My name is Katie and I am an energetic optimistic female who loves to travel! I enjoy being active and love exploring new places! I've moved back to Canada after beening away from home for nearly two and a half years, traveling, working abroad and loving life! Although I may not always be available to
Host guests, I love to show people around Winnipeg!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on couch surfing because I love to experience places with the locals! Get the real vibe of the places I visit and meet great people along the way!

Interests

So many things I love in life, to name a few: travel, adventure, yoga, meditation, dance, singing, running, surfing, reading, movies, scuba diving, sky diving, bungee jumping, musical theatre, music, hiking/treking, animals (especially dogs), camping... The list could go in for days but let's leave it at that for now.

• animals
• dogs
• singing
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• yoga
• pilates
• running
• instructor
• meditation
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• languages
• sign language

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: practically all music but especially Musical theatre, Faouzia, Tash Sultana, Pentatonix, Hey Ocean!, Die Antwood, & Justin Timberlake, to name a few
Books: Wild, The art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein, Inferno by Dan Brown, (as well as Angels and Demons), A thousand splendid suns, Book of Negroes, Hunger Games
Movies: another tough one.. Anything Disney or Pixar (everything from Moana and Frozen to the classics), Django, Law Abiding Citizen, Paranormal Activity, Maleficent

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Great White shark cage dive

Teach, Learn, Share

Meditation, specifically Vippassana meditation
I am a certified clinical Pilates instructor and can also teach yoga
I would LOVE to learn how to play guitar!
Also love learning languages! Currently attempting to teach myself Spanish and American Sign Language!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My positive energetic spirit! I would love to Share adventures and inspiration for travel and life! Happy to teach Pilates and/or yoga if Hosts would like! I also really enjoy cooking and baking and would happily share some of my world famous Katie treats!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belize, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, New Zealand