CURRENT MISSION: To give back to the Earth and live a sustainable lifestyle; to connect with others and share knowledge, laughter and kindness; to continue to travel, learn and grow and eventually build a healing permaculture community to host fellow wanderers and tribe.

ABOUT ME
My heart will always be in Wisconsin where I am from, but my airy spirit takes me where the wind flows. I have lived everywhere from the canyons of Colorado, to the sands of San Diego, and worked numerous high seasons in Central America as a yoga teacher, chef/server hiking guide and farm gal. My latest place of residence was the Big Island of Hawaii where I was a guide and a wellness coordinator for a Horticulture Therapy program for at-risk youth and young adults. My passions have led me to earn my power yoga and permaculture certification as well as an Advanced Padi diving license. I have dabbled in many things such as: massage, writing, and amateur photography, "sailor," etc... I enjoy good, real, and especially local food and being creative and resourceful in the kitchen. I have studied viticulture, coffee and cacao (grow/ produce) and ran a microbrewery in SD. I love music and dancing, and any outdoor activities especially hiking and ocean frolicking!

PHILOSOPHY
“I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories from your life–not someone else’s life–water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. That is the work. The only work.”

-Clarissa Estes...Women who run with Wolves

"Be the change you see in the world" -Ghandi

"Cast your spell on everyone you meet. " - A woman I met on a river bank in Utah

"In my life, each instance of holding nothing back is a teacher. In the realm of the body, I keep learning how to give my all in order to land in a stream of grace. In the realm of the mind, I keep learning how to break the hardened province of my little world in order to humbly join the Universe. In the realm of the heart, I keep learning that perceiving and expressing is a sacred aerobic that keeps my emotional center healthy and clean. And in the realm of spirit, I keep learning that surrendering all my dreams and wounds and personal histories, no matter how briefly, allows the fragrance of my soul to renew my sense of life as an unrepeatable mystery."
—The Exquisite Risk

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
When I am able, I love to host!! As of now, I am surfin and hope with every connection I make I leave a lasting, positive memory

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had nothing but good experiences meeting new people from all over the world. Many of which I will probably stay friends with fo whole life.

Interests

See above and/or meet me in person!

• animals
• writing
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• painting
• music
• live music
• fishing
• hiking
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• cliff jumping
• rock climbing
• adventures
• astrology
• organic gardening
• ayurveda
• foraging
• native plants
• crafting
• medicinal plants
• local cuisine

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Most everything! Some faves: the Beatles, thievory corporation, devil makes three, green sky bluegrass, String Cheese Incident, James Brown, Carol King, James Taylor, The Black Keys/Crows, Led Zeppelin, Elle king, Neil Young, Susan Tedesci, Elephant Revival, and anything I can dance too...especially some good Funk!
Favorite TV Shows: The Good Place, New Girl, Always Sunny, Curb your Enthusiasm, Life, Ellen, Jimmy fallon, cooking and baking shows anything Anthony Bourdain, Planet Earth
Favorite Movies: Up, Office Space, Best in Show, City of God, Away We Go, Fight Club,Life Aquatic, Mulan, Harry Potters, The Hunger Games, Thelma and Louise, Catch Me if you Can, Moonrise Kingdom, Moana, Sound of Music, and a lot of Christmas ones! (its a wonderful life, christmas story, etc...)
Favorite Books: The Alchemist, Ishmael, Women who Run with Wolves, The Giver, Harry Potters and Hunger Games, Anatomy of the Spirit, Everythings Illuminated, anything by David Sedaris, Bourdain, Brene Brown, and lots of nonfiction related to culture, cooking, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Pulling a 7m long anaconda out of a swamp in Los Llanos, Venezuela
Jumping a 73 ft waterfall in back-country Maui
24 hr lightning storm in Lake Catatumbo
Snail scavenging and rice picking with local families in Laos
Getting stranded on a sailing trip in the Caribbean
Experiencing Pele's revenge on the Big Island this past year

Teach, Learn, Share

Don't be afraid to travel alone

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook ya a meal! Lead some yoga, good conversation, massage, etc..

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, United States