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...

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...

“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...

A simple walk to feel more connected and more alive. And lord knows, I (we) need to feel this!

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...

My brilliant and beautiful friend Katie Phillips is one of the smartest, kindest and funniest people I know. Katie was diagnosed with...

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....

This last month has been profound! The deep dive into forgiveness over the weeks has been both deep and wide, liberating and humbling,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

"The best things in life aren't things," as Art Buchwald famously said. Connection and shared experiences, the love and laughter of those...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...