Less is DEFINITELY more!
It’s not new news. I’m always happier when I have less: less stuff and possessions, less responsibilities, decisions and plans, less...
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deborahberrymanyog
Sep 12, 20233 min read
Sharing vs Enjoying experience
Well, hello! How the angel are you? Gosh it’s been a while eh? Time feels like a moving slip wind through my hands lately. As I’m coming...
deborahberrymanyog
Aug 2, 20233 min read
We are a process, not a thing!
I was out hiking recently with a friend in northern California. Though we're thousands of miles apart. our lives have very much run in...
deborahberrymanyog
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Great teachers are everywhere!
Ask me who my most important teachers are, hands down – it’s Trees! They’re so darn audacious and unapologetic; a tree just wants to be a...
deborahberrymanyog
May 7, 20231 min read
All the Kings Horses
The Importance of Ritual Like so many, I watched some of the King's Coronation last week. Well...truth be told - it was on in the...
deborahberrymanyog
Apr 6, 20234 min read
It’s time for Soul-battical!
“Travel brings power and love back into your life” – Rumi I find myself here…..again, about to disrupt my life in a major way. I seem to...
deborahberrymanyog
Feb 23, 20231 min read
It's the simple things...
A simple walk to feel more connected and more alive. And lord knows, I (we) need to feel this!
deborahberrymanyog
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Wintering
All life needs, rest and incubation. All of life needs time below the surface - where it can breathe itself full and round, where it can...
deborahberrymanyog
Nov 1, 20221 min read
Talking With Cancer
My brilliant and beautiful friend Katie Phillips is one of the smartest, kindest and funniest people I know. Katie was diagnosed with...
deborahberrymanyog
Nov 1, 20222 min read
Listening is where the love begins
I’ll admit, I have been and can still be, a terrible listener! “My name’s Deborah, and I’m a terrible listener”. There, I’ve said it....
deborahberrymanyog
Oct 4, 20223 min read
Sometimes forgiveness is the only sane and loving choice
This last month has been profound! The deep dive into forgiveness over the weeks has been both deep and wide, liberating and humbling,...
deborahberrymanyog
Sep 5, 20223 min read
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...
deborahberrymanyog
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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...
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