The essence of Vivianne’s free and enlightened spirit is truly of a spiritually awakened and renaissance being. Devi Atmajyotis is her spiritual name. Devi Atmajyotis (in Sanskrit) means “Deity or Goddess (Devi) of the light of the soul, true nature…supreme spirit (Atmajyotis). Naturally gifted with many precious blessings, creating art and lovingly whispering to the world—a voice that stirs, heals and illuminates the soul; she is a mystic, spiritual teacher and leader, visionary, painter/sculptor, photographer, writer, poet, speaker, spokesperson, humanitarian, animal advocate, environmentalist and yogini. She is dedicated, and devoted to help change this world to a more peaceful, loving, compassionate and harmonious planet for all sentient beings by creating more awareness: helping expand people’s consciousness by opening their hearts, transforming themselves by reconnecting to their true Divine nature, and to the oneness of this magnificent eternal and infinite truth. Her childlike, humorous, spontaneous, profound, enthusiastic and also motherly spirit is a delightful light. She is in a constant state of wonderment about this entire universe, and still and always will be a student of the great living book of nature.

Vivianne Nantel paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe; including: the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum in Roscoe Village, Ohio, the Yosemite Museum in Yosemite, California, the Williamsburg Art and Historical Society of New York City; the Peace Museum and Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Blue Dolphin Fine Art Gallery in Pensacola, Florida, and Karpeles Museum Gallery in Santa Barbara, Powell Street Fine Art Gallery and Carla Schmidt Gallery in San Francisco, California and Castle Kruenburg, Austria. One of her paintings was featured at the 2004 Women’s History Exhibition at the Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, New York, curated by Dr. Connie Koppelman from the Stony Brook University, NY. Vivianne Nantel’s work also has been selected for several nationwide-juried exhibitions entitled, Celebrating the Goddess at the Joan Hanley Fine Art Gallery in La Veta, Colorado, and at the Indian Valley Artists Center, Inc., Hamilton Field, Novato, California, entitled from Heart to Heart, and also at the Peninsula Museum of Art in Belmont, California, in a national exhibition entitled, Angels and Demons. Her work has also graced the cover of Psychic Reader Journal, Malibu Chronicle Magazine, and Planet Light Worker Magazine. Her paintings have also been featured in four full pages in color in the April Issue 2006 of Yoga Magazine, and also on the national TV talk show, Bridging Heaven & Earth.

Vivianne Nantel’s work is in private and corporate collections, including those of Alaska Airlines in Seattle; Gordon and Rees Law Firm and the Rodrick Management Group in San Francisco; My Travels Importing/Export in Vancouver, Washington; Evo Spa and Hamilton Ink Public Relations in Mill Valley, California; Hamsa Yoga Sangh, and Art Of Living Foundation--His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Canada and India; Mayor Hans Ledolter, Austria; Darren Lewis, Retired Major League Baseball player (SF Giants, Boston Red Sox, & Chicago Cubs) and Dee Dee Ritchie, US House of Representative for the State of Florida, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, US Senator for California, and His Holiness Dalai Lama, India.  Articles about Nantel’s work have been published in newspapers, periodicals and magazines, including: Yoga Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, The Independent Florida Sun, The Marin Independent Journal, the Pensacola News Journal, The Ross Valley Journal and Alaska’s World.

