Highest Self Podcast® Episode 590: How To Be More In Your Divine Feminine Energy with Sahara Rose

Date: February 18, 2025
Host: Sahara Rose

Episode Overview

In this episode, Sahara Rose dives deep into the essence of divine feminine (or, as she prefers, "sacred feminine") energy. Drawing from over a decade of study and personal embodiment, Sahara shares often-overlooked, practical insights on how to access, nurture, and radiate this energy. She critiques the surface-level approach prevalent in the current “divine feminine” conversation and instead guides listeners toward embodying the true energetics of feminine power—beyond aesthetics, into authenticity, creativity, and alignment with soul purpose.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reframing the Divine Feminine ([01:00])

• Sacred vs. Divine: Sahara prefers the term "sacred feminine" over "divine feminine," feeling "sacred" is more rooted and reverent, tying us back to ancient earth wisdom, while "divine" skews more cosmically or mentally masculine ([02:12]).

  • Quote: “To me, sacred is a little bit more revered. It’s a little bit more pulled back...we are altars.” – Sahara ([03:13])
  • She invokes her post-divorce realization: “I am a sacred site. The sacred site is nowhere outside of me, but is my own being.” ([04:10])

• Embodiment over Aesthetics: True feminine energy is not in appearance but in “the state of embodiment.” People’s experience of you shifts when you access “this deeper place within” ([05:39]).

• Ancient Archetypes: Sahara discusses priestesses, ancient beings who lived in ritual, ceremony, and connection with nature, inviting listeners who feel drawn to these arts to see themselves as carrying the same “codes” ([07:39]).

2. Unpacking Masculine and Feminine Energies ([11:30])

• Energy, Not Gender: Everyone contains both masculine and feminine energies, regardless of gender identity.

• Feminine Energy: Linked with creativity, intuition, flow, emotionality, and the womb. Wounded feminine traits include manipulation, victimhood, or dependency born from historic survival mechanisms ([15:30]).

• Masculine Energy: Associated with structure, goals, motivation, responsibility, and holding. Wounded masculine manifests as excessive control, suppression of emotion, and corporate/cultural systems that force women out of their creativity ([14:30]).

• Societal Conditioning: Modern schooling and work environments teach women to “sit down, be quiet, produce and memorize,” disconnecting them from natural feminine tendencies ([12:19]).

• Triggering to Others: When women embody their true feminine energy, it may “trigger” others—both women disconnected from their own feminine and men with mother wounds ([16:30]).

  • Quote: “Our society is extremely afraid of the feminine because the feminine brings forth truth.” – Sahara ([15:00])

3. Patterns of Survival: Wounded Feminine & Masculine ([18:00])

• Many women fluctuate between:

  • Hyper-masculine: Overworking, hustle, becoming independent to the point of refusing help—often for safety.
  • Wounded feminine: Hyper-dependence, waiting to be “saved,” or turning to “trad wife” or “trophy wife” archetypes.

• Root Cause: These are survival responses from centuries of patriarchal systems where women’s access to resources depended on men ([19:31]).

4. The Dark Night of the Soul & Feminine Awakening ([22:20])

• Transformational Pain: Sahara stresses that major life upheavals often lead to a “Dark Night of the Soul,” which brings depth and an intensified capacity to feel and express ([23:18]).
  • Quote: "When you've tasted that level of pain and despair, something comes alive in you." – Sahara ([24:09])
  • Touching grief and pain opens the doorway to intuition. Emotional surges or sudden synchronicities are the feminine “coming back online” ([24:42])—your “glow up moment.”

Practical Tips to Awaken & Embody the Divine Feminine

1. Movement & Dance ([26:40])

• Daily Practice: Move your body every morning with sensual, circular motions, especially focusing on your hips and belly. Circular movement awakens the sacral chakra (creativity, pleasure, abundance).

  • Quote: "Most of us are walking around pretty tight assed... Sucking in your belly is what is holding back your sacred feminine energy." – Sahara ([28:21])

• Belly Dance Influence: Let your belly hang loose and learn undulations/circular movements (energy flows downward and upward).

  • Sahara shares how belly dance helped her connect with feminine energy, inviting listeners to observe whether “rolling down (energy to womb)” or “rolling up (energy to heart)” feels more natural ([29:17]).

• Clothing Matters: Loose clothes and less restrictive underwear allow energy to flow more freely, connecting to the earth ([31:30]).

