Have you had a challenging psychedelic experience or one that you have struggled to make sense of? Do you yearn for a community where you can reflect on and share your non-ordinary states of consciousness with others? 

The integration circle will offer a compassionate, curious and confidential space for those who have used psychedelics or have accessed extraordinary states via other means (such as breathwork, fasting, experiences known as ‘psychosis’ or spiritual emergency).  

You will be offered an opportunity to openly explore and share your encounters. Small group sharing, drawing and writing, as well as movement, breathwork and/or meditation may be employed to provide you with different avenues to work through your journey(s). The intention of this session is for the insights received through the non-ordinary experiences to become embodied and integrated into one’s life, instead of a collection of memories that quickly fade into the background. 

We acknowledge that the use of psychedelics continues in our society despite a long history of criminalisation. This group neither encourages nor condemns the use of psychoactive substances. We provide education and harm minimisation interventions to those who make their own choice to partake. 

Natalia (she/her) grew up in Poland and settled in Australia 20 years ago. She is a social worker, body researcher and plant medicine enthusiast. She has spent the last decade working in drug and alcohol, “mental health”/psychiatric complex and the disability sector. Before that, she worked as a Hawaiian bodyworker and massage therapist for 8 years. She has been part of the Erotic Living community since 2011.

Current interests: rock climbing, black holes, Internal Family Systems, subtle embodied states.

If you know Natalia, you might know that she is happiest when found in nature bushwalking, stargazing and rock wrangling 😀

Natalia also provides support in preparation and integration in the field of psychedelics.

🍄 This one of a kind workshop is for you if you’ve taken psychedelics in the past, and would like to learn how to self-generate similar pathways to expanded experience, and/or integrate prior experiences.

🌵And this workshop is for you if you are yet to dip your toes into the psychedelic realm, and would like a practice run without the inhibition that can come along with going outside the law.

In this workshop we will use techniques of breath, immersive sound, vision, imagination and play, to explore the outer reaches of the mind, all without taking a substance.

When? Sat 27 April, 12-5pm

Where? City of Sydney Creative Studios; 119 Bathurst St, Sydney NSW 2000

Cost? $99 (Early Bird), $149

Would you like to strip back the socialised self and drop into a state of pure being?

In primal play, we don’t embody or imitate other other animals, rather we strip back our civility and discover our primal selves.

In that place we together reconnect to our pure body sensitivity and responsiveness, and discover how this can change the ways we play with others, relying not so much on our cognitive minds, but rather on our mammalian sensitivity and body language to navigate play.

In this one day workshop you will:

• Learn to flow creatively in play, trusting that you and your body can work with anything that arises

• Expand your capacity to navigate your internal world

• Experience what it is like to trust yourself to go to edgy places in the play realm

• Discover a pathway to an expanded capacity for richer and deeper play with others.

Explore the power and wisdom of fear, rage and hesitation in your body, and how ‘going there’ can cultivate cathartic and ecstatic play.

Where? Glebe Town Hall, (Main Hall) 160 St Johns Rd, Glebe NSW 2037

When? Sunday 14th April; 10am-4:30pm.

Cost? $149 (Early Bird until 1st April); $199 (thereafter), EL Members Free

My name is Ira Zev.

I am an Embodied Processing Practitioner, a Somatic Sexuality Facilitator and an Artist.

By blending these modalities, I have cultivated a unique means of working with the body as a gateway to unlocking the subconscious.

Play is an inherently somatic experience in which we drop out of our dominating hypervigilant cognition and into our subconscious body’s wisdom.

From this space we can explore ourselves more deeply, and with compassionate curiosity we discover hidden or even abandoned parts of us that can be given space and permission to be seen.

This workshop day offers 3 sessions where we will delve into our primal nervous system responses through the art of play.

It is an opportunity to observe where our edges may sit, and allow us to explore fear and rage in our bodies with the potential to discover and even dissolve their origins.

