CURRENT MISSION

Learn to listen deeply to myself and others, and to help others learn as well

ABOUT ME

I live in Auroville, South India. For the past four years I have been studying communication and conflict handling skills through the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) model taught by Marshall Rosenberg - (http://cnvc.org) - as well as Restorative Circles (RC) as taught by Dominic Barter (http://RestorativeCircles.org).

I have two teenage kids, Adam, born in 1995, and Isa, born in 1992 who currently live in Sweden with their mamma and mormor.

In Auroville, I live in the Sadhana Forest community (http://sadhanaforest.org/) - a beautiful group of volunteers dedicated to re-foresting a 70 acre slice of land and re-building the ecosystem and strengthening relations with our local Tamil neighbors.

PHILOSOPHY

I am co-creating a world in which everyone's needs matter. Where conflicts are greeted with the recognition that would we never grow without conflict. Where all my children are safe and can thrive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment, I don't have a couch to share. But anyone who wants to visit can stay with us at Sadhana Forest and share a delicious vegan meal and help us plant some trees!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch Surfing has been a magnificent, wonderful surprise for me! I have made so many connections with delightful people thru this network. Some people come up to me in Auroville and say: "Hey, I know you... I read your profile on CS.com!!" - ha ha ha... Small world...

Interests

Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
Restorative Circles (RC)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Conflict Handling and Mediation
Singing
Dancing
Playing music - guitar++
Indian devotional music - kirtan and bhajan singing
Teaching high school
Sharing through the Joy Living and Learning Center - created by me and L'aura Joy (http://joylivinglearning.org)

• singing
• dancing
• vegan
• modeling
• music
• guitar
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Non-Violent Communication - A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg, You are the One You've Been Waiting For - Bringing Courageous Love to Intimate Relationships by Richard Schwarz, The Untethered Soul - Michael Singer, Getting Real by Susan Campbell, The Element by Sir Ken Robinson, Happiness by Matthieu Ricard

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekked thru the himalayas and lived with the villagers in Ladakh, North India, after surviving the scary scary bus ride from Manali to Leh... Kabir Yatra - two week bus ride with musicians from all over india, stopping in villages and playing the music of the Poet Saint Kabir until the wee hours of the morning...

Teach, Learn, Share

Restorative Circles, NonViolent Communication, Internal Family Systems, Mediation

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