I'm an explorer by nature, and I keep nature as my compass. If I have ambition at all, it's for love, courage and wisdom. Simplicity, compassion, integrity- these are what are important to me.

Although a voracious reader, I tend to place the most value on experiential understandings.

I enjoy healthy earthy pleasures like good food and music, recognize the relationship between self-discipline and wellbeing, and have a desire to be someone others can trust and relate to.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

What's not to like about a community-driven alternative to the confusion and frenetic pace of tourist-trap travel? This way I can meet interesting people, share experiences and ideas with them, be immersed in foreign cultures and places, all in an authentic way. And should any friends I make come to Australia, I can offer them the same opportunities: win/win!

Interests

Music, poetry, surfing, travel, cooking, plants, meditation, Vedic astrology, Ayurveda, Yoga, politics, history, literature, philosophy, sailing, spirituality, anthropology, ethnobotany and much more. Total nerd! 🤓

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• meditation
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• sailing
• anthropology
• ecology
• spirituality
• health
• organic gardening
• vedic astrology

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Mulatu Astake, Bob Dylan, Air, Gil Scott Heron, Cinematic Orchestra, John Coltrane, Akua Naru, Orchestra Baobab, Portishead, Nina Simone, The Roots, Axe, Nawang Khechog, Robert Glasper, John Martyn, Love, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest, Cymande, Blackbyrds, Dirty Three, Tim Maia, Joni Mitchell, Tool, Kayhan Kalhor, Yo Yo Ma, Gilberto Gil

LITERATURE: Rumi, Kafka, Tolkien, Maya Angelou, Robert Bly, Herman Hesse, Alan Watts, James Baldwin, Chogyam Trungpa, Allen Ginsberg, Saul Williams, Adrienne Rich

TV: Deadwood, The Wire, Treme, Rome, Peep Show

FILM: Baraka + Samsara, Waking Life, Detachment, Fantastic Planet, The Guard, Sin Nombre, The Pianist, Good Will Hunting, Howl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met a teacher in the depths of the Ecuadorian Amazon, who introduced me to myself :)

Teach, Learn, Share

The path ahead is sharing. Sharing knowledge, experience, ideas, art -- anything that nourishes the human soul.

I am a qualified psychotherapist and am currently also studying Vedic astrology, Yoga and Ayurveda courses. I think holistic health is our birthright and tapping into the wisdom of ancient cultures is essential in reclaiming it.

I also coordinate a grassroots environmental campaign in Australia, protecting National Parks from exploitation by commercial forces. I strongly believe the natural world is our origin and destruction, and in this time of ignorance and destruction we need to protect 🌏

What I Can Share with Hosts

I don't have any remarkable skills, only an abiding fascination with the Mystery. This translates strongly into a keen interest in foreign cultures and ecologies — I am always thankful for opportunities to roam the world and experience life’s immense diversity. Hopefully I can provide my hosts with a helping hand and some good discussion in return for their hospitality :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Ecuador, India, Japan, Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia