Living Goddess with Chameli Gad Ardagh https://livinggoddess.podbean.com Awakening Women Founder and Goddess Keeper, Chameli Gad Ardagh invites us to listen deeper, awaken senses below the senses; perceive the ordinary, and messy with mystic eyes so you can remember the knowing behind all knowing: that your life is sacred. Through Goddess mythology, wisdom teachings, and intimate sharings from her daily practice and contemplations, Chameli illuminates the Shakti Keys stitched into the fabric of our daily lives and inspires us to reclaim a pulsating intimacy with Source and revive our spiritual lineage rooted in the Living Goddess. Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2023-26 All rights reserved. Religion & Spirituality:Spirituality 1440 episodic Awakening Women Founder and Goddess Keeper, Chameli Gad Ardagh invites us to listen deeper, awaken senses below the senses; perceive the ordinary, and messy with mystic eyes so you can remember the knowing behind all knowing: that your life is sacred. Through Goddess mythology, wisdom teachings, and intimate sharings from her daily practice and contemplations. Chameli illuminates the Shakti Keys stitched into the fabric of our daily lives and inspires us to reclaim a pulsating intimacy with Source and revive our spiritual lineage rooted in the Living Goddess. Chameli Gad Ardagh Chameli Gad Ardagh No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16399352/Living-Goddess-FINAL.jpeg Living Goddess with Chameli Gad Ardagh https://livinggoddess.podbean.com 144 144 Beyond Regulation: Tending to Our Nervous System in a Patriarchal World with Ailey Jolie Beyond Regulation: Tending to Our Nervous System in a Patriarchal World with Ailey Jolie https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/tba-with-ailey-joli/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/tba-with-ailey-joli/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/fc87fbc4-3068-388d-bb48-71ef014648b5 Chameli sits down with psychologist and writer, Ailey Jolie to explore how the culture we live in shapes our nervous systems, and why simply regulating ourselves isn’t enough when systems themselves dysregulate us. 

They discuss the relief and healing that can come when the systemic abuse of the female body is named, and how symptoms like anxiety and hypervigilance can be healthy signals signaling deeper truths. 

The conversation unveils how women have sometimes betrayed one another in the pursuit of power within a patriarchal system, and why finding healing in circle—where bodies and stories can mend together—holds transformative power.

 

**Before you dive into this episode, we want to make you aware that we will speaking about sexual abuse and sexual violence. Please take care of yourself and listen if you feel resourced or feel into if you may want to skip this episode.**

 

Connect with Ailey Jolie: https://aileyjolie.substack.com/

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]]> Chameli sits down with psychologist and writer, Ailey Jolie to explore how the culture we live in shapes our nervous systems, and why simply regulating ourselves isn’t enough when systems themselves dysregulate us. 

They discuss the relief and healing that can come when the systemic abuse of the female body is named, and how symptoms like anxiety and hypervigilance can be healthy signals signaling deeper truths. 

The conversation unveils how women have sometimes betrayed one another in the pursuit of power within a patriarchal system, and why finding healing in circle—where bodies and stories can mend together—holds transformative power.

 

**Before you dive into this episode, we want to make you aware that we will speaking about sexual abuse and sexual violence. Please take care of yourself and listen if you feel resourced or feel into if you may want to skip this episode.**

 

Connect with Ailey Jolie:
https://aileyjolie.substack.com/

For deepening studies with Chameli
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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3917 28 full Rewrite the Mother Code with Dr. Gertrude Lyons Rewrite the Mother Code with Dr. Gertrude Lyons https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/rewrite-the-mother-code-with-dr-gertrude-lyons/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/rewrite-the-mother-code-with-dr-gertrude-lyons/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/5e1ea50c-5a1a-3222-8d93-ee5adc51a477 Chameli speaks with Dr. Gertrude Lyons about her book Rewrite the Mother Code and her passionate invitation to expand what it means to mother. 

Dr. Lyons shares practices and insights from her own journey of motherhood, and from decades of coaching others, and together they explore what steps one can take to shift out of oppressive belief systems around mothering, and rewrite outdated mother codes to more creative and sustainable ones.

