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Overview

  • 20 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Swedish; learning Haitian, Haitian Creole, Spanish
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Primary School Teacher at a Waldorf School
  • Primary School Teacher Programme, Tv Production, Film mak...
  • From Helsingborg, Skåne County, Sweden
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Searching for balance in between being a mother of an amazing 4 year old and working as a teacher.
Still learning the art of living selflessly, harmoniously and full of loving compassion for all beings.

ABOUT ME

The journey of life is our greatest gift.
Traveling, in many sences is what being a person is all about. It's a mental, physical and spiritual process to open up for life's adventures.
Meeting fantastic people is what makes this community so incredible. I love traveling, not as an outsider-tourist but as a nomad and neighbor.
We are now living closer and more involved with each other in our globalized world, that is all our's to explore. Maybe we will have the chance to meet and experience life together!
Take great care of yourself and spread the good vibes.

PHILOSOPHY

Love the life you live and live the life you love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting interesting souls. Being reminded of the generosity and kindness of humanity.

Interests

FILM. Watching but even more so, making.
ART. I paint and plan many creative projects.
DANCE. I've been dancing all my life and can't live without it.
MUSIC, of course. I'm a passionate listener and enjoy going to concerts.
WATER. I'm often referred to as the seal. Once I get into the water I can't get out.
BEACH LIFE. That is pretty much my dream, constantly having sand between my toes.
ADVENTURE. Searching for the ultimate experience in all situations is my major goal in life.
LIVING FULLY.

  • arts
  • performing arts
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • clubbing
  • traveling
  • painting
  • music
  • hiking
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Tony Gatlif, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Roy Andersson, Lukas Modysson, Lars von Trier, Roberto Benigni, Jim Jarmusch, Ingmar Bergman, Bernardo Bertolucci, Susanne Bier, Tim Burton, Jane Campion, Nick Cassavetes, Larry Clark, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Wim Wenders, Milos Forman, Alejandro González Iñarritu, Werner Herzog, Tony Scott, Quentin Tarantino, Sally Potter and many more.

Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos,Jackson Brown, Fleet Foxes, Devandra Banhart, Kings of Leon, Beatles, James Taylor, Amos Lee, Aretha Franklin, Björk, Billie Holiday, Alison Krauss, Ane Brun, Benny Goodman, Bob Dylan, Camarón, Canned Heat, Cat Power, The Entrance Band, Crosby,Stills,Nash&Young, Eddie Vedder, Elbicho, Leda Tres, Elvis, Jewel, Joe Cocker, Led Zeppelin, Marc Cohn, Ray Lamontagne, Sufjan Stevens and many more.

Siddhartha, A new earth, Eat,pray,love, Into the wild, Into the forest, Girlfriend in a coma, The dice man, Indecision, The Alchemist and so many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Been invited home to the great artist Louise Bourgois in Manhattan to show her my art. Had the privalege to live by the arctic cirlce and perform a cuban dance at a 400-year old fair of the indiginous Sami people of northern Scandinavia. Met 3 amazing men during a road trip in the American south, one let us sleep in his beach house, another invited us to stay with him in his trailer and the third was "The barefoot Jesus" who owned not a penny nor shoes and wandered around spreading God's word- surrealistic. Then of course hiking the camino de Santiago de Compostela, finding a home in Jerez in Spain and being invited to stay with the most traditional and generous Moroccan family in Méknes. But there is so much that I forgot to add.

Teach, Learn, Share

Conversation, sharing of perspectives, dance, yoga, walk

What I Can Share with Hosts

Time, ideas, insight, dreams, reflections.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United States

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