Hello Couch Surfing community! My name is Mary-Hannah. I live close to the Earth in my little yurt in the woods in Western Massachusetts, United States.

I spend my days juggling my artistic practices - writing songs and poetry, creating performance, and making botanical perfumes for my apothecary. I have a small local practice which is focused on body-centered healing work and plant medicine, and am also a birth doula.

In my free time, I love to spend time walking in the woods or near water, and I practice a dance form called Contact Improvisation, which has communities of practice worldwide.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

While, traveling, I'd love to get to know locals and other travelers I might not otherwise meet. Perhaps we can stay in touch via letters :)

Interests

• contact improvisation
• herbal medicine
• performance
• healing arts
• ancestry

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martín Prechtel, The Bacchae by Euphrides, Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

Films: anything Jodorowsky

Music: Diane Cluck, Joana Newsom, Anais Mitchell, Andrew Bird, Arthur Russel, Tune-Yards

Teach, Learn, Share

I am passionate about herbs and plant medicine, nature connection, trauma resolution and polyvagal theory, embodied spirituality and contemplative practices, spirituality, grounded ritual, death activism, and a number of other topics - I'd be happy to converse about any of this and more.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I practice body-centered (somatic) meditation and movement. If this is something you're interested in, we can practice together. I'm also happy to cook and share a meal, or give a plant medicine consultation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Poland, Slovakia