Deepening Practice....what does that even mean?
My first-time meditating was in the 90s. A dear friend told me it was similar to tripping, which appealed to my oh-so hedonistic...
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deborahberrymanyog
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Finding your new rhythm
I spend most mornings outside on my deck. The early hours are precious to me – time to connect with life and myself, away from the things...
deborahberrymanyog
- Jun 27
- 2 min
Unplug your SELF
I usually take a retreat every year, but like for so many of us, it hadn’t happened for over 2 years and I could feel it in my bones....
deborahberrymanyog
- May 17
- 2 min
Why I'm calling Bullshit on the midlife 'crisis'
I’ve been reflecting on transitions A LOT over the past few of years. Those of you who come to my classes, retreats and trainings will...
deborahberrymanyog
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Everything Happens. Period.
Here's a radical statement......I DON'T buy into the idea that ‘everything happens for a reason’. I know, right?! It's almost blasphemy...
deborahberrymanyog
- Feb 5
- 3 min
Why Mindfulness Meditation NOW?
Meditation has been a refuge for me for a long time now, especially in the past few years with my mum dying, going through a divorce that...
deborahberrymanyog
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Christmas Presence
"The best things in life aren't things," as Art Buchwald famously said. Connection and shared experiences, the love and laughter of those...
deborahberrymanyog
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
When Life Gives you Lemons
Last week in class we reflected on what we’ve learned about ourselves during this past year. While 2020 was a M.F'ing whopper in terms of...
deborahberrymanyog
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
So Long 2020….. you’ve been one hell of a Teacher!
This year has been hard for all of us. I’m all for embracing uncertainty and impermanence, but jeeez, 2020 you really took the biscuit...
deborahberrymanyog
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
Life is Tough my darling, but so are you
by Deborah Berryman (featured in Circus magazine September 2020) Let’s be real. Being human is hard right now. I’ve found these last few...
deborahberrymanyog
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
We're all recovering from something
If I’ve learned anything over the past two decades of my own recovery – it is this. We are all recovering from something. Or many...
deborahberrymanyog
- Mar 3, 2017
- 3 min
Dear Life, MY MUM is DYING…
A few weeks ago, my Mum was rushed into a Hospice. The cancer she’d been bravely fighting for the past 7 years seemed to be finally...
deborahberrymanyog
- Jan 19, 2017
- 2 min
THERE’s A LOT that’s Right!
It's easy to look around and see all of the things that are wrong in the world and even in ourselves. Biologically we’re wired to pay...
deborahberrymanyog
- Jan 2, 2017
- 3 min
GOODBYE 2017….It’s a wrap!
It’s true to say that on balance, I’ll be glad to say goodbye to 2017. This past year has been a difficult one - for me personally and my...
deborahberrymanyog
- Oct 5, 2016
- 2 min
Compassion and Accountability
This being human can be such a tough gig sometimes. We’re all try so hard to show up and really be the best version of ourselves that we...
deborahberrymanyog
- Feb 3, 2016
- 2 min
Life on the Edge
Living life on the Edge! Man, this was an unconscious mantra I lived by for many years – I think I used to believe it was the only to...
deborahberrymanyog
- Jan 13, 2016
- 2 min
On Getting Older!
Yesterday I turned 42 years old. OMG, it’s incredible really! I’m actually (annoyingly) one of those people who loves getting older...
deborahberrymanyog
- Dec 1, 2015
- 3 min
When is enough, ENOUGH?
I lost myself again last week. Something happened that triggered me off into shame, but it slipped under the radar and I hadn’t realised...
deborahberrymanyog
- Nov 1, 2015
- 2 min
Celebrate all things YOU!
This week we celebrate 5 years at the studio… 5 years! Can you believe it? Can *I* believe it? I started out on this journey full of...
deborahberrymanyog
- Sep 30, 2015
- 1 min
Fear and Faith are the same!
You know when you already know something, but then you just suddenly SEE IT? Well it’s really just dawned on me that Fear and Faith are...