Jan. 31 — District 216 presents Kyle Nicolaides (Musician/Author) ‘How Ayahuasca and Other Plant Medicines Can Heal Depression’
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Topic: “How Ayahuasca and Other Plant Medicines Can Heal Depression”Date: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 Times: 5:00pm to 9:00pm (Interview 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 $50 tickets to The District House evenings.
Note: We will be filming the speaker for the District216 Change Your Lens Series. Refreshments provided.
Kyle Nicolaides is the author of “Thank God For Depression”, former lead singer of the rock band Beware of Darkness, and a healer.
In 10 years of leading the professional rock band Beware of Darkness, he toured the world, amassed 35m streams, appeared on Conan and in Rolling Stone, and had a top five rock hit. Despite all the material and worldly success, he was miserable – deeply depressed and anxious. The confusion of getting everything you want and being totally unhappy was the spark which ignited his search for something deeper, a spiritual path and connection to the divine.
This lead to an major exploration of healing modalities – East and West. He found Ayahuasca, which healed a decade of depression overnight. This lead him deeper on the inner journey – to years of sitting with various plant medicines like Ayahuasca, San Pedro, 5-MEO DMT, Rapé, Psilocybin, and Kambo. In addition, he began to study ancient tantra, practiced TM for a decade in between getting a YTT 200, and taking an EFT course.
He turned his entire healing path of depression and life story into a book called Thank God For Depression – Make Depression The Best Thing To Ever Happen To You. In it he offers radical perspective shifts on depression, and a smorgasbord of paths to healing packaged with hilarious rock band stories. His intention to share his story was to reduce the suffering of others.
All of this work led to singing and performing at medicine ceremonies. He sings in Spanish, Portuguese, Sanskrit, in addition to writing original healing music. Drawing upon intuition, flow states, prayer, mantra, intention, shamanic tools, and sound, he acts as a channel for the divine to heal and guide people on their plant medicine journeys.
He’s said the shift from playing in front of 40,000 people for ego to playing in a medicine ceremony for 25 for service and healing has been one of the most meaningful parts of his life.
Now he performs healing music with his partner Marcie, engages in live speaking, is deep in book promotion, and is currently writing his next book.
We will soon be posting photos and full video recordings of our “Veterans, PTSD & Psychedelics” Marquee Event. Become a Member today to view the Discussion Panel in its entirety as featured in our online platform.
RECAP – Exploring the Psychedelic Depths: An Evening with Dr. Robert Gilbert, PhD
On a vibrant evening at The District House, amidst beautiful newly hung paintings, District216 recently hosted a mind-expanding evening with Dr. Robert Gilbert PhD, a luminary in the realms of bio-geometry and spiritual science. This psychedelic social club, known for its avant-garde gatherings, welcomed enthusiasts and seekers alike to delve into the depths of human energy activation through a captivating interview and presentation by Dr. Gilbert himself. Guests traveled to Santa Barbara from Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and San Francisco to be part of this sold out crowd. This was also the very first live-streamed evening hosted at The District House.
All of our membership tiers (including the $14.99/mo Online Membership) give full access to all of our resources including a VIDEO LIBRARY of our Change Your Lens Series interviews from evenings at The District House, and discussion panels from our Marquee Events.
We post an average of 2-3 new interviews & panels each month. Each interview & panel is between 50 and 90 minutes in duration.
District216 is a membership driven psychedelic social club founded in Santa Barbara, CA for thinkers, creators & trailblazers. Our mission is to cultivate lively communities of psychedelics pioneers that exchange ideas, explore health innovations, author new policies, and grow the ecosystem into a thriving industry. Our longterm vision is to advance the full legalization and normalization of healthy psychedelics use in our daily lives, worldwide.
