Ibiza - The Reset Rebel

Ultra-endurance athlete and clean seas activist Neil Agius landed in Ibiza yesterday after deciding to voluntarily abandon his world record crossing from mallorca after suffering multiple jellyfish stings.

He encountered a swarm of jellyfish around the 46 km mark of the crossing in the
Mallorca-Ibiza channel at around 01:00 am.

After almost four hours, several stings and several attempts to resume the crossing, Agius's stings were too agonising for him to carry on his 100 mile swim to raise awareness of the UN treaty of the high seas.

It is the first-ever legally binding global agreement of its kind and  provides a framework for environmental protections to biodiversity in international waters — which cover over 60% of the Earth's surface.

Only 1.2% of the world's ocean areas are currently protected which he says it is not enough. 

We caught up for a quick conversation  overlooking Dalt Vila and the World Unesco Heritage site that is also named due to  "the dense prairies of oceanic Posidonia (seagrass), an important endemic species found only in the Mediterranean basin, contain and support a diversity of marine life."   

As we gazed over the Marine protected areas of Els Freus Marine Reserve which covers more than 13,000 hectares between the islands of Ibiza and Formentera, he admitted aborting the swim was not an east decision, "It is very sad to see all the hard work we put into this challenge come to such a premature conclusion.  I felt strong and ready to complete the journey, but fate had other plans."

Neil says this is far from the end of his plans and will try again, probably next year.

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Neil on instagram

This week we hit the sandy shores of Fomentera and head to a brand new hot spot on Playa Mijorn to meet Maltese island resident, Alexea Grech. 

Alexea fell in Love with Ibiza in the late 90’s and has since moved here full time with her family after starting out in the dot com world, she now creates magic for those who visit the Island  on holiday and does event planning and hosting to making every day special for people to really kick back and buoy the ride. #askalexea 

Stavroz hail from Ghent, a place they describe as the land of compromise. 

The foursome share with us today their love for ibiza and the their attempts to try and find an unbeaten path in electronic music. 

One that has culminated in their delicately acoustic, organic and cinematic approach.
As a result they have been awarded second place for “best producer” and “best breakthrough artist” in national awards for Belgium’s electronic scene.

In todays Episode we hear from IJsbrand De Wilde and Gert Beazar on their impressions of Ibiza and Introduction to island people at Woomoon at Cova Santa. 

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In todays episode we meet CEO of the Association of Independent Music,  Silvia Montello. 

My gorgeous co-host Sophie Shnapp of Earth Percent took the lead on todays conversation  at the International Music Summit in April and the pair spoke in front of a live audience about her new role leading AIM. 

Silvia Says,  “AIM will continue its comittment to ensuring our independent creators and rights shareholders reap the maximum benefits and strive towards a truely diverse and inclusive industry that nurtured great talent from every genre background and identity.” 

Silvia is spearheading the great work AIM have done since its inception to support and champion the UK’s independent music community.

She has previously held senior positions at Universal Music Group, BMG and AWAL, as well as startup Blokur.

 She also founded music and marketing consultancy Voicebox Consulting in 2011, which works with charities, non-profits and SMEs. 

Montello is a Trustee of Help Musicians charity and Chair of Trustees for Music Minds Matter, Help Musicians’ dedicated mental health service for the whole UK music community.

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In 1983 todays guest was invited to ibiza for a visit to see family.
40 Years later he is still here and has four sons.
Vaughn got a job dancing on the podiums of the island shortly after arriving and found his outlandish dress sense and wild style enabled him to fully express himself.
He was abandoned in Chelsea as a baby and adopted by aristocrat parents who brought him into their family and gave him a privileged upbringing.
Vaughn says he felt at home in the funky room at Pacha, after the usual club rooms became less about the music and more about being seen and photographed.
He holds a strict no filming policy in place for his nights at the ibiza super club which has its roots firmly in the birth of Balearic music.
The Funky room re-opens this weekend and his first gig at Akasha takes place on Sunday with previous podcast guest Jon Sa Trinxa.

Our next ibiza Podcast Course is 19 and 20th June
More details here :  www.resetrebelproductions.com

