The Temple
& NEW YEAR CELEBRATION WEEKEND
Slip behind the veil of ordinary life
Cross the threshold into ritual
Where wonderment swallows you whole
LOVE GRIPS YOUR BODY AND
YOU’RE MOVED IN EXQUISITE, SACRED WAYS
DRIPPING HOT WITH THE EXISTENTIAL EROTIC PLAY OF
Shiva & Shakti
YOUR VERY ESSENCE IS GIVEN FULL PERMISSION & EXPRESSION TO BE CELEBRATED.
DAY ONE | Friday 9th January 2026, 1pm-6pm
The Ripening
If you're new to the Shiva Shakti Dance practice, haven't danced for a while, or just can't get enough of relishing in pulsating throb of existence in your body - this is for you.
A luscious prelude to The Temple, or a delicious experience in its own right, this immersion invites you to drop deeply into your body, voice, and being.
An luscious afternoon to come home to yourself. To soften open, to be slowly undone by your own tenderness.
To remember what it feels like to be turned on by life itself...ripened, ready & radiant.
Includes:
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Guided movement to melt away tension, shed unneeded layers, and awaken your sensuality.
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Conjuring & remembering the magnetic allure of your longings & the joy of being turned on by your own existence.
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Reconnection with the innate pulsing throb of aliveness coursing through you. Relish in the feminine erotic archetypes (The Maiden, The Seductress, The Wild Woman) and the boundless ways you can express the life flowing through you.
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Embodying Shiva (Consciousness) & Shakti (Energy). Witnessing & being witnessed. See through the eyes of transfiguration - the exquisite beauty of women unapologetically themselves.
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Tapping into the joy of community & sisterhood - being seen, heard, felt, understood & supported.
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Foundational principles & practices of Shiva Shakti Dance, revisited so we’re attuned and ready to dive deep together in The Temple.
Once you're throughly marinating in the endless possibilities your capable of feeling, expressing & becoming - we'll enter a potent process to clarify & embody your intentions for the New Year. Bringing to life within yourself all that you desire. Kind of like making a moving, richly felt visionboard - but where you become the vision, the art & the invocation.
A luscious warm-up, the foreplay before The Temple. Softening, ripening, preparing to surrender into the collective current of liberation that awaits.
DAY TWO | Saturday 10th January 2026, 4pm-10pm
The Temple
Whether as a continuation of The Ripening or a rapturous experience of its own, as you enter The Temple we step into embodied devotion to Her - the radiant, boundless, force that animates all life. Our bodies become altars, and the dance an ecstatic offering.
Includes:
- A deeply moving ritual invocation of Shiva & Shakti.
- Recognition of the shoreless ocean of consciousness & luminosity that is your true nature.
- Warm up and brief recap of the main attitudes in Shiva Shakti Dance (but no teaching specifically).
- The pulsating, effulgent, multifaceted throb of life bursting into existence through your body.
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A co-created art gallery of aesthetic bewilderment of the female form. Fascinating in variety & yet undeniably connected and moving as one.
- Extended Shiva Shakti Dance in various formations. Dancing, so much tender, wild, blissful dancing! Interlaced with witnessing the excruciating beauty of it all. Recline on the black velvet seating if ever you need a rest.
- Poetry, inspiration and deliriously good music infused throughout.
- No talking (except during feasting times) to enhance the depth of your sensory experience and non-verbal communication with your body and others. Noise and other sounds warmly welcome!
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Every sense engorged with delight, intoxicated with aliveness, and sublimated in the fire your heart. A plethora of tastes, touch, sounds, sights & fragrance.
- Canapés, grazing table style nourishment, delectable dessert & mocktails.
A celebration & acknowledgement of self you will never forget.
EXTRA ADD-ON | Sunday 11th January 2026, 10:30am
The Afterglow
A LOT happens in The Temple, it's drenched magical moments - moments that make you gasp, move you to tears, leave you in awe, and hilarious, audacious, spontaneous moments of connection.
It's been delightful in previous years to 'debrief' casually over brunch, to share what you saw and felt in others, and appreciate all that we co-created.
If that sounds good to you...join us for brunch!
📍Location: somewhere between West End & New Farm, TBC - pending numbers (RSVP at checkout).
* Excellent company included, brunch is at your own cost.
The Temple
& NEW YEAR CELEBRATION WEEKEND
All events held at📍Paradox Dance, 19 Burke St, Woolloongabba QLD
* Strictly limited to 40 women. 🙏 Please don't leave it to the last minute to book in.
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Acknowledgement of Country
We gather on the unceded lands of the Jagera, Turrbal, and Jinibara people in South-East Queensland, Australia.
We honour the Traditional Custodians who have danced, sung, and cared for this land since time immemorial. We bow to the ancient, abiding, and evolving connections between First Nations people, the culture and stories of this place, and the more-than-human kin, the elements, plants, fungi, animals - the entire living system we are part of.
We acknowledge that our embodied experience is inseparable from the lands we move upon, and we give deep thanks for the opportunity to learn, listen, and be in right relationship with Country.