Travel more regularly to scenic destinations like mountains and forests, do interesting activities with people - there is so much to do in this world besides just being in city routines!
Having said that, born and grew up in South Africa with Finnish and Polish roots, but 13 years in Helsinki, Finland.

ABOUT ME
I believe we all have amazing talents. We just need the right tools, the right environment, the right people, and the right beliefs about ourselves, and those tools, environments, and people, in order to be the best we can be. Luck helps too. :)
For myself, I find as many ways as possible to express myself based on my strengths and values, to create a life that is extraordinary for myself and hopefully others. In sports, art, design, travel, teaching, food, dance, music, and spoken/written communication. A life I would be excited to tell stories about, when I am 70, 80, 90, or even just tomorrow. To you, or the next person.

PHILOSOPHY
I watch and learn from how nature is. An Embodied Philosophy is what I appreciate. So then, what are the metaphors we understand and embody and thus communicate?

Apart from that, I had written in the past:
You see the opportunity because you understand yourself (or want to learn more about yourself). You take the opportunity because you demand that desire, courage, self-belief, and learning, are more important than fear and failure. You get experience to understand yourself better. You write the story, to spur yourself onwards and upwards, to greater/different rewards. You create the opportunity for others to see, but isn’t always so necessary. And so the cycle starts again. For you. For others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting up with people in the city, or host with a mattress to crash on.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met others who have used CouchSurfing. Haven't hosted yet. Met a really helpful person from the US who gave me some pointers on owning a business.

Interests

I find it fun to explore — the world through travel, the mind and body through walking, art, sport, reading, physical activities, and meeting people, and technology through photography (including Timelapse)/videography, like from my drone, and digital 2D and 3D design, using 3D printers and laser cutters.
Ambivert — introvert or extrovert, when needed, I suppose.
I’ve been fascinated about lines and the shapes one can create with them, whether freehand in art, or using mathematics in graphic and product design, along with learning animation.
Going out with a few friends, or just by myself to meet new people, to a night club with good funky, progressive and house and trance music is my scene, where I love to dance! I’ve tried my hand at making some music with Ableton Live and learning to play piano, and just drumming with a cajun/drum box.
I spent time on learning neuro- and bio- psychology, to understand how this system of brain and body work together. Incredible. Complex. Beautiful. :) (Acro)yoga in the past…
In the past few years, yin yoga, yoga nidra, calisthenics, Pilates, breathwork (or “play”), self-directed hypnosis/hypnotherapy, became a focus to heal/restore myself, having experienced fibromyalgia-/Myofascial pain syndrome-related symptoms.
Skiing and snowboarding - any time :)
I’ve wondered about hang gliding…looks amazing to glide like a soaring vulture.

• arts
• design
• photography
• acting
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• yoga
• pilates
• clubbing
• drones
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• tennis
• business
• engineering
• mathematics
• psychology
• mountains
• hypnosis

Music, Movies, and Books

Fan of Tim Burton movies- Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands...
Most Pixar films-Up, Wall-E, Toy Story 1-3. Christopher Nolan films like Inception. Dunkirk. Tenet. Memento. Oppenheimer.
Wildlife doccies. Just saw BBC's Earthflight Africa. Awesome.
Books, in the past, one is "This is your brain on music", "Screw it. Let's do it.", “The Master and His Emissary”, "The Elephant Whisperer", just incredible. A few autobiographies likes Andre Agassi’s “Open”.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ride on top of elephants in Zambia! :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Show you around Helsinki, by bicycle or walking, day or night, city or national park areas, make some food together. Share about the mind/body/environment connection, in getting the most out of it. Share stories about living in South Africa, London, Aspen, Finland, Poland, France, The Netherlands. In winter time, ice skating, especially on the sea! :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Perspectives, stories, facilitate felt self-transforming experiences, food preparation, guided walks.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, France, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States

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