Nigel John Anthony Harrison died suddenly on February 20, at the age of 51, while on vacation on Petit Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with his wife, Marleen De Grande.

A resident of Katonah, N.Y., he was on the faculty of the Housatonic Valley Waldorf School of Newtown as a eurythmy teacher since 2002 and eurythmy therapist since 2009. He was a tireless and generous supporter of the school, a founding member of the College of Teachers, and a trustee. He also served for many years on the board of Walking the Dog Theatre in Hudson, N.Y.

Nigel was born in Killearn, Scotland, on December 24, 1967, a son of Fabienne Harrison and the late Iain Harrison. He spent several years searching for the spark that would give meaning to his life. He worked in various and sundry situations, including a Camphill community in Scotland for children with special needs, a salmon farm on the west coast of Scotland, and a nature reserve in South Africa. It was at Camphill at the age of 21 that he observed the healing properties of the gentle yet potent art form of eurythmy. At the time, he did not realize that eventually he would spend more than two decades of his life as a eurythmy teacher and therapist.

Nigel did his Waldorf training at Emerson College, East Sussex, England, from 1994 to 1995, where he met Marleen. After having lived in Scotland, France, South Africa, and England, Nigel moved to the United States with Marleen shortly after their engagement in 1996, settling initially in Brookfield. They were married in Scotland in July 1997 and in November of that year moved Katonah, N.Y. Nigel studied eurythmy at Eurythmy Spring Valley in Spring Valley, N.Y., graduating in 2002. He graduated as a eurythmy therapist in Stroud, England, in 2009.

Nigel loved the arts. He loved to draw and paint and was an avid listener of all kinds of music, classical in particular. He enjoyed attending the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He loved traveling the world, visiting friends and family. He especially enjoyed a recent trip to attend a former student’s wedding in Udaipur, India. Cooking was another of his passions. He loved to create his own dishes, and Indian curries were among his favorites. He loved to swim, run, and hike. In recent years, he took up golf, which was all about having fun with his golf buddy, David Lew. He loved to write poetry, whether humorous or deeply meaningful and spiritual.

In addition to his wife and his mother, Nigel is survived by his mother-in-law, Simone Vancaille; four siblings, Iona Cowderoy and her husband, James, Douglas Harrison, Patrick Harrison and his wife, Abby, and Gerald Harrison and his wife, Chloe; his sister-in-law, Annick De Grande, and her husband, Luc Van Cauwenberghe; his brother-in-law, Jan De Grande, and his wife, Nele Timmerman; sixteen nieces and nephews, Andrew, Sarah, Christopher, Thomas, Elise, Cecilia, Surya, Rohaise, Brodie, Kipipeo, Sebastien, Hector, Maarten, Sarah, Fien, and Marie; and Godchildren, Thomas, Hirozumi, and Eloise.

A celebration of Nigel’s life will be held at the Newtown Meeting House, at 10 am, on Saturday, March 9. Memorial contributions may be made to Crea Thera International, a charity created by a former student of Marleen’s in Belgium, at creathera.org.