The Sacred Sanctuary
Tantra // A sacred way of life
Welcome to The Sacred Sanctuary—a space where Tantra is not just a practice but a way of being. Here, we honour the truth that the self is sacred, relationships are sacred, and the body is sacred.
Tantra is the art of weaving presence, pleasure, and connection into the fabric of daily life. It is a path of awakening, embodiment, and deep intimacy—with yourself, with others, and with the divine essence that flows through all things.
At The Sacred Sanctuary, we offer Tantra workshops, teachings, and immersive experiences designed to reconnect you with your most authentic, empowered, and sensual self. Whether you are new to Tantra or seeking to expand your practice, our offerings invite you to explore:
Sacred self-awareness – Embrace your wholeness and awaken to your divine nature
Conscious relationships – Cultivate deeper intimacy, trust, and soulful connection
Embodied sensuality – Honour your body as a vessel of pleasure, vitality, and wisdom
Our workshops and trainings, including International Certified Tantra Level 1 & 2, blend ancient teachings with modern insights, guiding you toward a more soulful, connected, and liberated existence.
Step into The Sacred Sanctuary and discover how Tantra can transform your life from the inside out.
Your journey home to self starts here.
Meet your Teachers + Sacred Guides
Jo Arlaud
Jo is a devoted Tantra facilitator, intimacy coach, and sacred sexuality mentor, guiding individuals and couples toward deeper connection, embodied pleasure, and spiritual awakening. With a rich background in shamanic practices, energy work, and womb healing, Jo weaves together ancient wisdom and modern approaches to support profound transformation.
As a sacred space holder, she creates nurturing, trauma-informed environments where people feel safe to explore their sensuality, release energetic blockages, and reclaim their authentic power. Through her work in Reiki, shamanic healing, and Tantra, Jo helps others awaken to their own divinity, embracing the sacredness of the self, relationships, and the body.
With a heart-centred and intuitive approach, Jo empowers those she works with to step into deeper self-awareness, intimacy, and embodied wisdom. Whether guiding a sacred ritual, facilitating a Tantra workshop, or holding space for deep energetic healing, Jo is devoted to helping others cultivate a life of love, liberation, and connection.
Jo is based in Williamstown, Victoria. Contact Jo for private sessions in Melbourne and surrounding areas.
Jen Hamilton
Jen is a Tantra facilitator, self-mastery mentor, hypnotherapist, and spiritual mentor, devoted to guiding individuals into deeper alignment, empowerment, and liberation. As the founder of The Sacred Sanctuary, she brings together ancient wisdom, modern psychology, and energetic mastery to help people awaken to their fullest potential.
With a background in Tantra, hypnotherapy, NLP, past life regression, and conscious coaching, Jen has spent years helping driven individuals all around the world break through limitations and embody their most authentic, powerful, and soulful selves. Her approach weaves together the sacred and the strategic, blending deep spiritual work with practical tools for transformation.
Jen’s teachings honour the self as sacred, the body as a vessel of wisdom, and relationships as a path to awakening. Through her Tantra facilitation, intimacy coaching, and The Flourish Collective, she empowers others to embrace their sensuality, cultivate self-awareness, and create meaningful, conscious connections.
As a lifelong seeker and teacher, Jen embodies what she teaches - living boldly, moving with purpose, and integrating both the divine feminine and the empowered masculine. Whether she’s leading a Tantra immersion, guiding an elite coaching experience, or sharing insights on the enLIFEned podcast and Intuition and Orgasms podcast, her mission is clear: to support others in mastering themselves, unlocking their desires, and living a soulful, liberated life.
