Vanessa Harris
After recently returning to the UK from Vancouver, Canada, I’ve loved settling into life here in Devon and finding calm in nature and community.
Originally from South East London, and with a naturally busy mind, I began practising yoga on the Gold Coast of Australia in 2015 in search of calm — and maybe to loosen some muscles (I had a desk job and ran at the time). What I found was so much more: calm, community, strength, challenge, and an increased love for myself and my body. Yoga became a moving meditation I could actually do. For an hour, I was fully present with myself, yet in the company of others on their own mats. Since then, I have attended classes all over the world, and no matter where I am, it always feels like home.
I completed my Hatha teacher training in Vancouver, Canada, in 2019, and taught within the local community to students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
Now, as a mum to a young son, yoga feels like an hour’s holiday — a time to reconnect, recharge, and find stillness amidst the beautiful chaos of everyday life, even if that means spending most of the class in Child’s Pose.
My classes are open to everyone. I understand that yoga means different things to different people, and that each person comes to the mat for their own reasons. I invite you to come as you are, settle in, breathe, and move — and perhaps leave feeling a little lighter, stronger, and more grounded than when you arrived.
