ABOUT ME

I have just deleted an old ‘About Me’ paragraph that described myself while travelling in Asia a few years ago. It’s strange to update it now. 5 years ago my life fell apart so I put my things into storage and I bought a plane ticket to the East. I returned a year later just before the pandemic, and since then I’ve been rebuilding a new life in the same city. The city is Edinburgh and although I’m not from here, this feels like home.

I live with my partner and old granny dog (she’s 14 and acts like a lovable and quirky granny). I have two forms of work - I am co-director of a worker-run wholefoods shop (which embodies everything that makes life worth living), and I am a freelance massage therapist.

I love music (either music that make my body move or that moves my soul or preferably both!), I love going slow and appreciating the sights and smells of ordinary and extraordinary life, I love relaxing on the sofa with a book, I love being with good people and being quiet on my own…..

PHILOSOPHY

Listen don’t assume

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing in the UK, Italy and India.
Hosting in Paris.

Interests

Bodywork, health, anthropology, future of food.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - London Grammar, Niteworks, Gregory Alan Isakov, Cat Power
Movies - Moulin Rouge, Notting Hill, Amelie
Books - The Overstory

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery on top of a mountain in the Himalayas

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share some massage tips

What I Can Share with Hosts

A love of learning and exploration of the deeper layers of life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, France, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, United Kingdom