WEDNESDAY: Final 2025 Event! Conscious Connections Roundtable – “Sitting in Ceremony For Your Journey”
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| The District House is a benefit of District216. Come by for a portion or all of the evening, meet amazing members + guests, and interact with speakers on a variety of topics.
Topic: “Sitting in Ceremony For Your Journey”
When: Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 from 5pm to 9pm (Conversation at 6:30pm)
Where: LoDo Studios, 216 E. Gutierrez Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101(Please only park across the street on the Office Max side of the lot.)
Members are Free to attend The District House evenings, and are prioritized when we reach capacity.
Guests Welcome to purchase $15 tickets to The District House evenings.
Format: Networking & Roundtable Conversation. We will be discussing as a group in an open format in the room.
Note: We will not be filming this week’s conversation. Refreshments provided. |
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SPEAKER BIO
Speaker: Joshua Milne, Author, Health Coach, Sobriety Coach, Bodywork
Josh grew up surfing the beaches of Southern California, studied at UCSB, spent years as a wilderness tour guide and worked in Hollywood. 30 years of experience working with psychedelics, a gypsy lineage replete with Grandma’s Tarot readings and 15 years spent doing bodywork have informed this talk. He currently lives in Carpinteria, raising his 13 year old daughter and sees clients upstairs at LoDo Studios, the home of District216. |
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? District216 Has a New Digital Home — We’re Now Live on Circle! ?? ?
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We’re excited to share that District216 has officially migrated away from Mighty Networks to Circle, our new community platform built for connection, creativity, and seamless psychedelic exploration.
Circle offers a modern, social-media-style interface, richer chat and discussion features, and a beautifully organized video library with over 150 hours of District216 content. You’ll also find easy access to our Psychedelic Concierge Service, member threads, event archives, and more — all in a cleaner, more intuitive space.
If you’re already a D216 member, you should have received an email over the weekend with instructions on how to get set up on Circle. If you missed it, no worries, just reach out and we’ll get you connected.
Our evolution continues. Step inside the new portal and join us on Circle, or Login if you already have an account.
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RECAP: “Tarot, Timothy Leary, Touch & Transcendence: An Evening with Joshua Milne at The District House”
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| At the heart of the evening was a model inspired by Timothy Leary, who described the Tarot as a three-phase developmental journey, each phase containing eight stages that mirror the chakra system — seven energy centers with the eighth as the octave above the first. Josh framed this journey as cyclical rather than linear, reminding us that growth happens in spirals, not ladders. He spoke to the first phase, Experience, as the terrestrial stage where identity is formed through embodied living, relationship, creativity, and challenge; the second phase, Integration, as the moment awareness turns inward and lived experience begins to organize into meaning; and the third phase, Transmission, as the stage of expansion, where insight moves outward into expression, service, and contribution.
Through a live sound bowl meditation, Becca created a resonant field that softened the nervous system and opened a shared energetic container, allowing Josh’s guided meditation to land not just in the mind, but in the body. The sound moved through the room as a gentle undercurrent, helping participants drop beneath thought and into sensation, presence, and receptivity — a moment that quietly transformed the space from audience to collective. |
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PARTNER EVENT: 12/18 Thursday, Chakradance – Release & Renewal
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| Hello, Santa Barbara loves.
If your body is craving a moment to breathe and unwind, I’m offering a special intro journey into the chakras next week.
Find out more or join through Eventbrite.
Or come straight to LoDo—$30 at the door.
I would be honored to help you melt away the tension of the season and let go of what no longer belongs.
Jenn Bodhi |
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D216 featured in GreenState Holiday Mushroom Gift List!
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| Mushrooms are in vogue this Holiday Season, and thankfully, there are more fungi-themed gift ideas than ever before for the mushroom lover in your life. From mushroom coffee to gourmet mushroom home cultivation supplies to mushroom ‘bouquets’ and memberships to social clubs, the list of inspired fungi gift ideas is longer than St. Nick’s Nice List.
But with this extraordinary rise in popularity, navigating the mushroom product landscape can be confusing and overwhelming – so let us help steer you in the right direction with this curated list of the best in-market functional mushroom supplements, fungi fashion, and ancillary items of the mycoverse.
District 216 in Santa Barbara has become the de facto in-person social club for mushroom events and education on the West Coast. They regularly host world-class events featuring prolific speakers and pioneers in the mushroom space, and have taken their unique brand of elevated social experiences on the road to produce sold-out events in Denver, Las Vegas, and beyond. |
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PARTNER NEWS: Ceremony Room Available at LoDo Studios; Ideal for Therapists, Bodyworkers & Wellness Practitioners
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| If you’ve been to a District216 event here in Santa Barbara, you’ve been to LoDo Studios! Our host has an open room for rent — the same creative hub where we host workshops, gatherings, and community events.
This is an incredible opportunity for healers, bodyworkers, wellness practitioners, coaches, somatic guides, or any practitioner seeking an inspiring and peaceful environment to work with clients.
About the Space:
• Quiet, private room within our shared creative campus
• Perfect for bodywork, healing arts, 1:1 sessions, or small-format practices
• Warm, welcoming atmosphere with the District216 energy you already know and love
If you or someone in your circle is looking for a supportive home to grow their practice, we’d love to connect. Please Contact Us, and we’ll happily schedule a walk-through tour. |
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WED., DEC 24: WEEK OFF
Happy Holidays
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| Happy Holidays from District216!
We will see you in 2026!
Our next event is Wednesday, January 7, 2026! |
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Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants & Fungi in the City of Santa Barbara
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| We’ve launched a community-driven initiative to decriminalize and expand access to entheogenic plants and fungi within the City of Santa Barbara. Our mission is rooted in healing, education, and local political action — and we need your help to make it real. Please take the next step and click the “JOIN” button at decriminalizenaturesantabarbara.org to become an official supporter. It’s free, fast, and powerful.
Why are we asking for your support?
We met with City Council members and they are most interested in issues that are most important to their constituents. Having a count of registered voters by Voting District will allow us to successfully persuade them of the importance to this community. The risk is lowered with decriminalization and we need your support to get this done.
Immediate Volunteer Opportunities
We’re looking for community members ready to share their time, skills, and energy:
- Advocates: Help mobilize supportive voters and increase turnout at local government meetings.
- Social Media Creators: Design shareable templates and assist with posting and outreach, messaging, website updates.
- Video Storytellers: Create short videos for city council meetings and social platforms.
- Data Analysts: Help us interpret data and craft persuasive, evidence-based messages.
Entheogenic plants and fungi — including psilocybin mushrooms, cacti, ayahuasca, and iboga — inspire deep healing and spiritual growth. Together, let’s decriminalize access to these natural medicines and foster a healthier, more compassionate community. |
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Our December lineup is on the lighter side with two weeks off for holidays. We will have an interview on December 10th and a Conscious Connections Roundtable on December 17th before taking a 2 week break.
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