CURRENT MISSION

Figuring out what makes me come alive and how I can use it to serve the world.

ABOUT ME

No longer a student, about to be again soon. Taking the time now to live and grow and experience the world. Taking the time now to laugh and love. I love to dance and run and sing and climb. I recently started doing some circus arts and will hopefully continue that for a while because I love aerial fabric. I'm going to be applying for nursing school soon to become a midwife so that I can support women on that amazing journey and be a part of the circle of life.

PHILOSOPHY

"Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."
"To know one's limits is to limit oneself to the self that one knows."
"We leave the places we love to find that love is in every place."
Love is never lost. The love I feel with another human being is not separate from me. That love is inside me, ready to be shared with all human beings, including myself... even if the person who helped me discover it is no longer part of my life.
When I am present to this moment I have everything I need... and a smile just comes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Looking forward to starting out on many journeys both external and internal.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing in Santa Fe, hosting in Berkeley. Met amazing, beautiful, wonderful people both times that I am still friends with and hold dear to my heart.

Interests

Poetry, trees, sustainability, people, alternative medicine, natural birth, empowerment, laughter, community

• arts
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• running
• magic
• surfing
• medicine
• nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Fear of Flying, Bel Canto, Hitchhiker's Guide, Baby Catcher, Pharmako Poeia/Gnosis/Dynamis, Sula, Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Bon Iver, Smashing Pumpkins, Cat Power, Ani DiFranco, Pearl Jam, Tracy Chapman, John Hiatt, Cat Stevens, Sufjan Stevens

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fell in love with a house full of people in one night of dancing, food, magic, and vulnerability. Falling in love with a man and feeling totally free to be myself.

Teach, Learn, Share

Jewelry making/metal working; alternative health/medicine; circus arts