I'm coming to Amsterdam May 9-13. I have a hotel room booked but I think Couch Surfing would be way more fun. I am doing a workshop May 12-13, but I can be a social couch surfer the days before that -- cook for you or take you out for a meal or something maybe? Also very happy to self-entertain. :) Arriving on the Eurostar... if you need some camping gear like a camp stove, stool, sleeping pad, etc, I don't really need to take it back to Canada so I'd be very happy to give them to you! Have been in Europe 4 months but time to downsize again. <3

Yoga teacher, science writer/technical editor and I teach engineers to write better. Novelist (about time travelling history adventures and dragons and romance) when I make time for it. I play the flute. I lived for four years in Nova Scotia recently. I was raised in the Rocky Mountains between Calgary and Banff, Alberta. (those are all in Canada).

Heading back to Quebec in May for a wedding.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have always been the kind of person to share a couch or a ride or whatever helps! Enjoy having couch surfers and love meeting new people when I travel. Have loved my hitch-hiking trips and love interesting cool hitch-hikers too.

I have also done a lot of farm volunteering with wwoofing on my travels -- love helping out with a few jobs here and there if you have any house renovation projects or gardens to weed! :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Gosh, I see people have left me some really sweet references. This is such a nice thing isn't it?

Interests

Nature, yoga, science, travel, nutrition, permaculture, history, awesome people, delicious adventures, philosophy gardening,
(a bit specific but fun... Burning Man Festival, Abraham-Hicks)

• cats
• horses
• writing
• yoga
• meditation
• traveling
• socializing
• surfing
• chemistry
• teaching
• mathematics
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I mainly play Celtic/Breton music now on my flute but I am also learning the tin whistle.

I sing sometimes. Mainly yoga mantras but I recently proved I can do old cowboy tunes under a full moon too with the right partner(s) to sing with.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I grew up in the Rocky Mountains and kind of think I was raised by the trees more than people as I spent more time with horses, trees, rocks, and the sky than with people until I went off to University.

One week I hugged a shark, flew an airplane, and tried to ride a steer in a rodeo. That would probably count as the most amazing week so far.

I raised a tall white boy to be compassionate and thoughtful and bilingual and a great systems thinker and now he's doing a math degree (he's 19). That counts doesn't it?

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a yoga teacher and love helping people with their posture, diets for inflammation, etc.

I can teach meditation and breath work.

I can also teach writing, or edit a paper for you, or a web page. I can help improve English.

I also used to teach high school science, chemistry, and math, so if anyone is working on those subjects I would love to help too!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Yoga
Cooking
Travel Stories
Meditation
Good Manners

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, England, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Canada, France, United Kingdom, United States