My name is Cinthia. I have been teaching English, theatre, and yoga around the world for the past 3 years. I perform, direct, produce, and do sound design in theatre and entertainment. I practice holistic healing methods and enjoy learning from other people and cultures.

In my spare time I co-curate a feminist podcast called Las_Brujajas. Bruja= witch. Brouhaha= excitement, uproar.

You can listen here: https://soundcloud.com/las_brujajas
And follow us on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/las_brujajas/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Getting to exchange with someone who lives in the place I am visiting is ideal. It is nice to have company rather than living hotel life.

Interests

• singing
• music festivals
• salsa dancing
• swing dancing
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• music
• live music
• hiking
• nature
• dance
• theatre
• healing
• busking
• acroyoga
• acrobatics
• teaching spanish
• clown
• clowning
• sound healing
• physical theatre

Music, Movies, and Books

In no particular order and as a small-ish sample...

music:
Bjork, tUnE-yArDs, Imogen Heap, Belle and Sebastian, Fiona Apple, Rachmaninoff, Frank Ocean, Radiohead... jazz, classical, folk, musical theatre, Tibetan sound healing, listening to composers across genres (e.g. Jon Brion or Mark Mothersbaugh film scores and their collaborations with others)...

movies:
Princess Mononoke, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, I Heart Huckabees, The Punk Singer

books:
Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl- Carrie Brownstein
Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Style- RuPaul
The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Pufffs- Chuck Klosterman
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex- Mary Roach

TV: The Haunting of Hill House, Pen15, Steven Universe

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hiked barefoot to the top of a waterfall in the Philippines and didn't die :D

Teach, Learn, Share

teach/share/exchange:
- yoga, breathing, meditation
- dance moves, any style, throw it at me
- singing jazz, classical, whatever, shamelessly
- English, Spanish language tutoring or practice
- basics of Japanese, speaking, reading and writing hiragana/katakana and a handful of kanji

learn/get better at:
- piano, guitar
- social dancing, willing to lead or follow, am much more practiced as a follow, particularly lindyhop. I'm okay at west coast, east coast, balboa, salsa, and bachata.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation/informal practice about/of any of the above, I'm a fairly open book.

I practice some mixture of breathing, meditation, stretching, yoga, singing, or dance exercises every morning and night, and am happy to share.

I like to cook vegetarian or vegan dishes, make smoothies with a lot of ginger in the morning... I also like to bake. This all of course means I like to eat food. Sharing makes it better, hehe.

I can tutor or teach English, Spanish (mother's tongue), and the basics of the Japanese language (5 years study and many visits to Japan).

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Scotland, South Korea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, South Korea, United States