CURRENT MISSION

to learn, to stay creative, to be present with every experience, to educate, to build a community

ABOUT ME

I....

For the longest time I used to sell apples at the farmer's market for an organic farm from Northern California. Selling fruits to people is a very tangible, real experience that has taught me a lot about life.

Currently I am a full time student at UC Berkeley designing my own major with focus on Political Science, Urban Studies, LGBTQ Studies and History, performer, and house manager at several little theaters in San Francisco.

I am a great listener and love conversations full of depth and spices.

Doing and teaching dance and movement is my passion and I consider it to be a form of activism. I feel deeply affected and sometimes hurt by what is happening in the world now. Thus, I am building my life, my academic work and my art toward uniting people and communities - as the only way we can survive. I like to teach, help, communicate, organize... I often switch roles from the one who guides to the one who is being guided.

I read a lot and sometimes write stories and poems on scraps of paper.

I like watching weeds moving on the wind, and see flower petals veins, and study little bugs movement.

PHILOSOPHY

breathe, don't judge, love, don't rush things, be present, embrace your feelings

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I share and stay open. I don't have a couch but people stayed in sleeping bags on my floor before, and strangers shared a meal or cup of tea with me. I never turn away when asked for help.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hitch-hiked in Russia all summers and a bit in USA and made a lot of awesome friends - it was sort of couch-surfing or sometimes tent surfing experience. So many interesting people out there! I have met wonderful people through couchsurfing in New Orleans, Kauai, Berlin, Moscow ...CouchSurfing makes the whole world feel like a welcoming village...

Interests

social justice, connections, meditation, dance, people and dancing the energy, spirituality, hills and mountains, butoh, feminism, Stravinsky, LGBTQ, Phillip Glass, environment, drawing, playing drums, psychology, languages, lakes, forests, green vegetables, friendships, traveling on the road, studying or reading for many hours non-stop and than go outside and breathe the morning sun, apples, words,
body turns around itself and different objects, climbing the trees, Fela Kuti, Burning Spears, Miriam Makeba, color pencils, performing on the stage, on the streets and from the audience sits, riding bike early-early morning, talking to people and families

• arts
• poetry
• theater
• coloring
• dancing
• environment
• womens rights
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• drums
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• history
• languages
• political science
• psychology
• science
• lakes
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

dancing with local Garifuna girls in Livingston, Carribeans of Guatemala, every afternoon on the roof and feeling like their big sister.

being invited to teach a movement improvisation class to a local transgender community in St.Petersburg, Russia

Hiking Kalalau trail on my friend's bd.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach yoga, dance, stretching or theater improv session )), cook an awesome vegetables-and-grains meal...

i am interested in learning about people's authentic lives especially when they choose not the most traditional ways. I am always open to learn new skills (especially the ones' with my hands) and pick up some of a foreign languages

What I Can Share with Hosts

a story, a walk, a meal, an experience

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Mexico, Sweden, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States