Vivianne Nantel (Devi Atmajyotis), this vivacious being, was born in St-Lambert, Province of Quebec, in the suburb of Montreal, Canada. She grew up with a burning desire to help humanity, and make a contribution. At a young age she was naturally fascinated with spirituality, philosophy, curvilinear lines, splashes of colors and words. She also spent many nights wondering about existence, God, the cosmos, and the purpose of being, and seeking the Divine. The very young artist filled countless hours drawing and creating as a child. Her interests also extended to performing arts, and her mother encouraged her to pursue ballet and theatre, which she did for over twelve years. At seventeen years old, she suffered a serious car/van crash in Montreal, which almost put an end to her life and also terminated her emerging profession as a ballerina with Les Ballet Moderne Du Quebec. By the grace of the Divine, a miracle spared her fragile life with no major handicapped. Devi Atmajyotis then studied Dramatic Art in college, going on to pursue acting and modeling for the following decade. She did a series of TV commercials and prints, which eventually led her to travel to Latin America and the USA. She fell in love with the United States and in 1985 decided to stay, and finally became an American Citizen in 2007. Destined to become an artist, spiritual teacher and a bright light, she emerged in 2001 after graduating Magna cum Laude while receiving a B.F.A. (major in painting & photography) from San Francisco State University with a minor in creative writing in 1999-2000. Nantel has traveled extensively to the United Stated, Canada, Mexico, Morocco, Brazil, Colombia, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Greece, England, Austria, Indonesia and India to seek, explore, study, and also to visit museums, temples, churches, caves and mosques.  

Many of her articles and poems have been published in newspapers and magazines such as: Poet's Paper, National Literary Journal in the US, Vallarta Tribune and Tribuna de La Bahia (in Spanish) in Mexico, Malibu Chronicle Magazine, Light & Life Journal, Planet Light Worker Magazine, Animal Wellness Magazine and Yoga Magazine. She has also appeared as a guest speaker on Earth Advocate, a regional TV program in California, and in the international documentary film on Harp Seals, by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 2005. In 2006, she appears as a special guest speaker on the fast growing national public spiritual TV talk show, Bridging Earth & Heaven. Devi Atmajyotis (Vivianne Nantel) is also the recipient of the Vision Quest Award(Best of Fine Art of 2004-05), Seal of Excellence, given by the international Planet Light Worker Magazine. In August 2006, she was invited to speak on spirituality, animals & arts, and also to perform the opening night ceremony and to lead the audience into a meditation at the National Animal Rights Conference in Washington DC. She has been invited again to address the conference in 2007 and 2008, but could not go because of health reasons.In April 2006, her article entitled, In Search of Love, was published as a main feature with several of her paintings in Yoga Magazine-- the leading International magazine on yoga & alternative lifestyle based in London, and distributed in Europe, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Yoga Magazine has also published another of her major-feature articles entitled The Art of Oneness in November 2006. Two more major feature articles for this trendy magazine are scheduled for 2008. Ocean of Wisdom, The infinite voyage of the 14th Dalai Lama will be published in the summer and Light of Oneness in the fall of 2008. Devi also graced the front cover of Yoga Magazine in 2007.

 

Devi Atmajyotis (Vivianne Nantel), March 2007 in the studio of Stephanie Mohan, photographer, working on the June's Issue Front Cover of Yoga Magazine.
To see more of Stephanie's work, log on www.creativeportraiture.com

 

"My religion is love and compassion to all sentient beings, because when one has love
flowing through one’s heart, all the rest flourished as a wild garden of love.”
Devi Atmajyotis

Devi Atmajyotis newest masterpiece is the creation of the Light of Oneness Foundation. This foundation is foremost dedicated to the well-being, happiness and bliss of all sentient beings. An educational and humanitarian International Foundation, which is devoted to spreading the light, divine love, peace, harmony, truth, and reviving all precious human values, such as compassion, kindness, and respect to all sentient beings onthe planet. Its core mission is to inspire, nurture, heal, and empower individuals from all walks of life to awaken, and to realize their true nature, and to tap into their full potential. Through its programs, projects, and Devi Atmajyotis’s artworks, lectures, books, and recordings, the Light of Oneness also bestows grants to selected small non-profit grass-root groups, especially to the most needy ones in undeveloped and unprivileged countries. These groups or individuals must focus their efforts on two distinctive areas- the wellbeing and happiness of other human beings and the animals. As the founder and director of the Light of Oneness, she is personally inviting you to visit our new web site, and explore and discover the infinite possibilities of the light of oneness in you. In the midst of creating this grand project, Devi Atmajyotis was diagnosed with breast cancer on March 8, 2007. She took the whole year off from all endeavors. She spent over 9 months going through intensive medical and holistic treatments, such as chemotherapy, surgeries, radiation and acupuncture and other treatments in 2007. She feels very blessed and grateful for all in her life. She is cured and doing fantastic now. You can read her very poignant and powerful story in the Light of Oneness article in the fall.

