*The “medicine woman” is one of the most forgotten and repressed female archetypes in human history. She's there

wise woman, the visionary, the seer, the intuitive, the healer, the sexual priestess and the one who possesses the truth of wisdom.

She holds the gifts of healing, energy and expanded consciousness. She sees the past and the future and sees deep into the heart

others. Her passion is to serve and restore harmony, balance and healing to humanity and the Earth.

She is the aspect within us that is ready to return as part of a greater human awakening. In our pre-patriarchal past, during

Hundreds of thousands of years, women's medicine held a prominent place in society. She served her community

around the world in countless ways as a shaman, wise woman, midwife, herbalist, oracle woman, priestess,

sacred dancer, seer and queen.

Her vision and gifts of healing were honored and integrated into each of the lives of those she served. She brought wisdom and

humility to powerful sovereigns thanks to her gifts of oracle which guided the spirit. She taught goddess worship in

respecting the cycles and the fertility of the Earth. His shamanic vision was an ancient remedy for the soul. Their myths and their

stories have given meaning to even the deepest suffering. She had the keys to her sexual power and divine union

between masculine and feminine.

For a time, across many cultures, its archetype has been repressed, condemned, punished, twisted and ultimately

forgotten, because patriarchal systems of government based on domination have denied the value of the medical woman. They were denigrated and the Earth, symbol of the feminine, was considered evil and inferior. The core of female power has been forgotten and even women have forgotten to see themselves as powerful.

However, the medicine woman is now returning. Millions of women on this planet have this archetype deep in their hearts and stomachs. Many of us have memories of our ancestral powers and the many lifetimes we have lived in which we put those powers to use. We also carry the wound of having been denied, punished and repressed.

We are now ready to re-emerge into the complexity of the modern world. A world where some women enjoy

unprecedented freedoms and others still live in the suppression of their rights as in medieval times. However, this

what all of these women have in common is that right now in humanity we have the power and the responsibility to

claim and live in our sacred wisdom, awakening the gifts that we have each come to bring to society.

We cannot wait for others to tell us we exist or receive permission to express our power again.

We know that we have the power and that we are needed. And if our souls have chosen to incarnate now, it is

for a great purpose, which only we can discover. It is up to us to examine our true motives and our true

passions, to recognize ourselves as medicine women, to heal ourselves and to discover how our passion for life becomes

our sacred purpose.

We are teachers, healers, counsellors, guides, trainers, ceremonial planners,

social and spiritual activists, businesswomen, visionaries, communicators and artists. We need to remember who we are and awaken our innate powers and passion. When we do, our work will bring needed balance and healing to the world.

You are needed!

The world needs women like you to rise to power and visibility and become a beacon of hope, light and healing.

With love and gratitude, I have you in my heart.

Ahava,

Ana Otero »