I’m a professional single woman in my 30s with a passion for holistic health, social justice, the arts, meditation, and celebrating life. I graduated with a history degree in 2000 and worked for museums for a couple of years, before branching off into publishing and then general communications. I just left my job as a communications and development specialist at a Buddhist retreat center to embark on a year-long sabbatical, which will include meditation/artist retreats, blogging, and some volunteering. Also, I want to learn the ukelele.

I live as sustainably as possible, rarely buy new, drive a hybrid, eat communally, make some of my own medicine, and love the barter system in my Buddhist community. I’ve been doing yoga for 15 years and meditating daily for 9 years. I love to hike, sing at open mics, travel, and write. I make block prints and jewelry, and published a small history book several years ago.

I’ve traveled to Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, England, Greece, Scotland, France, Holland, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Czech Republic, Italy, and Germany.

I’m enrolled in a two-year Buddhist studies course and will need access to WiFi (I’ll use my own laptop).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Let's not monetize every inch of Earth and moment of life. If you'd like to welcome a friendly, openminded person on a spiritual walkabout into your home for a night, I'd love to have a convo and connect ;)

Interests

• fashion
• dancing
• cooking
• meditation
• hiking
• surfing
• sushi
• mindfullness
• ukelele
• natural medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Young adult books I would read again:

All 25 of the OZ books
The House at Pooh Corner
The Dark Is Rising
His Dark Materials
Watership Down
The Neverending Story
The Wind in the Willows
Alices Adventures in Wonderland
A Wrinkle in Time
The Giver

Books:
House of Leaves
Wicked
The Outliers
The Amazing Adventure of Kavalier and Clay
Memoirs of a Geisha
Life of Pi
Fahrenheit 451
The Secret History
Dune Series
Under the Tuscan Sun
Musicophilia
Obama’s books
Brief History of Time
The Glass Castle
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Eat, Pray, Love

Authors
Geraldine Brooks
Stephen King
Tolkien
E. A. Poe
Margaret Atwood
Carl Sagan
Bukowski
Kerouac
Tom Robbins
Arthur C. Clark
Burrows
Vonnegut
Hunter S. Thompson
Crichton (come on, you know he’s good)
Huxley
George Orwell
Twain
Sedaris
Thoreau
Michael Pollan
Barbara Kingsolver
Frank McCourt
Chuck Palahnuik
Khalil Gibran
Paul Coelho

Movies & TV:

Apocalypse Now extended cut
Requiem for a Dream
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Wallace and Gromit
All NOVA episodes

Music:

I like a crazy variety, from Miami Bass to Tibetan Singing bowls. A few standouts are DJ Krush, Bonobo, Hildegard von Bingen, Blackalicious, and Nike Drake.

Teach, Learn, Share

Meditation
making kombucha
a little yoga

What I Can Share with Hosts

mindfulness and Buddhism basics
how to make sushi
yoga basics
how to make kombucha and fire cider

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greenland, Israel, Mexico, Scotland, Turkmenistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Greece, United States