CURRENT MISSION

After a year and a half of traveling I decided to move to Phoenix, AZ in 2016. I've been enjoying exploring Phoenix and the southwest US since then. If you are in the Phoenix area and are interested in yoga, acroyoga, vegan food or technology get in touch and let's meet up.

ABOUT ME

My undergraduate degree is in computer science and I had a successful career in the technology field (video, wireless, telecom). I lived in New York City for 10 years before taking off to travel around the US and southeast Asia. I hosted a number of people from all over the world while living in NYC and had a great experience doing that.

PHILOSOPHY

Do your best, be nice to everyone.

Website:

www.brendanlentz.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now just available to meet up.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to couchsurfing.org but while I live in New York I hosted people from all over the world. This was arranged via the yoga center where I taught and practiced.

Interests

teaching yoga and meditation, acroyoga, travel, cycling, hiking, nature, bird watching, vegan food, fixing things, food justice, community supported agriculture, technology, photography, social media, anything involved with physical and mental fitness.

When I was in college I received a passport to the National Parks. Since then I've been pursuing a goal of seeing all the National Park in the US!

• birds
• photography
• dining
• vegan
• fitness
• yoga
• meditation
• technology
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• agriculture
• communications
• computer science
• teaching
• science
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Blackfish, The Cove, One Track Heart, Forks Over Knives, Buck, The Central Park Effect, Down By Law, Movies by the Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson

Music:
Amadou and Miriam, Anugama, The Avett Brothers, Krishna Das, Deva Premal, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Foster the People, Jai Uttal, Jesse Malin, Jonathan Goldman, Klaus Wiese, Lama Gyurme, Leonard Cohen, Lucinda Williams, The Lumineers, Michael Franti, The Saw Doctors, Shyamdas, Snatam Kaur, Todd Norian, Sam Baker, Tom Petty

Books: The Journey Home, Autobiography of Yogi, The Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, The Bhagavad Gita, Light on Yoga, Vagabonding

Podcasts:
TED Talks, The Moth, How I built this, Rich Roll, Tim Ferris

People I follow:

Dharma Mittra, Rich Roll, Ram Das, Radhanath Swami, Thich Nhat Hanh, Leonard Lopate, Mooji, Leilani Munter,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's hard to pick one but what comes to mind is doing a very high cliff jump into rough ocean water in Hawaii!

Teach, Learn, Share

Part of my vision for traveling has been to help hosts in areas where I have skills. So far I've enjoyed helping with yoga, meditation, preparing food, home projects, organizing, reducing clutter, and technology. I also know some acroyoga and Thai massage that I've found people really enjoy learning.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Instruction in Meditation, Yoga, AcroYoga,
Help with Technology, Websites, Social Media