CURRENT MISSION

Get to know Oviedo and Asturias (my new home)

ABOUT ME

friendly, funny...insightful? I love dancing and being outdoors...I'm a proud Celt and keen to learn about traditional Asturian culture. I'm learning ancient Mexican healing techniques. My longterm goal is to create a creative, spiritual school.

PHILOSOPHY

remember to breathe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I did quite a bit of couchsurfing a few years ago in Mexico, met some lovely people and had a good time :) I'm moving to Oviedo in August (I have a job at a school, teaching English), and I need to meet some people, make friends, practise my Spanish, and discover the best places to go dancing.

Interests

nature, magic, dancing, dreaming, writing, people

• writing
• dancing
• magic

Music, Movies, and Books

Takeshi Kitano, David Lynch, independent movies and stuff with subtitles

Lots of latin and folk music, but also like jazz, rock, pop, most things, anything I can dance to

Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Borges, Rumi!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

La Danza de Luna - a traditional spiritual ceremony in Mexico - dancing all night for four nights in the desert.

Teach, Learn, Share

The things I'd like to learn are:
Spanish, Asturian
salsa, kizomba, bachata, Asturian dance
how to live in harmony with the natural world

I can teach:
English and Creative Writing
Cornish and other Celtic dancing
some shamanic healing techniques and meditation

What I Can Share with Hosts

A smile and some terrible jokes

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Mexico, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United Kingdom