Welcome to Katrien Franken's Substack. My writing is an ongoing research inquiry, engaging with the vibrancy and complexity of the world, and focused on coming alive to critical shifts in ourselves in ways that allow ruptures to grow the new, suited to a better world. You can read more about my work on openup.world.

With a deep passion for exploring how we can evolve and thrive in the chaotic times we live in, my work asks the questions:

  • How can we open up in such a way, so we may improve our vital relationship with ourselves, each other and the world?

  • How can the depth of experience and shared process become a center-piece in creating our future? 

  • How can education contribute to health?

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Katrien Franken is founder of Open Up. Pioneering breathwork in an ecology of practices for becoming other-wise in an embodied way in service of a new culture and living planet.