The Sacred Woman: Honoring the Divine Feminine Across Traditions

The Sacred Woman: Honoring the Divine Feminine Across Traditions

In a time and place where humanity is at a crossroads, the sacred woman and divine feminine needs to be celebrated and honored. Heart & Mind Festival's event, The Sacred Woman, brought together spiritual leaders from around the world. This event was an interactive experience that included rituals, concerts, meditations, lectures, and panel discussions as they relate to the role of the divine feminine in sacred indigenous traditions.

PRESENTERS:
Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Paula Looking Horse, White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle Keeper of the Sioux Nation
Maestro Domingo Dias Porta and Maria Guadalupe Abundis de Dias, Founder of the Association of the Solar American Indian (M.A.I.S.) and “Acción por la Unidad Mundial” (A.U.M. - Action for Global Unity)
Maestro Manual Rufino, Taino Elder and World Director of M.A.I.S.C.
Joanne Shenandoah, Grammy Award Winner and Member of the Wolf Clan, Oneida Nation
Alex and Allyson Grey, Artists and Co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser, Senior Rabbi at Aish Hatorah Jerusalem
Tata Pedro Cruz, Member of the Mayan Council of the Elders of Tz’utujil
Nana Marina Cruz, Mayan healer from the Tz'utujil
Melanie Stoneman and Mary Ann Bear Heels, Sicangu Lakotas from Rosebud, South Dakota
Kumu Hula Ali'i Kahuna Nui Ehulani, Ali'i Kahuna Nui (high priestess) from Hawaii
José de Lima Kaxinawá and Leopardo Yawa Bane, Huni Kuin from Brazil
Tito La Rosa, Descendant of Quechua Indians of the Peruvian Andes
Theresa Bear Fox, Haudenosaunee, Wolf Clan
and more!

The Sacred Woman: Honoring the Divine Feminine Across Traditions
  • Deepak Chopra: Awakening the Divine Feminine for Global Healing

    In this illuminating talk, Deepak Chopra explores the “divine feminine” as an essential force for restoring balance and healing in our world. Speaking from both science and spirituality, he examines the limits of modern scientific progress and the need for a return to compassion, wisdom, and holi...

  • All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer: Chief Arvol & Paula Looking Horse

    The custodians of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Sioux Nation share a powerful message of prophecy, unity, and healing for our planet. Through stories of the White Buffalo Calf Woman and the sacred pipe, they remind us to walk in balance, gratitude, and respect for all life. Their words call us to reki...

  • Aloha in Action - Pualani Case at The Sacred Woman

    Pualani Case grounds the Sacred Woman Festival with protocol, introducing herself through chant, lineage, and a request for ancestral permission, honoring the sacred feminine embodied by fire and water on Hawaiʻi Island. She traces her “genealogy” to New York through Indigenous People's Day, rela...

  • An Art History of The Divine Feminine - Alex and Allyson Grey

    Visionary artists Alex Grey and Allyson Grey trace the divine feminine in art—from prehistoric goddesses and sacred geometry to modern visionaries like Hilma af Klint, Judy Chicago, Georgia O’Keeffe, Niki de Saint Phalle, Louise Bourgeois, Faith Ringgold, and Ana Mendieta—highlighting archetypes ...

  • Images of The Divine Feminine: Heart & Mind Festival presents The Sacred Woman

  • Songs for Mother Earth, Kinship, and Living Lineage - Vivian & Don Papson

    Elders from northern New York connected with Seneca traditions, Vivian and Don Papson share a lifelong initiatic path grounded in music and community. Vivian honors Mother Earth as a spiritual mother, while Don offers a participatory song—accompanied by flute—celebrating our senses and inseparabl...

  • Songs for Mothers, Water, and Mother Earth - Theresa Bear Fox

    In this intimate, participatory concert, Theresa Bear Fox opens with an a cappella protection song, inviting the audience to surround their families with light and calling on the four directions to watch over them. She honors women with a “woman’s power” song—celebrating good minds, strength, med...

  • The Power of Words on The Spiritual Path - Maestro Domingo Dias Porta

    In this bilingual talk, Maestro Domingo Dias Porta (speaking Spanish with English interpretation) shares a universal lineage that predates doctrines and denominations. Drawing on the prophecy of the Aquarian age, he urges a return to nature and a disciplined “anatomy of words”—seeing that languag...

  • Lewis Burns at The Sacred Woman

  • The Hidden Power of the Sacred Feminine in Jewish Mysticism

    Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser offers a riveting exploration of the sacred feminine within Jewish tradition and Kabbalah. Drawing on a personal letter from his wife, he introduces the idea of feminine power as “hiddenness”—a protected, interior flowering that empowers the masculine while retaining its own ...

  • Kevin Nathaniel @ The Sacred Woman