A Foundation Reading is the best place to start the Human Design journey. Trying to figure out your design via bootleg PDFs and social media is complex, overwhelming, and rarely, if ever, works.
The Foundation Reading covers what always matters in your life, and equips you with how to give yourself proper self care and how to make correct decisions that bring fulfillment. I include additional information that is not typically included in a Foundation Reading, but which I have found to be essential for beginners.
Includes:
90 minute conversation over Zoom, covering: Type and Strategy, Authority, Cognition, Definition, Profile, Incarnation Cross, true self story vs. not self themes. I also include Motivation and View for Projectors and Reflectors as this is of equivalent significance for them as Strategy and Authority is for other types.
Prerequisite: None
“I’ve had two readings from James and I was absolutely blown away by his level of knowledge, understanding of human design, and also how well he articulates and can see nuances and weave it together in a complete picture. I’ve come away from these readings feeling empowered and excited about the possibilities for me and where life can go for me. James is THE person I would recommend for any type of human design reading, whether you’re a complete beginner or have some level of understanding.”
“The information I got from James was great! He was very clear, easy to understand, and went into great detail in his explanations! He even followed up after the lesson to see how I was doing with the new insights!”
“Getting my human design reading from James was a great experience. He’s naturally and intuitively good at delivering a reading that’s attuned to your level of understanding. His attention to detail and capacity for interpreting nuance leads to establishing a very clear lens for helping navigate the actual experiment of design. There is what is written, there is what is experienced, and there is James… with insights and experience from his own personal journey in the experiment, waiting to help you explore what is uniquely and individually correct for you. I got everything I needed from my first reading to dive into the experiment with both feet. I highly recommend a reading with James.”
“My reading with James was one of the most thorough and detailed I’ve ever had. He clearly knows Human Design inside and out as it relates to our soul’s evolution. I had many a-ha’s during the session, and his welcoming friendly energy made it an even better experience.”
“James is one of the teachers that has a truly embodied and very sophisticated, practical, knowledge of the system. James told me things that I never heard about my chart, in a way that I never heard, and it landed on me in a way that I never felt before. He had a mystical impact on my awareness, telling me aspects of my bodygraph in a way that was finessed and incredibly nuanced. It’s the first time someone gave me the nuances and details of my chart that allowed me to understand my authority in a way that wasn’t vague and empowered me to start experimenting with it. I always heard “Michel, your S&A is to respond. “ Yeah, thank you, but respond to what? And James didn’t waste time before giving me the keys for recognizing what my sacral response was SPECIFICALLY to in life! He has a way to articulate words and keynotes that clicks directly into my inner knowing and allows me to integrate the information in a practical and natural way. I have witnessed James to be really generous and empathetic in the way of transmitting information and he makes sure the client has understood the important takeaways so they can live their design.”
“The reading James did for me was one of the most enriching experiences I’ve had in terms of self help and self discovery. It still is a bit early for me to say how much I’m going to benefit from it but I already feel a huge relief. That’s probably the biggest take away I got from the reading: a relief from the pressure I have felt lately regarding many aspects of how I’m living my life. This applies particularly to the pressure I put on myself to go in a certain direction professionally. I hear the voices telling me ‘’You should be doing this or that’’ and James helped me understand that there’s nothing I have to do. It’s been a great pleasure to know James. I knew 30 seconds into the reading that I would love it. The way James communicates about HD and shares his knowledge is very humane, sensitive, precise, and funny. I also could feel James was here to help me in a way that felt sympathetic towards my challenges and that he wasn’t only seeing me as a customer.”
“I chose to have my first Human Design Reading with James and I chose the Not- Self Analysis Reading, wanting to rip off the band aid of all of my blind spots and white centers. As a fellow 1st line, I knew this was the right choice and right person — someone who knows way more than what they’re saying and has practical examples to back it all up. I still replay the reading every couple of months for my left-brain to revisit and hear something new. James is one of my go-to people, not only for learning Human Design, but to be exposed to the complexities that this system can hold when our past and trauma meets what can sometimes be the daunting process of deconditioning.”
“I have enjoyed my session with James. It gave me deep insight, was very well explained, and I learned things I haven’t heard before, and I have been a student of human design for several years.”
“Give yourself the gift of a reading with James. In the not-self reading, he helped me find much-needed clarity on why I’ve gotten stuck in certain unhealthy patterns across my life, in ways that many years in psychotherapy with skilled practitioners did not. More importantly, James’s insights allowed me to process the confusion and shame and figure out the best way to move forward. This is a reading that goes into your shadow side, and James doesn’t flinch from the truth but does so with empathy and humanity, while also calling attention to your strengths. He carefully prepares for the reading, making sure to explain what’s really specific and unique to your individual design, layer by layer. At the same time, he is responsive to questions or comments as they arise and you can see the wheels turning in his head to synthesize and respond to new information. This isn’t stuff you can find even if you spent months on Google and YouTube — it’s the accumulation of James’s expertise, experience, curiosity, and a unique ability to sense patterns at a deep level. I feel a greater sense of self-acceptance and calm, and am grateful for the practical strategies for how to be more aligned with my self in the future.”