Please bring:

• Clothes that you feel comfortable to move in,

• Water bottle

In the Silent Play Space, light, sound and silence create a concentrated atmosphere for individual processes, collective actions and deep play.

Live musicians provide tempo, rhythm and color for an ever-changing celebration.

ATTENTION: This is a silent space. No verbal expression except whispers, communication only by little notes and messages.

To underline the special atmosphere some dressing up (shiny clothes) is requested.

Space Design: Alessandra Massi and Peter Banki

Live Music and Gong Bath: Julia Collins-Haynes

Concept inspired by the Silent Play Space at Xplore Berlin

Cost: $79 (Early Bird until 1st November); $99 (Full Price)

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the environmental changes and losses that we are all experiencing? Do you find yourself turning away or trying not to think about newscasts that speak about what is happening today because it’s too overwhelming? Do you feel a sense of despair, dread, anxiety about what is to come as climate impacts worsen?

It is extremely important that we grieve the losses that we experience on a day-to-day basis. If we don’t grieve, we harden our hearts and lose connection to who and what we love.

Facilitated by Natalia Je and Peter Banki this workshop offers you a shared and supported space to explore your feelings and thoughts about ecological loss.

This workshop comes from the idea that before any deep change may happen, we first need to acknowledge our feelings and have a space to share and be held in them.

When? 27 September, 7pm-9pm (AEST, Sydney, Australia)

Where? On Zoom

Cost? $27

School of Love Members: Free. Register Here

Can’t come in person? Join the online session.

When? 27 September, 7pm (AEST, check in your time zone)

Cost? AUD $27

Zoom link provided on registration

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the environmental changes and losses that we are all experiencing? Do you find yourself turning away or trying not to think about newscasts that speak about what is happening today because it’s too overwhelming? Do you feel a sense of despair, dread, anxiety about what is to come as climate impacts worsen?

Sometimes we don’t even have words for it.

It is extremely important that we grieve the losses that we experience on a day-to-day basis. If we don’t grieve, we harden our hearts and lose connection to who and what we love.

Facilitated by Natalia Je and Peter Banki this workshop offers you a shared and supported space to explore your feelings and thoughts about ecological loss.

This workshop is not about making anyone feel bad because they are not doing enough. It comes from the idea that before any deep change may happen, we first need to acknowledge our feelings and have a space to share and be held in them.

When? 20 September, 7pm-9pm (AEST, Sydney, Australia)

Where? Authentic Living Centre, L2 / 113-115 OXFORD ST, Darlinghurst

Cost? $27

School of Love Members: Free. Register Here

Can’t come in person? Join the online session.

When? 27 September, 7pm (AEST, check in your time zone)

Cost? AUD $27

Zoom link provided on registration

In the Silent Play Space, light, sound and silence create a concentrated atmosphere for individual processes, collective actions and deep play.

Live musicians provide tempo, rhythm and color for an ever-changing celebration.

ATTENTION: This is a silent space. No verbal expression except whispers, communication only by little notes and messages.

To underline the special atmosphere some dressing up (white clothes) is requested.

Space Design: Alessandra Massi and Peter Banki

Live Music and Gong Bath: Julia Collins-Haynes

Concept inspired by the Silent Play Space at Xplore Berlin

If you wish to receive an invitation, please book in a zoom call with us here.

Cost: $79 (Early Bird until 1st September); $99 (Full Price)

Are you experiencing grief at the moment? Grief for the loss of loved one through death or separation? Grief for things lost due to your changes in your life, lost time, lost capacity? For every change we experience there is grief. Sometimes imperceptibly.

Grief is an inevitable part of living and loving. it is so important in our time to have a space in community to acknowledge one’s grief and to share it. It is the sharing that makes grief survivable and opens us to the possibility to grow from what we’ve experienced.

Join Aviva Pinkus and Peter Banki for a ritualistic based evening bringing music and other creative modalities to grief. There will be a circle to share what’s alive in us, sound healing, meditation and a space to make offerings and share images and other important objects.

