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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Aromatherapist
  • Best education has been traveling alone
  • From London, Ontario
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About Me

Easy going, travel loving, nomad. I've moved homes over 31 times in my life. "Home" as in I thought I was going to live there for a while (> 4 months). That doesn't count travel adventures...Perhaps one of the most magical things about life is that it doesn't always work out as planned. The best surprises in life cannot be planned. Life has taught me a lot about the art of surrendering to how things are instead of how I think they should be.

I'm here to live my dreams now ! And honour my heart path fearlessly

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because all the cool peeps with good vibrations are on couchsurfing

Interests

Cooking. Yoga. Swimming. Creating. Celebrating. Meditating. Hiking. Sewing. Creating. Dreaming. Sunrise. Dancing. Singing. Sunset. Bonfires. Drumming. Drawing. Eating. Surfing. Easy going and interested in LIVING life :) LOVE random adventures that awaken the soul. Dark beer. Fermentation. Bison ! After 14 years of not eating meat, I'm totally into eating new types of food/meat.

I'm not religious but honour religions and the life path of others <3

  • arts
  • singing
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • fitness
  • yoga
  • instructor
  • working out
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • hiking
  • kayaking
  • surfing
  • swimming
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Tribe Called Red, Desert Dwellers, SaQi, Kaminanda, Kytami, Random Rab, Lindsey Stirling, Nahko and Medicine for the people, classical, reggae, dancehall, blue grass, kirtronica,

Movies: IMAX, National Geographic, Claymation, cartoon movies,

Books: Secret life of plants, The brain diet, A Walk Across America, Open veins of Central america, travel books, spanish books,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just ONE? But every day amazing things happen...
Here's my top 5
-Shaving my head
-Sleeping on a ferry in a lawn chair for 5 days from Alaska to Washington
-Kayaking with beluga whales in Churchill, Manitoba
-Building a cob house and sleeping in it
-Living in the Yukon for 2 months and building a pig roasting firepit out of cob (clay, sand, straw)

Teach, Learn, Share

Quick summary of work experience: lifeguarding, swim instructor, fitness instructor, fa/cpr instructor, garbage and recycling management, environmental consultant, support worker, program director

Mayan neuro-sacral head massages, thai massage, first aid/cpr/wilderness first aid, cooking (bad ass viet/mexican/chinese eats or one pot wonders), natural building with local resources..

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good vibrations, conversation, hikes, travel stories, sunset, random adventures, the joy of embracing the challenges of life <3

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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