CURRENT MISSION

Go with the flow, learn as I grow

ABOUT ME

Hi/Namaste/Hola/Peace! My name's Chetna, pronounced exactly how it's spelled and in Sanskrit, means "awareness." I relish the idea that when my aunt gave me my name, she knew I'd be a self-actualized nomad for knowledge. Either way, I try to live up to it all day errr day !

PHILOSOPHY

“The path spirals upward.” Siddhartha

We’re all somehow evolving toward betterment, we just may be at diverse levels of awareness. I try to practice hugging it out with conviction, remaining present to the moment at hand, exercising compassionate with myself and others, catching my ego when it gets swollen, and making art to process this human experience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Consistent evidence that people are indeed innately good, amazing and beautiful! Go J. Locke, you knew what's up

Interests

Interests include but are not limited to picnics in the park, summer festivals, home-cooking, sweaty dance parties, public transportation, psychology, paints and pencils and pastels, sunshine, bourbon old-fashioneds, Christmas lights all year 'round, board games, culturally-conscious art, yoga as life, earth tones

• arts
• festivals
• dancing
• cooking
• partying
• board games
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Especially love South African house music, soothing and soulful instrumentals, and afrobeat.

Frequently revisited books: Women Who Run with the Wolves, Eternal Echoes, Radical Dharma, The Body Keeps the Score, My Grandmother’s Hands, Siddhartha

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just one?! Got lost on Table Mountain in Cape Town with my inter-generational family. Painted a mural with a friend in Pijao, Colombia. Went from owning and cultivating a home in the burbs of Westminster, Colorado to being a wander living temporarily in a tiny house in a Berkeley, California.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, India, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Costa Rica, South Africa, Thailand, United States