It is an evening for anyone who has experienced any form of loss and wishes to be in community.

When? Monday, June 19 arrival from 6:30pm, we begin at 7pm

Where? Hamakom, 353 King Street, Newtown (no sign out front)

Cost? $27

Listen to Aviva and Peter talking about why they hosting this evening

Are you experiencing grief at the moment? Grief for the loss of loved one through death or separation? Grief for things lost due to your changes in your life, lost time, lost capacity? For every change we experience there is grief. Sometimes imperceptibly.

Grief is an inevitable part of living and loving. it is so important in our time to have a space in community to acknowledge one’s grief and to share it. It is the sharing that makes grief survivable and opens us to the possibility to grow from what we’ve experienced.

Join Aviva Pinkus and Peter Banki for a ritualistic based evening bringing music and other creative modalities to grief. There will be a circle to share what’s alive in us, sound healing, meditation and a space to make offerings and share images and other important objects.

It is an evening for anyone who has experienced any form of loss and wishes to be in community.

When? Monday, May 22 arrival from 6:30pm, we begin at 7pm

Where? Tribal Soul, 353 King Street, Newtown (no sign out front)

Cost? $27

Have you had a challenging psychedelic experience or one that you have struggled to make sense of? Do you yearn for a community where you can reflect on and share your non-ordinary states of consciousness with others? 

The integration circle will offer a compassionate, curious and confidential space for those who have used psychedelics or have accessed extraordinary states via other means (such as breathwork, fasting, experiences known as ‘psychosis’ or spiritual emergency).  

You will be offered an opportunity to openly explore and share your encounters. Small group sharing, drawing and writing, as well as movement, breathwork and/or meditation may be employed to provide you with different avenues to work through your journey(s). The intention of this session is for the insights received through the non-ordinary experiences to become embodied and integrated into one’s life, instead of a collection of memories that quickly fade into the background. 

We acknowledge that the use of psychedelics continues in our society despite a long history of criminalisation. This group neither encourages nor condemns the use of psychoactive substances. We provide education and harm minimisation interventions to those who make their own choice to partake. 

Natalia (she/her) grew up in Poland and settled in Australia 20 years ago. She is a social worker, body researcher and plant medicine enthusiast. She has spent the last decade working in drug and alcohol, “mental health”/psychiatric complex and the disability sector. Before that, she worked as a Hawaiian bodyworker and massage therapist for 8 years. She has been part of the Erotic Living community since 2011.

Current interests: rock climbing, black holes, Internal Family Systems, subtle embodied states.

If you know Natalia, you might know that she is happiest when found in nature bushwalking, stargazing and rock wrangling 😀

Natalia also provides support in preparation and integration in the field of psychedelics.

Are you secretly in love with poetry?  

Do you find that words touch something within you that you can only otherwise faintly sense is there?

This workshop with Australian poet Richard James Allen will examine poetry as a heightened state of sensitivity, an alternate position of consciousness, perhaps even the music of the soul - if we are willing to surrender to it.

Richard James Allen’s poetry has appeared widely in journals, anthologies, and online, and he has been a popular reader at multiple performing arts venues, over many years. Books include: More Lies (Interactive Press, 2021), The short story of you and I (UWAP, 2019), Fixing the Broken Nightingale (Flying Island Books, 2014), The Kamikaze Mind (Brandl & Schlesinger, 2006) and Thursday’s Fictions (Five Islands Press, 1999), shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. Richard is well-known for his multi-award-winning career as a filmmaker and choreographer with The Physical TV Company and as a performer in a range of media and contexts.

When? Monday, 26th September at 7:30

Where? Zoom session, recording included with enrollment

Cost? $27

“Sometimes my clit is too sensitive.”

“Sometimes touching her back gently in the right spot can be the arousal pathway, and I feel great..”

“I fear my man will go for a younger a woman.”

