{"id":7353,"date":"2019-05-06T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/?p=7353"},"modified":"2020-07-15T14:15:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T13:15:11","slug":"vidya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/vidya\/","title":{"rendered":"Champion of Change 2: Vidya Heisel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vidya-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7374\" width=\"456\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vidya-portrait.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vidya-portrait-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vidya-portrait-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vidya-portrait-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Vidya-portrait-624x780.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7977\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7353-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/content.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/MFML002.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/content.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/MFML002.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/content.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/MFML002.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/content.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/MFML002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=7353-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/content.blubrry.com\/movement_for_modern_life\/MFML002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"MFML002.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/movement-for-modern-life-podcast\/id1461712309?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2Fs8pcwdIHoxSL7gxxAlxh\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vidya\u2019s mission in her newest project is to reverse desertification in southern Spain. Southern Spain is at massive risk of becoming a desert, which means that the land will be irreversibly unusable. Vidya Heisel is founder of Frog Lotus Yoga International, and is one of the most senior and respected teachers of yoga in the world. She founded Suryalila Retreat Centre with grand ambitions and created the largest yoga practice space in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She talks to Kat about how she is educating the local farming community to change their intensive farming practices to use less water, help prevent droughts and reverse what seems as the inexorable march of desert through the whole of Southern Europe. This talk is a must-listen to if you\u2019re interested in the world around you, and wonder how olive groves and beautiful fields of sunflowers hide the dark fact that the way that they are farmed is increasing risk of drought, use of poisonous chemicals and turning the land into unusable desert and the inspiring story of how Vidya is living her yoga off the mat and in real life in her care for her environment.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story Vidya tells is one of her resourcefulness in simply educating herself around the issues to manage her own land, and passion to educate and inspire people about different ways of managing the land, and the impact intensive farming has on the planet. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the show Kat questions the threat of desertification worldwide and actually, worldwide just under 40% of the world\u2019s land surface is threatened with desertification!!! Vidya\u2019s mission to reverse desertification has never been more needed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practice of mindfulness around the preciousness of our resources is key to Vidya\u2019s message, her work truly is yoga in action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vidya\u2019s classes can be found at<a href=\"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/yoga-teacher\/vidyaheisel\"> https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/yoga-teacher\/vidyaheisel<\/a>. Find out more about Danyadara<a href=\"https:\/\/danyadara.com\"> https:\/\/danyadara.com<\/a> &nbsp;and suryalila at<a href=\"https:\/\/suryalila.com\"> https:\/\/suryalila.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb_wrap\"><a class=\"fb_link\" onclick=\"fbs_click('https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/vidya','');return false;\" href=\"#\">Send to Facebook<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vidya\u2019s mission in her newest project is to reverse desertification in southern Spain. 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