CURRENT MISSION

I'm enjoying life with my wife, with my music, with my friends, and riding the waves of change

ABOUT ME

I'm more outgoing when I'm out in the world, and quieter at home. Sun in Cancer and Moon in Leo, so home and family are kind of my sanctuary for harmony and recharging. I earned an engineering degree and worked for a couple years before letting my passion for drumming lead me, and have been a full-time musician for 25 years. I studied energy healing and Family Constellations, and have a healing practice.

PHILOSOPHY

If you seek the Buddha, then you have the Buddha. If you do not seek the Buddha, then you are. Have fun, be interested in other people, remember there is a bigger picture in every moment. Honor those who have come before and made this life possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I travel in the US a few times a year and have just joined, so would love to meet new people this way. Would like to host occasionally and show new friends our town.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have just talked to one very friendly and helpful guy in Memphis on my latest trip, haven't stayed with someone or hosted someone yet.

Interests

West African music, healing and spirituality, meditation, morphogenetic fields, Batman, Atlanta Braves, hiking and camping, the Upper Peninsula wilderness of Michigan, the TaKeTiNa rhythm journey

• meditation
• traveling
• music
• drums
• hiking
• camping
• olympics
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Jim Harrison is my favorite author. Currently reading Kabbalistic Healing by Jason Shulman. I love Youssou N'Dour, Habib Koite, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore, Fela Really impressed with the movie 'In the Valley of Elah' recently

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Performed in the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta

Teach, Learn, Share

I play, carve and repair djembe drums. I have studied the subtle energies of the human energy field with Barbara Brennan, and the dynamics of the family soul through the Constellation Approach with Peter and Jamy Faust. I am fascinated by how consciousness shifts under the influence of multiple simultaneous rhythms.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Greece, Guinea, Italy, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States