Jen is based in Brisbane, Queensland. Contact Jen for private sessions in South East Queensland and surrounding areas.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Internationally Certified Tantra Module 1+ 2 - BRISBANE
May 16 - 18th 2025
Haven Yoga and Meditation Studio
6 Queensport Rd South, Murarrie, QLD 4172
Our Tantra Level 1 and 2 Training is a comprehensive 3 day training designed to guide you through the foundational principles and advanced practices of Tantra. In Level 1, you'll explore the essence of your higher self and learn to harmonise your personality traits, fostering a deeper connection with your true nature. The focus shifts to cultivating sacred relationships and embracing the profound aspects of sacred sexuality. In Level 2, you’ll be introduced to the An Mo Sensual Tantric Massage, a deeply nourishing and sacred healing modality rooted in ancient Taoist and Tantric lineages. This practice teaches you how to touch with intention, reverence, and presence, activating the body’s energy channels and awakening the sensual, spiritual and emotional body.
You’ll learn how to both give and receive the An Mo massage in a respectful, honouring space, and walk away with a deeper understanding of energetic anatomy, sacred sexuality, and the art of healing through conscious touch.
This training offers a holistic journey into self-awareness, conscious connection, and the celebration of the sacred within and around you. See below for more info
Cost $1297 (inc GST) - if you require a payment plan, please email connect@sanctuaryofself.love
Internationally Certified Tantra Module 1+ 2 - MELBOURNE
June 6 - 8th 2025
Moss Studios
101 Evans Street Brunswick, VIC, 3056
Our Tantra Level 1 and 2 Training is a comprehensive 3 day training designed to guide you through the foundational principles and advanced practices of Tantra. In Level 1, you'll explore the essence of your higher self and learn to harmonise your personality traits, fostering a deeper connection with your true nature. The focus shifts to cultivating sacred relationships and embracing the profound aspects of sacred sexuality. In Level 2, you’ll be introduced to the An Mo Sensual Tantric Massage, a deeply nourishing and sacred healing modality rooted in ancient Taoist and Tantric lineages. This practice teaches you how to touch with intention, reverence, and presence, activating the body’s energy channels and awakening the sensual, spiritual and emotional body.
You’ll learn how to both give and receive the An Mo massage in a respectful, honouring space, and walk away with a deeper understanding of energetic anatomy, sacred sexuality, and the art of healing through conscious touch.
This training offers a holistic journey into self-awareness, conscious connection, and the celebration of the sacred within and around you. See below for more info
Cost $1297 (inc GST) - if you require a payment plan, please email connect@sanctuaryofself.love
Internationally Certified Tantra Module 1, 2 with The Australian Institute of Tantra Training (AITT)
Both Jen and Jo have trained under Cathy Wood at award winning ‘Most Prestigious Tantra School’ - Sanctuary of Ananda, and teach level 1 and 2 of the incredible work of The Australian Institute of Tantra Training (AITT) programme.
Australian Institute of Tantra Training (AITT), established since 2004 is Australia’s leading Tantra Training School and is recognised as an Approved Platinum Training Provider and Silver Ambassador with IICT (International Institute for Complementary Therapists).
This Approved Tantra Training is a four part module system that will enable students to gain deeper knowledge and insight into the teachings and philosophy of Eastern Tantra and Esoteric teachings as well as understanding the principle teachings of consciousness and self-love. When self-love is awakened, we recognise this as unconditional love for others, our community, humanity and all souls.
If you are searching for authentic spiritual wisdom, to gain a deeper insight into self, to add and utilise skills for a new or existing holistic business and to share your unique 'quality' with the world, then this life changing training is for you.
Why train with The Australian Institute of Tantra Training (AITT)
Officially operating since 2004
Platinum Approved Training Provider with IICT (International Institute of Complementary Therapists) and a Silver Ambassador Member with IICT
You will be eligible for Insurance through IICT Membership after completing Module 3
We can prove and verify 30 years of study and hands on experience teaching in all fields of Tantra right through from Pleasure to Tantric Massage and Esoteric Wisdom
Our training classes adhere to strict and professional boundaries and AITT's (The Australian Institute of Tantra Training) Training Code of Conduct
Benefits of learning Tantra
Eastern Tantra is a profound path of self-discovery, guiding you to understand yourself both as a physical being and as a soul connected to higher consciousness.
