ABOUT ME

Passionate, lover of life, seeker, yoga instructor, model, writer, researcher. I am in an MA program at University of Copenhagen in Cognitive Science and Phenomenology. I work with virtual and augmented reality as a tool for empathic communication. I study self-awareness, alterity (empathy), and embodied cognition.

** Nov-Feb 2016-17, my hosting is VERY limited due to time and my own travel. But if you need a place for a night or two, I'll consider hosting. However, I love to meet new people who share common interests.

Especially if you're into:
- Neuroscience
- Contemplative studies
- Modern Dance/Contact Improvisation
- French cinema from the 1960s
- Augmented Reality

MY RULES FOR HOSTING
- Normally limited to 1 person, but can host 2 if necessary
- Hosting requests for less than three days get priority
- I couch surf myself, and I always read people's profiles. If there is no personalization to your message, then I will not host you.
- You have to actually be open to hanging out a bit.
- While I love hanging out and sharing experiences, please be semi-autonomous.
++ MAJOR bonuses to guests who offer to cook, traveling musicians who can sing/play music, people in the yoga community, and anyone interested in a fun, short-term artistic collaboration.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I value sharing experiences and learning from people, and listening to someone who grew up in a different place and culture, and with different experiences. Conversation and exploring new parts of my own city and my host's city are really beautiful experiences. Also, I support the notion of a person-to-person economy, a sort of bartering where we provide and take care of one another and regard one another as purveyors of the human condition.

Interessen

Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation, Modern Dance, Contact Improvisation, Phenomenology, Neuroscience, Consciousness, Dynamic Systems, Self-Awareness, Alterity, Electronic Music, Art House Cinema, Cognitive Science, Empathy, Bhakti, Embodiment.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• singing
• dancing
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• instructor
• modeling
• meditation
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• electronic music
• neuroscience
• psychology
• science

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Music:
Bjork, Vashti Bunyan, The Rachels, The Books, Caribou, Bonobo, Philip Glass, Nick Cave, Lee Hazelwood, Brian Eno, Radiohead, Molly Nillson, Julia Holter, Colleen, Beirut, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Beatles, Kinks, David Bowie, Gang Gang Dance, Boards of Canada...

Movies:
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is my favorite the Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight series, The Double Life of Veronique, the Red/White/Blue series, Tarkovksy's Solaris, Bergman's Persona (need to see more Bergman), Woody Allen's Zelig and Stardust Memories, Chytilová's Daisies, Jodorowsky's Dance of Realty, Eyes Wide Shut, Woman of the Year (I love Katharine Hepburn), Aber Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), Sunset Boulevard, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Primer, The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and so many more.

Books:
Alan Watts, Bukowski, Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson, Merleau-Ponty, Alva Noe, Sartre, Bo Lazoff, Italo Calvino, Neil Gaiman, Herman Hesse, Philip K. Dick, Richard Brautigan, Tolstoy, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Hemmingway.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

- I created a first-person expert to novice training simulation for learning the creative skill of painting (https://youtu.be/7SSWd_1tg7Y) **shameless plug, but I am pretty proud of that project :)
- I presented at the Augmented Reality World Expo in Berlin in October 2016, and that was a pretty life-changing experience.
- I studied Raj Yoga (one of the oldest forms of yoga still taught and practiced) in Kullu, a tiny mountain valley village in Himachal Pradesh, India, for six weeks :)

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Augmented Reality developer/filmmaker, cognitive neuroscience MA student, dual-certified Yoga instructor, trained in Hatha/Vinyasa/Yin Yoga in the Krishnamacharya/Desikachar and Iyengar traditions at the Chicago School of Yoga and in Raj Yoga with the Himalayan Yoga Institute in Kullu, India. I also trained in Ashtanga Yoga at Moksha Yoga Chicago.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

- Yoga!
- Great conversation
- Knowledge of neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind and fun discussions/debates on consciousness
- Above-average cooking skills (mostly vegetarian)
- Witty sense of humor :)
- Obscure art cinema
- Drawing/Painting skills
- Mindful compassion
- Above average vegetarian cooking skills

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Canada, Denmark, India, United States