Eszter Farkas - mindfulness meditation and yoga

Many of us are amazing at carrying things.

Responsibilities. Expectations. Often, other people’s needs. The endless list of things that need to be done. I am very good at this too so I know how it feels…

Over time, we can lose touch with a question:

How am I, really?

My work is about creating spaces where we can come back to ourselves. Not by escaping life or pretending everything is easy (“positive vibes only” does not exist in my vocabulary), but by learning how to meet ourselves with more kindness and awareness.

✦ Through mindful movement and yoga, meditation, breathwork and intentional rest, I support people in reconnecting with their own inner resources.

✦ I believe well-being is not about becoming a different person. In my experience, it’s about building a more caring relationship with the person you already are.

I’m glad you’re here. 🤍

There's something about practising outdoors that changes the feel of a session. The rustle of leaves, the curious birds coming a bit closer, the sound of people and cars, summer sun on your skin.

It has a way of pulling you into the present moment before you've even started moving.

Every Thursday we gather in one of Budapest's nicest green corners for 75 minutes of breath-led mindful movement. No perfect poses required, no experience necessary. Show up as you are!

What I hear most from people afterward isn't about the yoga itself, it's about how they felt. Perhaps a bit lighter. Supported. And often surprised by how easily they connected with the others in the group.

If you've been curious about trying outdoor yoga or meditation, you are in the right place.

Book your spot at the link in the comments. Hope to see you there Thursday!

When: Thursdays, 18:30–19:45
Where: Múzeumkert (garden of the National Museum), downtown Budapest
Guided by: me -- 12 years facilitating mindful movement and meditation
Bring: a mat or towel, and some water
Fee: 3500 HUF per session

Something I learnt on our recent women's retreat in Spain is that often what's really needed is simple: slowing down. When we slow down our movement, the breath follows, and that creates an opportunity to step out of our well rehearsed habits and thought patterns.

In mindful movement and yoga classes here in Budapest, I often invite practitioners to imagine looking at themselves from outside and observing their own movement. In fact, what we think is slow could actually be even slower.

Our go-to mechanism, especially in a fast paced city, is to get things done, to tick all the boxes swiftly, to achieve more in less time. And this often wears us out. It puts so much pressure on us that we can barely breathe, sleep, or notice that we're hungry, and we disconnect from ourselves.

So savour the slowing down and the pausing, whether that's on a yoga mat, a retreat, or just a quiet walk.

The space within you will likely open up.

Always wanted to try outdoor yoga but something got in the way? 🌿 On Thursdays, come move and breathe with us in one of Budapest's prettiest green spots -- no experience needed, just some curiosity to move and explore stillness.

Whether you've never rolled out a mat before or you practice every week, you're welcome exactly as you are. We move gently and pause for guided meditation, and usually end up chatting over the sound of birds and the odd tram in the distance.

When: Thursdays, 18:30–19:45
Where: Múzeumkert (garden of the National Museum), downtown Budapest
Guided by: me -- 12 years facilitating mindful movement and meditation
Bring: a mat or towel, and some water
Cost: 3500 HUF

Ever tried outdoor yoga before, or would this be a first? Let me know in the comments 👇 (Please book at the link below!)

Throughout the summer, our small and friendly group awaits you for outdoor movemens: a type of yoga that doesn't turn you into a pretzel still energizes you and soothes the mind.

Join us on Thursdays in our outdoor yoga and meditation sessions downtown Budapest, and stay for a chat if you like. You might leave feeling more at home in yourself.

* When: Thursdays 18:30-19:45
* Where: Múzeumkert (garden of the National Museum near Kálvin)
* With whom: a friendly group guided by myself, with 12 years of facilitating mindful movement and meditation sessions
* For whom: beginners and experienced folks are equally welcome.

Hello, friends. One spot just opened up on our women's retreat in Spain – 4-9 July in the beautiful village of Madremanya, Catalonia. If you've been on the fence, this is your sign. 🌿

Imagine six days of yoga and mindful movement, hiking, good food, intentional rest, and conversations that help you process thoughts and emotions.

🌊 A trip to Girona and the beach are also woven in. You'll leave feeling a little lighter.

Dates: 4–9 July Location: Madremanya (Costa Brava region) One spot only.

Message me to claim it – and I'll place the link into the comments for you to read the details.

During two weeks together in Uganda with Sudanese refugees, we learnt about growth after trauma, deep resilience, and the power of community.

Waking up to the colourful weaver birds’ chatter and looking out at the green fields of the training venue, our mornings near the source of the White Nile started off in a peaceful and expectant way.

Then we dived into psychoeducational workshops, mindful movement (yoga) and breathwork sessions, and the real magic happened in being together with an open heart and mind.

Through a training programme for youth and a separate one for women, we held each other with great care while listening with our hearts, allowing narratives of war and personal suffering as well as hardened beliefs to transform and make way for healing.

When we see each other in our human wholeness, we sow the seeds of transformation and communal wellbeing. May there be peace, aum salam salam salam.

Huge thanks to our Sudanese partners at Hope for Psychosocial Support and the generous donor who made these trainings possible and memorable.

If this kind of work calls to you, we're gathering with a small and deeply caring group in Spain this July. Link in the comments.

Nathalie and Eszter met in Sudan, and it’s this exceptional and deeply complex place that started them off on their friendship. This and their care for the suffering and joy of being human is what has shaped the retreat they're bringing to Spain this July.

Nathalie is a trauma-informed psychotherapist who has held space for activists, journalists, and human rights defenders across Sudan, Egypt, and Uganda. Eszter spent years in humanitarian communications before finding her way to embodied yoga and meditation.

✦ Together they bring warmth, deep listening, and a combined knowing of what it means to carry a lot, and what it feels like to gently set it down.

In Madremanya, a medieval village in the Costa Brava, they will create a space that is welcoming, non-judgmental, and held enough for your nervous system to exhale. And also joyful and playful. There will be beach days and tapas and laughter alongside the deeper work.

This is for women who haven't looked away from what's difficult and heartbreaking in the world and need a circle to process it, rest in, and come back to themselves.

✦ 4–9 July 2026 · Small group · Sliding scale available · Last spots left.

Message us "Retreat" or find the link in our bio.

The mind is a brilliant, and often extremely stubborn, storyteller. It will take you to worst-case scenarios, loop the same worries on repeat, and convince you there's no way out.

But all you may need is noticing your body and its sensations.

✦ Body-based practices – yoga, breathwork, mindfulness meditation – work because they bring your attention back to what's actually happening right now, not what your mind is predicting or replaying.

When you focus on sensations like the light in the room, sounds, the soles of the feet on the ground, it helps the nervous system return to what’s called a “regulated state,” a space where it doesn’t have to be “on alert” all the time, looking for potential or envisioned risk and danger.

There are countless practices supporting a feeling of grounding and centring, and each practice may work differently for you and for me.

✦ If you're curious to explore these and share about the complexities of the world we are living in – I'm co-facilitating a unique retreat in July in Spain with where this is exactly what we'll explore together. Link in bio.

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