Overview
The Living Your Design Guide program prepares students to introduce newcomers to the core mechanics of Human Design with clarity, integrity, and real depth. The emphasis is on grounded understanding and real-life experience, rather than just performance or memorization.
At the heart of this program is a simple but meaningful question: What does it look like to teach from your own design? We work with each student to develop an authentic teaching style that genuinely reflects who they are, while honoring the essential structure of the Living Your Design curriculum.
Instructors
- Amy Lee
- John Cole
Format
- Self-study video presentations on the core Living Your Design material
- Recordings of live class lectures
- Three one-hour 1:1 mentorship sessions
- Access to Human Design Collective LYD course materials and PDF slides
Schedule
- Ongoing and self-paced
- Course components, private meetings, and auditing requirements must be completed within three months of registration
Prerequisites
- A Human Design Foundation Reading
- Completion of Living Your Design, Rave ABCs, and Rave Cartography
- Completion of the above with an IHDS Certified Instructor
Required Materials
- Living Your Design Student Manual
- Living Your Design Instructor Manual
Program Components
- Theory & Methodology: Filling in knowledge gaps and exploring how to hold and deliver LYD material clearly and responsibly
- Preparation & Practice: Homework through audio/video recordings and written reflections, adapted to your design and learning style
- Observation of LYD: Auditing an IHDS-certified LYD course and offering written observations from your own perspective
What We Explore
- How to offer LYD in a way that genuinely aligns with your design
- Experimentation as the real foundation of learning and guidance
- True Self & Not-Self as observable mechanics — not abstractions
- Definition and openness
- Passenger consciousness
- Mechanical absolutes
- Homogenization and deconditioning
- The nine Centers
- The four Types
- Strategy and Authority
- Working clearly at the surface level without overgeneralizing or losing the thread
- Mental interference with perception, and recognizing resistance when it arises
- Helping others recognize mechanics rather than perform to the map
- The light and shadow of the Types
- Practical delivery: logistics, pacing, and class dynamics
- Presentation styles grounded in mechanics
- Developing your own materials, slides, and teaching format
Mentorship Format
This program combines self-paced study with personalized mentorship. Most students find it natural to schedule the first session midway through the material, the second after completing the content, and the third as they prepare to lead their first LYD workshop.
These sessions are working conversations, providing space to ask questions, receive honest feedback, and refine how you present and communicate the material. The goal is to achieve practical clarity and uphold genuine integrity in your teaching.
IHDS Certification
After completing the program, students can pursue IHDS certification to host and teach the Living Your Design workshop. Certification includes a professional listing on the IHDS website. To qualify, students must:
- Complete real-time auditing and observation of a Living Your Design course with an IHDS-certified guide (other than Amy or John)
- Complete and sign the IHDS Professional Standards agreement
- Submit the IHDS certification fee (included in tuition and submitted on your behalf at the time of certification)
Questions & Payment Options
If you have questions about the program or want to talk through payment options, we’d love to hear from you.