Nieke Franken Mindful Movement & Yoga

What if we don’t step on the mat to practice but to meet this moment exactly as it is and ourselves exactly as we are in this moment.

Registration is open for the next 200hr yoga teacher training starting February 2026
https://www.niekefranken.com/200-hour-yoga-teacher-training

I attended many times. With Dan, alone, with friends. I love this festival.

I love these conscious festivals, the mellow atmosphere and the high vibrations. We gather to practice, to explore, to learn. And also to laugh, to share food, to listen to music, to sing, and to dance until our feet ache.

I feel blessed to be part of the team. If you’d like to join, I have a little discount I can share, just write me.

https://israelyogafestival.co.il

In the tradition of Hatha Yoga, the journey is first and foremost internal. The practitioner is invited to turn inward, work with the body’s knots, the breath, and the mind’s disturbances- to decondition and re-align with natural order.
Activism, in this view, is not about fighting outer enemies, but about seeing and dissolving the ego, the grasping, the projection, the fear.

The garden is the work. Your body, your community, your presence.

Hatha Yoga doesn’t call on you to change the world by going into ideological battle.
Instead, it refines your capacity to see clearly, act appropriately, and respond from a grounded presence, not reactivity. That, in itself, is world-changing. When you cultivate peace, clarity, and groundedness, you become a pillar in your environment. You transform others not by trying to fix them, but by the quiet force of your presence. This is deeply political, not in the sense of protest or slogans, but in how you move through the world.

Many yogic texts point to the natural flowering of action (karma yoga) that arises when the heart is clear and anchored.
But this action does not come from “should.”
It comes from being moved, rather than forcing movement.
It comes from discernment (viveka), not impulse.

So sometimes, that does look like taking a stand. But often, it looks like:
• caring deeply for your children,
• teaching with sincerity,
• tending to your inner life,
• listening more than speaking,
• offering a refuge to others in a chaotic world.

The last time Dan Avidor and I gave a retreat was when I was 8 month pregnant of Naia (she 4+ now). The retreat was planned when not pregnant but got postponed a bunch of time because of Covid. After that I got really busy with the 200H yoga teacher training.

I have my hopes high that the ongoing war won’t disrupt this plan but in the meantime we are set for October 2025! At a beautiful place perfect to reset our system. Yoga. And Sound. All the good vibrations for body, mind, heart and spirit. Well be honored to have you 🙏🏻
https://www.niekefranken.com/event-details/reset-yoga-sound-retreat-with-nieke-franken-dan-avidor.

RESET - Yoga & Sound Retreat with Nieke Franken & Dan Avidor | Nieke Franken Yoga 🜃 Yoga & Sound Retreat October 16–18, 2025 | Essene Farm (Jerusalem mountains) Registration now open