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Devotional Alchemy - Shibari Lessons, Sessions & Performance

Sacred spaces for one to explore connection to self and others through the ancient art of Shibari. Through the bind, discover boundlessness.

Devotional Alchemy provides a sacred space for womxn and couples to explore a connection to the deeper facets of their being, through the ancient art of Shibari. Our offerings are a gateway to activate new pathways of release & healing, to explore avenues of artistic expression and to stimulate support for self care & personal development.

03/06/2026

Winter whispers a soothing invitation.

To soften the outward gaze,
To loosen our grip on our external performance,
To return to the fertile darkness beneath the surface.

While our world appears still, life is not absent. It is gathering.

Roots deepen where eyes cannot see.
Seeds rest in sacred incubation, dreaming themselves into their next expression.

This season is not asking us to bloom.
It is asking us to listen.

To tend the quiet garden within.
To honour the pauses between breaths.
To trust the unseen work unfolding within us.

Winter reminds us that not all growth is visible, and that sometimes the most profound transformations occur in the silent chambers of our own becoming.

So, draw inward. Wrap yourself in the warmth of your own presence.

Allow the darkness to hold you, the silence to nourish you,
and the mystery to weave its slow alchemy through your bones.

Spring will come.

For now, rest in the beauty of becoming.

🌬🪾💭

📸 .mikeyhearson
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***ri

02/06/2026

Sultry Solstice 🌹🌙📜

A room full of strangers gathering around the oldest fire we know..story.

One by one, brave souls stepped forward and offered pieces of themselves to the altar of the room. Suddenly, we were not strangers at all.

Only hearts, peeled open.
Voices trembling at the edge of revelation.
Only the exquisite ache of being witnessed.

Souls, naked in their truth, carrying entire universes in their mouths.

Words that dripped with longing and des!re.
Words that trembled with vulnerability and grief.
Words that carried the ache of being human and the ecstasy of being alive.

Every poem a visceral portal to the tender places we so often hide.
The alchemy of er0$ spoken aloud, landing like a pulse. A heartbeat. The way vulnerability can undress us more completely than skin ever could.

What a profound honour it was to co-weave a transmission alongside , whose vision alongside brought this constellation of humans together.

Held within the dreamscape by at , the space itself seemed to hum as though the walls knew we had gathered to remember something ancient.

And to weave this story with my muse, was an absolute vision. A reflection that art is not something we create alone, it is something that moves through us when we dare to listen.

A night that left fingerprints on the soul. 🫆

***ri

25/05/2026

She remembers through the pull of the moon. 🌙

Not in words, but in tides.

In the way her body softens when no one is asking her to be hard.
In the ache that rises before release.
In the quiet knowing that she was never meant to bloom in straight lines.

& the moon…she does not apologize for disappearing.
She teaches us that there is holiness in becoming unseen, in resting, in shedding skin beneath the dark.

To dance with gravity and surrender.
To let life move through you like ocean through salt caves.

To trust the waxing, the waning, the pull toward fullness and emptiness, all in the same.

📸 : .mikeyhearson
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***ri

24/05/2026

Curious about what happens at Sense Temple? 🛕🌹✨️

Well… here’s a little glimpse into the worlds we’ve been weaving.

Sense Temple is a playground for self-discovery.
A space to explore the depth of the human experience through the body, the senses, and the art of relating.

Together, we soften out of performance and into innocence.
Into curiosity, Into play and Enquiry.

Through somatic practices, sensory exploration, connection exercises, and immersive experiences, we begin to listen more deeply to ourselves, to one another, and to the subtle language of being alive.

It’s not about having it all figured out.
It’s about learning how to feel and how to meet life a little more honestly, intimately, and meaningfully.

And next week… we bring it all to Melbourne 🏹

There are about 10 spaces left and we couldn’t be more excited to gather with you.

Come play, explore, unravel, and lean into something deeper within yourself.

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19/05/2026

There is something so sacred about allowing ourselves to soften back into the arms of nature. 🌬🍃
To remember that we too are organic, cyclical beings, not separate from the earth, but woven into its rhythm.

When we slow down enough to listen, the body begins to speak again. The heart finds its own tempo beneath the noise.