It embraces and reveres the body, the senses, and the experience of pleasure as sacred aspects of existence.
Tantra serves as a bridge to expanded awareness, transforming primal sexual energy into a divine and spiritual experience.
It is a journey from duality to unity, a path of liberation from the limitations of the human experience into the embrace of the Divine.
Tantra shifts us from stagnation into continuous evolution, opening the heart and deepening our personal and spiritual growth.
It is a transformative, awe-inspiring practice that has the power to change your life in extraordinary ways.
Tantra is a sacred offering of love, an invitation into deeper connection, presence, and awakening.
What Tantra can do for you
Tantra is a path of self-realisation, helping you to see and embrace both your higher and lower nature.
It guides you in the art of forgiveness, releasing the past, and moving forward with freedom.
Tantra deepens your connection with your soul, awakening your true essence.
It nurtures self-love and self-respect, allowing you to honour your intrinsic worth.
Tantra shows the way to infuse sacred love into your relationships, elevating intimacy and connection.
It teaches reverence for the body, recognising it as a sacred vessel and the foundation of your existence.
Tantra reveals that the essence of all things is bliss.
It harnesses sexual energy as a source of healing, renewal, and vitality for body, mind, and spirit.
The Tantra formula for extraordinary intimacy: Sex + Love + Meditation + Consciousness.
It cultivates presence, self-awareness, mindfulness, and deep meditation.
Tantra empowers you to live with integrity, love, and compassion, serving humanity with an open heart.
It reminds you that life is imperfect because matter itself is still evolving.
Tantra offers clarity, helping you see reality as it is and walk the path of liberation.
It teaches that material possessions are fleeting and will never bring lasting happiness.
Tantra embraces impermanence, inspiring you to live fully and express yourself in every moment.
It awakens confidence, vitality, power, and an ecstatic connection to life.
Tantra instills respect for the Earth, reminding us she is our mother and must be cherished.
It unveils false beliefs, societal imprints, and illusions that cloud true perception.
Tantra shows that fear is nothing more than illusion, guiding you beyond its grasp.
Ultimately, it encourages you to follow your bliss and do what brings you the greatest joy.
What does Module 1 and 2 teach?
Module 1 is the journey of ‘know thyself’ which dives deeply into Tantra and Esoteric Philosophy and practices. This module helps you to learn and discern what your higher self is and what is your triad, 'the personality' and how to train the personality to walk and unite with the soul. There are also practices and meditations as well as reading material and videos. It is important to remember that every single person will pursue their spiritual journey in their own unique way. For some, that means ritual and rhythm making sure they have practices to follow each day. For others, they may follow the path of reading and studying and for some their spiritual progress is when they slow down and learn to be.
Module 2 teaches the Chakra System in the Esoteric Philosophy, how sexual energy is cultivated and the different ways to cultivate and harness this precious life force, plus a full demonstration of the beautiful healing and energising Tantric An Mo Massage for you to practice on your friends, family and partner.
What you will learn:
The philosophy and a general overview of Eastern and Western Tantra and a brief description of the meaning of Esoteric Teachings (Mystery teachings of the East)
What is soul consciousness and what is the personality nature?
The quality of your soul
What is glamour on the spiritual path?
Esoteric Astrology
How to achieve stillness and live a life of Shanti (spiritual peace)
Masculine YANG Shiva and Feminine YIN Shakti - meanings, concepts and energy
Ritual – Mantra – Mudra
The Stages of Psychic Growth
The Chakra System - Gateways to Consciousness
Pranayama – Concentration and Meditation
What is Sexual Energy and how to cultivate to higher consciousness
Communication skills to assist and empower you in every area of your life
Yoni and Lingam Sensual Massage Demonstrations on props
Sacred Tantra for Men
Sacred Tantra for Women
Sacred Tantra for Couples
An Mo Sensual Tantric Massage
The study of the Indriya's (Senses)
Learning and navigating boundaries
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