Chameli G. Ardagh has from a very young age traveled extensively around the world exploring in depth spirituality and meditation. Inspired by many spiritual teachers, and in particular by her main mentor and teacher Shantimayi, she has matured into sharing her gifts as a spiritual guide in her own very unique way. She is now an ordained minister with The Living Essence foundation, a California registrated church.

She has for many years been deeply involved in the exploration of a more feminine influenced spirituality, facilitating retreats and seminars both in the US and in Europe.  She is on the Omega faculty and the Crossings faculty and has appeared as speaker at several international conferences in spirituality, such as the annual Omega Conference; Being Fearless, New York City, The International Conference on Enlightenment and Sacred Sexuality, New Mexico; The Rainbow Spirit Festival, Germany; and the No-mind Festival, Sweden.

In co –founding the Temple group-network, as well as in her writing of books and articles, she expresses and shares her passion for a world and a spirituality where the feminine and masculine are equally honored.

Chameli is initiated from the Oneness University in Southern India, to give Oneness deeksha, a profound energy transmission that in a direct and simple way is opening people up to deep presence, the realization of oneness, and unconditional love.

She is originally from Norway and now lives with her husband Arjuna Ardagh and his two sons, Abhi and Shuba, in Northern California

Together with Arjuna, she also facilitates the Deeper Love seminars, which are about relationship as spiritual practice (for more info go to www.livingessence.com).

You can meet Chameli in private sessions (in person or on the phone).  She can be invited to facilitate women’s events in your area.


"Chameli is a wonderful woman with a wonderful true teaching, living the gifts of the feminine heart for real- a space where everything is welcome! She has found a unique way of revealing the diamond that is already here in every moment, the deep mystery of the love that we really are. The world needs this urgently!"

Bianca Harrison, Singer, Munich