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PUT THE smartphone away and tap into your body’s deepest corners at this weekend’s Taste of Love Festival at Byron Bay.
Byron Bay resident and counsellor Marion Ellyard, who organises the event, said the festival featured a line up of well-known local, national and international presenters on the topics of awakening, love, sex and consciousness.
“It is a transformative festival, where you can get access to a huge range of teachers and presenters who have done a lot of work in the area of awakening, embodiment, sexuality and tantra,” Ms Ellyard said.
“It’s 30 little workshops where you can poke your head in and expand your knowledge and ideas and get a taste what other people think and do, and see if that would work or not for you in your life.
“We see a lot of couples because we teach a lot about intimacy, listening to each other, being present with each other and the importance of touch and connection.”
The counsellor explained embodiment as “living in your body, and giving your body importance to communicate with you”.
“We believe that we have started to live too much in our heads or intellect and we no longer live into the body that informs us of our feelings, the emotions, the care for each other and the planet,” Ms Ellyard said.