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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sep 21, 2015
- 1 min
What I learned from the Dalai Lama!
Yesterday was World Day of Peace, and I was a heck of a lucky girl to be spending it with the Dalai Lama himself, then joining thousands...
deborahberrymanyog
- Sep 17, 2015
- 1 min
Find Courage and Fly!
Yesterday I Zip-Wired down the side of a mountain at over 100mph. It was amazing – thrilling, terrifying and exhilarating all at the same...
deborahberrymanyog
- Aug 15, 2015
- 1 min
I’m Feeling The Crazy With You!
I’m feeling the crazy with you. Let me explain what I mean. I love the summer, it’s such a great time to let lose and have fun, catch up...
deborahberrymanyog
- Mar 10, 2015
- 1 min
The quieter you become, the more you can hear
So much of the time, we lose ourselves. Weird right! - how can we lose ourselves if we're right here?! But without knowing, we’ve taken...