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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French; learning Spanish
  • 59, Male
  • Member since 2023
  • In eternal sabbatical
  • Master in Industrial Sciences
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

It's 2016, I'm 50 years old, I have a beautiful career, a beautiful house, a beautiful family, people are proud of me and I am proud of my status and ego. Everything seems perfect but I don't feel at home with myself. That lie collapses in 2017. My body which I hated until then shakes me violently awake and makes me clear it can't continue anymore. I am experiencing the greatest crisis of my life. Nothing makes sense anymore. I have no clue this is the packaging of the greatest gift I ever received.

I start listening to my body for the first time in my life. I meditate. I rest. I stop with the activity called "working". I put more and more energy in my spiritual growth trajectory. I discover worlds I didn't knew they existed. My awakening can't be stopped anymore and is going faster and faster. I start to realize I'm liberating myself of the fear to live.

Now I'm at the dawn of a next chapter where I am travelling around the world to dedicate myself fully to my journey of self-reflection and inner growth. This leads to a closer connection with my inner self, the others and nature. I am feeling that momentum and I seize this opportunity. I am also following a Kundalini Yoga Teacher training at this moment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As I am travelling around the globe without any fixed plan, I sometimes like to discover places with the eyes of a native person. Couchsurfing seems to me the ideal start. I like the exchange of ideas and culture when meeting new people. While Couchsurfing I don’t feel like a tourist but as a citizen of the country I’m in.

Interests

  • hiking
  • astronomy
  • physics
  • mountains
  • nature
  • kundalini yoga
  • wild places

Music, Movies, and Books

David Bowie
Freddy Mercury
Syd Barrett
And many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking to the bothies in remote Scotland for two weeks

Teach, Learn, Share

Kundalini Yoga
Astronomy, particularly solar eclipses and star evolution
Hiking in the wild

What I Can Share with Hosts

An eclectic open minded view on the world

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Botswana, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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