Taste of Love Christmas & End of Year Celebration

Belonging • Giving • Receiving • Community • Completion • New Beginnings

Christmas is traditionally a time of gathering.

A time of family, celebration, generosity, reflection, and connection.

For many of us, however, the deepest sense of belonging is not only found within our biological families but within our chosen communities, friendships, and soul family.

As we approach the end of another year, we invite you into a beautiful immersive experience of connection, nourishment, celebration, conscious touch, community, and heartfelt reflection.

Together we will explore:

• What truly nourishes us
• The art of giving and receiving
• Belonging and chosen family
• Authentic communication and deep listening
• Gratitude and appreciation
• Reflecting on the year that has been
• Clarifying intentions for the year ahead
• Celebrating life, community, and connection

This special event is available as either:

One Day & Night Experience

Day Workshop + Christmas Temple Night + hot tub, infrared sauna, creek swims & ice bath!

or

Full Weekend Experience

Day Workshop + Christmas Temple Night + Sleepover + Breakfast + Sunday Morning Session + hot tub, infrared sauna, creek swims & ice bath!

A beautiful opportunity to complete the year surrounded by community, connection, music, movement, touch, laughter, nourishment, and love.

Day Workshop

The Art of Giving, Receiving & Belonging

Christmas often highlights our relationship with family.

It invites us to reflect on what it means to belong, to feel valued, to contribute, to receive support, and to be nourished by community.

Throughout this workshop we will explore the foundations of conscious connection and authentic relationships through movement, relational exercises, group processes, somatic practices, reflection, and playful interaction.

Together we will explore:

• What allows us to feel safe enough to receive
• How we ask for what we need
• The balance between giving and receiving
• Deep listening and authentic communication
• Creating meaningful relationships
• The role of chosen family and conscious community
• What truly fills our cup
• How we wish to move into the coming year

The day includes a beautiful New Year reflection process where we honour the lessons, gifts, challenges, and growth of the past year while creating space for new possibilities and intentions to emerge.

A nourishing vegan lunch is included.

Event Details

Date: Nov 28th

Day Workshop Time

9:30am Arrival (NSW Time)
10:00am Doors Close
5:00pm Finish

6:00pm Dinner

Please arrive on time to support the depth and continuity of the container.

Location: Burringbar, Northern Rivers
Exact location shared upon booking.

Includes

• Full day workshop
• Nourishing vegan lunch & dinner

Christmas & End of Year Tantra Touch Temple

Giving • Receiving • Gifting • Celebration

As the sun sets, we transform the space into a playful Christmas Temple dedicated to generosity, appreciation, connection, touch, and celebration.

This is one of our most loved events of the year.

The spirit of the evening is simple:

To celebrate each other.

To acknowledge the year that has been.

To appreciate the people who have journeyed alongside us.

And to consciously step into the year ahead.

The evening includes:

• Guided temple experiences
• Giving and receiving rituals
• Christmas-themed connection games
• Appreciation practices
• Conscious touch exercises
• Playful gifting experiences
• Movement and celebration
• New Year reflection ritual
• Intention setting for the year ahead
• Optional sensual exploration within clear boundaries and consent

A delicious Christmas snack buffet will be available throughout the evening.

Participants are warmly invited to bring a festive plate to share, such as fruit, chocolates, nuts, dips, Christmas treats, or favourite seasonal delights.

Christmas-themed outfits, festive colours, angels, elves, sparkles, Santa hats, and playful costumes are warmly encouraged.

This is a playful and heart-opening evening where we remember that often the greatest gift we can offer another person is our genuine presence.

Temple Night Details

Arrival: 7:00pm (NSW Time)
Doors Close: 7:30pm

Late arrivals cannot be admitted once the opening process has begun.

Environment

Drug and alcohol free.

What to Wear

Festive, sensual, comfortable clothing that allows movement and relaxation.

Christmas colours and themed attire warmly welcomed.

What to Bring

• Water bottle
• Sarong and single sheet
• Two towels for spa and sauna
• Plate of festive finger food to share
• Optional massage oil

Sleepover Experience

For those joining the Full Weekend Experience, we invite you to stay overnight and continue the journey together.

For most of human history, people slept in close proximity to family, tribe, and community.

Many traditional cultures continue this practice today.

Sharing space, resting near one another, hearing the sounds of community around us, and waking together can create a profound sense of belonging, safety, and nervous system regulation.

The overnight experience offers an opportunity to soften even further into community and connection.

There is space for:

• Communal sleepover in the temple space
• Quieter sleeping areas for those preferring more privacy
• Vans and camping options
• Plenty of mattresses available

Participation is entirely optional and everyone is encouraged to choose the sleeping arrangement that feels most supportive.

