CURRENT MISSION

Discovering connection. Seeing beauty. Learning balance.

ABOUT ME

To really BE the love we want to find is one of life's most worthy challenges. I try, and find myself closer as my life unfolds. So far I am intellectual, spiritual & playful, with roughly equal measures warmth, depth, juice, mellow, sass & goof.

PHILOSOPHY

My favorite practice is gratitude -- for potable water, vision, hearing, this body, not living in war zone or famine, a vibrant community of loving, lovely friends ... SO much more -- but the basics. I find keeping perspective can free me from fixating on what I don't have but want and bring me into a state of awe at the sweet, raw beauty of this life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I met several CouchSurfer folks for conversation while in Prague and loved my stay with one in Amsterdam. I haven't hosted anyone yet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Uniformly fantastic.

Interests

Activities:
I love to laugh in community, commune with nature, use my body, stretch my mind, open my heart, get giddy, gentled, sparked, sedated, sated, opened, lifted, held, freed by music, movement, film, friends, reading, roaming, writing ...

Interests:
Laughing, learning, growing, dancing, dharma, yoga, contact improvisation. Reading poetry, obsessing about politics, improving my pedagogy, climbing rocks, hiking mountains, rafting rivers. Peace & conflict studies, smiling, social justice, farmer's markets, my feminine soul, wisdom, skill, opening, grounding, energy, boundaries, balance.

• writing
• poetry
• beauty
• dancing
• yoga
• politics
• reading
• music
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing
• divinity
• etymology
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Yes, please. Zoe Keating is my go-to travel music. "The Trip" is a favorite travel film. "Geography of Bliss" was a fun travel-ish book.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked across England with my father. We also hiked Mont Blanc and rafted the Colorado through the Grand Canyon.

Teach, Learn, Share

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

― Howard Thurman

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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