Liana: I am an Artist, Florist & Photographer, originally from Cape Cod, Ma. I am a rugged nature lady with lots of experience gardening, farming, dancing, yoga.. I love to cook & get crafty, I can paint or draw just about anything, I LOVE getting my hands in the dirt and I have a HUGE interest in Tropical Horticulture. I'm a big believer in alternative medicine & living naturally. You are what you eat! Not a cigarette smoker, not a big drinker, but I do love to go out & dance, or stay home & chill, listen to music & meet great people!!

Ryan, my bff- Is an extremely gifted yoga teacher & body worker. He is high-energy, enthusiastic, motivated, mover & groover!! We have lived together in Boston for 3 years. He went to school and worked in the Architecture field for a while before realizing his passion was in the architecture of the body. He's been practicing yoga for 10 years and has been studying with (literally) world renowned teachers very religiously for a long time. I know he will be eager to share his knowledge and passion with anyone.

We both made a beautiful garden out of our dirt-hole of our front yard with vertical palettes of flowers, vegetables and bulbs in barely any space at all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are new to CS - traveling together for 3 months January thru March.. and possibly beyond! We are hoping to get connected with like-minded, chill individuals & make the most out of time in Costa Rica. I have met some amazing people in my travels and I wish I had signed up for CS years ago! I feel like meeting people through CS will be the best way to get a sense of the community & true vibe of whatever place we are visiting.

Interests

Tropical plants, gardening, floral design, wildlife photography, crafting, cooking, yoga, dance, living simply, eating well, hiking, biking, learning spanish & surfing!

• wildlife
• arts
• architecture
• design
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• gardening
• clothing
• flowers
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• calligraphy
• teaching
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Rocksteady, funk, soul, blues, afrobeat, salsa, ANYthing you can dance to!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

ONE??? Liana won a Fulbright to photograph elephants in Africa (for a year) and speaks some Swahili, Ryan has bartered all of his advanced yoga training (not advanced yoga poses, advanced understanding and therapy) for bodywork.

Teach, Learn, Share

We would LOVE help with our Spanish!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Liana: garden help and advice (she'll probably get in the dirt regardless), sign art, calligraphy, photography and video.

Ryan: led yoga just because or for personal assistance in injury and advice, massage and bodywork does not take the usual form of no clothes and oil, asian-inspired and myofascial-bodywork for injury and rehabilitation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Costa Rica, Panama, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Tanzania, United States