Hand Poke Portal Ceremony
A one day ceremonial tattoo experience held with intention and presence through slow hand poke marking, offering a gentle entry into embodiment and meaning within a fully held ceremonial container.
This is a slower entry into the body. A soft opening. A portal through which you connect to your intention in a grounded and embodied way.
The Hand Poke Portal Ceremony is a focused one day experience designed for smaller, meaningful tattoo pieces held with deep intention.
Each experience begins with a hand poke initiation. A quiet, deliberate marking that anchors meaning into the skin before moving through the rest of the tattoo process.
Through ritual, grounding practices, sound, and presence, the ceremony supports you to slow down and meet yourself fully within the process.
This offering is suited for those drawn to minimal, symbolic, or intuitive designs that still carry depth, presence, and meaning within a contained space.
The Ceremony Experience
A fully held one day container where ritual, grounding, sound, movement, and tattooing are woven together into an intentional experience shaped around your journey and intentions.
One Day Ceremonial Tattoo Experience
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Ceremonial practices guided intuitively through your story and what you are moving through, including elemental rituals depending on the energy and intention being honoured.
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Personalised Ritual & Intention Setting
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Grounding Movement & Sound Healing
Gentle grounding practices to support nervous system regulation, embodiment, emotional connection, and presence before and throughout the ceremony process.
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Intuitive Tattoo Creation
A meaningful tattoo designed in connection with your body, your intentions, and the ceremonial process itself. Whether symbolic, ornamental, intuitive, or body flowing, the piece is created to hold meaning beyond the visual.
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Honoured Nature Photoshoot
A soft capture of your marking and the energy within the moment. After the tattoo is complete, there is space for an intentional nature photoshoot. A quiet, grounded moment to honour the marking in its final form, held in presence and connection with the natural world.
Integration Guidance
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Thoughtful support to help you move with your piece beyond the session, allowing its meaning to settle and unfold in your own time.
Opening & Closing Ceremony
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A dedicated opening and closing ceremony to honour the beginning and completion of your experience with presence and intention, creating space to consciously enter the journey and gently integrate what has been honoured throughout the day.
Small hand poke initiation
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A slow and intentional first marking that anchors your intention into the body and opens the ceremonial space
The Threshold
The process begins the moment you submit your application. Through your words, I take time to sit with your intentions. What you are moving through. What you are ready to release, honour, reclaim, or step into.
From here, the ceremony begins taking shape intuitively. Each experience is held differently depending on the person, their energy, and the intention guiding the day. Together, we move through a ceremonial flow that may include grounding practices, ritual work, sound healing, reflection, movement, tattooing, and integration.
Throughout the ritual, the structure itself is guided through the elements. For some, this may look like working with fire for release and transformation. For others, water for emotional connection, smoke for cleansing and clearing, or earth for grounding, stability, and reconnection to self.
The experience is designed to create space. To soften. To listen. To honour the body and what it is carrying. Through grounding and intention setting, we gently work with mindful movement and sound healing to deepen presence, allowing you to connect more fully to the essence of your intention and what is ready to be expressed.
he hand poke marking is slow, present, and deliberate, with each dot carrying intention. This becomes an initiation into the tattoo, opening a portal of presence where you are invited to slow down, feel, and fully connect with the meaning being placed into the body.
From here, the tattoo is completed with machine work, allowing for refinement, structure, and completion while still holding the intention established through the hand poke process. We close by honouring the journey, creating a grounded transition between release and what you are stepping into next.
In return, you receive more than a tattoo. You receive a piece that holds meaning, memory, and direction. A marking created with intention, reflecting who you are, and who you are becoming. A complete experience, held as a living threshold within a moment in time.
Honouring the Integration,
The Intentional markings often open more than what is seen on the surface. They can be deeply transitional.
A reflection of what you are ready to step into, or sometimes, what is still unfolding within you. For some, the experience feels clear and confirming.
For others, it may gently stir emotions, thoughts, or shifts that ask to be witnessed and integrated over time. Both are part of the process. This work does not end when you leave the studio.
It continues as you move with it.
As you allow space for what has been called forward to settle, reshape, and root into your being.
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From what is shared and felt through your application, I begin the process of bringing your piece to life.
For you, this stage is about preparing to receive.
Keeping your body nourished, your mind clear, and your energy open.
Taking moments of stillness.
Reflecting on your intention, and allowing it to settle within you.
You may feel subtle shifts even before the session.
A sense of awareness, release, or anticipation.
This is part of the process unfolding.
