Yoga Educator | Studio Owner | Legacy Teacher | Nervous-System Nerd

Vanessa Van Noy is a senior yoga educator with 25 years of full-time teaching experience, known for intelligent sequencing, fierce compassion, and making advanced practice accessible, sustainable, and deeply human.

She is the Owner and Operator of Purpose Yoga in Long Branch, New Jersey, where she leads classes, trainings, workshops, retreats, and community-based initiatives rooted in longevity, nervous system regulation, and real-life application of yoga philosophy.

Vanessa began teaching in 2000 and has maintained a consistent, full-time teaching schedule ever since, instructing across vinyasa, hatha, restorative, yin, and therapeutic modalities. Her work bridges classical yoga philosophy with modern anatomy, psychology, and lived experience, especially for aging bodies, injured students, and teachers seeking depth over performance.

Our instructors have been hand picked for their knowledge and their expertise in all things yoga. They are all top dogs of their community , leaders of their lineages. You will be in the most capable of hands in every class you attend. Your experience with us is of the utmost importance.. We wish you to rise from your mat relaxed, renewed and regenerated every time.

We offer a full range of classes such as Power Vinyasa, Yin,  Stretch Restorative , and Beach Yoga in the summer!