About

Mission Statement:

To offer insight, practises & resources to honour the sacred in all aspects of ourselves & our lives. We do this by re-awakening universal soul traditions that support joyful, fulfilling & sustainable lives of integrity by living in accordance with nature & the greater cycles.

Our Vision:
To assist in the global ascension process through the raising of kundalini (life force) to expand consciousness. We do this by offering practises to clear & activate the chakras (energy centers) to raise the frequency, vitality & awareness of our energetic, emotional, mental & physical bodies by observing the lessons of the natural cycles of the cosmos such as the solar wheel, lunar cycle & stellar transits as practised by ancient enlightened civilizations.

About the Founder & Director: Tanishka

In 1996 Tanishka left a fledgling career as a stand-up commedienne & was initiated into the feminine mysteries, spending a year long vision quest in the Otway Ranges, after which she returned to pioneer a unique series of ‘Awaken Goddess’  feminine archetype seminars & channelled readings.

She then spent 12 years exclusively as a priestess serving the Divine Feminine, (first as the founder of Woven Women & later, Star of Ishtar) facilitating women’s gatherings such as Full Moon Circles & pioneering various rite of passage ceremonies & gatherings such as Goddess Hen’s nights, Belly Blessing Baby Showers, Budding Maiden Ceremonies & Elderwoman Ceremonies in Melbourne, Australia. During this time she also worked as a sacred temple dancer in various arenas, including initiating couples in Tantric Wedding Ceremonies.  She also worked for two & a half years as a Faery initiating children through their rites of passage with a combination of play & mysticism. In 2003 she was blessed with a beautiful daughter.

Her work is distinguished by her gift for channelling ancient wisdom & disseminating it with down-to-earth humour. Combining these skills, she created & conducted an annual kundalini yoga journey awakening the divine feminine or shakti in priestesses through a nine month series of transformational initiations.  She has also facilitated a wide range of short courses & seminars including Retreats,Tantra for Women, Dance Meditations & Community Events celebrating Seasonal & Astrological shifts.

In 2006 she created & unveiled the Star of Ishtar range of alchemical chakra essences, oils & elixirs to assist her initiate priestesses.  These are now available via Star of Ishtar facilitators & product stockists & her online store. Her first book, ‘The Inner Goddess Makeover’ was released June 2007 & is available via the Star of Ishtar online shop.

Tanishka has been a popular keynote speaker at the Australian Goddess Conference, Melbourne Mind, Body, Spirit Festival & writes for various national magazines.

In 2008 she heeded an inner calling to train other women to facilitate Women’s Mysteries but has recently stopped to focus on her Sacred Union work & writing. She is still however available for private Women’s Mysteries sessions, her unique Archetypal Chart readings for men & women & selected Rite of Passage ceremonies in her hometown of Melbourne & by phone / Skype for interstate / international clients.

In 2010 she received guidance from Gaia to launch a global project called, ‘Operation: Red Tent’ to gather the women worldwide in circles to reconsecrate & empower the feminine through the reclamation of the moonlodge tradition. To find out more & be part of this global healing project join Operation Red Tent on Facebook, watch her series of Operation Red Tent videos on You Tube & download the free Red Tent circle kit on the Operation Red Tent page of this website.

In 2008, she intuited it was time to extend her Full Moon gatherings to men as well as women, disseminating the ancient teachings of the Holy Grail by journeying experientially around the astrological mandala working with masculine & feminine archetypal counterparts including as the Christ & the Magdalene to assist in anchoring the new consciousness of Sacred Union upon the planet.

In 2009 she facilitated the second installment of Sacred Union teachings by facilitating sacred ceremonies around the Solar Wheel in 2009 for men & women to channel & share collective insights in accordance with the quickening frequency of Mother Earth as we approach the end of the Mayan Calendar.

In 2010 Tanishka began initiating couples into the tradition of the Hieros Gamos (Sacred Union) by working privately as a Tantrika assisting deeper emotional & psychological intimacy, by promoting soul to soul communion through cyclic practises & transformative processes. This the third & final cycle to complete the body of work that is her next book, ‘Sacred Union’ which will be released in 2011. Her latest vibrational essence, Sacred Union’ created on the 11:11:11 will also be released in 2011, & an 11:11:11 Kundalini Rising Retreat in Hawaii to anchor the consciousness of Sacred Union within & upon our beloved Mother Earth, Gaia.

Tanishka is available to speak publicly about how we can best integrate the shift in consiousness as part of our responsibility as children & custodians of Mother Earth & will soon be unveiling a series of public broadcasts via You Tube.

Location: Olinda, Victoria