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The Center of the Labyrinth
Solo performance by
Shelley Campbell
Shelley shares her intimate story of losing a grown son to a drug overdose and the inspirational spiritual deepening that follows her trip into the underworld.
The opioid crisis is officially an epidemic and is the number one killer of young adults. Shelley lifts the curtain on the human emotions and experiences behind the statistics.
Shelley is washed away by grief, regret and excruciating what-ifs. Awash on an open sea of pain and shame she spirals into drug and alcohol abuse. In desperation she turns to labyrinth walking at Grace Cathedral to find her way into a new life.
With humor she bracingly discovers her pride in her dedicated spiritual pursuits dating back decades are woefully inadequate to the nitty gritty challenge facing her now.
She learns to take one step at a time as she circles back and forth in the labyrinth slowly opening her heart to her inner guidance.
Her story is compounded by the cultural stigma and shame associated with hard drug use and addiction. She is stunned when she receives a cold slap of judgment from individuals who believe some deaths don’t count. She painfully discovers the lack of emotional intelligence around these issues is staggering.
Ultimately her story is redemptive and inspirational. Through her trip to the underworld she discovers a new and deeper spirituality grounded in forgiveness, humility and generosity. Paradoxically, through her loss she finds an enriched connection to the soulful common miracles of life.
Please note: this performance is not at Sunrise Center.
It will be held at the
Belrose Theater
1415 5th Avenue
San Rafael 94901
Doors open at 7 pm
Performance is 7:30 to 8:30 pm
Fundraiser opportunity: 7 to 7:30 and 8:30 to 9 pm
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This event is a fundraiser for
The Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange
https://shamaniceducation.org/fundraiser/
Woven Song textiles are designed by the Shipibo people, an indigenous tribe that lives in the Amazon Jungle in Peru. The Shipibos see and hear these patterns in nature and reproduce them in song and design for a variety of purposes such as protection, healing, abundance and harmony. Each of the designs has a specific meaning and can be sung as each of these artful prayers also function as a musical score, called an Icaro. The design element and the Icaro operate cohesively to carry the power of the healing or blessing. The textiles are one-of-a-kind and handmade.
Each cloth, three examples below, is one-of-a-kind and captures a prayer or song of protection.
Shelley Campbell is a mother, grandmother, business manager, bookkeeper, writer and storyteller living in the San Francisco area.
Her current project, The Center of the Labyrinth, probes her intimate story of grief and transformation at losing a grown child to drugs.
This piece has been has performed at the Marsh in San Francisco. Her show headlined at The Rogue Festival and The Boulder Fringe in 2016.
In 2017 she attended the Windsor-Walkerville Fringe in Ontario, Canada receiving the Fan Favorite Thumbs up Award.
In the summer of 2017 she was chosen to participate in the Edmonton Fringe in Alberta, Canada. Her successful run received Four Stars in Readers Reviews from the Edmonton Weekly Vue.
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