MARCH 22nd - Tantra Touch Temple MELBOURNE

Taste of Love Day Tantra Touch Temple Night
Gift yourself a tantric embodied meditation of bliss through touch

Whether you're embracing self-love, deepening your bond with a partner or touch based playfulness with others this transformative workshop invites you to step into a space of intimacy, vitality, and bliss.

Guided by ancient tantric philosophies, we’ll explore the 3 main different types of touch: nurturing, remedial and sensual. All exercises are optional and are aimed to experience tantric philosophy one oneness an interconnection of all things through the body as a felt sense. This embodied understanding is beyond words and can release an incredible amount of joy and bliss into your being, knowing yourself as interplay of emptiness and matter, freedom and attachment and feeling safety also called secure attached in your body with a healthy interplay of needs and boundaries with yourself and others.

Marion has been running monthly temples for over a decade and has mastered the art of gradually meeting participants exactly where they are at and offering a space open for exploration and experience for everyone no matter at what level you are at in your journey of embodiment. Newcomers and advanced temple goers are all welcome to create the magical event together of human connection, self and other. There is plenty of guidance around boundaries and truly feeling your individual needs in each moment and giving and receiving exactly that. We honour all 3 types of touch in the same way.

In the free flow part, you are able to relax deeply, cuddle, chat, engage and have fun within a lightly supportive structure that makes it easy for everyone to feel included. Participants are free here also to expand  their sensuality into a sexual exploration with one another should that feel truly alive, so the space will vibrate with many different flavours during that time, lots to learn, feel and explore, especially in our wish fulfilling corner you will be met in a space of people who want to be conscious and aware in growing and enjoying authentic connections together. 

You can expect movement such as dance, somatic meditation, touch-based exercises, and shamanic-inspired practices, bioenergetics to release old blockages and many more playful exercises that help us slow down, open up and truly feel the magic of each other whilst strengthening one's own core. You are the beautiful mirror you will be seeing in others. 

So feel free to come and explore with us and join this truly magical event. For any more information, feel free to email or message us. 

Open to singles, couples, and individuals of all sexual orientations and genders, this event is a welcoming space to connect, carefully designed to explore, and experience the joy of authentic relationships. We keep events gender balanced. 

Immerse yourself in an evening filled with sensory delights, playful exercises, and heart-opening interactions, all within a safe and respectful environment. 

Let go of the everyday and step into a space where love is celebrated in its purest and most joyful form, leaving you feeling more connected, open, and alive.

Note: Spaces are limited, and tickets sell out quickly. Secure your spot early to avoid missing out.

Event Details

• Date: Saturday, March 22nd
• 🌙Touch Temple Night: 6:30 PM – Midnight (VIC)
• Location: Vine and Branches, 27 Bonds Rd, Lower Plenty, VIC
  
• What to Wear: Whatever makes you feel sensual and comfortable
• What to Bring: 1 large towel or single sheet, 1 sarong, a delicious plate of food for the temple night (such as fruit, nuts, dips, chocolates), and a water bottle.
• Discounts: We’re pleased to offer discounted ticket prices for those interested in attending both the Day Workshop and the Tantra Touch Temple, as well as Couple or Girlfriend Discounts if you wish to deepen your experience together!
• This is a Drug and Alcohol-Free Environment: Embrace the natural magic of Tantra without substances.

🌙 Touch Temple Night (& Combo Ticket) Schedule:

Step into the Tantra Touch Temple, a sacred space for deep somatic exploration, presence, and conscious touch. Unlike common perceptions of Tantra, this temple is not solely about sexuality—it is a somatic journey into connection, embodiment, and the profound healing power of touch.

🌹 Guided Program: Cultivating Presence & Connection: 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM (Doors close 7:00 PM sharp).

The first two hours of the temple are a carefully guided experience designed to bring you into a state of inner fullness, nervous system regulation, and deep self-awareness. Through boundary exercises, somatic practices, and meditation, we slow down, attune to our bodies, and cultivate a state of balance and receptivity.

From this place of wholeness, we explore different layers of touch:

- Remedial Touch – Therapeutic, supportive touch such as massage, learning to communicate our needs and truly receive.
- Nurturing Touch – Soothing the nervous system, offering comfort, safety, and a deep sense of connection.
- Sensual Touch – Awakening joy, bliss, and life force energy within the body, whether through self-touch or shared experiences with others.

This is a guided experiment in human connection—an invitation to explore how touch affects us when it is conscious, safe, and attuned to our personal boundaries.

🌹 Free Play: Honoring Your Individual Needs: 10:00 PM – 11:45 PM

Following the structured exploration, we transition into a supported Free Play space. Here, participants are invited to follow their own desires, whether that means receiving a cuddle, a nurturing massage, or engaging in a deeper sensual connection. While sexuality is not the focus of the guided program, the space is open for those who wish to explore their sensuality in a conscious and consensual way.

• A spacious time to integrate, move freely, and deepen your experience.
• Follow your curiosity in a safe and supportive environment that allows for releasing blockages and inviting intuition.

💆‍♀️ Relax & Rejuvenate: 11:45 PM - MIDNIGHT

• Enjoy the internal Temple space for quiet reflection or gentle connection.

🌙 Closing Ceremony & Group Pack-Up: MIDNIGHT

• We end with a beautiful closing ritual, bringing the group together in shared presence, reflection, and gratitude.
  

• Gather as a community to close the space with intention, gratitude & cuddle puddles.
  

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 has hosted and facilitated 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 counselor, a certified yoga and meditation teacher, and holds many other certifications that add depth to her work in shamanism, psychology, trauma, and human behavior. Marion specializes in attachment trauma, tantra, meditation, intimacy coaching, shamanic and bioenergetic bodywork, constellations, and somatic therapy.