To learn more about Rewriting the Mother Code book  >> https://www.drgertrudelyons.com/book-rewrite-the-mother-code

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]]> Chameli speaks with Dr. Gertrude Lyons about her book Rewrite the Mother Code and her passionate invitation to expand what it means to mother. 

Dr. Lyons shares practices and insights from her own journey of motherhood, and from decades of coaching others, and together they explore what steps one can take to shift out of oppressive belief systems around mothering, and rewrite outdated mother codes to more creative and sustainable ones.

To learn more about Rewriting the Mother Code book
 >> https://www.drgertrudelyons.com/book-rewrite-the-mother-code


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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3538 25 full Twenty Years in the Women’s Temple, with Helena Montelius Twenty Years in the Women’s Temple, with Helena Montelius https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/twenty-years-in-the-women-s-temple-with-helena-montelius/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/twenty-years-in-the-women-s-temple-with-helena-montelius/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/13203cc3-8d48-3aae-9ae5-c22dd8f2e45e Twenty years ago, Chameli and Helena Montelius came together for the first Women’s Temple, to remember the sacred within the body, to listen, to breathe, to pray in movement and stillness. 

In this special anniversary conversation, Chameli and Helena reflect on what has sustained their Temple group through all the changes of life, the births and endings, the ebbs and flows, the laughter and the tears. They speak about the nourishment of being in Temple together, about friendship, and about the power showing up again and again to remember what truly matters.

To learn more about Helena and her work: Lookwithin.com

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]]> Twenty years ago, Chameli and Helena Montelius came together for the first Women’s Temple, to remember the sacred within the body, to listen, to breathe, to pray in movement and stillness. 

In this special anniversary conversation, Chameli and Helena reflect on what has sustained their Temple group through all the changes of life, the births and endings, the ebbs and flows, the laughter and the tears. They speak about the nourishment of being in Temple together, about friendship, and about the power showing up again and again to remember what truly matters.


To learn more about Helena and her work:
Lookwithin.com


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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2378 23 full Best of Living Goddess - Create a New Year Rooted in Wisdom: The Norn Goddesses Best of Living Goddess - Create a New Year Rooted in Wisdom: The Norn Goddesses https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/best-of-living-goddess-create-a-new-year-rooted-in-wisdom-the-norn-goddesses-1767806085/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/best-of-living-goddess-create-a-new-year-rooted-in-wisdom-the-norn-goddesses-1767806085/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:18:30 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/c1ea5314-ebe8-3d31-b913-1675c9eb754b Join us in celebrating the new year with a popular episode from our archives. The three giant goddesses, the Norns, from Norse mythology guide us in co-creating with Living Goddess. Through the practice of presence, we can root our visions and desires in the original instructions, so that the future can unfold from wisdom instead of being a carrot on a stick that keeps us leaning out of the intimacy with the goddess, and into an endless chase of never-yet-there.

 

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]]> Join us in celebrating the new year with a popular episode from our archives. The three giant goddesses, the Norns, from Norse mythology guide us in co-creating with Living Goddess. Through the practice of presence, we can root our visions and desires in the original instructions, so that the future can unfold from wisdom instead of being a carrot on a stick that keeps us leaning out of the intimacy with the goddess, and into an endless chase of never-yet-there.

 

For deepening studies with Chameli
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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2303 27 full Listening to Messages from the Trees with Ellen Dee Davidson Listening to Messages from the Trees with Ellen Dee Davidson https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/listening-to-messages-from-the-trees-ellen-dee-davidson/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/listening-to-messages-from-the-trees-ellen-dee-davidson/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:05:53 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/2d245f2b-4b46-3930-b877-691f8b1c6918 Chameli sits down with Ellen Dee Davidson, author of Sacred Forest Bathing, to explore the ancient art of listening to the trees. With decades of practice in sitting, listening, and communing with the forest, Ellen shares her lived experience of how trees speak to us, through presence, sensation, and subtle messages.

Together, they explore how each of us can enter into a more intimate relationship with the natural world, learning to receive the guidance, healing, and companionship that trees so generously offer. This is your invitation to slow down, tune in, and discover how the forest can become a teacher, ally, and sanctuary.

