I adore adventures in beautiful wild places with intriguing characters. For 7 years, my adventures were in my backyard as I was living on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's easier to travel less when this was home. Now I'm back in California and living in the Nevada City area. If you live here or are visiting & wish to meet up for a hike or tea then reach out. If I have some open time then I'd enjoy making a new friend or two.

It's easy for me to connect with a wide range of people. I'm a scientist by training, thus I investigate the world with depth + curiosity. Yet I left academia to explore in creative ways beyond the intellectual.

"I don't usually share this with anyone," is a line that I hear often + that confirms to me that I'm being me: co-creating an experience that allows people to feel safe + dive deeper into intriguing stories and experiences.

Deep listening is one of my gifts.

Global nomad (third culture kid) = that's someone who as a child lives in two or more cultures, without integrating into the culture. Being a TCK is fascinating life journey as I easily land into new places and find connection points with a wide range of people.

My internal adventures have also included figuring how to find integration and return to health after my body gets imbalanced. Being a sensitive person, this world can sometimes feel overwhelming. I've found that changes in diet, consistent yoga and other movement practices plus meditation and time in nature does wonders for my health. Yes, I can geek out on inner work as that's a delight for me. IFS (inner family systems) is my recent favorite framework for hiking inner trailheads.

Being mystical, inquisitive and soulful, I've been asking lots of questions since I was a little kid.

Two quotes that guide me:
David Whyte:"You must learn one thing: the world was made to be free in. Give up all the other worlds except the one to which you belong. Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you."

Rilke: "Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves...Don't search for the answers which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything."

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

Building connections among people (especially different people) is key for our planet's future. Love being part of it!

Strangers turning into friends is such a gift!

People who have hosted me then came to surf with me! Yay! Some past hosts and surfers are still in my life as friends. Yay.

Centres d'intérêt

I've experientially studied various healing modalities and participated in many ceremonial traditions.

These days, while living in Hawaii, I'm in silent retreat with my boyfriend for four days out of the week. Silent retreats are amazing. I've participated in them with various organizations and now these at-home ones are wonderful.

There are many fruit trees over 20 feet tall whose seed I placed into soil and have tended. It's amazing to see fruit and nut trees flourish. Yup, I've been growing trees here. I used to volunteer at tree plantings earlier in life and it's a joy to pick fruit off trees I've grown from seed. Plus I make cacao nibs that also has been grown from seed. Such a gift to experience.

National parks + I = good friends. I've spent plenty of time hiking trails and snorkeling/diving the oceans. Being in nature brings me alive.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• teaching
• parks

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

My favorite music lately is silence, with a background of live birds and crickets. I also adore a wide range of electronica, world beat, and consciousness promoting.

Books:
Gene Keys, Anam Cara, Atlas of the Heart, Nature and the Human Soul, Siddhartha, One, A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot), Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Body Keeps the Score, If Women Rose Rooted, Wise Power, The Gifts of Imperfection, A Gentleman in Moscow, No Recipe, Radical Acceptance, Sacred Instructions, Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection (I know, a strange one to list perhaps yet Deb Dana's work is so helpful!).

Movies: Matrix, Spirited Away, Truman Show, Inception

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I left the academic bubble for the unknown.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

Various healing and therapeutic modalities for stabilizing the nervous system, befriending one's parts and healing trauma. Especially loving IFS.

I spend lots of time in silence with my boyfriend while out in wild, beautiful places or at home. Enjoy spending time with people who are into that sort of experience.

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

My boyfriend and I are working on a book for middle grade readers that explores friendship, intuitive gifts and figuring out the mystery of yourself. Ask me more. Perhaps you can even be one of our beta readers?

I attended Burning Man for seven years - and many smaller connected festivals over the past decade.

If you're interested in nature adventures, water dancing or nomadic travel or mystical awakenings or working with energy or … yea, I'm into all of that and am happy to share.

Expanded consciousness. It's a state of being for me. If you wish to play in some new ways then I'm happy to explore what it means to perceive reality in various ways.

I've studied a range of self-healing techniques and am happy to share. I can also offer a session of Karuna Reiki (energy of compassion) if you'd like to experience a healing session.

Pays que j'ai visités

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Peru, South Korea, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Italy, Nigeria, Poland, United States

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