I am a musician, sound artist, theatre maker and illustrator/designer with an interest in shamanism, meditation and altered states of consciousness, especially those produced through movement, breath-work and sound.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

I am on Couchsurfing to discover a new way of traveling the world, being in the world, and connecting with fellow humans on this crazy journey we call life!

Centres d'intérêt

• music festivals
• live music
• theatre
• film
• contact improvisation
• sound art
• trance dance

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Music: So much! TOOL; Massive Attack; Morphine; Dead Can Dance; Six Organs of Admittance; Goldfrapp; Bat For Lashes; Carlo Mombelli and the Prisoners of Strange; Lark to name but a few bands that have stuck with me. Always keen to hear the music of the world. I love just about anything played on bass guitar, oud or kora, and will always appreciate good vocal harmonies!

Films: I am new to really appreciating film as a medium but to name a few, Only Lovers Left Alive; Stalker; Mirror; Birdman; Baraka/Samsara; Withnail and I; The Holy Mountain; Waking Life; Napoleon Dynamite

Books: The Age of Magic (Ben Okri) ; The Understudy (David Nicholls); The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran); Supernatural (Graham Hancock); Psychedelic Shamanism (Jim DeKorne);

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I went swimming with dolphins in Mozambique

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

Basic Qi Gong exercises, basic guitar and voice lessons, Taoist dietary principles

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

Enthusiasm for a wide range of music, meaningful conversation about the the beauty and complexity of the human experience, and good vegetarian food!

Pays que j'ai visités

France, India, Mozambique, Spain, Swaziland, Turkey

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

South Africa