We are Sai and Deepa, and this is our story of healing — both personal and planetary.

For over two decades, we lived the urban dream. Sai navigated the fast-paced IT world while Deepa channeled her civil engineering background into meaningful social activism, working to regenerate lakes and tackle environmental issues. We loved our bustling city life, but slowly watched as the place we called home became harder to breathe in, harder to find clean food and water.

When the environment we fought to protect began taking a toll on our health and well-being, we knew something had to change. The irony wasn’t lost on us: while working to heal the world around us, we were slowly losing our own vitality.

In September 2023, we made the leap. Leaving behind two decades of city living, we embarked on a journey along India’s coast, exploring places that might offer what we desperately needed: clean air, pure water, and space to breathe. Our search led us to Goa, where we discovered not just a new home, but a new way of being.

Now, living on a farm with our feet firmly planted in healing soil, we’re witnessing something beautiful: our bodies are recovering, our minds are clearer, and our connection to the earth is deeper than ever. The physical fatigue and stress that once weighed us down have lifted considerably.

Healing Soil chronicles this ongoing transformation — from the concrete jungle to fertile ground, from surviving to thriving. We share what we’re learning about sustainable living, the profound connection between environmental and personal health, and the courage it takes to choose a different path.

We’re not experts, just two people who took a leap of faith and found that sometimes the very soil beneath our feet holds the answers we’ve been seeking.

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”