COURSE

An Introduction To Human Design

Have you ever done a self-assessment for personal growth? Well.. I’ve done plenty, and always had different results, depending on my mood. When I stumbled on Human design I was sold, because it’s determined by your place & time of birth and this never changes! Human design has been a complete game changer for me, my relationship with my husband, and our business.

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Meet your Teacher

Rianna Hijlkema

Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

Rianna is a multi-passionate serial entrepreneur living a nomadic life for the past 12 years. As a wilderness guide and nature-based coach, she supports involuntarily childless women who’ve lost their sense of purpose to redesign their plan A, so that they can be their own inner guides to fulfillment and happiness. Your donations will contribute to female empowerment projects run by CWEC in Lamjung, Nepal.

9 Days

2.4k students

4.7 stars

7 min / day

Abundance

English

Lesson 1

What Is Human Design?

Human design helps you understand your nature, potential and the different forms of interaction you have with the world around you. It’s not a belief system. it is a logical, empirical system that you can experiment for yourself and see whether it works for you or not. Human design is a complex system that can feel overwhelming. In this mini-series, I’ll explain the basics of your design so that you can feel empowered to start moving towards a fulfilling life in your own unique way. So let’s get started. Note: You’ll need a Human Design chart to follow along. If you already have yours, great! If not, you’ll need your birth date, time, and location to generate one. For more information, please visit my profile.

Lesson 2

What Is My Human Design Type?

I remember the first time I received my chart and seeing all those lines, colours and shapes, I felt completely overwhelmed. I don’t want you to have that feeling. So let me start with explaining that a human design chart represents a snapshot of the cosmos at more less 3 months before you were born and the moment on the day of your birth. Human design combines those two layers and put them on top of each other to show you how your energy interacts.

Lesson 3

Type: Generator

Congratulations! You’re a generator! You are here with a mission to build and do incredible things in the world. It’s time to stop pushing and forcing and just do what makes you happy! Do work that you love and dedicate your life and endless energy to fulfilling that calling. When you find the things that light you up, you light up the whole world.

Lesson 4

Type: Manifesting Generator

Congratulations! You’re a manifesting generator! You are a multi-passionate person who is here to do many things in life and here to inspire others to use their energy to create, or build what they love. You love variety and it’s best to throw out the long term plan and just do the thing that is right in front of you. It’s okay that you don’t know what you’ll do next. Quit needing to have your path mapped out. You’re never off track, because you’re not designed to be on track. You’re here to groove us a new one.

Lesson 5

Type: Manifestor

Congratulations! You’re a manifestor! You are here to make an impact, inspire others to make a change or start something new. As a manifestor have deep bursts of energy, followed by deep rest. If you deprive yourself of rest, you won’t be able to save up enough energy for a surge later.

Lesson 6

Type: Projector

Congratulations! You’re a projector and you have the unique ability to see the journey of other people. Where they are, where they desire to be and if they let you you can gently guide them there. You get energised from being around others or from having people ask them for their guidance, but don’t wait for external validation to feel seen. Master your own sense of self worth and value.

Lesson 7

Type: Reflector

Congratulations! You’re a reflector! Reflectors are very rare because they make up only about 1% of the population, which makes you a truly unique being! Reflectors are the mirrors of society. By always shifting and adapting you help us all move along more quickly.

Lesson 8

What's Your Authority? (Audio For All Types)

We often hear phrases like ‘follow your heart, trust your gut, but this advice isn’t true for everybody, some of us need to speak and hear ourselves, while others need the environment to tune in. And the expression to ‘think things through’ or use your brain is actually not where decisions are made. They can confirm, but our answers and impulses come from your authority.

Lesson 9

Practical Things For Your Human Design Type

Now, before we wrap up, it's time to explore some practical things tailored to each Human Design type, including Generators, Manifesting Generators, Projectors, Manifestors, and Reflectors.