 

To learn more about Ellen and her book Sacred Forest Bathing: www.ellendeedavidson.com

 

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]]> Chameli sits down with Ellen Dee Davidson, author of Sacred Forest Bathing, to explore the ancient art of listening to the trees. With decades of practice in sitting, listening, and communing with the forest, Ellen shares her lived experience of how trees speak to us, through presence, sensation, and subtle messages.

Together, they explore how each of us can enter into a more intimate relationship with the natural world, learning to receive the guidance, healing, and companionship that trees so generously offer. This is your invitation to slow down, tune in, and discover how the forest can become a teacher, ally, and sanctuary.

 

To learn more about Ellen and her book Sacred Forest Bathing:
www.ellendeedavidson.com

 

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3057 21 full What Becomes Important When You’re Told You’re Dying with Kim Rose Keller What Becomes Important When You’re Told You’re Dying with Kim Rose Keller https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-becomes-important-when-you-re-told-you-re-dying-with-kim-rose-keller/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-becomes-important-when-you-re-told-you-re-dying-with-kim-rose-keller/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/10ba5751-bd19-3869-a78a-ea1626001851 In this intimate conversation, Chameli sits with her dear sister Kim Rose Keller, a Sex and Intimacy Coach whose life and work have been devoted to love and the beauty of human connection. Together they explore the landscapes of intimacy, grief, and the gift of community, and what begins to matter most when the illusion of “later” falls away. Kim speaks with exquisite honesty about her journey of living with a terminal cancer diagnosis, and how this encounter with mortality has opened her even more fully to life, to pleasure, to humor, to friendship, and to the sacredness of every ordinary day. This is not only a conversation about dying, but about living with nothing held back, about the courage to stay open to the full range of feelings, to keep loving, and to find grace in the mystery that holds us all.

To learn more about Kim and her work: KimRoseKeller.com

 

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]]> In this intimate conversation, Chameli sits with her dear sister Kim Rose Keller, a Sex and Intimacy Coach whose life and work have been devoted to love and the beauty of human connection. Together they explore the landscapes of intimacy, grief, and the gift of community, and what begins to matter most when the illusion of “later” falls away.

Kim speaks with exquisite honesty about her journey of living with a terminal cancer diagnosis, and how this encounter with mortality has opened her even more fully to life, to pleasure, to humor, to friendship, and to the sacredness of every ordinary day. This is not only a conversation about dying, but about living with nothing held back, about the courage to stay open to the full range of feelings, to keep loving, and to find grace in the mystery that holds us all.

To learn more about Kim and her work: KimRoseKeller.com

 

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2827 22 full What The Soul Longs For What The Soul Longs For https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-the-soul-longs-for/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-the-soul-longs-for/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:52:31 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/8655a248-e9f9-30a7-b66c-de8e023678a3 Chameli shares an update on where she is in her life and practice, about being in a season of ebbing, energy turning inward, about shedding and slowing down. She speaks about the courage it takes to become honest, to listen deeply, and to center the desire of the soul. What happens when we create space for simple beingness? Is it selfish to honor what the soul longs for, or is it, in truth, an act of service to our collective healing in its deepest sense?

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]]> Chameli shares an update on where she is in her life and practice, about being in a season of ebbing, energy turning inward, about shedding and slowing down. She speaks about the courage it takes to become honest, to listen deeply, and to center the desire of the soul. What happens when we create space for simple beingness? Is it selfish to honor what the soul longs for, or is it, in truth, an act of service to our collective healing in its deepest sense?



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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3336 24 full The Senses Below the Senses The Senses Below the Senses https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-senses-below-the-senses/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-senses-below-the-senses/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/da791460-6736-30e4-a6a5-4b3e1b31984b Like a pre-programmed car radio automatically playing the same handful of familiar stations, we tend to run on repeat a few familiar, but not always beneficial, thought loops and habitual activities. Chameli shares how the animals she lives with help her in her practice of cultivating senses below the senses, which allows for a more fine-tuned ability to perceive the often subtle signals from the soul.

 

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]]> Like a pre-programmed car radio automatically playing the same handful of familiar stations, we tend to run on repeat a few familiar, but not always beneficial, thought loops and habitual activities. Chameli shares how the animals she lives with help her in her practice of cultivating senses below the senses, which allows for a more fine-tuned ability to perceive the often subtle signals from the soul.

