Sacred Feminine: The Way of Women among the Hopi
- Lorraine
- Jun 6
- 6 min read
It was more than fifteen years ago, in the deep night of the Amazon jungle. During my very first ayahuasca ceremony in Peru, I knew nothing about this medicine, nor the worlds it opens up. I was simply told:
“If the Plant Spirit manifests itself, speak to it.”
So I drank, without expecting anything, a little shaky, a little lost, I was so scared.
Around me, the sounds of the forest, the ancient songs, the living darkness.
In me, silence.
And then suddenly, without form or face, a voice.
Clear as a bell in the dark.
It didn't come from outside, nor entirely from me.
It was the Spirit of the plant.
"You will learn to be a woman."
At that moment, I smiled inwardly, almost amused:
“But… I’m already a woman.”
I had no idea yet what a long path this sentence would open.
Step by step, over the years, through encounters, healings and silences, I understood.
It was not about being a woman in the biological or social sense.
It was about healing my wounded feminine side, reconnecting with an ancient, forgotten, living wisdom.
And through this journey back to myself, I could one day help other women to remember, too.
Grandmother Medicine Song supported me in this path. She passed on to me the teachings of the 13 Grandmothers , with tenderness, as a faithful guardian of women's memory.
She asked me to carry this word, and to offer it to those ready to meet in truth.
In continuity with this sacred transmission, there is another teaching coming from the Hopi women, guardians of a wisdom that we call " the way of women ." A path of knowledge, memory, return to oneself, body, listening, and creation.
It is from this ancient path that I would like to whisper to you some traces.
No, to explain.
But to awaken a memory.
A memory larger, older than you.
A memory that sleeps in your belly, in your bones, in the water of your heart.
And who waits, patiently, for you to recognize her.
Sacred Feminine: A Living Memory to Rediscover
Before modern society erased or suppressed certain knowledge related to women's bodies, cycles, and spirituality, Hopi women held and practiced a form of organic, intuitive, and sacred knowledge, without the need for theory or external validation.
In our Western world, many women have gradually lost this living connection with their bodies and their cycles, drowned under injunctions, discourses, and forgetfulness. But among the Hopi, this feminine is deeply rooted in a matriarchal society.
Hopi women carry the clan's memory, guard the sacred fire of the house, and hold the rights of inheritance. Lands, houses, lineages, and certain spiritual knowledge are passed down through women. This foundation gives the feminine a central place, not claimed, but lived, embodied, and respected.
They knew how to read their menstrual cycle, recognize the signs of their fertility or temporary sterility. They had no need for discourse on the sacred feminine .
Their life was sacred feminine .
Not in opposition to the masculine, but in living, ritual, invisible and effective complementarity.
The uterus: center of the sacred feminine among the Hopis
In Hopi tradition, the uterus is more than just an organ: it is a living center of perception, guidance, and profound intelligence. Like a secret garden, it is connected to the cycles of the Earth, the rhythms of the seasons, the phases of the moon—an intimate temple where body, mind, and nature blend.
What we now call " feminine intuition " is actually a bodily knowledge rooted in the pelvis, a subtle and powerful force that needs to be listened to, cultivated, and honored.
In the teaching of " the way of women ", twelve sacred points in the body are reactivated, like so many keys to reconnect with this original power. These points awaken the memory of the sacred feminine , inviting us to find our strength, our balance and our inner harmony.
The Kachina women: messengers of the invisible sacred feminine
This path of reconnection is not a journey alone. It is carried and guided by invisible guardians, ancestral spirits embodying the strength and wisdom of the sacred feminine.
Among these guardians, the Kachina women occupy a central place: silent teachers, they transmit their knowledge not through words, but through presence, dance, energy—thus anchoring the teaching directly in the body and soul.
The Kachina are sacred spirits from the Hopi tradition, true bridges between the visible and invisible worlds. They form a pantheon of beings with multiple faces—some male, others female—bearing teachings related to nature, cycles, and transformation.
Some Kachina take the form of women. They are not "feminine" figures in the ordinary sense, but embody powerful archetypes, linked to fertility, death, healing, and the wisdom of the body. Their language is that of feeling, intuition, and movement. Their teachings are not listened to; they are danced, breathed, and passed through.
It is these invisible presences that gently guide us toward reconnecting with our own feminine flesh—not to seek a distant divinity, but to embrace our wild essence, our original simplicity. Through the ancestral breath and feminine lineage of the Kachina, the path of women awakens, is transmitted, and takes root, like a silent song carried by the wind. To learn more about the Kachina, I invite you to read this article I wrote on the subject.
The sacred feminine is not spoken, it is lived.
Hopi women do not speak of the sacred feminine . They do not name it. They do not define it, much less debate it.
They live it, fully and simply.
They teach through presence.
With a welcoming look, an inhabited silence, an enveloping energy.
There is nothing to prove, nothing to convince. Only a truth that circulates from soul to soul, which the body recognizes without having learned it.
In this silent transmission, it is an ancient memory that awakens, a wisdom without speech, but infinitely alive.
It is this path, this path of lived femininity, that we have the greatest need to rediscover today.
Not an ideal to achieve, but a truth to inhabit, a presence to welcome, an inner flame to rekindle.
Because the sacred feminine is not transmitted with words, it is revealed in experience, in deep listening, in the opening of the heart and the body.
What if the feminine were not to be invented, but to be remembered?
Perhaps the sacred feminine has been dormant within us all along, hidden beneath thick layers of conditioning, fears, and external models.
It's time to put down these masks and these stories,
to free ourselves from the voices that distance us from our essence,
and to let the body, the earth, the bones, the breath, and the deep silence bring us back to the first source.
For it is in this return to the living, to cyclical nature, to the profound intelligence of our being, that the path of the sacred feminine is revealed,
not as a quest, but as a return to oneself,
a reconciliation with the part of us that knows, that feels, that heals.
I invite you to take this step with gentleness and courage, to start here and now,
to find this living memory,
to let your body speak, to listen to your inner wisdom,
and to honor this sacred feminine which only asks to be reborn.
An Invitation to Walk the Way of Hopi Women
Begin by welcoming this sacred feminine within you, without expectation, without judgment, simply with the kindness of a long-time friend coming home.
Give yourself time to listen to your body, to feel your breath, to reconnect with the earth and with silence.
If these words have resonated within you, if you hear the call of this deep and ancestral wisdom, do not let this whisper die away.
I invite you to come explore the teaching circles , drum healing and workshops that I offer at Studio Yoga With You .
And in 2026, I will transmit for the first time the teaching of the Way of Women .
A path of anchoring, memory and beauty, open to those who feel the call to remember.
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