CURRENT MISSION

learning, teaching, healing, research, training

ABOUT ME

I am from the Andes mountains.
I'm fascinated by consciousness.
My passions are learning and healing.
Music feeds my soul.
Rhythm is my drug of choice.
Laughter is my favorite medicine.
Love is the source of my inspiration.
I am silly.

PHILOSOPHY

My archetypes (and values):

* Wizard (wisdom)
* Seer (awareness)
* Healer (peace)
* Lover (love)
* Warrior (concentration)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had an incredible time couch surfing in Hawaii and getting a local to show me around Oahu. I also surfed with a few nice hosts in Boston. I've hosted several people in Santa Cruz.

Interests

massage, Reiki, Tantra, Yoga and Qigong, martial arts, music, integrative medicine, neuroscience, biophysics, chemistry, computational and molecular biology, software development, order and chaos, full-moon parties, drumming, meditation, hypnosis, consciousness, passion, dancing, forests, mountains, lakes

• arts
• dancing
• wine
• yoga
• massage therapy
• meditation
• partying
• technology
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• martial arts
• wrestling
• biology
• chemistry
• languages
• medicine
• neuroscience
• physics
• software
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS:
I Ching, Tao Te Ching, The Illuminatus Trilogy, The Never-Ending Story, Momo, Zen and the Brain, Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, Diamond Age, The Baroque Series (in other words, anything by Neal Stephenson), Neuromancer, poetry by Rumi, Neruda and Hafiz

MOVIES:
Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Wiz, Office Space, Waking Life, Run Lola Run, Trainspotting, Pi, Good Will Hunting, A Beautiful Mind, The Matrix, Vanilla Sky, Lord of the Rings, Bowling for Columbine, Siddhartha, Ayurveda, Shaolin Soccer, Garden State, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Legend of the Drunken Master, Rabbit-Proof Fence

MUSIC:
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Orbital, Shpongle, Infected Mushroom, Prana, Astral Projection, FSOL, Kraftwerk, Dead Can Dance, Tabla Beat Science, Indian, Cuban, Haitian, Andean, Arab, & Indonesian

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I learned a semester of physics in one week!
I represented California's interests in medicine, technology and tea as a delegate on a trade mission to Hunan province, China.
I won the California state Greco-Roman wrestling championships while in high school.
I've been traveling the world non-stop for the last 2 years.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach yoga, qigong, martial arts, massage therapy, drumming, and web development.

I want to learn Japanese and Mandarin Chinese languages, and Spanish and Italian cuisines.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can provide great wine, massage, tea, stories, music, and martial arts lessons.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, France, India, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cayman Islands, Colombia, United States

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