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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
I'm interested in giving and receiving what cannot be bought - simplicity, awareness, loving-kindness and inner peace.
ABOUT ME
I consider myself a calm, sensible and easygoing person who allows things to unfold.
I appreciate profound and honest conversations but also need my quiet moments. I'm observative and sensible.
Love to dance.
I believe we truly don't need much to be happy or at least satisfied with our life.
PHILOSOPHY
Live to be a better person by knowing myself and by meeting other people.
Respect nature and others. Improve your life by improving other's.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I try to have some time to get together and know who I´m hosting.
There are so many wonderful people out there and couchsurfing is a great way to meet like minded folks.
Interests
What I love...
Traveling
Reading
Meditation
Watching and listening the rain fall
Walk hand in hand
Talk with my beautiful mother
Dancing in my living room
Hiking in the countryside
Riding my bike
Make plans, but live in the present
- concerts
- dancing
- meditation
- traveling
- music
- cycling
- hiking
- buddhism
- environmentalism
- nature walks
Music, Movies, and Books
I love reading and my favorite novelist is the Portuguese José Saramago, Nobel Prize of literature.
I love watching documentaries and TED talks.
I love music and I listen to many different genres from classic music to MPB and Bossa Nova. I love Jazz and minimal music. It´s my favorite soundtrack to work.
The Beatles - always and forever.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Canopy at MonteVerde, Costa Rica (sliding 100m above the rainforest - amazing!)
Witnessing a giant leatherback sea turtle nesting at Tortuguero. I'll never forget that night!
Skydiving - it's the rush of a lifetime!
A solo travel - 2 amazing weeks in Brazil, hiking in Lençóis do Maranhão, meeting people and falling in love again with such an incredible piece of land.
Being a mother. (It’s an ongoing process)
Teach, Learn, Share
I practice Vipassana meditation almost everyday.
I have a plant-based diet but I still eat some poultry. I love fish and seafood. Green juices at breakfast are a must.
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What I Can Share with Hosts
My joy for life. My time. My attention.
My search for the wonderful and often rare art of living in the present.
Countries I’ve Visited
Angola, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Germany, Guatemala, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Portugal