March 22nd - Taste of Love Day Workshop MELBOURNE

Tantra Day Workshop: Happily ever after? ... With yourself and other.

The Dance of Connection: A Somatic Exploration of Interdependence, Independence & Co-Dependence

In Tantra, true fullness comes from within. 

To cultivate a strong sense of centeredness, we must first develop an inner wellspring of stability and presence. From this place, we can expand into connection, engagement, and observation of the external world—rather than constantly drawing from it for happiness, security, or a sense of wholeness.

Many of these practices are designed to increase awareness and shift our perception—of ourselves, our relationships, and the external world. This day is ideal for anyone looking to bring more balance into the dynamics of giving and receiving, whether in relationships, work, family, or within themselves.

We all have strong, resilient parts that hold up a façade, and softer, vulnerable parts that need support. 

This workshop seeks to harmonize those internal dynamics, allowing for deeper relaxation, ease, and clarity. As we move into this more resourced state, we will explore interconnection and boundaries—learning when to uphold them and when to consciously let them dissolve.

Ultimately, this work is about returning to the basics—attuning to what is happening deep within and strengthening the areas that need support, so that our interactions and relationships can shift into greater alignment. Many spiritual traditions emphasize that self-inquiry and inner healing are essential before we can fully step into our human experience.

Tantra invites us to fully embrace our physical incarnation—a journey that, while brief, is an opportunity to experience the dance of life and spirit. Through these practices, we cultivate a sense of peace, fulfillment, and deep presence, reducing our reliance on external validation or material possessions. Instead, we find contentment in the simple rhythms of breath, sensation, connection, and solitude—a profound homecoming to ourselves and to each other.

Event Details

• Date: Saturday, March 22nd
🌅Tantra Day Workshop: 9AM – 4PM (VIC)
🌙Touch Temple Night: 6:30 PM – Midnight (VIC)
🌹Tantra Day Workshop & Touch Temple Night COMBO: 9AM – Midnight (VIC)
• Location: Vine and Branches, 27 Bonds Rd, Lower Plenty, VIC
• What to Wear: Anything that makes you feel sensual and comfortable
• What to Bring: A large towel or sheet, a sarong, a water bottle, and a plate of delicious food for the Temple Night (such as fruit, nuts, dips, or chocolate)
• Discounts available for Combo Tickets, couples, and friends booking together.
• Drug and Alcohol-Free Environment: Embrace the natural magic of Tantra without substances.
  
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🌅 Tantra Day Workshop: A Journey into Spaciousness, Embodiment & Bliss

Immerse yourself in a deeply transformative day where ancient wisdom meets direct experience.

🔹Morning Session | 9AM – 12:00 PM: Shadow Work & Self-Discovery

• Unpacking our somatic responses and unconscious relational patterns
• Exploring attachment trauma, collective beliefs, and societal conditioning
• Identifying hidden control mechanisms and subtle manipulations in relationships
• Developing deeper self-awareness and understanding where we are not yet fully whole

🔹Lunch & Rejuvenation | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

• Enjoy a nourishing vegan, gluten-free meal.
• Restore with a magnesium hot bath, ice bath, and creek swim.

🔹Afternoon Session | 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Integration, Celebration & Authentic Connection

• Filling our own cups—learning to nurture ourselves without external distractions
• Exploring how triggers show up in the body and shifting from reaction to response
• Celebrating self-acceptance, authenticity, and the joy of being exactly where we are
• Learning practical communication tools for expressing our needs with clarity and honesty

Through this journey, we cultivate greater embodiment, emotional resilience, and the ability to give and receive from a place of abundance. This is an invitation to deepen your self-knowing, soften into your truth, and take this awareness into your relationships and everyday life.

Come as you are—this is a space of exploration, growth, and radical self-acceptance.

🔹Dinner & Temple Preparation | 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM (for those attending the evening session)

What Awaits You

• Deep connection to spaciousness, presence, and the infinite.
• The freedom of letting go and discovering new levels of intimacy.
• A felt experience of love, joy, and truth through meditation and embodied touch.
• A renewed sense of clarity, vitality, and connection to yourself and others.

This is an invitation to fully embody presence, open to deeper layers of connection, and awaken the bliss of existence within you.

Refund Policy:

We do not offer refunds; however, you are welcome to on sell your ticket at our Taste of Love Community Page.

Testimonials:

"My expectations were exceeded, my heart rejoiced, I feel not oly connected but a deep sense I can maintain this connection with the tools we learned. Forever grateful". - Tammy

"This workshop has been an incredible journey for me and without your guidance, help and love I don’t think I could have gone to the depths within myself that I did. I want to thank you deeply, I needed it" - David

"Thank you for providing such a beautiful gift and processes where I can truly say something deep has been uncovered within me and now I can embrace my full self with no shame, this is the beginning of something greater". -Mandy

About Your Facilitator:

“Beyond any judgement, with a heart full of acceptance and surrender, there I found a vast void of silence, emptiness and space, filled with bliss, inspiration and joy.” Marion Ellyard is a passionate woman who has lived a very colourful, inquisitive, life full of energy. Her navigation between the self and the other, the alone and the together is her piece of passion and deep practice and enquiry. In life she is a mother to two beautiful teenage young men and as a partner has traversed marriage, open containers and tantric connections.

She is a passionate motorbike rider, yogini, nature lover and deeply connected through decades of practice to earth shamanism and paganism as well as non-dual teachings and meditation practices. Since 2014 she hosts and facilitates Australia’s biggest Tantra festival, the ‘Taste of Love Festival” and runs the Taste of Love Tantra School where she facilitates a variety of retreats and programs. Marion is also a presenter, an ISTA faculty, a certified counsellor, a certified yoga and meditation teacher amongst many other trainings she has done to add depth to her fields of passions in shamanism, psychology, trauma and human behavior. 

Working with people since over 25 years giving over 8000 sessions Marion now specialises in attachment trauma, tantra, meditation, intimacy coaching, shamanic and bioenergetic bodywork, constellations and somatic therapy.

Marion began her journey of shamanism and tantra over 25 years ago and has lived and travelled all over the world to study under different teachers. She believes this urge was partially due to her soul needing to heal and uncover her own shadows and traumas to learn and become more whole. Her work is now partially an ongoing exploration what creates more oneness versus separation, more belonging versus isolation as much as facilitating the many courses she designed between an evening program to 7-day retreats to pass on the many useful embodiment and awareness practices that can create greater expansion, happiness, energy and wholeness to a person or to a couple.

She is passionate improving and deepening connection between people, within themselves and especially for couples of any orientation.‘I deeply listen daily what and where I am called to be and show up, allowing the life force energy to run through me it gives me humility, joy and purpose and I am delighted to meet so many wonderful travelers on the way everyone holding their unique vibration, bringing their own contribution of wisdom to life.’Gift yourself or your relationship a day of heart-opening exploration, connection, and joy. Whether you’re embracing self-love or deepening your bond with a partner, this transformative workshop invites you to step into a space of intimacy, vitality, and bliss.Guided by ancient Vedic philosophies, we’ll explore the interplay of emptiness and matter, freedom and attachment, and the expansive truth of existence. Through meditation, touch-based exercises, and shamanic-inspired practices, you’ll release old blockages, awaken your intuition, and connect with the essence of love—both within and beyond yourself.This experiential day is perfect for individuals and couples seeking a meaningful way to celebrate the art of self-love, the joy of authentic connection, and the bliss that comes with aligning with your truth.