I'm a promoter, connector, bookish, vegan, and very eco-savvy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like a good conversation with good people who value a clean living lifestyle (no drugs, smoking [including marijuana], alcohol). I love to explore new places and meet new people. Journeying through places I've never seen or heard about with great host and guide really brings out the best in me and wants me to do the same for others. I like knowing I can awaken my wishes to do for others by receiving from others.

Interests

Yoga, running, bodybuilding, gardening, long walks, hiking, reading, internet researching.

• vegan
• bodybuilding
• yoga
• running
• gardening
• reading
• hiking
• tourism
• natural movement
• laughter yoga
• rucking
• contact improv dance
• fruit-based vegan

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: all kinds

Movies:
Inception
The Adjustment Bureau
I Heart Huckabees
Fight Club
In Time
Cypher
Code 46

Books:
Way too many books to list here. Here is a list I came up with.
World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony by Will Tuttle; Any book by the natural farmer Masanobu Fukuoka (I have them all); Growing Green: Animal-Free Organic Techniques Jenny Hall and Iain Tollhurst; Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community by H.C. Flores; Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run: A Call to Those Who Would Save the Earth by David Brower with Steve Chapple; How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons; Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches by Daniel Imhoff; Changing the World: Healing Ourselves, Our Families, Our Communities, Our Earth. A Vision for Achieving Freedom, Peace, Happiness, and Love and a Truly Human Society by Manitonquat (Medicine Story); Garden Planet: The Present Phase Change of the Human Species by William H. Kotke; Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities by Diana Leafe Christian and Patch Adams; Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Counsumer Culture by Shannon Hayes; Common Forest Trees of Hawaii (Native and Introduced) by Elbert L. Little, Jr., and Roger G. Skolmen; Maui Organic Growing Guide by Robert Maika’imau James-Palmer; How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 Houseplants that Purify Your Home or Office by B.C. Wolverton; Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao by Wayne W. Dyer; Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti; Ashtanga Yoga: The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to Dynamic Yoga by John Scott; Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created its Own Lost Generation by Michael Zielenziger; Expect Resistance: A Field Manual by Crimethinc.; Ideas for Action: Relavant Theory for Radical Change by Cynthia Kaufman; The Real Cost of Prisons Comix by Lois Ahrens; Contemporary Anarchist Studies: An Introductory Anthology of Anarchy in the Academy by Randall Amster, Abraham DeLeon, Luis Fernandez and Anthony J. Nocella II; The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present by Immanuel Ness; Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice by Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G. Herr; Any books by Genevieve Vaughn (the Gift-economist); We Need Each Other: Building Gift Community by Bill Kauth and Zoe Alowan; Any book by Michael Albert (the Participatory Economist); Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century by Chris Spannos.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiked a month in Japan.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach improv, laughter yoga, MovNat, (NVC) Nonviolent Communication, etc. I'd like to learn how to play poker again, chess strategy, piano, guitar, handpan, etc. I'd like to share time in group activities.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversations.

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador, Japan, Scotland, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States