Dear Friends, Family and Students, The first signs of spring are appearing. I enjoy working in my garden, picking leaves and lovingly press them into clay creating something new. I am excited to share my Spring ceramic creations on Etsy, Dragonartsstudio.Etsy.com. I hope you enjoy seeing natures imprint on ceramics. Please feel free to share this information, to help get the word out. Local customers not requiring shipping, can email me directly for a reduced price. Dove@dragonartsstudio.com. I am happy to announce I will participate in a selected group art show “Articulations“ at Falkirk starting March 10. My Qigong classes are going very well. I am inspired as I continue to study and enrich my own practice. Most classes are hybrid, in person and on zoom. Please check the Schedule Page for class details. As weather improves and Spring approaches, I wish everyone a Happy Healthy Spring Chi Blessings with Gratitude, Dove
Dear Students and Friends, past, present and future, I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy, Healthy and Chiful New Year.I look forward to a year of balanced well being, filled with love, joy and good health as we harmonize body mind and spirit.I am happy to be offering Winter Qigong classes at the College of Marin, at Aldergate Church, and the Civic Center duckpond weather permitting.Please Check out dragonartsstudio.com schedule for classes and registration. Balancing Yin and Yang, and harmonizing our Chakras and cultivating our life energy, Chi, Will help lead us gracefully into this new year with enriched fulfillment. Chi blessings with gratitude P.S. When I am not teaching I am expressing myself through ceramics. I am excited to share some of my creations on Etsy. If you are interested please check out DragonArtsStudio.Etsy.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/dragonartsstudio/?etsrc=sdt
Dear Friends, Family and Students, I feel so honored, appreciated, loved and supported by so many people who came in person and on Zoom to my Healing Cancer through the Arts Journey. I now feel complete, ready to move forward into good health and longevity. For those who were interested and unable to attend, I have included the recorded zoom event. Far from a Hollywood production, but a glimpse of this event which marks the end of my active cancer treatments. Wishing good health and Blessings to all With gratitude, Dove If you don’t see the video above. Here is the link to the video https://youtu.be/b7_sXayJnp4
Come join me for a six month healing series of learning the 64 movements of the Wild Goose Qigong, an ancient Chinese practice, 1700 years old revitalizing the entire body mind and spirit. In this program we will open all channels of energy in the body, balancing, restoring, strengthening, rejuvenating and healing. We will learn a relaxing and invigorating warm up, stimulate acupressure points, and learn new movements weekly. The class will be taught every Friday at 11:00-12:15am pacific time on Zoom. Each class will be recorded. Tuesday afternoons from 3:45-5pm, the new movements will be taught at the Civic Center Duck pond, standing masked 8 feet apart, weather permitting. The cost is $10 per class. Classes begin in February through August. If interested please go to Schedule Page for Zoom info and link. Feel free to share this information. Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, Gung Hey Fat Choy. Chi blessings with gratitude Dove
Day 12 of the Healing Journey Feeling gratitude as I fearlessly learn to surf the 1st waves of chemo Woke at 7, took morning meds with quart cooling lemon cranberry tea, and Massaged my belly. Breathing Meditation rising from earth thru my roots Connecting to heavenly golden light, slowly descending pouring into my crown, illuminating all my cells , penetrating healing, targeting and dispersing diseases as it dissolves and leaves my body and enters Mother Earth. Looking past this first round of chemo, First days I felt unstable, seasick, holding onto my apricot tree for support as I tried pulling weeds from my garden. 3 days of juicing. 3 days of releasing. 3 days on fire. This morning, with burnt lips, feeling weathered and accomplished I survived the first turbulent waves of chemo. I feel triumphant as I glide back on smooth waters and swim with delight in my warm pool and meditate in my garden protected by my five element dragon fountains. A new day awaits me and I am ready to create something new. So grateful I was able to teach qigong most days. I have received so much love, support many gifts, and prayers from family, close friends, students and medical staff and acupuncture Thank you! Love, Dove
Dear Loved Ones Learning to ride the Chemo waves with love, support, nourishment, patience, meditation, Qigong, swimming and Chi walking. With excellent medical support, acupuncture, dear family, friends, students…. Thank you for all your love, support, encouragement, prayers and healing light. Your positive energy will help me through this long Healing Journey. Chi blessings with gratitude and love Dove Finding Nourishment
Dear Qigong Students As many of you might know, I have been diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer and started chemo yesterday. I am in good spirits, I have a good support and medical team to help me through this healing journey.Teaching qigong is like medicine for me, I teach you what I need myself to heal. I plan to continue teaching Zoom Qigong through the end of July, take August off and begin again in September. I believe doing some qigong daily or weekly is very beneficial. I have recorded most of my classes onto my website so you can continue qigong practice when I am not teaching. I have many YouTube qigong videos to follow. Just go to the Pre-Recorded Qigong Classes page for recordings, and then scroll to the video for the class you want. Please note, during regular Zoom Qigong class times , go to Schedule page and click on class link. If by chance I do not open the Zoom class, it is because I am resting from chemo treatments. Below the zoom link you will find the prerecorded lesson, so you don’t need to miss any lesson. Please pay at the end of the month depending on how many live classes I teach that month that you attended. I look forward to seeing you soon on Zoom Qigong. I appreciate all the warm wishes, prayers and healing energy that I am receiving. Wishing everyone a Happy Healthy Summer. Chi blessings with gratitude Dove