See Yoga Magazine--http://www.yogamagazine.co.uk,

Click here www.LightOfOneness.org

For interviews, appearances, talks, lectures, and/or commissions with the artist & spiritual teacher, please call us at 415 453-3880 (Western Pacific Time, USA). 

 

A voice that stirs, heals and illuminates the soul …………

 

Vivianne Nantel at the Marin Headlands, Rodeo Beach in Sausalito, California in August, 2006 (photographers Judith Love-Pietromartire & Jami Breen)

 

Gratitude

Infinite love pulls my heart into the vortex of the sacred land.
I bow to the moonless night, star-piercing sky.
I bow to the white wolf’s cry echoing the pulse of my life.
I bow to you, soul mate.
I bow to you, treasured friends for reminding me of the gift of love.
I bow to you, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother and Ancestor of the world.
I bow to you, Oh beloved, eternal one.

Infinite light illuminates my cave. I bow to the departing holy papa—
to the one who has worshipped every being as the Christ.
I bow to your legacy.
I bow to the water you have poured upon my head into the mystical dreamy night. I bow to the angels, the boddhisatvas, the Goddesses and the avatars. I bow to the divine ones awakening the eternal essence of the soul. I bow to you, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, Shiva, prophets, saints and teachers.
I bow to your endless beauty.
I bow to the ones who melt stones, sculpturing them into blossoming hearts in the desert of Maya. I bow to all religions for all universal laws of God lay dormant among your dogma. I bow to you, teacher for holding my hand like a frightened child as I walk the bumpy path of the night.
I bow to the honor of serving you.

Infinite beauty blinds my spirit. I bow to the red rocks; the great eagle flying wild and free with the ancient ones. I bow to the cactus, its needles throbbing into my veins reminding me of your gentle mercy.
I bow to the precious secret veiling the human mystery.
I bow to the wind caressing my cheeks--to the air that fills my lungs.
I bow to your smile that nourishes my temple—
to the light I see in your eyes.

Infinite consciousness permeates every cell of my fleshy garment.
I bow to the path of love, the knowledge, and the truth intoxicating my mind as vintage red wine. I bow to you, Mother Earth, Sun, Moon, Mountain, Tree, and River for feeding the needy ones.
I bow to you, Grey whale, Gorilla, Elephant, Coyote, Tiger,
Harp seal, Dolphin, Fish, Chicken, Cow, Pig, Deer, Horse, Fox, Lamb, Rabbit, Dog, Cat and Mouse for teaching me to venerate the spirit within your sacred being. I bow to all of you, animals of the planet for allowing me to lose myself into the vast Ocean of love—
the perfumed bliss of oneness.
I bow to the selflessness in you--to the whale rider in me.
I bow to the dream of compassion dwelling in every human heart.

Infinite creativity possesses my artist hands, trembling I surrender to your grace. I bow to the words flowing into this poem. I bow to the masterpieces you paint with your fiery blow.
I bow to the creative spirit that animates the flowers, the moss, the mourning doves, and the crystals. I bow to the innocence, wonder, and spontaneity of a child. I bow to this divine and eternal moment, ephemeral…… healing beauty of the cocoon—
luminescence colors of the dazzling butterfly!

Infinite abundance explodes into a grand celebration of love.
I bow to you, enlightened ones gracing us with your presence.
I bow to the poor, the rich and the oppressors who are lost in the evil abyss of ego. I bow to you, oh divine ones.
I bow to the ones who have hurt me, forgiving your trespassing.
I bow to myself; Oh Goddess enshrined in the embryonic
temple of my soul, expanding to the four corners of your heavens.

I bow to the oneness in you. Om shanti, shanti, Om.

 

©2005 Vivianne Nantel
This poem was written on my return from Sedona on April 10, 2005

Sincerely yours,
The soul team