CURRENT MISSION

A lot has changed in the past few years. My new mission is living outside 'the system' as much as possible. Just a wandering nomad with no vehicle...makes life interesting!

ABOUT ME

Travel, Music, Adventure. I love to read, to wander and get lost in new places, and to learn something new every day. Expand my consciousness. To mingle with the locals and make new connections. To be active, do yoga, climb mountains, bask in the sun. I also love to cook (paleo) and live a healthy lifestyle. I'll always follow my ears to where the live music is!

PHILOSOPHY

Get out of your comfort zone! Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.

"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only BE the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere." ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions"
~ Oliver Holmes

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be" ~ Lao Tzu

“A good traveler has no plans and is not intent on arriving.” ~ Lao Tzu

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surfed but not yet hosted -- I am usually on the move!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Fantastical, wonderful, allowing new experiences not available any other way!

Interests

Travel, travel travel- I love to see how many different ways there are to live this crazy life. Music is my great love. Photography, philosophy and good conversation. Health and wellness, and how they relate to evolutionary biology. Meditation, yoga, awareness and expanding consciousness.

• photography
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• skydiving
• snowboarding
• biology
• teaching
• mountains
• nature
• astrology
• consciousness

Music, Movies, and Books

The Big Lebowski ~ The Coen Brothers are geniuses, as is Charlie Kaufman and Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Love Tom Robbins and philosophical novels like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Vonnegut. Voltaire.

For music, classic rock- Floyd, Hendrix, Doors, Beatles, Zep, the Dead, many more- but also love Phish, Nahko, Trevor Hall, Ben Folds (5), Cake, Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Belle & Sebastian, lots of reggae, and some old-school hip-hop. And some Ween! Always ready to be turned on to new tunes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving in Tuscany! So many more...let's swap stories!

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach some yoga, and I could always learn more yoga! I can show you how to make amazing and healthy food- Paleo is my specialty :P I’m also a certified eating psychology coach, if you’d like to learn anything about that.

I would love to learn more about photography, alternative medicine, alternative building, alternative lifestyles!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My enthusiasm for alternative lifestyles, my stories, my love, great food that I can cook for you ~ and my (handmade with love) tallow balm.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, United States