I recently moved from Arizona to California to open up a restaurant in the Santa Monica promenade with the company I have worked for the past 2.5 years! I am incredibly excited for this opportunity but have not completely decided on a place to live yet. I would like to have a nice place to stay with a great host while I shop around for a new home! Whatever time you can give me is more than I had before and I would be so grateful for your generosity.

I am a trained Reiki Master, a yogi, a bookworm, a friend, a sister and a daughter, as well as a great listener, an open-minded being, a creator of happiness, and most of all, a lover of life. I believe anyone can change the world with just a little bit of love! Love has a very strong ripple effect, just like a smile. If you smile at one person, most of the time that person will smile back at you and then go on to smile at someone else and so on. Maybe one day you'll get the whole neighborhood block smiling and then the world! That is love :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am couchsurfing to have a place to lay my head, shower, cook, do my laundry and explore until I find the perfect place for myself to live in Santa Monica! I would love to find someone who I can connect with and befriend (or if you would like me to keep to myself I can do that too, as friends usually aren't hard to find).

"If you go out looking for friends, they are usually rare and far in between, but if you are a friend, you'll have more friends than you ever thought imaginable." ~ wise words from a new friend at Lightning in A Bottle 2017

Interests

• arts
• books
• music festivals
• italian food
• wine
• yoga
• hiking
• surfing
• food
• adventure
• snorkling
• outdoors
• sushi
• nutrition
• sunshine
• surf
• reiki
• aromatherapy
• scubadiving
• jazz music
• blues music
• kundalini yoga
• paddleboarding
• essential oils

Music, Movies, and Books

I love all types of music! Genuinely. But some of my favorites at the moment: California Honeydrops, Seshen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Black Keys, The Suffers, The Shins.
I don't watch many movies or tv shows. However if I had to pick a few favorite past movies: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Life of Pi. I love to get lost in a fantasy world!
I do read quite a lot though and I listen to audio books. Some of my favorite books have been: Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power, The Celestine Prophecy, and The Untethered Soul.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I believe every day I live is amazing. Everyday magic, manifestation and synchronicities happen, which all amaze me.
However, if you are looking to hear more of a story than that, I did get scuba certified 2 years ago! Immediately after I went to La Jolla to swim in leopard shark city, which was incredible and awe-inspiring.

Teach, Learn, Share

"If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?" -Rumi

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to cook! I do only cook vegan. However I am not strictly vegan. I also love to converse and explore ideas with other people, especially people with different ideals and perspectives. I am also very open to group reading, group meditations and/or group yoga. If you have a garden, I would love to help out with it!

Let's share stories, wisdom, insight, laughs over a bottle of wine! Or if you're not a drinker, let's go paddleboarding or have a picnic at the beach!