 

Events with Chameli:

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2253 20 full What is Essential? What is Essential? https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-is-essential/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-is-essential/#comments Sun, 05 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/acf54a2e-ff9d-34e4-a830-72f40f5eeb27 Chameli shares a different way of setting intentions for the new year, and every day, by asking ourselves the question: what is essential?

She tells the story of Shiva and the Dasha MahaVidyas (Ten Wisdom Goddesses), a story reminding us that trying to escape parts of ourselves, and clinging to others, will keep us stuck in the realm of appearances and disconnected from the union at the Source of all forms.

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]]> Chameli shares a different way of setting intentions for the new year, and every day, by asking ourselves the question: what is essential?

She tells the story of Shiva and the Dasha MahaVidyas (Ten Wisdom Goddesses), a story reminding us that trying to escape parts of ourselves, and clinging to others, will keep us stuck in the realm of appearances and disconnected from the union at the Source of all forms.

Events with Chameli:

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2333 19 full She who Guards the Soul She who Guards the Soul https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-one-who-guards-the-soul/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-one-who-guards-the-soul/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/028a36f9-ecd9-3643-8abc-b840ebc8ad5b In this meditative episode that is inspired by Dr. Estes’ lecture series The Dangerous Old Woman, Chameli shares about the shift of priorities that happens when our lives are guided by “She who guards the soul”. The Dangerous Old Woman is an aspect of our being that operates in much vaster timelines than our habitual hurry, and reminds us that we are more free and powerful than we usually take ourselves to be.

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]]> In this meditative episode that is inspired by Dr. Estes’ lecture series The Dangerous Old Woman, Chameli shares about the shift of priorities that happens when our lives are guided by “She who guards the soul”. The Dangerous Old Woman is an aspect of our being that operates in much vaster timelines than our habitual hurry, and reminds us that we are more free and powerful than we usually take ourselves to be.

Events with Chameli:

Awakeningwomen.com/events

Submit your questions and suggestions to Yoginiteam@awakeningwomen.com

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 1969 18 full Summoned by the Earth with Cynthia Jurs Summoned by the Earth with Cynthia Jurs https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/summoned-by-the-earth-with-cynthia-jurst/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/summoned-by-the-earth-with-cynthia-jurst/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/df44fc4a-2c89-39e7-82d5-9af0472a3978 We have our very first guest on the Living Goddess podcast! Cynthia Jurs is the author of the book Summoned by the Earth. In this episode, she shares about the Earth Treasure Vase practice, her reckoning with the patriarchal aspects of Buddhism, and how a pilgrimage to Delphi revealed her seat in the lineage of Gaia's priestesses.

For more about Cynthia's work:

Gaiamandala.net

Summonedbytheearth.org

 

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]]> We have our very first guest on the Living Goddess podcast! Cynthia Jurs is the author of the book Summoned by the Earth. In this episode, she shares about the Earth Treasure Vase practice, her reckoning with the patriarchal aspects of Buddhism, and how a pilgrimage to Delphi revealed her seat in the lineage of Gaia's priestesses.

For more about Cynthia's work:

Gaiamandala.net

Summonedbytheearth.org

 

Upcoming Events with Chameli:

Awakeningwomen.com/events

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3523 17 full The Path of Devotion and Love The Path of Devotion and Love https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-path-of-devotion-and-love/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-path-of-devotion-and-love/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:37 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/063f0c6e-78d9-349f-8ed4-9e41b3c20b01 Chameli speaks about her experience meeting Parvathy Baul, a master practitioner on the path of devotional song. You will hear the story about the epic love affair between Radha and Krishna, and how surrender and devotion can be portals to divine union.

Chameli also speaks on the hesitation and wounding we carry around spiritual devotion, how the purity of our longing and devotion have been taken advantage of and misused, and on the importance of reclaiming devotion as a portal to a sovereignty that we don't have to cling to, or make up, but that naturally arises once we surrender.

21-Day Eternal Mother Sadhana : awakeningwomen.com/eternal-mother-sadhana/

Corfu Goddess Summer Ashram:

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]]> Chameli speaks about her experience meeting Parvathy Baul, a master practitioner on the path of devotional song. You will hear the story about the epic love affair between Radha and Krishna, and how surrender and devotion can be portals to divine union.

