FOR CONSCIOUS UNWINDING & ILLUMINATING THE  INNER SELF

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AWAKEN TO YOUR NATURE

  through the language of your energy.  

Behind Rinu.

Rinu is a soul space and candle house devoted to the remembrance that we are light, wrapped in the story of being human. It is the expression of Alyssa Shanahan, whose psycho-spiritual lens reveals the unique nature moving through you, as you, in this lifetime. Her work aims to ground metaphysical truth for secular and mystically-minded souls alike. Through Human Design readings, beeswax candles, and reflections on modern awakening, Rinu exists to keep humankind in conversation with light.

What is Conscious Unwinding?

Beneath the layers of who you think you are lies the truth of who you’ve always been. Conscious unwinding is spirituality in practice— the recognition of what the world placed on top of your nature, and what is authentically yours to express. Here, enlightenment is recognizing the invisible intelligence that breathes your lungs and beats your heart, without requiring your belief.  It has been speaking on your behalf all along. Let’s meet it.

INNER AWARENESS + OUTER ALIGNMENT = SELF-ACTUALIZATION

The Blueprint Of You 

Aura Readings are soul-level energy mappings that reconnect you to the intelligence unfolding as your life. They serve to restore energetic literacy—the ability to recognize, in real time, how your energetic makeup is creating your experience of life. These sessions help you see yourself beneath the physical layers of reality to understand how you're designed to engage with life, others, and yourself from the inside out: what you’ve inherited through your lineage as gifts, sensitivities, and karmic themes… what you’re here to learn and embody more deeply in this lifetime… how your system is designed to process and interact on a spiritual and embodied level.

Your session is entirely personalized, tailored to your Human Design chart and guided by what you wish to bring more understanding to.

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 FAQs.

  • Human Design is a system for mapping human nature at the energetic level.It synthesizes Astrology, the I’Ching, the Chakra System, the Tree of Life, quantum mechanics, and astronomy to reveal how you are uniquely designed to move, decide, relate, and express in this lifetime. You can think of it as an operating manual for your energy.

  • You don’t need to. Energy is an experience, not a belief. If you’ve ever said, “I don’t have the energy for this,” sensed something or someone was off, or walked into a room and felt a vibe, you’ve already felt it. Human Design simply gives language to what your body and mind already experiences so you can become aware of it.

  • Often it’s those who are highly aware, but exhausted. People who’ve tried to optimize themselves into alignment and are ready to remember their nature instead. Many also find their way here when they’re looking to bring individual embodiment back into the spiritual path, or to reconnect with something meaningful without needing a belief system to hold it.

  • Self-help offers general strategies for improvement. Energy literacy teaches you how your unique system actually works. For example, self-help might tell you to “set better boundaries.” But if you have an open Solar Plexus in Human Design, you may feel other people’s emotions so intensely that you sidestep saying no to avoid the emotional intensity of their reaction. Once you recognize that pattern, boundaries stop feeling like conflict and start feeling like self-respect.

  • You can think of your foundations (Type, Strategy, Authority, and Profile) like a blood type. Many people share one, but everyone is uniquely different. A personal reading offers reflection on the intricacies of your design, showing how your lived experience mirrors the deeper mechanics of your chart. You're also invited to bring in questions or life themes you want to understand more clearly.

    There are great free resources online, but a personal reading offers the kind of insight that can be difficult to piece together on your own.

  • Absolutely. I found Human Design nearly a decade into my own spiritual awakening and self-study, and I’ve never encountered another system that so clearly illuminates both why we are the way we are and what we’re here to experience. But beyond insight, it’s a tool. It helps you recognize in real time when you’re operating from distortion or conditioning, and how to return to alignment.

  • Language for what you’ve always sensed but couldn’t quite name. A sense of relief from the pressure to be anything other than what you are. And a practical awareness you can begin applying right away to move in more alignment and ease. You’ll receive a personalized energetic education via video recording along with an optional PDF guidebook that includes your chart and written reflections to support integration.

  • You’ll receive a personal email within 24hrs confirming your booking and sharing a estimated delivery window (typically 7–10 days if the listing is available). Readings are designed to be received at a distance so you can take in the depth of insights in your own space and timing. If you’d prefer a live session, please request one at alyssa@rinu.earth before booking.

  • Definitely. Many people come into a reading curious about a recurring pattern or life theme, and we explore it through the lens of their design. The intake form at checkout lets you personalize your session and share as much or as little as feels right for you.

  • A deeper connection to self can feel confusing when clouded by modern myths. Here are common misconceptions that often misguide the journey:

    (01.) Spirituality is a belief system.
    Spirituality isn’t about subscribing to a belief. In practice, it’s the process of unraveling belief to return to what’s already true. Words like energy, nature, spirit, or consciousness are just different ways of trying to name the same thing; something you already experience, regardless of belief.

    (02.) You have to follow a specific practice or tradition.
    There’s no one right way to be spiritual. Practices like meditation, mantra, or breath work are just tools to help create space from your mind. The truth is, spirituality is more of a “choose your own adventure” experience. The path unfolds as you walk it. One moment of remembering opens the next.

    (03.) Enlightenment is the goal.
    The deeper truth is that awakening isn’t always comfortable, and it’s rarely a finish line. Real remembrance often brings a paradox of feeling deeply connected to everything while also more aware of what no longer aligns. The work isn’t to escape the self, but to live from your truth. Integration is the goal.

    (04.) The ego is the problem.
    Mainstream spirituality speaks a lot about dissolving the ego, but the intention is not to erase your individuality. It’s to see that the ego is not the whole of who you are. Letting those layers fall away helps you remember the unity beneath the illusion of separation. From there, you can actually express yourself more clearly and authentically — not from comparison or fear, but from wholeness.

    (05.) Spiritual growth is about becoming better.
    Spiritual growth is about becoming aware of what’s always been true underneath the noise of modernity. When you’re aware of a pattern, you have the power to shift it. Much of this path is simply remembering what’s been forgotten, or seeing yourself clearly for the first time.

    (06.) It’s all love and light.
    In its essence, it holds some truth. Awareness is the light— the ability to see clearly. And love, in practice, is coherence— choosing to respond in alignment with truth, whether that’s compassion for yourself or boundaries with someone else.

    (07.) Energy work is too abstract to be useful.
    What’s strange is that we accept laws like energy cannot be created or destroyed in physics, but treat energy as imaginary when it comes to ourselves. At a fundamental level, you are made of energy. The deeper you zoom in, from body, to system, to cell, to atom, the more obvious that becomes. Energy work simply helps you read that reality in your own experience.

    (08.) You need a guide to access truth.
    The entire point of this work is to remember that your clearest guidance comes from within. Whether it’s a Human Design reading or a spiritual mentor, the goal is never dependency. It’s to help you build fluency in your own truth so you’re not outsourcing decisions or worth to anything outside of yourself.