“I don’t want to feel shame about my ageing body.”Does the shadow of menopause loom over your sex life?

Lets face it, menopause frightens many of us.

Arousal pathways change.

You don’t know what your body needs from one lovemaking session to the next.

Menopause is an intimate life change.

And yet it can be an opportunity to deepen intimacy and transform your lovemaking.

Let’s speak honestly about what is at stake in this life change. Let’s get into the nitty gritty.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Mike Haslett loves sensory play and giving healing touch, he’s a massage therapist of 8 years who’s also quite kinky and a lot of fun. He has facilitated tantric massage and been a dungeon master for many years.

Heide Getrost is a sacred sexuality practitioner and is passionate about deepening love in union. She is a graduate of the three ISTA levels (International School of Temple Arts) and Practitioner.

Together they teach tantra and conscious kink workshops infused with their balance of the masculine, feminine and their loving presence. They create a fun and safe educational space for seekers to explore their tantric and kinky edges.

Has you ever wanted hard cock and couldn’t deliver?

This is a fear all men have.

Do you lack confidence you can please her? Maybe you fear communicating to her that s/he’s not desirable. Maybe your body betrays you!

In this workshop, Mikey Haslett, with help from his partner, Heide Getrost, will take a careful approach to a sensitive issue, which concerns virtually all men, especially when they reach a certain age.

We will offer:

• A safe space to talk about what’s usually under the carpet

• Scientific data about causes and solutions

• A personal testimony about how we as a couple have dealt with this issue and approaches we have found that really work

• How as a woman you can support your man to remove the shame attached to having a soft cock

• How to work with a soft cock! Techniques for Energetic Lovemaking to penetrate with cock consciousness.

• General health, supplements, a sense of humour, mental outlook and ways to communicate with your partner.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Mike Haslett loves sensory play and giving healing touch, he’s a massage therapist of 8 years who’s also quite kinky and a lot of fun. He has facilitated tantric massage and been a dungeon master for many years.

Heide Getrost is a sacred sexuality practitioner and is passionate about deepening love in union. She is a graduate of the three ISTA levels (International School of Temple Arts) and Practitioner.

Together they teach tantra and conscious kink workshops infused with their balance of the masculine, feminine and their loving presence. They create a fun and safe educational space for seekers to explore their tantric and kinky edges.

Have you considered suicide?

We do not ask this question flippantly.

The philosopher, Albert Camus, argued that suicide is the most urgent philosophical question.

All other questions presuppose an answer to this one.

Suicide is an occupational hazard for anyone really.

Some of our friends, who are philosophers, have chosen to end their lives.

In this session we will engage personal and philosophical reflections on the pleasures and hazards of an examined life. We will share what philosophers such as Camus, Hegel, Socrates and others have had to say on the topic.

When? Monday, 8th August @ 7:30pm (AEST)

Cost? $27 (EL Members Free)

How? Zoom link sent on registration.

NB: This is intended as a philosophical and not therapeutic workshop.

Do you miss feeling butterflies? Do you long to play with others? Are you ready to (re)awaken your erotic energy?

The Autumn Festival of Erotic Living is a day to CELEBRATE the diversity and richness of our being-with one another. There will be a program of Workshops, Ceremonies and a Party.

The Festival is a unique opportunity to

• Open Your Eyes to what is possible in this realm

• Invigorate your existing relationships

• Reconnect with your own body

• Maintain healthy boundaries

• Feel the Joy of Being Alive.

When? Saturday, April 23, 9:30am-8pm

Where? The Leela Centre, 2nd Floor, 113-115 Oxford Street, (Corner of Crown Street), Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

BOOK NOW FOR THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE or Half-Day

Nervous about coming? Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Read about our Festivals in Timeout Magazine

Our Autumn Program

Our Autumn Facilitators

What people are saying about Erotic Living

“I have been coming to Erotic Living events since 2017, each time has given me ways be a better person - to myself and to others - not only in the erotic space, but in all aspects of my personal and professional life. I will be coming for many years to come and wish I had these opportunities given to me as a young woman.”