Chameli also speaks on the hesitation and wounding we carry around spiritual devotion, how the purity of our longing and devotion have been taken advantage of and misused, and on the importance of reclaiming devotion as a portal to a sovereignty that we don't have to cling to, or make up, but that naturally arises once we surrender.

21-Day Eternal Mother Sadhana :
awakeningwomen.com/eternal-mother-sadhana/

Corfu Goddess Summer Ashram:

www.CorfuRetreat.com

 

About Parvathy Baul www.parvathybaul.com

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2419 16 full Nurturing My Seat of Spiritual Practice Nurturing My Seat of Spiritual Practice https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/nurturing-my-seat-of-spiritual-practice/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/nurturing-my-seat-of-spiritual-practice/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2024 05:54:46 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/00011f6c-d849-33c0-9c4d-529505ab374e Chameli speaks about her daily practice, and how to create a relationship of mutual support with our seat of practice. She shares about Adhara Shakti, the goddess in that is the frequency of support, taking so many forms in our lives. She also shares about the Three Mother Goddess practice that takes embodied spirituality from a nice sounding concept, into an actualized and lived way of life, a practice that has been one of the most life-changing Shakti Keys for her and the many women she has shared it with, on this wild and holy path of embodying Source.

 

21 Day Eternal Mother Sadhana : https://awakeningwomen.com/eternal-mother-sadhana/

 

Corfu Goddess Summer Ashram:

www.CorfuRetreat.com

 

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]]> Chameli speaks about her daily practice, and how to create a relationship of mutual support with our seat of practice. She shares about Adhara Shakti, the goddess in that is the frequency of support, taking so many forms in our lives. She also shares about the Three Mother Goddess practice that takes embodied spirituality from a nice sounding concept, into an actualized and lived way of life, a practice that has been one of the most life-changing Shakti Keys for her and the many women she has shared it with, on this wild and holy path of embodying Source.

 

21 Day Eternal Mother Sadhana :
https://awakeningwomen.com/eternal-mother-sadhana/

 

Corfu Goddess Summer Ashram:

www.CorfuRetreat.com

 

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3120 15 full Dharma: The unique thread of you in the vast tapestry of life Dharma: The unique thread of you in the vast tapestry of life https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/dharma-the-unique-thread-of-you-in-the-vast-tapestry-of-life/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/dharma-the-unique-thread-of-you-in-the-vast-tapestry-of-life/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/c834c676-2e7a-38f3-bd56-afb34425d498 Chameli speaks about dharma, life purpose, how we can get confused in comparison and in looking outside ourselves for “how to be”, plus how the path of dharma invites us into the vulnerability and risk of being ourselves. She also shares about her dharma journey and commitment to live in intimacy with Goddess.

 

21 Day Eternal Mother Sadhana: https://awakeningwomen.com/eternal-mother-sadhana/

 

Corfu Goddess Summer Ashram:

www.CorfuRetreat.com

 

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]]> Chameli speaks about dharma, life purpose, how we can get confused in comparison and in looking outside ourselves for “how to be”, plus how the path of dharma invites us into the vulnerability and risk of being ourselves. She also shares about her dharma journey and commitment to live in intimacy with Goddess.

 

21 Day Eternal Mother Sadhana:
https://awakeningwomen.com/eternal-mother-sadhana/

 

Corfu Goddess Summer Ashram:

www.CorfuRetreat.com

 

Submit your questions and suggestions to Yoginiteam@awakeningwomen.com

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3361 14 full {BONUS EPISODE} Goddess Summer Ashram in Corfu {BONUS EPISODE} Goddess Summer Ashram in Corfu https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/bonus-episode-goddess-summer-ashram-in-corfu/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/bonus-episode-goddess-summer-ashram-in-corfu/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/31e26a86-4cba-3e0c-ae2d-73507bd1e4f8 In this bonus episode of Living Goddess, Chameli shares information about the 18th annual Summer Ashram Retreat that she hosts in Greece. She shares the focus and mythology for each week, about the practices of dance, chanting, embodied mythology, and temple touch.

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]]> In this bonus episode of Living Goddess, Chameli shares information about the 18th annual Summer Ashram Retreat that she hosts in Greece. She shares the focus and mythology for each week, about the practices of dance, chanting, embodied mythology, and temple touch.