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Recent Reviews

Heike

October 6, 2025

A very insightful and inspiring course in how to tap into my individual stregnth, Energy and way of life through Human Design.thank you so much 🙌🤩🥰

Jeanne

August 14, 2025

Appreciated this introduction to Human Design and agree with the idea that exploring one’s blueprint can be helpful in knowing oneself in order to live better.

Helene

June 19, 2025

This Course was amazing! Unfortunately my life has been so busy, it was not listened to daily, or close to another session, so each time was so enjoyed and interesting to listen and work out my Human Design and be intrigued with how close to of worked out each little characteristic and set guidance .. it was so good, I will be repeating it all again tomorrow, to reinforce your teachings! Thank you, Thank you! ☺️ Helene

liz

April 28, 2025

I wish the course was accessible as Rianna describes it, that you could pick and choose from some lessons so you don’t have to listen to the days that are about other types. I also wanted more information overall, to go a bit deeper, as this was very high level. Would have like more examples to help understand the questions were asked to reflect on.

Anna

April 9, 2025

I found this to be an awesome review for me as I have been slowly studying Hd for over two years and I still peel more layers off the human design “onion” in every course. It is a great reinforcement to what I have already learned and I have picked up some new bits of information for friends and family about their specific human design from this course.

Mitzi

March 21, 2025

WOW, Awesome information that can be put to practical use. Now I want to delve deeper into my Human Design

Dianne

February 11, 2025

I really enjoyed this course. I took part in a Human Design course about 18mths ago, and while I loved it, it is quite complex. I found this a was a nice reminder of how far I’ve come in my own self discovery. It made me go back to my resources on HD, and I’m excited to dive in a little deeper. Thank you 🙏🏻

Susan

November 29, 2024

Rihanna’s course was easy to understand and follow a very complex system. Thank you!

India

November 24, 2024

This was excellent for me as a Generator 2/4. I have been doing a lot of self-development and spiritual work and this just provided and confirmed more concrete evidence of what I’ve developed and been learning. I’m grateful for the provided clarity and looking forward to researching more. 🙏🏽😁

Robert

August 20, 2024

A very interesting course and a curious topic. Thank you for the practical tips and pointers about living a fulfilling life. I would definitely put these tips into practice and dig into this human design subject when opportunity arises. I wish you abundant blessing now and going forward.

Marla

March 26, 2024

Fantastic course! ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻✨✨

Nancy

February 18, 2024

I liked this basic Human Design course...learning that as a Generator I should pause before I respond and my response will be felt in my solar plexus. In the past I have acted impulsively at times instead of waiting a bit before I act...good to know now. I've heard Human Design references come up more and more in comments by people listening to the "lives" and also by my own daughter-in-law who is a Projector. After hearing these lessons here I can understand her a little more, too, now. Thank you for offering this here. Now, I'm going to have to find out what all those numbers on the chart mean! 😳

Stacy

November 19, 2023

Loved this introduction to Human Design. Much of it resonated with me. Will be exploring this more! Thank you. 🙏

Scott

October 14, 2023

Thanks for the energy of your sessions. I will look into HD more

Rebecca

September 14, 2023

This was interesting information. The way it was broken down was confusing, however. I didn't really care for the one minute breaks between sections in lesson 7 or 8, and there was no way to simply skip to my specific type. I found myself tuning out during the long pauses, then missing what the type was when the narrative resumed, so I had to back up the audio to try and find out. That said, the material itself was quite interesting, and I very much appreciated and enjoyed the conversational style with which the information was related. I felt like I was listening to a friend talking about Human Design, rather than being lectured about it. I chose 4 stars rather than 5 purely due to the organization of the tracks and the pauses. I'm not sure how it could be done better, but there has to be a way somehow! I have definitely been inspired to continue learning about this subject, regardless. Thank you do much for sharing this gift with us here in the Insight Timer community. I see you and the light within you. Be well. 🤲🏻💖🤲🏻

Alexandre

June 12, 2023

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