Gabrielle Harris

Gabrielle Harris is a yoga teacher, trainer and author based in New Zealand. She began her student life at the age of nine, when she was initiated into Transcendental Meditation, and that early seed bloomed again in later life when she committed to studying yoga in depth.

Over the last twenty years she has explored a wide range of paths, including ayurveda, yin, somatics, myofascial release and yoga philosophy. She has more than 1000 hours of formal training in a variety of disciplines, which she weaves into her classes, and has been teaching for over 12 years. She also holds a degree in Educational Psychology.

Her teachings have taken shape in three books. The Language of Yin and The Inspired Yoga Teacher are award-winning and have become a staple in yoga teacher training worldwide. The Language of Yin was a finalist for the Ashton Wylie Award in the Mind Body Spirit category. Her latest, Lessons in Meditation, was released in December 2025 and completes her trilogy. It won Gold at the 2026 Nautilus Book Awards.

Gabrielle blends her many sources of inspiration into what she calls alchemic training and teaching. Her classes take a theme and weave it through physical postures, philosophy, poetry and quotes, and she also combines yin with myofascial release and acupressure. She aspires to remind everyone who crosses her path that they have all they need to carry the teachings into the world.

She continues to unravel the mystery of yoga through daily writing, study and practice. She leads trainings, immersions and workshops worldwide, in person and by Zoom.