I'm on Couchsurfing to explore new places, meet other adventurous humans, share meaningful connection, exchange cultures and ideas, embrace new experiences, stretch my comfort zones, and choose love over fear.
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** For hosts: I have couch-surfed before, but it was a few years ago (in Korea and Australia) and I'm having trouble finding that old account. I've also hosted many friends and some friends of friends, but owe some CS hosting karma once I have a house where frequent guests are ok.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

For more affordable and more connected travel. Locals have the best knowledge to share, and experiencing new places can be so much more fun and meaningful with new friends. Also, when traveling, I love to get an intimate perspective of a place. When possible, I love to stay for longer periods of time, getting to know the neighborhood, the people, the customs, and feeling not just an observer but a part of it. When I don't have a lot of time, I still enjoy meeting people and learning how a particular place has become their home and getting a chance to see it through their eyes.
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Intereses

• beauty
• coffee
• vegetarian
• organic food
• yoga
• meditation
• gardening
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• sustainability
• kindness
• ayurveda
• community
• foraging
• herbalism
• natural medicine
• ecstatic dance
• hiking in the mountains
• jyotish

Música, películas y libros

Music: Kirtan & Devotional sanskrit chanting. Still love heavy electronic music with sweet melodies - epsecially for working out. Live music, especially with violin and cello. [Love the cello.] I reminisce on intentional hip hop like Living Legends, big bass like Glitch Mob, and love the confluence of music types like Big Gigantic (big bass meets live Saxophone. mmmm)
Not really into country, heavy metal (those days were in my youth), any music focused on hate.

Movies:
These days, I prefer the light-hearted movies or comedies, or those that bring you up. I also enjoy independent films or artsy films. #Feminism - lead female roles and powerful women are cool. Documentaries that inspire are also awesome.
Likes - Amelie; Hunt for the Wilder People; Captain Fantastic; The Book Thief; Fantastic Beasts, Little Miss Sunshine; Arrival; La-La-Land;

Algo increíble que he hecho

I SCUBA dived at an international cleaning station and got a manicure beneath the waves by wild little cave crabs.

I sang to, caught, and released a spitting cobra that had found its way into my bathroom. And I'm still alive. *Learned it was a spitting cobra after the fact*

I backpacked a small section of the PCT, by myself, and was serenaded in the night by sasquatch - didn't see him though.

I drove across the Nullabor (Australia) in 4 days, in an RV, with a stranger I met slack-lining in a park. *We both needed to get to Sydney.*

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Yoga - If you get me started I can share a lot on this one - the philosophy, the physical practices, the subtle energy effects, how to meditate, the benefits of mindfulness practices from a neuroscience perspective, personal experiences. Yoga is life (and it's not just gymnastics.). Also studying jyotish and ayurveda, which are other less familiar limbs of yogic knowledge.

Also, if you go hiking with me, especially in western US, I will give you wild plants to eat or show you how to find and identify edible, delicious berries. I'll tell you the local geology, and point out elk and bear tracks in the mud. I love natural history, and feel the best way to get to know a new place is to get familiar with the local trees and plants - ESPECIALLY which ones are helpful, which are tasty, and which are dangerous. :)

Vegetarian cooking. Gardening skills.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Kindness. Cooking skills (vegetarian). Stories of adventures, travel, wilderness, metaphysics.
Traveling advice, especially for newbie travelers or those wanting some travel wisdom for the West Coast USA, SE Asia, Eastern Australia.
Private yoga session.
Intro to meditation. free meditation resources to relieve anxiety, stress, challenging emotions.

Países que he visitado

Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, South Korea, Thailand

Países en los que he vivido

Australia, Indonesia