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Présentation

  • 2 avis 1 Confirmé et positif
  • Parle couramment  English; apprend  Japanese, Spanish
  • 35, Femme
  • Membre depuis 2010
  • Coding, teaching mindfulness and yoga
  • Economics, Software Engineering
  • de San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Profil renseigné à 100 %

À propos de moi

CURRENT MISSION

Explore the world and myself without a return date. Learn to trust in the unknown. Find joy in each moment.

In June, I'll be exploring spiritual practice and staying at Plum Village, a Buddhist monastery 1.5 hours from Bordeaux, France. In July, I'll start hiking the Camino de Santiago from the France/Spain border to Santiago -- a 500-mile journey through Spanish towns and countryside. After that, my journey is a mystery.

ABOUT ME

I'm currently on sabbatical from work as a software engineer; my last job was at Etsy (the handmade marketplace), where I worked on localizing and translating our English, US-based site for other markets and languages.

I'm a certified yoga teacher with experience practicing in vinyasa, Iyengar, and restorative traditions, and I've taught mindfulness education to kids for the last year.

WHAT I LIKE

Mindfulness, art, poetry, writing, farming, and teaching. People and stories.

I'd love to learn more about increasing access to education, intentional community living spaces, mindfulness and spirituality, and/or social good tech startups.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

To learn and share experiences with others.

My first couch-surfing experience was in Cardiff, Wales with an awesome host named Charlie. My friend and I ended up witnessing our first rugby match, heading to a dance club, and hanging out with Charlie and friends until late. It was a fantastic time in a new location hanging out with couch-surfers.

Centres d'intérêt

  • board games
  • social justice
  • buddhism
  • mindfulness
  • startups
  • organic farming
  • creative writing
  • dinner parties

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Music: Sigur Ros, Imogen Heap, Tycho, Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, Edward Sharpe + The Magnetic Zeros, Jack Johnson
Authors: Wendell Berry, Rebecca Solnit, Thich Nhat Hanh

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I hiked the Inca Trail in Peru, spent two months helping to launch a mobile payments app in Mumbai, India, taught myself to code in 3 months.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I can teach and share vinyasa yoga, meditation, Javascript coding, reiki, farming efforts, joy.

Pays que j'ai visités

Andorra, Cambodia, China, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Vatican City State

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

United Kingdom, United States

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