For more information about the Goddess Summer Ashram
www.corfuretreat.com

For deepening studies with Chameli
www.awakeningwomen.com

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 1912 12 full Sacred Structure - Vishnu Sacred Structure - Vishnu https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/episode-twelve/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/episode-twelve/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2024 05:36:37 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/1cf64e96-3cfa-37e4-bbb9-8404f491d574 Today we call upon Vishnu, the Hindu God, and consort to Lakshmi the Goddess of Abundance. It may be easy to say yes to the beautiful and abundant flow of Lakshmi, but as many of us have overdosed on the suffocating structures of the patriarchy, we often resist creating the sacred structures needed for the qualities of Lakshmi to truly flourish in our life. Inviting the noble integrity and loving commitment of Vishnu into our lives can help us reframe our associations of structure as limitations, and instead recognize it as love in action.

 

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]]> Today we call upon Vishnu, the Hindu God, and consort to Lakshmi the Goddess of Abundance. It may be easy to say yes to the beautiful and abundant flow of Lakshmi, but as many of us have overdosed on the suffocating structures of the patriarchy, we often resist creating the sacred structures needed for the qualities of Lakshmi to truly flourish in our life. Inviting the noble integrity and loving commitment of Vishnu into our lives can help us reframe our associations of structure as limitations, and instead recognize it as love in action.

 

Lakshmi Immersion self-study course:
https://awakeningwomen.com/abundance-grace-self-study

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2192 13 full Into the Heart of Abundance Into the Heart of Abundance https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/into-the-heart-of-abundance/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/into-the-heart-of-abundance/#comments Sun, 28 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/536dd264-19e7-37cf-920b-5b686849b3b1 Today we call upon the Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Abundance. Chameli shares about the four arms of the Goddess, and how they give us a powerful map for a spirituality that is balanced and embodied, and ultimately leads us into heart of abundance.

 

As Chameli continues her pilgrimage, she will take a break from producing the podcast and will be back with a new episode in March.

 

Information about the Lakshmi Immersion: Abundance and Grace

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]]> Today we call upon the Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Abundance. Chameli shares about the four arms of the Goddess, and how they give us a powerful map for a spirituality that is balanced and embodied, and ultimately leads us into heart of abundance.

 

As Chameli continues her pilgrimage, she will take a break from producing the podcast and will be back with a new episode in March.

 

Information about the Lakshmi Immersion:
Abundance and Grace

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 1425 11 full May You Have Wind In Your Sails! May You Have Wind In Your Sails! https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/may-you-have-wind-in-your-sails/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/may-you-have-wind-in-your-sails/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/e40fd307-5717-3d64-93dd-c542d093e0b5 As she is preparing for a pilgrimage, Chameli reflects on the Buddhist terms Windhorse and Drip, and on how clearing clutter and being in integrity with your hearts wisdom, not only creates more flow, ease, and abundance in your life but ultimately brings you into union with your deepest self.

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]]> As she is preparing for a pilgrimage, Chameli reflects on the Buddhist terms Windhorse and Drip, and on how clearing clutter and being in integrity with your hearts wisdom, not only creates more flow, ease, and abundance in your life but ultimately brings you into union with your deepest self.

For deepening studies with Chameli
www.awakeningwomen.com

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 1981 10 full Create a New Year rooted in Wisdom: The Norn Goddesses Create a New Year rooted in Wisdom: The Norn Goddesses https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/create-a-new-year-rooted-in-wisdom-the-norn-goddesses/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/create-a-new-year-rooted-in-wisdom-the-norn-goddesses/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:55:18 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/2b482bb3-e88d-337a-9adb-6749d49c0181 The three giant goddesses, the Norns, from Norse mythology guide us in co-creating with Living Goddess. Through the practice of presence, we can root our visions and desires in the original instructions, so that the future can unfold from wisdom instead of being a carrot on a stick that keeps us leaning out of the intimacy with the goddess, and into an endless chase of never-yet-there.

 

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]]> The three giant goddesses, the Norns, from Norse mythology guide us in co-creating with Living Goddess. Through the practice of presence, we can root our visions and desires in the original instructions, so that the future can unfold from wisdom instead of being a carrot on a stick that keeps us leaning out of the intimacy with the goddess, and into an endless chase of never-yet-there.