Kim McBurnie, Sydney

“I write this testimonial a day after The Festival of Erotic Living and I feel alive, refreshed, satisfied and hungry all at the same time. The world doesn't have an environment to discuss our needs and fantasies, but the safe space created here means you are not judged, in fact it is encouraged.”

VJ Raju Dorai about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“We had a great day and found it pitched at the right level. Tastefully run without being overtly sexual. There were many tips on communication that we’ve taken away and practice now. We’ll certainly be back for more so thanks for a great day.”

A&E about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“EL offers people genuine, meaningful education in a very challenging, confusing and very misunderstood part of life.”

Jacqueline Hellyer, sex therapist based in Sydney.

“Peter Banki is an erotic catalyst. I give him my highest recommendation.”

Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Founder of the Profession of Sexological Bodywork in California

“Thank you Peter for making the world a sexier place”

Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. artist and eco sexual sexecologist and feminist.

Before we can open up and play, we need to feel safe. This is a fundamental truth that is becoming better understood today. Teaching ourselves how to feel safe and then sharing this feeling with others — is quite simply — the condition for a happy and successful life and deep erotic connection.

In this 2 hour in-person workshop, we will practice feeling safe by:

• Down-regulating our nervous systems through non-threatening touch and being held;

• Sharing music and breathing together;

• Learning to modulate our voices;

• Practicing intimacy with others without expectation.

Register now for Healing our Nervous Systems

Cost? $49 per person; $79 couple.

When? Sunday 27th February at 6pm,

Where? Leela Centre, Darlinghurst

Free for Our EL Members. Learn More about Living Erotically: Our 12 month Membership Program

Suggested Reading: Stephen Porges The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe.

How do you bring presence, communication, breath and sound to the act of spanking to make it a healing and a deeper experience?

Heide and Mikey take a light hearted and embodied approach to:

* Explore the anatomy of spanking.

* Experiment on ourselves with different types of spanks.

* Slow it down, be present and journey into the nuances and responses in our body.

You’ll come away with some practical tips and insights to take into your play.

Cost? $27 per person

When? Sunday 20th February at 6pm,

Where? Zoom link will be provided when you book

Free for Our EL Members. Learn More about Living Erotically: Our 12 month Membership Program

Do you miss feeling butterflies? Do you long to play with others? Are you ready to (re)awaken your erotic energy?

The Sydney Festival of Erotic Living is a day to CELEBRATE the diversity and richness of our being-with one another. There will be a program of Workshops, Ceremonies and a Party.

The Festival is a unique opportunity to

• Open Your Eyes to what is possible in this realm

• Invigorate your existing relationships

• Reconnect with your own body

• Maintain healthy boundaries

• Feel the Joy of Being Alive.

When? Sunday, 19th December 9:30-10pm

Where? The Leela Centre, 2nd Floor, 113-115 Oxford Street, (Corner of Crown Street), Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

BOOK NOW FOR THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE or Half-Day

Nervous about coming? Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Read about our Festivals in Timeout Magazine

Our Erotic Living Program

Our EL Facilitators

What people are saying about Erotic Living

“I have been coming to Erotic Living events since 2017, each time has given me ways be a better person - to myself and to others - not only in the erotic space, but in all aspects of my personal and professional life. I will be coming for many years to come and wish I had these opportunities given to me as a young woman.”

Kim McBurnie, Sydney

“I write this testimonial a day after The Festival of Erotic Living and I feel alive, refreshed, satisfied and hungry all at the same time. The world doesn't have an environment to discuss our needs and fantasies, but the safe space created here means you are not judged, in fact it is encouraged.”

VJ Raju Dorai about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“We had a great day and found it pitched at the right level. Tastefully run without being overtly sexual. There were many tips on communication that we’ve taken away and practice now. We’ll certainly be back for more so thanks for a great day.”

