CURRENT MISSION

Connect with other holistic and open-minded people including families and children and help create peace on earth

ABOUT ME

I am open-minded, love exploring nature and connecting with new and old friends. My daughter is almost six and is friendly and playful. We enjoy dancing, skating, hiking, camping, climbing, bicycling, gymnastics, swimming, canoeing, yoga, meditation and living a natural and simple lifestyle. We do some travelling for part of our year when we are not at Omega and are new to couch surfing.

PHILOSOPHY

Love. To learn to be more loving toward myself and others. To expand my perspective. To experience compassion for myself and others. To be a part of creating peace on earth. To foster connections with others and build holistic community life everywhere we go. To walk as simply as possible on the planet and continue to examine and notice where I can breathe more deeply and be more present to everything around me. To appreciate life's many blessings and see the beauty everywhere.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We are new to couch surfing but are open to experiencing all that it has to offer. I ran a community house for ten years offering transitional living space to adults who were wanting to live a holistic lifestyle within community. We have also lived in many holistic retreat settings within community and I love the idea of couchsurfing and sharing our homes with others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have a lot of community experience sharing space with others throughout my entire adult life. I am a big believer in fostering community connections as a way to live sustainably and bringing more happiness into all our shared lives. As I said above, I have facilitated several community houses creating space for people to live collectively in a holistic space. In doing so, I helped create transitional space for people who were in the area short-term and for some longer-term. I have also lived in many holistic retreat settings and this is my particular passion.

Interests

Our interests seem to be continually growing and expanding. I am particularly interested in holistic studies and natural lifestyle. My daughter has recently taken up climbing at the gym and also loves gymnastics, dance, figure skating, painting, singing and meeting new friends. I am a songwriter and singer and also enjoy meditation, dance, figure skating, hiking, camping, exploring nature and walking along oceans or any body of water. I love sunlight and fresh air and community life as well.

• writing
• singing
• theater
• beauty
• festivals
• dancing
• yoga
• meditation
• walking
• traveling
• painting
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• gymnastics
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

All music but particularly folk, Kirtan and classical.
Metaphysical and holistic studies.
Great children's books like All I See Is Part of Me, Fun is a Feeling, I Love You, Little One.
Movies: Fried Green Tomatoes, Snow Falling on Cedars.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Birthed a beautiful baby who amazes me all the time; continually learning how to be a grateful and more conscious person; taught myself to sing and have written 20 originals; walked some of the English coastal trail; been to the Edinborough Fringe Theater Festival twice; facilitated cooperative holistic household for ten years; lived in many holistic retreat settings; witnessed amazing meteor shower that looked like fireworks in the sky.

Teach, Learn, Share

Bodywork, non-violent (NVC) and compassionate communication, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), meditation, gymnastics, figure skating, dance, yoga, songwriting, singing, playing the crystal bowl, camping, writing, brochures, flyers, postings, natural lifestyle, community life, holistic retreat settings, mercury-free dentistry, non-toxic/natural cleaning, nutrition and supplements.