Well, hello there!
I'm Deborah Berryman
Somatic Movement, Yoga and Meditation Teacher Trainer
Midlife coach and mentor
Writer and Recovery Warrior
Curious, flawed & beautifully messy human being.
If you’re new here, here’s a little about me and how this work was born...
🤍 I spent my first decade in corporate life climbing the ladder – until one day, I realised I didn’t want to be at the top of that ladder.
🤍 In my 30s, I swapped boardrooms for bare feet and founded a thriving yoga studio and national teacher training centre. It grew fast, sold out regularly, and taught me more about leadership, community and burnout than any MBA ever could.
🤍 For over 12 years I’ve been designing and leading retreats and trainings – from the UK to India – for women craving something deeper than another “self-care weekend.”
🤍 Along the way, I’ve helped thousands of women untangle the noise, reconnect to their authentic power, and walk through big life transitions with more courage, softness, and self-trust.
🤍 I got married – and then, gratefully, had the sweetest divorce. (Because sometimes love evolves, and that’s its own kind of grace.)
🤍 I’ve spent years travelling - both inside and out – from trekking across South America to 7 day Silent retreats. Most recently taking a year-long Soulbattical to celebrate turning 50 and stepping into this new, wiser, wilder chapter.
Over the past 20 years, my work has evolved as I have – from yoga teacher to somatic movement educator, and coach. Each stage has revealed new ways of understanding what it really means to live with presence, freedom, and integrity. Together, they form the heart of my work today: helping women not just understand themselves, but embody the change they long for.
But what I’m most proud of isn’t the CV stuff – it’s the quiet moments when someone in my circle exhales and says, “I finally feel like myself again.” That’s the magic I live for.
And honestly? Despite all the adventure so far, I’m still as curious as ever – about growth, freedom, and how good life can get when we stop performing and start becoming.
So on we grow...
The Wake-Up Calls That Changed Everything
I’ve had the gift of a few rock bottoms in my life – or as I like to call them, wake-up calls.
The first came in my twenties, when my life was unravelling fast. Yoga, meditation, and recovery became my lifeline.
The second arrived in my 30s. On the outside, life looked great: successful career, full diary, endless motion. But inside, I was running on empty. Exhausted. Disconnected. Aching for meaning. I remember thinking, how can a life that looks so good feel so bad?
It was another clear message: you’re on the wrong track. So I made big changes.
The third wake-up call came more quietly. I’d built a thriving yoga studio and national teacher training centre – work I loved deeply. But over time, the joy started to feel heavy. Responsibility crept into every corner. Resentment seeped into something once sacred.
By the time the pandemic hit, I realised I’d crossed a line. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to keep going – it was that I couldn’t. Not for one moment longer.
What followed was a long season of grief and grace. Letting go of something beautiful can break your heart – and still be the most loving thing you ever do. I came to see that who I was had changed, and what I wanted had changed too. I longed for a smaller, simpler, more spacious life. Less responsibility, more freedom. Less proving, more peace.
Each of those moments stripped away another layer of “shoulds” and brought me closer to what’s real. They taught me that transformation doesn’t always look like striving for more – sometimes it’s learning to want less, to listen inward, and to trust the truth living in your bones.
That’s the work I do now – helping other women who find themselves in that same tender place. When what once fit no longer does, and your soul whispers something has to change.
You may not know how yet, but you don’t have to walk it alone.
My mission is simple:
to share practices and tools that reconnect you to your authentic self, and empower you to create a better life. And to make you feel a little less alone by encouraging you every step of the way, to go deep and laugh hard as we learn and grow together.
I share the practices and tools that have worked for the big (and small) transitions in my life and in thousands of womens lives, all creating a brave, whole and joyful life.
Take a step toward the life you want. I can show you how.
