WEDNESDAY: “Between Worlds: Art, Altered States & The Practice of Becoming” with Jacqueline López

Interactive Workshop: “Between Worlds: Art, Altered States & The Practice of Becoming”

Description: What happens when a former CPA follows a vision into the realm of shamanic art, altered states, and ancestral memory? Jacqueline López has lived that crossing, and she’s bringing it to District House. In this experiential session, she shares how visionary insight, symbolic language, and embodied practice can be woven into everyday life, drawing from mask-making, installation art, alchemy, and cross-cultural spiritual traditions. This is a grounded, human-centered exploration of transformation that honors both the mystical and the practical.

When: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 5pm to 9pm (Workshop 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 $25 tickets to The District House evenings.

Note: We will not be filming the workshop. Refreshments provided.

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Facilitator: Jacqueline López | Artist, Educator & Founder of Shamanist Art

Jacqueline López is a visual artist and educator born on the border of Paraguay and Brazil whose work weaves Hispanic-Portuguese and Guaraní Indigenous iconography into a deeply personal visual language rooted in healing and ancestral memory. A former CPA turned artist and activist, she works across painting, masks, installations, and altars to explore spiritual lineage, folk medicine traditions, and the energies of transformation. Drawing from alchemical practice, astrological symbolism, and her mother’s tradition of using dreams and visions as creative instruction, she builds contemporary sacred spaces that hold grief, celebration, and becoming. She regards the energies gathered at her altars as kin, companions and guides she returns to for grounding, clarity, and renewal.

Back Into the Shadow: Dr. Kathy Gruver Returns to District216

Dr. Kathy Gruver was back at The District House for another round of shadow work, this time with “Descent to the Underworld: Exploring the Shadow Side.” Drawing on the myths of Persephone, Inanna, and Hercules, each of whom had to descend before they could rise, Kathy led the room through visualization, reflection, and journaling, building a grounded space for people to meet the parts of themselves they’ve long avoided or misunderstood.

The circle moved through emotional triggers, fears, and old patterns with curiosity, turning shadow material into insight, compassion, and personal power. People left the session lighter, more connected to themselves, and reminded that real transformation starts with the willingness to go inward.

Kathy holds a PhD in natural health with an emphasis in mind-body medicine, trained at Harvard’s Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine, and is a graduate of the Third Wave Psychedelic Coaching Program. She’s an 8-time author, two-time TEDx speaker, and brings warmth, humor, and a deeply intuitive presence to every space she holds. We are grateful to have her in the District216 family.

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WED., SEPT. 23 – “Embodied Mindfulness: Tuning Into Your Body’s Higher Intelligence” with Jessica Garver

Interactive Workshop: “Embodied Mindfulness: Tuning Into Your Body’s Higher Intelligence”

Description: Your body processes over 11 million bits of information per second, while your brain handles only 40. What if the key to understanding yourself, your emotions, your desires, your best life, wasn’t in your head at all, but in the higher intelligence of your body? Embodied Mindfulness: Tuning Into Your Body’s Higher Intelligence offers a somatic practice for decoding the messages your emotions are sending you. Through guided body scan meditation and somatic exploration, you’ll learn what “yes” and “no” feel like in your body, creating an internal compass for navigating decisions and life’s uncertainties.

When: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 from 5pm to 9pm (Workshop 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 $25 tickets to The District House evenings.

Note: We will not be filming the workshop. Refreshments provided.

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