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Vanessa Basford

Live life of self love, balance and liberation. Live well and be free - Vanessa

Relax through various Bespoke Massages, heal with Sacred Somatic Journeys and Journey deeper into your healing with a 1:1 3 month personal healing container.

12/03/2026

Some recent google reviews. 🥰 It helps a small business like mine a lot when you leave a review or tell your friends about me. So thank you for your kind words. I love my job and making a small difference to you and this world ❤️

08/03/2026

We can’t wait to see you for this special afternoon 💕

05/03/2026

I attract a lot of clients who are grieving. When you are in the healing world it’s funny because us therapists often attract those going through something we have already been through.

Which i thought was odd at first because I haven’t actually experienced a lot of physical death in my life so far. But grief is something I am very very familiar with.

Because grief is not just for when someone dies it’s when parts of us or our lives die.

Have you allowed yourself grief for…

An old identity that doesn’t fit anymore
A past relationship that didn’t work out
Friendships that have fallen away
An old job or home
The you before you started healing

Even if we are going through a change we want, there is still grief in letting go of what came before.

But how many of us allow ourselves to fully be in grief? Maybe it’s too hard to do on your own. Maybe you’ve not even realised you need it. Maybe it’s what’s holding you back from fully moving forward.

As always I am here to hold that space if you need some support.

Much love
Xx

09/02/2026

It’s been one of those bizarre weeks.

I have dealt with flat tyres, a blocked toilet and I’ve been watching the Epstein files unfold.

I’ve also laughed and skipped (literally) through the woods. I’ve felt a sense of contentment I’ve not felt before. I’ve danced and sang with joy in my kitchen.

And this is why we do the inner work.
To be able to hold ALL of it. To be able to look and act on horrors going on in the world and not get stuck there. To be able to be in our blissful joy without hard and boring life stuff bringing us into complete shut down.

It reminds me of last year when I lost a relative and at the same time I was falling in love. It was so beautifully bizarre to be grieving and in those blissful moments of a new love at the same time. And again this is it.

There’s sometimes a misconception (one I’ve made myself many times 😆) that if I do enough inner work and healing work that life will be a walking joy. And yes it will bring so much more joy, I know that for sure. But it will also build your capacity to hold the other stuff too. It makes life easier to handle. It flows more with ease.

So I’m leaving a picture here of when I was in somatic training earlier this week. I was on the receiving end one day, I was feeling so deeply connected spiritually and then I was changing my flat tyre 30mins later. 😂

Life hey, how fulfilling it can be to able to let it ALL in 💕

18/01/2026

I love hearing your words, every google review makes my heart smile! ❤️

If you are interested in having a session with me just simply head to the link in my bio to book in.💕

22/12/2025

Are you holding it all together right now?

I’ve had a few clients in lately with the common theme of being the ones who are holding it all together, taking care of everything and everyone. This time of year only adding to this.

When you are always the one holding everyone and everything together it can feel pretty special and incredibly healing to let someone hold you for a change. To let someone give you space to process and release some of that weight you have been carrying. To let someone witness your vulnerability underneath the armour of holding it all together.

This is what I provide in a Sacred Somatic Journey. I hold a safe space for you to meet, feel and process what’s going on internally. To reconnect to your self.

You can work with me in a one to one session or be supported through a 3month 1:1 journey- Change Within.

I am open over the Christmas period and the diary is open for 2026. Link is in my bio for more details or to book in. 💕

-Pictures of me holding space and being held in my last Sacred Somatic Journey training.

30/10/2025

I keep getting asked the same question. Are you leaving again?

For those who don’t know I left for Bali in June with a one way ticket and came back a lot sooner than planned because the pull of doing more Sacred Somatic Journey training was so strong for me. (And I’m so glad I listened- wow what an incredible month! More on that later!)

But now I’ve landed I know I need to be here for a while. So my answer is I am around for the foreseeable, but I now have a boyfriend who is arriving in the UK next month and he can only be here for 6 months to add some more plot twists to my life! 😅

And yet for an ex-control freak it feels really exciting to let life unfold, to keep changing plans, to follow my gut (because if I didn’t go to Bali there would be no boyfriend!) and to follow it when it says change directions -AGAIN!

I’ll be honest there’s moments when my ego mind wants a clear plan, it worries what people will think of my life and business always changing, but this is where “the spiritual surrender” in letting your heart lead the way and not your scared brain comes in!

It’s about having inner safety in your body so when homes, countries, jobs and relationships keep shifting you don’t fall apart. Because your inner world IS your home, it IS your safety.
It’s about taking all the beautiful, scary, scenic routes in life and picking up all the wisdom and fun on the way!

So what about you?
Are you wanting to grow more trust in yourself and your decisions? To build resilience in life’s many plot twists that you find challenging? Maybe you just want to be able to live in more peace and inner harmony?

I would love to help through Sacred Somatic Journeys. Link is in my bio to book.💕

21/10/2025

All services are carried out in my private, peaceful treatment space nestled in the comforts of my home in Alphington, Exeter, Devon. I look forward to nurturing and holding space for you soon 💕

05/10/2025

Do you feel it when you look at these pictures?
It’s funny because so often I try and think of words to explain Sacred Somatic Journeys. I want to get into the how and whys, to get into marketing mode…

And then I laugh!

Because I realise the whole point of this work is to bring you deeper into your body, into your heart, away from the ego mind and the logic. Deeper into those knowings and those intuitive pulls to things that don’t always make sense in the mind.

Do you feel it? Something you can’t explain. I know I do when I see this work. Sometimes that doesn’t need words. ❤️

22/09/2025

Maybe that pain in your body is not what you think?🤔

Have you ever thought your body maybe telling you something deeper?

10/09/2025

If you’ve been waiting for permission to follow your souls nudges this is it!! 🍃

06/09/2025

Have you ever tried mopping a floor before sweeping it?

It doesn’t work does it because there’s still crap all over the floor.

This is what I find true in life when we sometimes get the things we want before sweeping up first; Before doing the inner work and clearing what is needed.

You may…
🌻Reach success in your career but still feel unworthy
🌻You get into a relationship and still feel you aren’t good enough
🌻You finally get something you really wanted in life, that you dreamed of and yet something doesn’t feel quite right does it? Maybe shame creeps in at how you should be more satisfied.

And that’s because your mind and body are still running the same loop as before you got the thing OR you have so much fear about now loosing the thing it stops your enjoying it!

Doing inner work is a constant clearing of your old mental patterns that keep you in old stories. A clearing of emotional back log from your body. It’s a clearing of the “crap” so that when the shiny life things comes along you aren’t using “it” or “them” to try and mask what’s underneath. In other words hoping it will fix all your internal troubles! It’s just an added bonus.

Hope this metaphor makes sense 😅 just a random musing that I wanted to share. What do you think?

If you’re ready to go deeper within and create true, lasting change, send me a private message. This October, I’m opening up a few exclusive spots for a powerful 3 month, in person 1:1 inner transformational journey:
🍃Change Within🍃
Contact me now for more details

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Smithfield Road, Alphington
Exeter
EX28YN

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday	11am - 8:30pm
Thursday	11am - 8:30pm
Friday	10am - 5:30pm

Website

http://www.liberella.co.uk/

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