YogaFit has been running for almost a decade in Ibiza.
It now also runs across Greece and has found a brand new island home here at the just opened Cala Verde which gazes out across the stunning bay of Es Figueral.
The event which was co-founded by our previous podcast guest Lindsay jay and her brother Ken and his wife Antonia has been growing year on year and was sold out this month when we spent a whole week trying different styles of classes, meditation mantra circles, dance, long coastal walks and late night pre bed time Yin.
It was pure bliss to be able to stay within the complex, so a huge thank you to the amazing Yoga fit team for hosting me and a few sessions of my music infused flow yoga sessions, Joga Beats.
On the episode we hear the story of setting up in the fitness industry more then twenty years ago from Rachel Holmes  - a Fitness Entrepreneur, Group Exercise Class Creator & Fitpro Business Mentor. Rachel was creating her own form of Pilates at a time when fitness was not as popular as it is now and selling out village halls.
We hear from co-founder of flow dance meditation,  DJ Nathan Buroughs on how to soundtrack parts of peoples experiences of meditation to add something rather then take something away and create euphoria as well as moments for people to drop out of their heads and into their hearts.
Joe Houze joins us to talk about being a yoga therapist and how he discovered a series of techniques to tackle his anxiety and we finish with Quantum Healer and meditation workshops facilitator,  Catherine Monahan, who talks about how we can call in more  abundance - you´re welcome!

If you fancy joining Yogafit in Greece later this month  27th May - 03 June or back in Ibiza after the summer, 22-29th October, use our discount code to book:

https://yogafitretreats.com/discount/RESETREBEL

This weeks we are back at the International Music Summit with a female led conversation on the Power of Voice.

The episode was recorded LIVE in the Garden Suite of Destino Ibiza and was hosted by Eco activist, documentary maker and Co-founder of EarthRise Alice Aedy.

Alice has travelled to the climate front lines to document the human cost of climate change to give a human face and share the human stories that are all too often missing from climate storytelling.

Alice guided a beautiful conversation about how we can all use our voice to empower our art, fuel music, inspire movement and make a positive change in a world that seems transfixed on doom talk when it comes to climate.

Sophie Shnapp of Earth Percent spoke of the idea of having a voice through change making. So having a voice through music and having a political stance and feels that being at places like IMS is and important place to share this.

Mollie Mendoza works in the healing arts with dance and embodiment and is a female empowerment coach. She shared the way we use our voice internally and externally and says our inner voice is just as important as the one  we express to others and create boundaries and communicate and spoke of the art of relating.

Poet Ebyan Zanini shared the way her voice has influenced her art and healing and how both are intrinsically linked.

In October The Reset rebel will be hosting our second Ibiza  installment of our Women´ - s voice activation retreat 14 and 15 October 2023 - More details here:    www.resetrebelproductions.com

Sandy toes are the order of the day as we meet Sephardic Persian flamenco dancer Leilah Broukhim in today´s episode on the shores of Es Figueral.

Born in New York Leilah has been based in Spain since 2000 and began her Flamenco dance formation with respected New York-based professors who gave her the necessary foundation to follow her growth in Spain.

In Madrid, she continued her studies at the renowned dance academy Amor de Dios under great masters of flamenco, including Maria Magdalena, Manuel Reyes, Rafaela Carrasco and José Maya, while completing her knowledge of flamenco in Seville with the Farrucos.

From Flamenco came Leilah´s first forray into learning spanish Flamenco guitar in exchange for english lessons and as her confidence grew so did her songwriting.

Her first song was about an Ex Love and from there five tracks created her very first EP which landed late last year in November.

The Curve was celebrated and initially launched in Madrid but this Sunday, Ibiza will have the pleasure of experienced round two at Can Cacao.

Tickets available here: 
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In todays Episode we are Live in the Garden Suite of the International Music Summit in Ibiza with my co-host Sophie Shnapp of Earth Percent.

We speak to Luke from Bye Bye Plastic about how people can support the banning of plastic from the music industry and nightlife culture on Ibiza.

Jurgis Didžiulis - a columbian Lithuanian - pops in for a chat and tells us how he is working with companies who wish to shift their organisational culture and has been doing so through music for a very long time. He used to be an artist and is now a music artisan and we hear some special live tracks on the show.

Plus we End the episode with a conversation with Chabeli Chain who is from the Venezuelan Amazon rainforrest. She is a vocalist, musician and DJ as well as an Indigenous rights advisor. She tells us how her vision is to bring the music and natural wisdom of the indigenous people to pop culture and electronic dance movement. 

Happy Earth Day.

What better way to celebrate than to share the story of a Belgian nurse and a journalist who threw in their jobs in Antwerp to start Ibizas very first Alpaca Farm.

Bart and San now tend to their 19 strong herd in the North of the island and the pair harvest their wool once a year in April to use for the creation of clothes.

They have a weaving studio on their farm which they have regenerated over the past few years. 

Es Currals was abandoned when the discovered it in 2019 and the pair have spent much of their time bringing it back to life to be able to raise their fur babies, which originate from Peru.

The Alpacas are all named after film and rock stars and Bart spends much of his time harvesting the manure of the animals for local gardeners and farmers to use on their land and regenerate it.

Check out their Face book page,   Instagram & the weaving site of San´s Collection on their website.

Our next podcast course is coming up in Ibiza, June 19 and 20th 2023.

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