CURRENT MISSION

Here & now

ABOUT ME

I'm always up to discover anything new which make me feel surprised like a little child. That's why I just love to wander in my city, because there is always something new to discover in a place you think you know so well, and this really makes my day! :) I also tried a lot of things to see what it is like, like playing on a didgeridoo, sitting on the head of an elephant, meditating 10 hours a day during 10 days in silence, smoking a cigar, milking a goat, eating insects (although i'm a vegetarian), tapdancing,...

I like dancing tango once in a while, to feel the soft warm wind in spring or summer caressing my face while driving my bicycle, to listen to silence, to try to obtain more unity in body & mind and with the world around me.

PHILOSOPHY

If all the days look alike, it's because we don't see the good things anymore that cross our life daily.

A turtle can tell more about the route than a hare.

Under pressure everything gets flat.

Dare.

Being free of wishes leads to inner peace.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS meetings & events in Antwerp & Brussels, couch surfing in Bangkok, Israel, Argentina, Russia, France and Belgium, hosting people: all very positive and great experiences!

Interests

Honesty (from others to me, myself to others ánd me to myself), non-duality, yoga, zen shiatsu, tango dancing, links between languages & curiosity for ethymology of words, the pleasure of discovering new things and people.

• insects
• dancing
• tango
• vegetarian
• yoga
• traveling
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Departures, Twin Peaks (the series, not the movie), Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Festen, The Piano, Urga, movies of Almodovar, Los amantes del circulo polar, My life without me, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Motorcycle Diaries, Amores Perros, Y tu mama tambien, Cidade de Deus, C'est arrivé pres de chez vous, 21 grams, Lost in Translation, Pulp Fiction, La Historia Oficial, Gadjo Dilo, Finding Nemo,Como Agua para Chocolate, Touts les Matins du Monde, Exotica,...

Music: I used to listen more to music in the past, but now not so present in my life... If I listen to music now it's mostly calming music. Peter Broderick, Gayatri Mantra, Agnes Obel, classic music, Low, Anouar Brahem, Ravi Shankar, Naseer Shamma, Hooverphonic, Dead can Dance, Keith Jarret, Madredeus,...

If I want to dance, I can appreciate Latin music, tango music, 80's music, Manu Chao, gipsy & klezmer music, Debout sur le Zinc,...

Books: Ryszard Kapus›cin„ski, Alexandre Jardin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Milan Kundera, Ljoedmila Oelitskaja, Rosa Montero, non-fiction about life, art, other countries, psychology, biographies, self development, Krishnamurti,...............

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen: the desert of Atacama in Chili, landscapes in Kazakstan
Done: traveling in night trains in Russia

Teach, Learn, Share

I love learning new languages and use the languages I can speak already (I'm brushing up my Russian and still would like at least to learn Portuguese). Would love to help others improving one of the languages they are still learning to speak and which I speak of course.

I can offer a basic zen shiatsu relax treatment.

For the moment I'm helping immigrants building a new life in Belgium: very interesting to share multicultural experiences with people who come from all corners of the world. SO if you have any question about Belgium or Antwerp: I'm the (wo)man with (most of) the answers!

What else to share? Enjoying together the moment itself and contemplate together 'life'.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Nicaragua, Spain

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