Chantelle´s dedication to Yoga, Meditation, Dance and Creative production spans over 2 decades and has made her today a highly accomplished artistic director, performer, teacher and mentor. She thrives on sharing her passion and devotion for the ancient traditions of the Far East and beyond through a contemporary lens and with a holistic approach.

During her years in India, she had the great fortune to live and work as an apprentice with great Gurus and masters witch in return gifted her an in-depth tapestry of knowledge on excellence and virtuosity in the field of Sacred Arts, Healing and Humanities.

As an artist and creator, her creative explorations and fusion interpretations are deeply steeped in tradition, the celebration and preservation of culture, and the desire to explore innovative ways to express artistic wisdom.

Community and the empowerment of all beings are integral in her way of approaching life, her mentorship clients and projects.

In 2012, she co-founded Ecstatic Dance in Lisbon with the aim to build conscious community and dance gatherings.

In 2015, she co-founded Nataraj Dance Stage at Boom Festival in Portugal with the aim to curate Ritual Performance Arts on a Global platform.

In 2017, she founded 'JIYA, Festival of India', the first event in Lisbon promoting Indian Classical Performing Arts at the prestigious Fundação Museu Oriente, with the support of the Indian Embassy in Lisbon and the sponsorship of Ministry of Culture and ICCR of India.

In 2019, Chantelle founded Narthaki Arts and Culture: a platform for the preservation of ancient traditions, cross-culture and inter faith explorations, and visionary creations & events. And, Narthaki Arts Academy, a school offering accredited courses at the intersection of Yoga and Ayurveda science, Sacred Dance and Ritual Arts.

` Your teachers are your credentials.´

- Halo Saronko

Dance

The practice of Yoga was the initial step of Chantelle’s journey into Vedic India. After completing her BA in Marketing, she traveled to India in 2008 to study and practice Yoga at the Shivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram in Rishikesh. She was on a search for a deeper purpose in life and along the way she found Odissi, Classical Indian Dance and instantly fell to her knees.

By 2009, Chantelle moved to Delhi to train under Guru Smt Kasturi Pattanaik in the Guru Shisyha Parampara Tradition for 8 years. Later, she learned from Sharon Lowen and received a Odissi Dance teacher certificate through her senior disciple Silvana Duarte.

Between 2015 and 2019, Chantelle trained rigorously with Miriam Peretz and Zoe Jakes. She completed Miriam´s 1 year Nava Dance certification and Zoe´s Dance Craft level 1 and 2 certifications.

During the pandemic, Chantelle organized numerous online seminars with Guru Ranjana Srivastava, Sharon Lowen and Rahul Acharya reaching a global reach. They taught the in-depth intricacies of Indian Aesthetics as in: mythology, philosophies, spirituality and esoteric wisdom.

Yoga, Meditation, Tantra & Priestess Arts

Chantelle believes Indian Dance and Yoga are interconnected and is today an advanced practitioner with over 20 years of intense practice and 800 of certified training.

In 2011, she spent several months practicing Tantra Yoga and Philosophy at Shri Kali Ashram in Goa with the intention to outline its inter-relationship with Indian Sacred Dance.

In 2014, she was initiated into Dzogchen Meditation by Ziji Rinpoche (Short Moments) and is an active practitioner until today.

Chantelle received initiation into Isha Hatha Yoga & its advanced meditation practices at the Isha School of Yoga in Coimbatore between 2017 & 2018.

In 2019, she completed a 200h Yoga Alliance Hatha Yoga & Iyengar Yoga Certification at Aum Yoga School in Goa.

She is currently completing a 1 year Tantra Yoga Teacher Training with Satya Loka Tantra and is on the path of Priestess Ordination with the 13 Moon Mystery School under the tutelage of Focalizer, Natalia Price.

Narthaki Style dance

Chantelle created Narthaki Style Dance, a soulful fusion dance format that carefully blends Pan Asian Aesthetics with Middle Eastern and modern movement practices. Rooted in Tradition, Ritual Arts and the embodiment of the Divine.

Narthaki Style Dance explores the cosmology of mythology, the relationship with archetypes, elemental qualities, invoking the unreal to the real, allowing the body to become a vessel for transmutation and transcendence.

Chantelle believes that this fusion format is a full expression of her dance world, creativity and her holistic approach to life.