A&E about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“EL offers people genuine, meaningful education in a very challenging, confusing and very misunderstood part of life.”

Jacqueline Hellyer, sex therapist based in Sydney.

“Peter Banki is an erotic catalyst. I give him my highest recommendation.”

Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Founder of the Profession of Sexological Bodywork in California

“Thank you Peter for making the world a sexier place”

Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. artist and eco sexual sexecologist and feminist.

If you’re interested in connecting erotically with people, honestly rope is the way to go, regardless of your gender or orientation. Because there are so many people out there who love to be tied.

👉🏽Erotic rope bondage is very powerful experience to be able to offer someone who you might be interested to connect with.

Indeed there is an art to connecting deeply with your partner through rope without at any moment crossing theirs or your own boundaries.

☘️This Saturday 18th December at the Leela Centre in Darlinghurst Avalon will be teaching a full day of Shibari from beginner to intermediate level. Italian-born, charming and sophicated, Avalon is definitely one of the most experienced and creative Nawashi in Australia.

This a great opportunity to learn about Shibari, otherwise known as Japanese Bondage, these classes will cover History , different practices, safety, consent and much more.

The Saturday morning : Beginners - 9 am / 1pm

This class is a hands on class where we will teach how to tie safely and enjoy the ropes from the get go , we will teach some basic elements of rope and followed by a couple of complete ties. Ideal for those approaching rope for the first time or wanting to refresh their basics.

The Saturday afternoon : Intermediate - 3pm /7pm

This class follows through from the beginners class and we will teach some more complex ties and methodologies developed by Avalon in his years of teaching all over the world. This class is ideal for those that have already enjoyed the pleasures of rope and wish to deepen their knowledge.

This is a 18+ event , no minors are allowed.

Bio and info on Avalon :

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/123avalon/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/123avalon/

Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/users/294780

About Avalon:

Avalon, co-founder of the Sydney Rope Dojo ( 2010 ) and founder of Peer Rope Melbourne (2018 ) has been involved in Japanese Bondage since 2006, that is when he started his tuition with Masters in Japan, he regularly travels to Japan every year to continue his learning and deepening his understanding of this art form.

Avalon moved to Melbourne in 2015 opening Avalon's Rope Dojo for private tuition, in 2018 he started Peer Rope Melbourne in response to a growing interest and demand for tuition in Melbourne. In 2020 Avalon started the Byron Bay peer rope group to offer quality tuition in the Northern Rivers area of NSW

Avalon has been hosting Shibari workshops all around Australia and Overseas, throughout Europe, New Zealand, China & Usa. and performing internationally since 2012, he has collaborated in many events as presenter and performer around the world. He has been invited to build installations at Festivals, such as Burning Man in Nevada ( 2017) together with his friend and renown Japanese Master Hajime Kinoko.

Podcasts with Avalon: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pJwmOf5yApKdYnBogAd8n?si=H_4bgbM-Sr6T1NlumtgU_g

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/avalon-jenna-shibari-the-art-of-surrendering/id1307465076?i=1000496052618

Sunday 13th June @ Byron Bay Community Centre

The Best Therapy for Stress is Embodied Love and Connection

The Erotic Living Festival is a day to CELEBRATE who we are as erotic beings and the diversity and richness of erotic connection. There will be an incredible program of workshops, installations, ceremonies and play party.

Join us at The Erotic Living Festival: connect with likeminded people and give your erotic life an injection of energy!

When? Sunday, 13th June 9:30-10pm

Where? Byron Bay Community Centre, 69 Jonson St, Byron Bay NSW 2481

BOOK NOW FOR THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE or Half-Day

Nervous about coming? Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Read about our Festivals in Timeout Magazine

Our Erotic Living Program

Our EL Teachers

What people are saying about Erotic Living

“I have been coming to Erotic Living events since 2017, each time has given me ways be a better person - to myself and to others - not only in the erotic space, but in all aspects of my personal and professional life. I will be coming for many years to come and wish I had these opportunities given to me as a young woman.”

