that you can see things from a higher perspective to
clear your mind to get you out of the noise.
And the busyness of life can also be really helpful to have
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alone time, especially in that environment.
So you know, if you're, if you have a mountain, like if you
have a mountain, wouldn't that be nice?
But if you have a mountain nearby, maybe you're walking up
that mountain alone or looking out over the ocean while you're
processing whatever's going on for you.
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The next environment is valleys,and a valley is a very sound
sensitive, clear, low sensory, information based space.
So it's very much, if you picture a valley, it's like this
big wide open landscape. There is air, but you're also
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grounded. And acoustics is a really big
part of valleys. You know, the noise that travels
through a valley, it can be quite strong because there's
nothing blocking it. It's just this clear space, so
if you have valleys as your environment, you might thrive in
a really calm, contained place where your mind can be
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stimulated without external stimulation.
It's almost like your mind creates that intelligence and
genius because you have a space that allows you to do that
rather than being distracted. So a misaligned environment
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might be something that's loud, chaotic, scattered, too much
going on. So if you find yourself in those
environments, maybe at work, maybe at home, you could think
about noise management. You know those headphones like
the, what are they called, noisecancelling headphones as I said
before, or listening to podcasts, music, having
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something playing in the background and just allowing
that quiet space where you can get curious.
The next environment and the final environment is shores.
And shores I always find the most difficult to explain
because it's really this transitional liminal in between
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space that brings together 2 worlds.
It's this flow. If you think about, you know,
the ocean coming onto the shore,there's water, there's sand, and
it is this hybrid place. And it could look like a
physical shore. It could be a space where people
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are coming and going, these little doorways even you know
something like an airport. And if anyone likes an airport
and has Shore's as your environment, please let me know
because that will prove to me that this theory is true because
I am yet to meet someone that loves airports.
But that is very much a Shore's environment.
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It's people coming and going andit's quite transient.
So you might feel misaligned when you're stuck, or boxed in
when you feel like your environment is just boring or.
Under stimulating and when you feel that way you can make
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adjustments like sitting you sitting near windows or living
near water or maybe in a suburb that is between two places.
You know, maybe you have like more of an urban environment,
cool cafes down the road and then a beach down the end of
your street or a Bush, dependingon where you are.
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So you obviously don't need to go and make those changes to
your home. But you know, can you hop in the
car on the weekends and experience that more
transitional environment and honour that change that your
body's craving. So those are the six
environments. I'm very curious to hear how
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that lands for you and if that resonates with you because as I
said, finding out my caves environment was such a big
permission sleep. And it can be really helpful to
understand what environments thepeople around you have as well.
For instance, if you're married and one of you has caves
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environment and one of you has markets, it's a very different
environment that your bodies aregoing to be seeking.
So how can you both have a spacewithin your home to bring in
that sense of your environment. Maybe the person who has a cave
has a little room or a little corner of a room that is just
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their nook. You know, if if you have a kids
that has caves environment, maybe they have like a cubby or
like a reading room, something that is their space that they
can control. Whereas the markets might be a
lot more stimulating, there could be more going on and they
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within that relationship should be able to have that experience,
whether it's in another room or what have you.
So you don't need to force theseenvironments at all.
It's just about finding time andspace to be in them when it when
you can, knowing that you can't always pick your environment at
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all times. But really, if you're going
through big decision making processes, if you're working on
a big project, you need a lot ofcreativity and strong headspace.
Give it a try in your environment and just see what
little shifts it provides for you.
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So that is the end of my Human Design series.
I could go on forever because I truly keep discovering more and
more about this system that I love.
But these are probably the things that are most important,
particularly what we spoke aboutearlier with your energy type,
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your strategy, your authority. And then I've sprinkled in some
other parts of human design thathave really helped me on my
journey. So the profiles, the
environments, and there is so much more to explore within
this. So if you have gotten to this
point, we're at 23 minutes of myfinal episode.
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I want to say thank you so much for being here and for tuning
in. I really hope that you've learnt
something new about yourself, about the people around you
today, specifically about your environment.
And if you do want to go deeper into your human design and to
understand the nuances, particularly as you start
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experimenting with yours, you might notice things are coming
up, you might have trouble connecting to certain parts of
your human design and want some support on navigating Lowe's.
I do offer one to one human design readings.
So if you have listened to the podcast, you are very welcome to
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get in touch and actually receive 50% off a human design
reading with me. And the reason for that is
because I really appreciate you taking the time to join me on
this journey. And also because a lot of the
heavy lifting is done and we won't have to go through the
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basics of strategy, authority, energy type.
Of course, we can touch on those.
But it will really be a good chance to deep dive into those
more nuanced aspects of your chart, such as your gifts, which
comes through your 64 gates, or your incarnation cross, which is
your life's purpose or the essence that you're meant to
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bring into everything that you do.
You might like to focus a session on career or finding
purpose. Whatever is coming up for you
and whatever's really resonatingfor you, we can tailor that
session around. So thank you so much again for
being here. I've absolutely loved creating
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these episodes and I hope you'reenjoying listening to them.
And I can't wait to stay in touch, whether it's back on the
podcast in the future or on socials.
You can find me at Well with Anna or on my website, Well with
anna.com. Thank you so much for being here
and take care.
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