About Dakota

Dakota Chanel is an ordained water priestess and ceremonialist with over a decade of experience. She specializes in water priestess arts, Magdalene mysteries, and sanctified sexuality. Dakota is the founder of Mermaids of the Magdalene Mysterium and the Water Priestess Mystery School. For the past eight years, she has been leading transformative retreats worldwide, focusing on water and Divine Mother teachings. Her highest joy is guiding Magdalene and Cathar focused pilgrimages to the south of France. 

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Dakota sees water as the elemental divine mother of us all and it is her greatest joy to support women to align with this deep, unwavering love. She has supported thousands of women in over 20 countries to remember the sacredness of water and their bodies.

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A note from Dakota:

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Like all the best things in life, being a water priestess found me. I hadn’t even known such a thing existed or much about ancient goddess culture. Yet the water called me and forever deepens me to remember the primordial path of life’s mysteries.

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At age 21, I enjoyed two transformative years living and studying aquatic bodywork and priestess arts with the woman who initiated me into the world of water priestessing, Jumana Sophia (hermysteryschool.com), at our home water temple in Oregon. At this time, I also attended and graduated from massage school. From there, the dolphins and Lemurian memories guided me to Hawaii, where I studied sacred birthing and doula arts.

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It was then that I realized being a water priestess was far more profound than I had initially understood. It’s not just a title, but a way of life—an ancient remembrance that spans across many bodies and lifetimes. I embarked on years of womb healing, engaging in numerous courses and trainings, and I came to understand that our bodies are resonant water temples. It is up to us to restore these vessels into living crystalline water, through practices such as the water we drink, thoughts, dance, song, ceremony, service and communion with the water around us—all of which contribute to embodying heaven on earth.

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At the age of 22, I had my first profound experience with Mary Magdalene, which led me into the mysteries of Divine Union and the lineage of love. The past four years have been specifically dedicated to traveling to the south of France to deepen my study and initiations into the lineage of the Mermaids of the Magdalene—a remembrance that channeled through me in a divine flash when I was 23.

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Presently, a majority of my creativity is going into finishing writing a book which I am intending to release summer 2026.

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Life is a journey of magic and miracles. Each breath a gift, each moment precious. I’ve come to realize that the best things in my life I don’t plan. That the most amazing opportunities and my destiny seem to magically light up my path, not without effort on my part, but with such an incredible, miraculous nature that it becomes impossible to feel like I’m not being guided by a loving force bigger than my human self. It’s like myself is a seed and everything in the universe is conspiring to see my flower.

This is true for all of us.

We are all flowers in the garden of humanity, blooming into our potential. I believe that when we commune with life as an act of love making, when we thank the flowers for being, and feel the love of the air we breath, we cultivate alignment with nature and our truest selves. This is when magic and miracles become more and more common. I truly believe abundance, joy, ecstatic love, health and wholeness are our birthright as humans, however, when we pollute our bodies, minds and souls by being out of alignment with Truth, we experience disharmony. I see life as a beautiful story that we are the stars of. When we look at our life in this manner, it frees us up to ask, “what would I dream and do if this was going to be my favorite story in the world”. When life is lived from this place, it becomes so much richer. It also gives us permission to follow our heart. It is crucial to not wait for someone outside of yourself to give you approval for living the life you desire. The key to your freedom is in the center of your own being. I believe that when you love life to the fullest, life loves you to the fullest. The most important thing we can do is to blossom into our most radiant selves.

When we align ourselves with the frequencies of love, gratitude and joy, miracles happen.

I trust that magic and miracles are awaiting.

I trust that my dreams are coming true.

And I’m making this life, my favorite story of all.

May we all live in harmony with the ourselves, the Earth, and each other.

Heaven is a state of consciousness, not a place outside us or off this Earth.