2. Conscious Breathing ([32:50])

• Feminine Breath Focus: Emphasize the exhale; soften and lengthen it. The inhale (taking in, holding) is more masculine; the exhale (release, surrender) is feminine.
  • Quote: “How you breathe is how you live.” – Sahara ([33:29])
• Motherhood & Masculine Overload: Many mothers function from perpetual “holding it together” (masculine), especially lacking support. Small, daily practices of movement and breath recalibrate feminine energy ([35:15]).

3. Integrating Healthy Masculine ([36:51])

• Empowered, Not Overpowered: Cultivate an inner masculine not rooted in shame, control, or fear. “Empowerment” means power from within, not power-over ([37:30]).

  • Quote: "Let’s shift that word from power to empowered… it’s coming from within, it’s a state of being." – Sahara ([37:56])

• Align Work with Soul Purpose (Dharma): Disinterest in “work” often comes from associating it with soulless jobs. The highest expression is making a living with activities that feed your feminine energy and soul mission ([39:10]).

  • Quote: “The queen energy is like, OK, how do I want to make the village a better place?” – Sahara ([42:30])

• Integration: The true queen is of service and magnetizes healthy partners, instead of seeking to be rescued ([43:40]).

4. Dress and Aesthetics as Secondary ([47:25])

• Beyond the Surface: Dresses, long hair, jewelry, etc., can evoke the energy, but genuine femininity radiates from within.
  • “It’s not about looking feminine, but feeling feminine. And feeling feminine comes from you feeling comfortable, comes from you feeling natural, it comes from flow.” – Sahara ([48:13])
• Energetic Practices: Imagine walking with a crown, leaning back in your “throne,” and notice shifts internally and externally ([49:28]).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On surrender and success: “People always ask me, what are your goals? I’m like, I have no goals. And they’re like, but how do you run multiple seven figure business... I genuinely let them come to me when I surrendered to that. Instead of having my goals of I want this and I want to make money and I want to—everything in my life shifted.” – Sahara ([00:00], repeated for emphasis)
• On societal fear of the feminine: “If people are so afraid of the feminine rising that they would rather force you to jail, force you to cover up than allow you to be in your power, it shows how freaking powerful we actually are. And we’re already rising. It’s already happening.” – Sahara ([32:20])
• On healing & integration: “I feel most information on the internet of how to become more divine feminine is like wear dresses and wear pink... But you could also have a shaved head and be very feminine. The external doesn’t really matter because a woman who is in her feminine is in her heart, in her womb, in her sense of self, in her dharma.” ([47:25])
• Closing Affirmation: “Trust your intuition. Trust your inner wisdom. Trust your inner guidance. Let go.” ([41:18])

Recommendations & Resources

• Daily Embodiment Practice: Free practice to connect with feminine energy ([Links in show notes])
• Albums & Playlists: My Body is an Altar album and sensual playlists (linked)
• Books & Courses:
  • Discover Your Dharma book with Deepak Chopra
  • Mystery School: Rose Gold Goddesses
  • Coaching certifications & workshops through Highest Self Institute
• Further Learning: Episodes on the “Dark Night of the Soul,” “main character energy,” and breath/movement practices are referenced.
• Womb Meditation: Leave a review and email the screenshot to receive Sahara’s womb meditation.

Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:00] – Reframing Divine vs Sacred Feminine
• [11:30] – Explaining Masculine and Feminine Energies
• [18:00] – Wounded dynamics & societal conditioning
• [22:20] – The “Dark Night of the Soul” and awakening
• [26:40] – Daily movement & awakening the womb
• [32:50] – Breathwork: Inhale vs. Exhale
• [36:51] – Integrating healthy masculine and dharma
• [47:25] – Aesthetics, embodiment, and energetic practice
• [41:18] – Final affirmation and closing

Episode Tone:
Warm, empowering, deeply reflective, and compassionate—Sahara speaks with a mix of spiritual wisdom and practical, relatable advice. She invites listeners to drop perfectionism, honor their unique journey, and trust their intuition.

For more information, resources, and to connect with Sahara:

• Instagram: @iamsahararose
• Daily Embodiment Practice
• Discover Your Dharma book
• Rose Gold Goddesses Divine Feminine Mystery School

Listener Invitation:
Try the tips, reflect on your patterns, and share your review for a special meditation gift from Sahara.