Sunday Morning Integration

Breakfast • Music • Connection • Completion

Breakfast

8:00am – 9:00am

Enjoy a nourishing vegan breakfast accompanied by the beautiful soulful music of Julie Hayes.

Julie will be weaving her music throughout the weekend, helping create an atmosphere of warmth, celebration, beauty, and connection.

Additional musical contributions are warmly welcomed.

Morning Session

9:00am – 12:00pm

Our final morning together offers space for integration, celebration, movement, reflection, and completion.

The morning includes our famous organic coconut oil sliding and massage experience.

Participants are invited into a playful, nourishing, and joyful exploration of touch, movement, connection, and embodied freedom.

You may choose:

• Ayurvedic-inspired massage exchange
• Nurturing non-sexual touch
• Organic coconut oil sliding experiences
• Playful movement and connection
• Simply observing and enjoying the atmosphere

Participation is always optional and entirely at your own discretion.

The spirit of this experience is innocence, joy, freedom, playfulness, nourishment, and celebration.

Ticket Options

One Day & Night Experience

• Day Workshop
• Vegan Lunch & Dinner
• Christmas Temple Night

Full Weekend Experience

• Day Workshop
• Vegan Lunch & Dinner
• Christmas Temple Night
• Sleepover
• Vegan Breakfast
• Sunday Morning Session

Inclusivity

This event is open to singles, couples, friends, and individuals of all genders, gender identities, sexual orientations, and relationship styles.

No prior experience with tantra, embodiment work, workshops, or temple spaces is required.

We welcome you exactly as you are.

Come celebrate.

Come belong.

Come be nourished.

Come complete the year surrounded by community, connection, and love.

• A deeper understanding of your subconscious programming around safety of receiving and unconditional giving
• A profound connection to spaciousness, presence, and embodiment
• The ability to feel your needs and ask for your cup to be filled, fair exchanges and boundaries
• Practical tools for integration beyond the workshop
• A renewed sense of clarity, vitality, and connection to yourself and other

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Testimonials

"My expectations were exceeded, my heart rejoiced, I feel not only 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

Marion, a masterful facilitator with over a decade of experience running monthly temples, creates a space where newcomers and experienced participants alike feel welcomed and supported. There is clear guidance on boundaries and personal needs, ensuring that everyone can engage at their own pace while exploring authentic connection and self-awareness.

In the free-flow segment, you can choose to cuddle, chat, relax, or explore deeper sensuality, all within a container of respect and consent. The space will hold many different flavors of experience, vibrating with joy, connection, and mindful expansion.

There will be guided program with fun games and deep practices followed by free play time to use the temple space, hot tub, ice bath and creek for a swim or relax in the infrared sauna.

Dress in festive colors/themes - sensual attire is warmly welcomed!

This event is open to singles, couples, and individuals of all sexual orientations and genders, with careful attention to gender balance.

Spaces are limited, and tickets sell out quickly-secure your spot early to join us in this truly magical celebration of love, connection, and embodiment.

Join us for the joy of authentic connection with playful Xmas games and sensory treats!

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

What to Expect:

✨ Guided touch-based practices to explore and embody both nurturing and sensual touch.
✨ Sacred connection rituals that honor the polarity of giving and receiving in a deeply fulfilling, non-sexual way.
✨ Tantric exercises that cultivate a sense of presence, safety, and playful exploration, allowing you to deepen your connection to yourself and others.

✨ Embodying the dance between the dark and light, feminine and masculine, to activate balance and flow within your being.

✨Restore with a magnesium hot bath, ice bath, and creek swim.

Open to singles, couples, and individuals of all orientations and genders, this event is carefully crafted to support gender balance and foster authentic connections. It is a drug and alcohol-free space, focusing solely on the natural magic of touch, connection, and presence.

Our Code of Ethics Supports a field of trust, clarity, consent and care. Please read it carefully before attending the event.

You can read our Code of Ethics here - https://tasteoflove.com.au/code-of-ethics/

About Taste of Love Tantra School

About your Facilitator

Marion Ellyard is a passionate woman deeply devoted to the art of Tantra, embodiment, and deep connection. Since 2014, she has hosted and facilitated Australia’s biggest Tantra festival, the ‘Taste of Love Festival,’ and runs the Taste of Love Tantra School, where she offers a variety of retreats and programs. Marion is an ISTA faculty member, a certified counselor, a certified yoga and meditation teacher, and a practitioner of shamanic and bioenergetic bodywork, constellations, and somatic therapy.

With over 25 years of experience and more than 8,000 sessions given, Marion specializes in attachment trauma, intimacy coaching, and deepening connections within oneself and in relationships. Her passion lies in facilitating experiences that guide people toward greater expansion, happiness, energy, and wholeness.

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