Lessons from the Goddess Yemoya

The Yoruba goddess Yemoya teaches us about the power of divine femininity and how to flow with the deep waters of our emotions.

Yemoya (also spelled Yemaya, Yemoja, and many other ways) is one of the principal goddesses of the West African Yoruba people. She began as a river goddess, giving birth to the world when her great waters broke. She followed her people across the ocean during the slave trade, becoming a source of comfort and protection for them, taking root in Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad, Haiti, and the US, where she is also understood as a sea goddess. One of her gifts to humanity was the seashell, in which we can always hear her voice—the voice of the ocean. Keep reading…