Kim McBurnie, Sydney

“I write this testimonial a day after The Festival of Erotic Living and I feel alive, refreshed, satisfied and hungry all at the same time. The world doesn't have an environment to discuss our needs and fantasies, but the safe space created here means you are not judged, in fact it is encouraged.”

VJ Raju Dorai about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“We had a great day and found it pitched at the right level. Tastefully run without being overtly sexual. There were many tips on communication that we’ve taken away and practice now. We’ll certainly be back for more so thanks for a great day.”

A&E about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“EL offers people genuine, meaningful education in a very challenging, confusing and very misunderstood part of life.”

Jacqueline Hellyer, sex therapist based in Sydney.

“Peter Banki is an erotic catalyst. I give him my highest recommendation.”

Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Founder of the Profession of Sexological Bodywork in California

“Thank you Peter for making the world a sexier place”

Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. artist and eco sexual sexecologist and feminist.

Saturday 29th May @ Leela Centre in Darlinghurst in Sydney

Do you miss feeling butterflies? Do you long to play with others? Are you ready to (re)awaken your erotic energy?

The Sydney Festival of Erotic Living is a day to CELEBRATE the diversity and richness of our being-with one another. There will be a program of Workshops, Ceremonies and a Party.

The Festival is a unique opportunity to

• Open Your Eyes to what is possible in this realm

• Invigorate your existing relationships

• Reconnect with your own body

• Maintain healthy boundaries

• Feel the Joy of Being Alive.

When? Saturday, 29th May 9:30-10pm

Where? The Leela Centre, 2nd Floor, 113-115 Oxford Street, (Corner of Crown Street), Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

BOOK NOW FOR THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE or Half-Day

Nervous about coming? Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Read about our Festivals in Timeout Magazine

Our Erotic Living Program

Our EL Teachers

What people are saying about Erotic Living

“I have been coming to Erotic Living events since 2017, each time has given me ways be a better person - to myself and to others - not only in the erotic space, but in all aspects of my personal and professional life. I will be coming for many years to come and wish I had these opportunities given to me as a young woman.”

Kim McBurnie, Sydney

“I write this testimonial a day after The Festival of Erotic Living and I feel alive, refreshed, satisfied and hungry all at the same time. The world doesn't have an environment to discuss our needs and fantasies, but the safe space created here means you are not judged, in fact it is encouraged.”

VJ Raju Dorai about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“We had a great day and found it pitched at the right level. Tastefully run without being overtly sexual. There were many tips on communication that we’ve taken away and practice now. We’ll certainly be back for more so thanks for a great day.”

A&E about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“EL offers people genuine, meaningful education in a very challenging, confusing and very misunderstood part of life.”

Jacqueline Hellyer, sex therapist based in Sydney.

“Peter Banki is an erotic catalyst. I give him my highest recommendation.”

Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Founder of the Profession of Sexological Bodywork in California

“Thank you Peter for making the world a sexier place”

Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. artist and eco sexual sexecologist and feminist.

Saturday 13th March @ Leela Centre in Darlinghurst in Sydney

Do you miss feeling butterflies? Do you long to play with others? Are you ready to (re)awaken your erotic energy?

The Sydney Festival of Erotic Living is a day to CELEBRATE the diversity and richness of our being-with one another. There will be a program of Workshops, Ceremonies and a Party.

The Festival is a unique opportunity to

• Open Your Eyes to what is possible in this realm

• Invigorate your existing relationships

• Reconnect with your own body

• Maintain healthy boundaries

• Feel the Joy of Being Alive.