By the time we meet, the piece has already begun its journey with you.
The session simply brings it into form.
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You arrive into the space and into yourself.
We begin with intention setting, grounding practices, and ceremonial opening. Creating a safe and supported container for the day.
From here, we move slowly.
We transition through grounding, sound, and movement practices that support presence and embodiment. The hand poke initiation marks the beginning. A quiet entry point into your intention.
The tattoo process unfolds in layers. Slow, intentional, and deeply connected to your body and energy throughout the day.
Everything is held in rhythm. Nothing rushed.
You are invited to stay with yourself throughout the entire experience.
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Once the tattoo is complete, I offer an intentional photoshoot in nature.
A way to capture your new marking and honour this point in your journey.
From here, the process becomes your own.
This work can continue to unfold in the days that follow, sometimes gently, sometimes more deeply depending on where you are within your transition.
I invite you to create space for this.
Slow down where you can.
Allow yourself to be present with what is arising.
Journalling, quiet reflection, or returning to your intention can support this integration.
If you have been given any personal rituals or guidance, move with them in your own time.
There is no rush.
Just a soft commitment to meeting yourself as this next layer unfolds.
This Is for You If...
✦ You are drawn to smaller, intentional tattoo work
✦ You want a slower, more grounded tattoo experience
✦ You feel connected to ritual and meaning
✦ You are moving through subtle or personal transitions
✦ You feel ready to receive something that reflects who you are stepping into, not who you’ve outgrown
✧ You do not need to have everything figured out.
✧ You do not need the perfect idea or design.
✧ You just need a willingness to arrive open, and to meet yourself in the process.
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FAQ
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All bookings begin through the application form.
From there, I review each submission and reach out with availability based on your intentions and my upcoming schedule.
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The Hand Poke Portal Ceremony has a pricing guide of $220 - $1300 AUD.
This type of ceremony is typically contained within a single-day ceremony. -
The ceremony is held with intention, ritual, grounding, and presence. You are welcome to meet the experience in whatever way feels personally meaningful and supportive to you.
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Rituals are guided intuitively depending on your intentions and may involve elemental practices connected to fire, water, smoke, or earth.
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It is a slow, intentional tattoo marking done by hand that begins the ceremony and anchors your intention into the body.
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Ceremonies are currently held within Taylah’s residential studio space.
These offerings open seasonally. To receive updates on availability and booking openings, you are invited to join Taylah’s mailing list.
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Each experience is unique.
Some feel clarity and grounding, while others may move through a period of reflection and integration.
These pieces often mark transitions and support personal shifts over time.
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That is welcome.
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This work is rooted in my own ancestral remembrance.
With ties to Pictish, Pretani, Dutch, and German lineages, I honour traditions of protection, symbolism, and marking the body with meaning.
If you feel called to explore this deeper, you are welcome to visit the Ancestral Remembrance section of the Within the Threshold Page.
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You will receive aftercare and integration guidance to support both the healing of your tattoo and the experience itself as it continues to unfold afterward.
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A non-refundable deposit is required to secure your booking.
This holds your space and honours the time, preparation, and energy that goes into your piece.
Full details are outlined in my Terms & Conditions.
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I work primarily with black ink.
It is non-toxic, vegan, and free from heavy metals, and only uses 3 ingredients.
I also can provide white, brown & henna ink.
I do not use any other coloured inks.
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You don’t need to have this fully decided.
I offer guidance during our session, helping you tune into what feels right for your body and your piece.
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That’s completely okay.
Your application is enough for me to begin the process. Though i recommend getting as much information about what you like as possible. Even if it is specific elements from images, this will start me on the process of understanding what you are drawn to.
I intuitively create your design based on what you share, and we refine it together on the day if needed.
Voices of the Becoming
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" Truly my favourite piece of artwork to wear, honoured to have your work on my body. Absolutely inlove with the special throat piece, Thankyou Taylah”
Imogen,
✧ Guest Spot Intuitive Tattoo -
"I'm forever grateful that I got the opportunity to be tattooed by Tay. It is a piece that has given me so much confidence and I'm proud to be wearing her artwork".
Emily, ✧ Sacred Body Flow Tattoo
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"I really cannot put into words how absolutely stoked i am!! Truely out of this world. Thank you so so much for creating this very special piece for me, it is something i with treasure for the rest of my life!”
Kiara,
✧ Guest Spot Intuitive Tattoo
f you feel called to explore a different pathway, you are welcome to explore my other ceremonial tattoo experiences.
