Love Works Tantra -- International Day of Peace Talk

It’s been a year since the last Love Works Tantra Teacher training here in Byron Bay. I organised it so the training would coincide with International Day of Peace—September 21st every year—and that’s coming up again this Sunday.

There’s something profound about aligning our deepest work in love and intimacy with our longing for global peace.

My work with my dearest Kerry has been strongly influenced by many studies and practices, particularly Thich Nhat Hanh and his teaching of “interbeing”—the understanding that we are all interconnected, that our inner transformation directly affects the world around us.

 Because when we can be more ‘conscious’ : reflective and open-hearted in relationship to ourselves, our friends, family, and particularly our beloved partners in our lives, we foster compassion, connection, love and joy that extends out from us like a ripple.

We operate within the weaving and continuity of Tantra, understanding that nothing exists in isolation.

As many people become more disconnected from authentic intimacy in our individualized  and commodified age, the practices of tantra—presence, sacred attention, and conscious loving—become even more essential.

Not just for our personal fulfillment, but as acts of love, and joy in a world that desperately needs more genuine connection.

The insight and connection we cultivate in our most intimate relationships assist to stay present with our partner during difficult conversations, and navigating the great challenges and bliss of love.

This is why tantra is inherently a path of peace. It teaches us to approach each other—and ourselves—with reverence rather than judgment, with openness rather than defence, with love rather than fear.

So as we honour International Day of Peace this Sunday, I invite you to consider: How can you be the change you want to see in the world through your most intimate and broader relationships?

How can the love you cultivate in your most private moments become a gift you offer to all life? 

Because truly, love works.

 And in a world that often feels divided, perhaps the most radical act of peacemaking we can offer is learning to love each other—and ourselves—more fully, more consciously, more courageously and outrageously. 

I hope you celebrate harmony and peace this Sunday—not just in meditation or solitude, but in joy and the sacred space between you and those you love most deeply.