When? Saturday 13 March 9:30-10pm

Where? The Leela Centre, 2nd Floor, 113-115 Oxford Street, (Corner of Crown Street), Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

BOOK NOW FOR THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE or Half-Day

Nervous about coming? Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Read about our Festivals in Timeout Magazine

Our Erotic Living Program

Our EL Teachers

What people are saying about Erotic Living

“I have been coming to Erotic Living events since 2017, each time has given me ways be a better person - to myself and to others - not only in the erotic space, but in all aspects of my personal and professional life. I will be coming for many years to come and wish I had these opportunities given to me as a young woman.”

Kim McBurnie, Sydney

“I write this testimonial a day after The Festival of Erotic Living and I feel alive, refreshed, satisfied and hungry all at the same time. The world doesn't have an environment to discuss our needs and fantasies, but the safe space created here means you are not judged, in fact it is encouraged.”

VJ Raju Dorai about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“We had a great day and found it pitched at the right level. Tastefully run without being overtly sexual. There were many tips on communication that we’ve taken away and practice now. We’ll certainly be back for more so thanks for a great day.”

A&E about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“EL offers people genuine, meaningful education in a very challenging, confusing and very misunderstood part of life.”

Jacqueline Hellyer, sex therapist based in Sydney.

“Peter Banki is an erotic catalyst. I give him my highest recommendation.”

Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Founder of the Profession of Sexological Bodywork in California

“Thank you Peter for making the world a sexier place”

Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. artist and eco sexual sexecologist and feminist.

We make time for work, eating and exercise, but why don’t we take our Erotic Lives just as seriously?

Even in normal times, most of us don’t give the attention to our Erotic Life that we could. We learn nothing about it in school and society generally looks upon it with suspicion. Too rarely do we give ourselves permission to explore our Desires and Pleasures with Intention. Too rarely do we to allow ourselves to be curious.

For anything to change in this part of our lives, we need to make the time and space for it. Once you do, a whole new world opens up!

Do you miss feeling butterflies? Do you miss playing with others? Are you feeling a bit shut down at the moment?

Don’t worry. Nearly everyone is.

The EL Summer Solstice Festival is a day to CELEBRATE who we are as erotic beings and the diversity and richness of erotic connection. There will be a program of workshops, installations, ceremonies and play party.

The Festival is a unique opportunity to

• Open Your Eyes to what is possible in this realm

• Invigorate your existing relationships

• Reconnect with your own body

• Learn to maintain healthy boundaries

Feel the joy of being alive.

When? Sunday 20 December 9:30-10pm.

Where? The Leela Centre, 2nd Floor, 113-115 Oxford Street, (Corner of Crown Street), Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

Nervous about coming? Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

Read about our Festivals in Timeout Magazine

To remain Covid safe, this festival will be limited to 40 people only.

Our Summer Solstice Festival Faculty

Our Summer Solstice Program

What people are saying about Erotic Living

“I have been coming to Erotic Living events since 2017, each time has given me ways be a better person - to myself and to others - not only in the erotic space, but in all aspects of my personal and professional life. I will be coming for many years to come and wish I had these opportunities given to me as a young woman.”

Kim McBurnie, Sydney

“I write this testimonial a day after The Festival of Erotic Living and I feel alive, refreshed, satisfied and hungry all at the same time. The world doesn't have an environment to discuss our needs and fantasies, but the safe space created here means you are not judged, in fact it is encouraged.”

VJ Raju Dorai about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“We had a great day and found it pitched at the right level. Tastefully run without being overtly sexual. There were many tips on communication that we’ve taken away and practice now. We’ll certainly be back for more so thanks for a great day.”

A&E about the most recent EL Festival on November 1, 2020, Sydney

“EL offers people genuine, meaningful education in a very challenging, confusing and very misunderstood part of life.”

Jacqueline Hellyer, sex therapist based in Sydney.

“Peter Banki is an erotic catalyst. I give him my highest recommendation.”

Joseph Kramer, Ph.D., Founder of the Profession of Sexological Bodywork in California

“Thank you Peter for making the world a sexier place”

Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. artist and eco sexual sexecologist and feminist.