Vanessa Rezende is originally from São Paulo, Brazil, where she completed her Law Degree at the University of Sao Paulo. After moving to Southern California, she fell in love with the yoga discipline and philosophy, which inspired her to become a yoga instructor. She received her 500h Teacher Training certification from Yoga Salt, studying under the mentorship of Tamal Dodge. Continuing education hours include Yoga Nidra, Breathwork, Meditation & Neuroscience Teacher Training, under Alex Nashton. Vanessa is also Reiki I certified and studied Sound Healing Arts under Queenie Hilfer. Her passion is to empower students by sharing mindfulness practices to improve physical and mental health, allowing access to our innate self-healing potential.
Her classes incorporate guided Meditation, Breathwork, and Sound Healing using crystal singing bowls and other unique instruments to provide the students a well-rounded and profoundly relaxing experience.