About Rev. Deshna Shine
Wedding and Ceremony Officiant, Ritualist, Guide
I offer custom created Rituals for your personal practice as well as Seasonal Rituals for the public. I officiate and help plan your unique wedding, ceremony, life celebration. Additional offerings include Relationship and Pre-Marital Coaching Sessions, Wedding Officiant Consultations, Public Speaking, & Event Hosting and Facilitation. As an Ordained Interfaith Minister and Ritualist, I am passionate about creating, performing and facilitating meaningful and memorable experiences. In our 1:1 sessions, I will use guided questions, meditation, chanting, and other tools to support you in creating a more spiritual, grounded and joyful life.
I am trained to work with people of all religious, secular and spiritual belief systems and traditions and I am honored to work with LGBTQA folx. Your first consultation is always complimentary. Let’s connect.
~Rev. Deshna
Rev. Deshna Shine is an Ordained Interfaith Minister and Chaplain, Wedding Officiant, Certified Healing Ritual Facilitator, and a Certified Yoga Instructor.
She is a published author, international speaker, and a student of Celtic and folk Magick. She offers practical and magical spiritual guidance- individually, for couples, in group sessions, for families and for larger communities.
Ordained Interfaith Minister and Chaplain in 2019, by The Chaplaincy Institute, Berkeley.
B.A. with honors, in Religious Studies, with an emphasis in Eastern Asian Religions, and a Minor in Global Peace and Security, from University of California Santa Barbara.
Certified Healing Ritual Facilitator™by The Tree of Life Teachings with Dr. Megan Wagner, PhD and Rev. Jim Larkin, in 2020.
Certified 500 hour Yoga Instructor, by Santa Barbara Athletic Club, with Sue Anne and Jim Parsons, in 2000.
“Receiving spiritual guidance from Deshna has provided me peace of mind, rested nerves and clarity of thought. I'm able to access my creativity now that my worries are no longer using all my energy.”
— Jessie