 

For deepening studies with Chameli
www.awakeningwomen.com

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2303 9 full Retrieving my baby dolphin self: The journey - part 2 Retrieving my baby dolphin self: The journey - part 2 https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/retrieving-my-baby-dolphin-self-the-journey-part-2/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/retrieving-my-baby-dolphin-self-the-journey-part-2/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/498f01b4-fdff-31a2-a23c-f477154d028d Chameli continues the exploration of the journey home to our essential nature, by sharing a story from Norse mythology about the Goddess hidden behind the armor of forgetfulness and the journey to wake her and unite with her wisdom. We will explore the importance of cultivating and guarding intuition, the willingness to face the unwanted parts of ourselves, and to risk coming into an ‘isness’ with ourselves and the world so that we can retrieve our roots in wisdom and creative life force energy.

 

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]]> Chameli continues the exploration of the journey home to our essential nature, by sharing a story from Norse mythology about the Goddess hidden behind the armor of forgetfulness and the journey to wake her and unite with her wisdom. We will explore the importance of cultivating and guarding intuition, the willingness to face the unwanted parts of ourselves, and to risk coming into an ‘isness’ with ourselves and the world so that we can retrieve our roots in wisdom and creative life force energy.

 

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2977 8 full Retrieving my baby dolphin self: Freedom from people pleasing - part 1 Retrieving my baby dolphin self: Freedom from people pleasing - part 1 https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/retrieving-my-baby-dolphin-self-freedom-from-people-pleasing-part-1/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/retrieving-my-baby-dolphin-self-freedom-from-people-pleasing-part-1/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/f1f58f51-bb27-34c9-9dc6-a214b88e04d2 Chameli shares about the journey from cosmic ocean into our separate selves, about the Buddhist concept of near enemy, and she also shares her personal practice of liberating herself from the coping strategy of people pleasing and conflict avoidance, back into the essential quality of generosity and compassion. She shares how easily we get stuck in rigid beliefs that create harmful division and delusion, and how we can practice curiosity and a flexible mind. She also shares about a dream when she found a buried baby dolphin.

 

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]]> Chameli shares about the journey from cosmic ocean into our separate selves, about the Buddhist concept of near enemy, and she also shares her personal practice of liberating herself from the coping strategy of people pleasing and conflict avoidance, back into the essential quality of generosity and compassion. She shares how easily we get stuck in rigid beliefs that create harmful division and delusion, and how we can practice curiosity and a flexible mind. She also shares about a dream when she found a buried baby dolphin.

 

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]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 4082 7 full The medicine of the broken heart The medicine of the broken heart https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-medicine-of-the-broken-heart/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-medicine-of-the-broken-heart/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/63bbaf60-b626-3016-aa60-a2542274f629 Chameli tells the story about the grieving Buddha and how two potent goddesses of love and protection came into form through his broken heart. In this myth, we find potent guidance on how to stay with our hearts open and take enlightened action when faced with the horrendous suffering in the world.

 

The poem at the end is by Gina Puorro.

]]> Chameli tells the story about the grieving Buddha and how two potent goddesses of love and protection came into form through his broken heart. In this myth, we find potent guidance on how to stay with our hearts open and take enlightened action when faced with the horrendous suffering in the world.

 

The poem at the end is by Gina Puorro.

]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 1933 6 full What are you here to guard? What are you here to guard? https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-are-you-here-to-guard/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/what-are-you-here-to-guard/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:59:14 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/aae93bd1-b21e-3eec-86cb-c968de926166 Chameli tells the story of the great Indian Goddess Durga and illuminates keys for how we can stay rooted in a place of peace and clarity while engaging in a world so full of suffering, war, and division. Durga mirrors to us a power within us that arises out of a fierce commitment to love, a power that unifies instead of divides us.

]]> Chameli tells the story of the great Indian Goddess Durga and illuminates keys for how we can stay rooted in a place of peace and clarity while engaging in a world so full of suffering, war, and division. Durga mirrors to us a power within us that arises out of a fierce commitment to love, a power that unifies instead of divides us.