Dear Friends You are invited to an exciting Interfaith Art Exhibit where I will be showing 3 pieces of collaborative work on Peace. I would enjoy seeing you at our Art Opening on December 3 from 1-4pm. Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving. Shalom, Salaam and Peace with gratitude Dove “Collaboration and Connection” is the fourth interfaith art exhibition hosted by the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC) and brings together artists from many faiths to express their commitment to interfaith understanding, coexistence, peace, and cultural dialogue. The impetus for this powerful exhibition is the desire to build bridges and create friendships through artistic collaboration. Thirty teams of artists have risen to the challenge of creating collaborative artwork with unique and stunning creations in a wide variety of mediums including painting, clay, fabric, metalwork, glass, found materials, photography, origami and much more. This art exhibition is sponsored by the Faith Trio, a 16 year alliance of the ICCNC with two other congregations in the Oakland area: Kehilla Community Synagogue and Montclair Presbyterian Church. Local non-profits, foundations, and community partners are also sponsors of the exhibition. The opening reception will take place at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison Street, Oakland, on Sunday, December 3, 1 – 4 pm. Free event. Light refreshments, speakers, live music by the Qirvah ensemble, and the opportunity to view artwork and meet artists. The exhibition runs through February 24, 2018 and is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays from 12 – 4 pm. For more information, please contact Lea Delson at (510) 528-6725 or lea@lmi.net View the website of the interfaith art exhibitions here www.interfaithart.org
I had a golden opportunity to travel to China for 3 weeks with my husband’s easy going siblings and spouses. 3 weeks of marvel and spectacular sites covering thousands of years of history, ancient monuments, temples, culture, cuisine, and natural beauty. We covered vast areas from Beijing, to Xian warriors, to Hunan, to Tibetan Plateau, to Guilin to Shanghai. Everyday was a new adventure filled with awe and wonder. I began each morning with my Qigong practice in a public park or quiet garden, Sometimes joining in with the local people. I will share some of these delights from my travels and the daily practices. Chi Blessings with gratitude Dove China Pratices Video 1 China Practices Video 2
DANCING TREES OF LIFE Art Exhibit for Tu Bshvat by Dove Govrin Kol Shafar Gallery 215 Blackfield Dr. Tiburon, CA. Exhibit from February 12th -March 21, 2017 Dancing Trees of Life Art Exhibit Sponsored by Center of Jewish Spirituality By Ilene Serlin For Tu Bshvat We, at the Center for Jewish Spirituality, believe that spirituality can take many forms in the Jewish tradition. For Tu Bshvat, we were honored to host local artist and dance therapist, Dove Govrin, to offer an opening movement celebration of trees, followed by her ceramic tree exhibit in the Kol Shofar art gallery. Over 40 people participated in the opening Qigong demonstration of the Five Element Trees, that balances body, mind and spirit. The Dancing Trees of life exhibition features 18 ceramic dancing trees, celebrating life and the birthday of the trees. The artist, Dove Govrin, created dancing trees as self portraits, a path to inner reflections, searching for deeper spirituality, connection to Mother Earth and a prayer for peace in the Middle East. This work has been inspired by her roots in Judaism and her teaching of Qigong from Chinese Medicine. The exhibit has been well received by all ages. Children from Kol Shofar have been spellbound when entering into the gallery. Mark Dubois, the activist who spoke on Tu Bshvat, was deeply moved by the exhibit. Dubois, whose wife started TreeSisters.org, gave a compassionate talk about the urgent need for restoration and reforestation, planting a Million Trees. As we celebrate the birthday of the Trees, we are reminded how trees provide us with basic needs for food, shelter and oxygen. We are depend on them and they are dependent on us for survival. Let the dancing trees inspire you. Please enjoy the exhibit in the Kol Shofar gallery, extended until March 21. Tree of Life Reflections “Early in March 2017 a dear friend passed away. Her relatives gathered, two in particular who came over from England were deeply grief stricken. Many family members staying in a very small home helped create a pressure cooker atmosphere. For a break I took my friends over to Kol Shofar synagogue in Tiburon to see Dove Govrin’s Dancing Trees of Life art exhibit. Dove had made a series of ceramic trees based on the tree of life, threaded with themes of love, peace, healing and adding motifs of healing and regeneration from her own knowledge of Chinese Medicine and the art of Qigong. I was not sure how these Unfamiliar themes would resonate with my London friends but as we stood before the ceramic pieces it was obvious that they touched deeply providing healing and consolation. The symbol of the trees, the dance of Life and regeneration, the restorative power in nature transcend culture and language. My friends were able to pass from great distress to having moments of peace, relief and love. The staff and Rabbi at Kol Shofar supported this consolation even more by their kindness and by the gift of a beautiful seven day remembrance candle. I felt I witnessed the healing power of art and human kindness. Thank you Dove and Kol Shofar.” Teresa Colton — A student who visited the Dancing Trees of Life exhibit