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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.

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

19/08/2025

Bali life and flights home booked….

Picture of just a few precious moments so far. Exploring, relaxing, soo much yoga and a volunteering job in an orphanage is where I have been spending most of my days! It’s safe to say I have totally fallen in LOVE with all the babies and other volunteers I get to spend my days with and I’ve fallen deeper in love with the spirit of Bali, a country I keep returning too.

This trip has really embedded into me how life flows easily when we let go of the control freak in us, listen to what our heart truly wants and let plans fall away to make room for more aligned things!

And now a little update; some training in Devon to deepen my Sacred Somatic Body work offerings is calling me home. So I have booked some flights for September and will be opening Liberella back up for in person services towards the end of NEXT MONTH!!

I’ll let you know nearer the time once my diary is open again for appointments. My mailing list will be the first to know so if you are not subscribed and want to be the first to know all the liberella news pop an emoji below or click on the link in my bio to sign up!

Much love xx

16/07/2025

An offering for you to come home to yourself through dance and music in the privacy of your own home. Dance, breathe and connect 🙏

01/05/2025

I’ve been ignoring a lot of experts lately…..

Business experts, relationship and love experts, life coaches giving advice.

And I’m so glad I did!!! These “experts” (and I use the term loosely because some people it’s just chatgbt and a shiny insta account!) They tell you how to live, what to eat, how to act in your dating life, how to spot a pattern and give you so many hacks to be motivated and to do the thing. And whilst these things can be helpful at times, I do wander if we have too information much at our fingertips….

Too much information going in, swaying us this way and that. Too much noise and advice on how to live your best life. Too many external people influencing your decisions.

Because there is no expert better than your own inner guidance. Your own body. Your own heart leading the way. Sometimes that goes against the experts, the inspiring quote or latest tip on instagram. It means developing a deep relationship with yourself. Away from external noise!

For me that often looks like a long hike, no headphones, no podcast or music, just me and nature. Just me with no noise coming in so I can listen to my own self.

Developing a close relationship with yourself is the most important one in the word. It’s been my biggest love story. Only you KNOW what is best for you. Learn, sure, listen to experts at times. But make sure you know what LANDS in your own body otherwise you’ll never be living a path of your own and what works best for you.

What’s your thoughts? Comment below I’d love to know 💕

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

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