]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 3186 5 full The light that never dies The light that never dies https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-light-that-never-dies/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/the-light-that-never-dies/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:00:00 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/197c07ca-ddd1-3847-b88d-0b0e7d895ad3 Chameli explores how Hestia from Greek mythology and Gunnveig from Norse mythology both guide us home to the light within that never dies; the hearth, our home, our source. She also shares about the challenges and gifts from her practice with the circle, and how the circle itself is a wisdom keeper we all can receive guidance and enlightenment from.

]]> Chameli explores how Hestia from Greek mythology and Gunnveig from Norse mythology both guide us home to the light within that never dies; the hearth, our home, our source. She also shares about the challenges and gifts from her practice with the circle, and how the circle itself is a wisdom keeper we all can receive guidance and enlightenment from.

]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2645 4 full Attachment sets you free Attachment sets you free https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/attachment-sets-you-free/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/attachment-sets-you-free/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:56:01 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/3a84e455-f4ec-3d1d-b442-8b5dde91c7d7 Continuing the exploration of the Gaia/Uranus myth, Chameli speaks about how creating a secure attachment to body, earth and Goddess will liberate us, instead of entrapping us as we have been told for thousands of years. As most patriarchal religions and spiritual paths are Uranus-centered we may be looking at basic avoidance or insecure attachment styles playing themselves out.

]]> Continuing the exploration of the Gaia/Uranus myth, Chameli speaks about how creating a secure attachment to body, earth and Goddess will liberate us, instead of entrapping us as we have been told for thousands of years. As most patriarchal religions and spiritual paths are Uranus-centered we may be looking at basic avoidance or insecure attachment styles playing themselves out.

]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2150 3 full Healing the wound of separation Healing the wound of separation https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/2-gaia-and-uranus-story/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/2-gaia-and-uranus-story/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:50:27 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/3b765941-aae2-3f90-9023-ed85d756b5b2 No matter how shiny and bright our spirituality feels, if it is dependent on us pushing parts of ourselves down into the basement, our experience of ourselves and Goddess will be partial, and we will cheat ourselves of the peace and belonging in her wholeness. In the myth about Gaia and Uranus, we learn about the root and pain of such fragmentation, and Chameli also shares a turning point in her path when she was forced to become brutally honest with herself about how these dynamics plaid out in her life, and what it would take to come into integrity with her deeper knowing. 

 

Poem: The Soul Misses the Body by Andrea Gibson

]]> No matter how shiny and bright our spirituality feels, if it is dependent on us pushing parts of ourselves down into the basement, our experience of ourselves and Goddess will be partial, and we will cheat ourselves of the peace and belonging in her wholeness. In the myth about Gaia and Uranus, we learn about the root and pain of such fragmentation, and Chameli also shares a turning point in her path when she was forced to become brutally honest with herself about how these dynamics plaid out in her life, and what it would take to come into integrity with her deeper knowing. 

 

Poem: The Soul Misses the Body by Andrea Gibson

]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 2137 2 full Receptivity and the Goddess path Receptivity and the Goddess path https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/introducing-living-goddess-with-chameli-gad-ardagh/ https://livinggoddess.podbean.com/e/introducing-living-goddess-with-chameli-gad-ardagh/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:20:52 -0700 livinggoddess.podbean.com/bb2447df-fb35-3cc7-b3f1-656d3ecbc808 In the premiere of the Living Goddess podcast, Chameli brings the oftentimes lofty ideas of Goddess, into a felt intimacy that is made possible when we stay close in, receptive, and explore the very first step that is before us. The story about VasaLisa and the doll in her pocket points us to a place many of us encounter in our inner journey where we can no longer “do it”, and that through the practice of receptivity, this place becomes a potent portal for grace and love to take the steering wheel.

 

Poem: Start close in by David Whyte

]]> In the premiere of the Living Goddess podcast, Chameli brings the oftentimes lofty ideas of Goddess, into a felt intimacy that is made possible when we stay close in, receptive, and explore the very first step that is before us. The story about VasaLisa and the doll in her pocket points us to a place many of us encounter in our inner journey where we can no longer “do it”, and that through the practice of receptivity, this place becomes a potent portal for grace and love to take the steering wheel.

 

Poem: Start close in by David Whyte

]]> Chameli Gad Ardagh false No 1896 1 full