Darshan Mendoza
CEO of Thirteen Temples, Kundalini yoga instructor, meditation teacher
Key Insights
- Divine feminine energy activates through dropping from head to body, emotions, and authentic experience
- Women have innate wisdom about nourishing themselves and children that gets activated during conception
- Creating ritual and ceremony around conception honors the profound spiritual experience of calling in souls
- Patriarchal conditioning disconnects women from natural cycles and must be consciously audited and healed
Actionable Advice
- Audit your belief systems to identify whose blueprint you're following
- Practice dropping into your body through luxurious baths, massage, and sensual experiences
- Create intentional conception rituals that honor the spiritual significance of calling in your child's soul
- Celebrate emotions as indicators of your inner truth rather than suppressing them
From This Conversation
Teachings 10
The divine feminine is about dropping from your head into your body, emotions, and authentic experience rather than living in constant mental problem-solving mode
Darshan shares how moving from 80-hour work weeks as a Chicago journalist to embodying feminine energy in Hawaii led to a Kundalini awakening and complete life transformation at age 25
Conceiving is fundamentally about receiving, not achieving—type A women must learn to soften into receptivity while maintaining their power
Rosanne explains how her own disconnection from femininity made her see her body as 'a pile of parts' during fertility struggles, and reconnecting with feminine energy transformed both her fertility journey and mothering ability
Women have an innate wisdom about how their bodies work and how to nourish themselves and children—this is your greatest fertility superpower that gets activated during conception
Darshan explains how this 'mom gene' gets activated when creating a baby and becomes refined throughout the conception, pregnancy, and birthing process, connecting mothers intuitively to what their children need
You must audit your belief systems about fertility and ask whose blueprint you're following—your own inner wisdom or programming that doesn't serve you
Darshan describes how false belief systems get plugged in through patriarchal conditioning, making women believe their reproductive systems are broken when they need to reconnect with their natural design for vitality
Age is not a barrier when you're aligned with your feminine power—conception timing should be based on your readiness, not external pressures
Darshan's grandmother Marcelino had six children starting at age 38 in the Philippines during an era when this was unusual, because she focused on building her career and abundance first without doubting her ability to conceive later
Create ritual and ceremony around conception—treat yourself as a temple preparing to welcome an esteemed guest, your child's soul
Darshan describes planning luxurious conception rituals including rose petal baths, candlelight, massage, and soul connection practices to honor the profound experience of calling in a child's spirit
Without the agency of deciding what you believe about yourself and what's possible, no medicine will help you—belief must come first
Rosanne explains how women who don't decide they'll be successful often fail regardless of medical intervention, emphasizing that mindset work is essential whether conceiving naturally or with medical support
Emotions are incredible indicators of your inner reality—anger shows boundary violations, sadness shows heart expansion, and all feelings deserve celebration not suppression
Darshan describes how patriarchal conditioning teaches women to repress desires and emotions, but reconnecting with authentic feelings provides guidance about boundaries, needs, and personal truth
Everything you need to create your baby exists from the neck down—focus on embodied wisdom rather than mental problem-solving
Rosanne teaches her signature 'neck down' principle, explaining how fertility success comes from connecting with body wisdom rather than getting trapped in mental analysis and fear-based thinking
You can surrender how and when conception happens while maintaining your desire—surrendering doesn't mean giving up your dream
Rosanne clarifies that surrender means releasing control over timing and method while staying committed to the outcome, distinguishing this from the harmful advice to 'just relax and it will happen'
Episode
EP69 The Divine Feminine: Your Fertility Super Power w/Darshan Mendoza
2020-06-22 · 47 min
