I love my family and friends, playing music, cooking (mostly curries and vegan food), yoga & tai chi, animals, mushrooms, reading, and traveling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people while seeing the world, and to help others do the same

Interests

• concerts
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• board games
• reading
• music
• outdoor activities
• volunteering
• health
• nutrition
• ayurveda
• herbal medicine
• world religions
• chinese medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: mewithoutYou, Johnny Cash, Animal Collective, La Dispute, all the lo-fi Mountain Goats, System of a Down, Weird Al, Tenacious D, hip hop, Shins, Sufjan, Zomba Prison Project, world music (esp. Middle Eastern and Raga), Pavement, White Stripes, sometimes Modest Mouse
Books: The Giving Tree, Tolstoy, Kierkegaard, The Count of Monte Cristo, Siddhartha. And 90% nonfic religious/health-oriented

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived and studied at a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery for three months

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach yoga and tai chi as well as piano/drums/guitar/ukulele, am a good listener, and like to help people sort out their conundrums. I hope to be equipped to better sort out physical conundrums, too

I love to learn about different ways of seeing the world!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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