Temple Eden: THE HUNGER

Temple Eden: The Hunger invites you into a space where appetite is honoured, desire is met with curiosity, and you are free to explore what your body is already moving toward. This Temple is an embodied, consent-led space open to all genders, devoted to presence, choice, and authentic connection. The Hunger is an invitation into desire. What are you hungry for? What does it mean for you? This Temple explores what arises when appetite meets presence — within you, between you, and in the shared field of the room. Across ritual, art, and relational practice, hunger has long been a gateway to deeper self-knowledge. When we stop managing or explaining our want and simply feel it, new layers of awareness emerge. This Temple invites you to inhabit that place with presence and curiosity. WHAT TO WEAR Dress in a way that expresses your relationship to desire and aliveness. This can be bold or subtle, literal or symbolic. Options may include: • Leather, lace, lingerie, or fetish wear • Sensual or expressive clothing that makes you feel empowered or playful • Layers or cover-ups for comfort and temperature • Any usual temple wear is also welcome Consider appropriate ways to cover up for your transit to and from temple. Clothing can be expressive, simple, or ritualistic – the most important thing is that you feel safe, embodied, and free. Choose outfits that allow movement, comfort, and an embodied sense of who you are and what you want to explore. All genders, bodies, and styles are welcome. THE TEMPLE SPACE A facilitated Eden Temple held in consent, sovereignty, and choice. Practices may include individual and shared exercises designed to support presence, self-awareness, and connection. All participation is optional and self-directed. This is a temple event; there is no expectation of sexual interaction. You are always welcome to participate at your own pace, within your own boundaries. FAQs, refund policy here: https://www.edenevents.com.au/faqs About Your Hosts TEMPLE EDEN is hosted by Nikkiema & Rachel, the founders of Eden Events. Eden events create trauma-aware, consent-based spaces for embodiment, self-connection, and relational presence. With a grounded and inclusive approach, Eden retreats and gatherings invite women to reconnect with their bodies, inner authority, and lived experience in ways that are respectful, spacious, and deeply human. For full individual host details connect with them both on www.edenevents.com.au www.instagram.com/its.edenevents Rachel (she/her) is a proud Aboriginal woman and trauma-informed psychotherapist, somatic sexologist, and tantrika who works at the intersection of science, spirituality, and sexuality. Living with disability, she brings deep lived experience to her work — honouring the intelligence of the body, the resilience of the nervous system, and the power of erotic expression as a pathway to healing. With a background in Process-Oriented Psychotherapy, erotic embodiment, and nervous system science, Rachel supports individuals and couples to reconnect with their bodies, desires, and inner truth. Her approach integrates breath, movement, self-pleasure practices, and relational energetics — always grounded in compassion, consent, and respect for each person’s unique pace and story. Rachel has facilitated immersive workshops and intimacy education, guiding people to return to pleasure, expand their emotional and erotic range, and feel more fully alive. She recently spoke internationally in the United States at a leading Sexual Health event, sharing her work on coming back to pleasure in the body, trauma-informed eroticism, and tantric pathways to aliveness. Contact her directly for details [email protected] @rachelrowlatt @liminalis.co Nikkiema (she/her) iis a Somatic Sexologist drawn to shadow, sensuality, and embodied transformation. She guides individuals and groups to the edges of experience, holding sacred, consent-rooted spaces where curiosity and presence meet. Through her work, people are invited to reconnect with themselves and others, cultivating self-awareness, embodied aliveness, and a fluid understanding of desire, power, and intimacy. Blending somatic practices, psychological insight, and the language of the body, Nikkiema illuminates unconscious patterns and supports people in stepping into a fuller, more conscious expression of who they are. She designs experiences that honour both vulnerability and strength, offering a safe space to explore tension, pleasure, and the subtleties of connection. Her approach is playful, provocative, and transformative, where growth is felt as much as understood, and presence becomes a doorway to profound personal insight and erotic freedom. Contact her directly for details [email protected] @somaticsexologist Practical details Date: Sat 3 October Time: 7.00pm – midnight Location: FlowerMill Space, Sydney By attending, you agree to Eden’s Culture & Etiquette and Refund Policy. Links will be provided with ticketing and confirmation emails. **PARKING There is limited on street parking outside the venue, with a mix of paid and free parking in the area. We suggest you plan your arrival and allow up to a 5-10 minute walk in case you need to park a little further away An Eden Temple Temple Eden: The Hunger is a Temple of Appetite, Aliveness, and Embodied Desire The Hunger invites you into a space where appetite is honoured, desire is met with curiosity, and you are free to explore what your body is already moving toward.