Nature does not rush itself.
The tides still ebb and return.
The moon still waxes and wanes.
The seasons still ask the flowers to bloom, rest, release, and begin again.

And perhaps, we are being asked to do the same.

To tend to ourselves gently.
To let the earth hold what feels heavy.
To allow the wind to move through stagnant places within us.
To trust the organic rhythms that wish to move us, rather than forcing ourselves against our own current.

There is wisdom in surrendering to the natural pulse of life.
In remembering that rest is productive.
That softness can be strength.

That healing often begins the moment we stop resisting what our body has been trying to tell us all along.

📸 : .mikeyhearson
Muse :
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***ri ***ri

12/05/2026

Back to Melbourne ✨

I’m so excited to be returning for my second round of Sh***ri workshops and events. and to finally open the space for those who couldn’t make it last time!

Together we’ll explore rope as a ritual, a connective practice that invites us deeper into ourselves and into each other. Beyond technique, Sh***ri becomes a mirror… a doorway into the unseen… a way of listening to the body and allowing it to speak but also learning how to respond somatically.

This offering is deeply holistic, playful and artistic. A space to soften perfectionism, enjoy the process over the outcome, and reconnect with curiosity, wonder and the freedom of being fully present.

Expect connection, creativity, nervous system awareness, embodiment, art, play, and moments that feel a little bit like coming home to yourself.

Melbourne, I can’t wait to share with you again. 🤗🪢

Workshop can be done entirely solo or partnered.
All bodies and genders welcome.

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THURSDAY MAY 28TH, 630-930PM
PRESTON, VIC

📸 .mikeyhearson
***ri

11/05/2026

Back to Melbourne ✨

I’m so excited to be returning for my second round of Sh***ri workshops and events. and to finally open the space for those who couldn’t make it last time!

Together we’ll explore rope as a ritual, a connective practice that invites us deeper into ourselves and into each other. Beyond technique, Sh***ri becomes a mirror… a doorway into the unseen… a way of listening to the body and allowing it to speak but also learning how to respond somatically.

This offering is deeply holistic, playful and artistic. A space to soften perfectionism, enjoy the process over the outcome, and reconnect with curiosity, wonder and the freedom of being fully present.

Expect connection, creativity, nervous system awareness, embodiment, art, play, and moments that feel a little bit like coming home to yourself.

Workshop can be done entirely solo or partnered.
All bodies and genders welcome.
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Melbourne, I can’t wait to share with you again. 🤗🪢

***ri

28/04/2026

A glimpse into our Workshop Space at .collective
Camp Out 👁🏕

I had the honour of facilitating at Waves Campout, a gathering devoted to connection, creativity and community.

This first half of the workshop was about connecting, softening… arriving… remembering the body as a place we can meet, feel, and truly see one another.

So much beauty in witnessing our friends and extended community drop in, open, and explore the art of connection with such willingness.

Co-regulation, trust practices and sinking into the energy of devotion both as a receiver and a giver.

The second half entailed our Devotional Worship Chair Experience 👑

Would you like to see what we got up to? Let us know in the comments below! ✨

25/04/2026

What is your relationship to the language of Touch? 🫴

What kind of contact creates a feeling of being seen, for you?

Do you give touch more easily, or find it easier to receive? and what happens in your body in each direction?

Can you recall the last time touch moved you emotionally? What shifted in that moment?

Is there a touch do you secretly crave but rarely ask for?

Do you hold any fears or stories around being touched or touching others?

We are holding a workshop for Lover’s, delving into the Art of Touch on May 22nd. A gentle guided journey into embodied connection and massage techniques from a t.ntric background.

We have 4 partnered spaces left to join us.

Let us know if you'd like to learn more 🫳

03/11/2025

Have you ever felt the pulse of devotion from more than one soul at once? Have you ever been worshipped ; truly seen, adored, and celebrated in every facet of your being? ❤️‍🔥

This is one of many things that happens in our Temple Nights.. and what unfolds within our private sessions. An immersion into the senses, where dissolution of external noise occurs, as the body becomes the altar.

A space to expand beyond the mind, beyond duty, into full embodied liberation.

Pictured here: A moment from Sense Temple I, with captured through the divine lens of .studios.

We hope to see you in the Temple soon ♡

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Maroubra, NSW

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http://www.devotional-alchemy.com/

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