Vanessa Dawson is a spiritual guide, sound healer, vocalist, and the founder of Penelope’s Place Sanctuary, a haven for rescued birds and the heart of her life’s mission of compassion. Blending her background in yoga, meditation, ceremony, and Broadway-trained vocal work, Vanessa creates transformative experiences that open the heart and reconnect people to their inner truth. 

For over 15 years, she has guided others through sound baths, cacao ceremonies, voice activations, vegan awakening work, and compassionate living rooted in the principle of I AM. Vanessa’s approach weaves together nature, intuition, storytelling, and spiritual embodiment, helping people return to a state of clarity, softness, and remembrance.

Vanessa brings a warm, grounding presence to every space she enters — integrating her gifts as a healer, singer, sanctuary mother, and teacher to help others connect with joy, compassion, and their highest path.