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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
Aug 1, 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
Jun 27, 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
May 17, 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
Apr 28, 20222 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
Feb 5, 20223 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
Dec 1, 20211 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 17, 20212 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...
deborahberrymanyog
Jan 5, 20213 min read


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
Sep 1, 20203 min read


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 27, 20202 min read


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
Mar 3, 20173 min read


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 19, 20172 min read


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
Jan 2, 20173 min read


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
Oct 5, 20162 min read


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
Feb 3, 20162 min read


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
Jan 13, 20162 min read


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
Dec 1, 20153 min read


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
Nov 1, 20152 min read


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...
deborahberrymanyog
Sep 30, 20151 min read


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 21, 20151 min read
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