Hello! I'm new to Couchsurfing... looking to get my first recommendation soon! My name is Alejandro, but I am essentially just another human being experiencing life on this beautiful planet. I was born in Lima, Peru and have lived in the U.S., UK and just recently moved to Mexico. I feel very grateful to continue having amazing experiences with wonderful people in transformative places with the only requisite of keeping an open and fearless heart. I feel I have lived at least a couple of lives already through a continuous process of self discovery. It is through this process that I have gotten the opportunity to value life and its unlimited richness and beauty. Every moment has the potential for giving and receiving. And everyone you meet, the potential of being your teacher.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This last couple of years have been transformational. A veil was lifted and life is much more enjoyable than before. The world has opened up and I intend to find any opportunity I can to meet and share with others. Life is short! Couchsurfing seems like a great way to do this. A conversation, a sunset, a smile. Shining eyes. A crashing wave delivering a whisper. Simple joy.

Interests

• literature
• poetry
• architecture
• flamenco
• yoga
• music
• philosophy
• physics
• psychology
• art
• spirituality
• dance
• film
• cognitive science
• artificial intelligence
• classical guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

I really enjoy all kinds of music, movies and books... from the top of my head I would include the following:

Music: Jazz, Classical, Samba, Fusion, Bossa Nova, Disco, House, Ambient, Experimental, Rock, Flamenco, New Age (...too many artists to name them here!). The artists that have influenced me most, beyond genre: Miles Davis, Michael Jackson, J.S. Bach, Paco de Lucía.

Movies: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Star Wars, Lost in Translation, Matrix, Three Colors: Red, Forrest Gump, Parasite, Up, La La Land, Whiplash, Shine, Interstellar, 2001: Space Odyssey, Lord of the Rings, The Godfather...

Books: Biographies and autobiographies (Leonardo da Vinci, Miles Davis, Confieso que he vivido, Albert Einstein, At the Eleventh Hour, Living with the Himalayan Masters...), Sapiens, the Bhagavad Gita, Metamorphosis, El Túnel, Poetry (T.S. Elliot, Neruda, Pizarnik, Eielson, Whitman, Tagore, Rama, Khayyam, García Lorca)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Breathe.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can happily teach:

- acoustic guitar
- yoga
- psychology
- breathing
- how to make Pisco Sours and Chilcanos

I am open lo learn as much as I can... looking forward to hearing your stories and giving you my presence!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share music, profound conversations, a glass of anything, acceptance, spontaneous walks, spontaneous trips, just unobstructed positivity :)

I don't cook very much, but will help in anyway I can around the kitchen!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Peru, United Kingdom, United States