alla feldman
 

Island in my life:

My fascination with islands started when I was a child. Treasure Island was the first book I remember reading on my own. Then really falling in love with cold and desolate Scottish islands in the book "Kidnapped" also by Robert Luis Stevenson. The seaweed, the wind and of course never ending rain that somehow does not beat you down, but just the opposite, inspires you to be strong.    

Islands continue to to be part of my life through out my twenties as I live on the many "islands" of New York. (Manhattan Island, Staten Island...) To "collecting islands" over the years while traveling. There is a certain kind of calm that comes from being on an island that can not be achieved anywhere else. A simple fact of knowing that a large body of water separates you from whatever it is that lays on "the mainland" brings a definitive resignation to being in the present moment. That's it. There is no where else to be. It is just you and the island. How refreshing and eye opening it is to be captive audience to your own existence. There is also a sense of danger perhaps from realizing your own fragility and smallness contrasted by horizons of water. And at the same time involuntary feeling of hope surges out of our built in drive for survival. Turmoil and calm all at once.

About the founder
 

After working in tech for many years, I saw first hand how quickly and irreversibly each new technology changes our lives. We as humans are changing our world at such warp speed that we are finding ourselves in uncharted waters doing what has never been done before. As we are effectuating exponential change we are pushing our bodies and minds to break human records daily. Is this sustainable? Since it appears there is no way to push the "pause" button, we instead must find a way to live in this new world. As a lover of innovation and a born early adopter, it became clear to me that the next frontier of true innovation that could sustain us into the future, must come from wellness. I started my search for that one “killer app” in wellbeing, and learned that there is no such thing but rather a continuous journey of achieving and maintaining delicate symbiosis inside our bodies and on our planet. We start with the building block of achieving balance inside our cells with magnesium, but it’s just the beginning. I hope Of The Islands inspires you to embark on your own wellness journey of discovery and creation of our new sustainable world. 

                                                                                                                ~ Alla

 

I believe that by studying islands we can uncover a path towards building a sustainable future for ourselves and our planet. Living a lifestyle that is more responsible, flowing in harmony with our biology, our fellow living things and the environment. It's time to assume our rightful place on this planet. And that place is of guardians not destroyers.  

Islands I've lived on: Manhattan, Staten Island, Isola d'Elba

Islands of note:
Italy - Capri, Sardegna, Lipari, Volcano, Stromboli, Sicily
Portugal - Madeira
Scotland - Isle of Skye
Greece - Kos, Leros, Patmos, Arki, Lipsi
Cape Verde - Sal, Boa Vista
USA - Puerto Rico, Key West, Fire Island
Netherlands - Ameland, Texel, Vlieland
Iceland