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: "From Microdosing to Amazonian Ceremony: How Plant Medicine Can Assist the Experience of Being Human and Open Us to the Authentic Source of Life"
Description: Plant medicines have been honored for centuries as allies in healing, creativity, and awakening. In this talk, Shine Rilling will explore how these medicines—from the subtle guidance of microdosing to the profound teachings of ayahuasca—can support the human journey. Together, we will examine how plant medicine helps us reconnect with the authentic source of life, restore well-being, and open to greater love, presence, and creativity. In a modern world filled with distractions and disconnection, these sacred tools offer a pathway to our natural vitality and authentic expression.
When: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 from 5pm to 9pm (Speaker 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 be filming the speaker for the District216 Change Your Lens Series. Refreshments provided.
SPEAKER BIO
Speaker: Shine Rilling, Life Force Ally
Shine Rilling is a visionary, public speaker, teacher, healer, musician, and Earth ally livicated to human transformation and planetary healing. He is the founder of World Peace Tribe, Peace Sticks, Bee Magic Sacred Chocolate, Shining Lion Music, and the Uni Kawa Shipibo Center for World Peace. With a background in biology (honors degree, University of San Diego) and minors in psychology, philosophy, and Spanish, Shine integrates both scientific and spiritual perspectives into his work. He is also a devoted father, committed to the well-being of children and future generations.
Raised in a family that grew medicinal gardens and practiced herbal healing, Shine’s path with plants began in childhood. Early exposure to Native American ceremonies deepened his connection to spirit, nature, and ancestral ways of knowing. His lifelong love of surfing, ecology, movement, and indigenous wisdom traditions has taken him to over 15 countries, where he has studied Taoism, Yoga, Capoeira, and trained with shamans from the Americas, Africa, Hawaii, and Indonesia.
Through his invention of Peace Sticks, Shine developed methodologies for awakening life-force energy, reconnecting people to their true nature, community, and the Earth. He has led Peace Ceremonies worldwide, collaborating with local communities to create Eco Peace Centers.
His introduction to peyote brought him into the Native American Church, where he received the legal right to participate in sacred plant medicine ceremonies. Later, his first encounter with ayahuasca offered a profound vision of the human journey—from source, through birth and life, and back to source—preparing him to become a father.
Shine continued to learn in ceremonies from many lineages. He apprenticed with a huachumero in Peru, learning to prepare and serve San Pedro cactus for healing, and began facilitating ceremonies in nature with San Pedro, psilocybin, and other sacred medicines. He also founded Bee Magic Chocolate to provide high-quality plant medicine in accessible forms, offering education on safe and intentional use.
In 2021, Shine met a Shipibo family in the Amazon, joining in ceremony on their land. Recognizing a shared vision to heal with Amazonian plants while supporting local children and ecosystems, they founded the Uni Kawa Shipibo Center for World Peace.
Today, Shine continues to learn from both ancient lineages and modern science, carrying forward a mission to help humanity and the Earth return to states of vitality, balance, and peace. “Now is the time to focus on what is real, the source, the essence of life. It is time to learn, practice, and share all we can on how to live in harmony with each other and the earth. Every thought and action is weaving the tapestry for the future generations. It is simple, we all thrive when the water and air are clean, when the soil and food are pure, when the plants and animals are living, when the people smile and live in love.”
