A warm welcome to the website of Dr Jo Gosling, neurodiverse Community Dance Facilitator, artist and Mindfulness teacher, keen to embrace a socially engaged practice. Jo is based in Devon, England.
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Weekly Heart Dance sessions starting Thursday October 9th 2025 at Harberton Parish Hall (TQ9 7SD); there is also a possibility of a regular class in Stoke Gabriel (TQ9 6QX). Please contact me if you are interested in either.
Wild and Precious Life Ritual performed by Jo for her MA in Fine Art, 2021
Working with universal human experiences in her art, Jo invites others to take time to process their feelings, share stories and connect with our imperfect human condition. Often addressing issues of fragility and vulnerability, she is drawn to the power of liminal space for facilitating transformative change. Her work is informed and fed by a Vipassana meditation practice, an interest in Buddhism, Taoism, Jungian psychology and decades of practice as a Clinical Psychologist.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – from The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver
With embodied practice as a method, Jo’s MA research explored embodiment in the process of hand weaving (where the rhythm and repetition in making supported recalibration of the body after the injury of trauma), and woven glass forms. During her MA in Fine Art this culminated in designing and making a ceremonial costume used in ritual dance for transformation. Jo was selected for a collaborative project for Tate Exchange and MIRROR, 2021.
She was awarded membership of Contemporary Arts Membership Plymouth for her socially engaged art and was a board member for Warp and Weft; Story weavers, CIC, Exeter.
Lovingly Watched Over (Hand woven tapestry)