CURRENT MISSION

To live as fully as possible

ABOUT ME

**I am currently not available for couch requests:) My life has become very busy and I only check this profile every couple of months. I'm keeping my profile open in order to keep in touch with the wonderful people I've already met here and for when my life calms down enough for me to host people again.

I am a peace-loving hippie, meditating, Buddhist farmer turned kink/BDSM worker. Hey, it's what pays the bills:) And I actually find it very fulfilling in certain spiritual, intellectual, and emotional ways that are hard to describe unless you have been in a similar situation.

I consider myself to be an introvert that has taught herself to be an extrovert. Traveling and having to make friends on the spot helped a lot with that. As has my experience with meditation and becoming more comfortable in my own skin. I sincerely value internal exploration, growth, and learning. When in my house, it is my time to get my introvert needs met, and I prefer surfers that can go with the flow, take care of themselves, but can also come together to cook a meal or hang out when the time is right.

I consider myself a good surfer. I am self-reliant and always try to give something back to whomever I'm staying with, from cooking a meal to just washing the dishes/cleaning. I am, in many ways, a giver, and have just learned to really embrace that part of myself.

As of right now I am extremely busy with work and just life in general. I'm trying to be better about checking my requests here after having slacked off for a couple of months. That being said, if you are looking for a host that can spend a lot of time with you, I am probably not the best fit at this point in my life. I would love to talk and get to know each other and I would love to cook you dinner (and if you want to help that is even better! I love cooking with people!), but then I am going to have to get up and get some work done. Also, although I would really like to be, I am not really available for coffee and such. I barely have time for the friends that I have right now.

PHILOSOPHY

"Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary.
This question is one that only a very old man asks. Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long long paths, but I am not anywhere. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it." --The Teachings of Don Juan

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I believe that the more you are able to open yourself and give to others, the more that you are able to receive.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been a host and a surfer, and have had (almost) nothing but good experiences with both sides. The negative experiences I have had have been from men who see the BDSM part on my profile and extrapolate a certain type of lifestyle that they think I live. I am actually quite reserved in many ways. There are no wild sex parties that happen here.

Interests

gardening (when I have time)
reading
dancing
cooking
baking bread
breaking bread
seed saving
sewing
hiking
snow-shoeing
nutrition
sprouted grains and flours
BDSM/kink
alternative sexualities
any type of alternative lifestyle

• dancing
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• meditation
• partying
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I love movies: I love Ozu, John Waters, Fellini (8 1/2 is one of my favorite movies of all time), Wong-Kar Wai, Billy Wilder, old Maurice Chevalier and Fred Astaire, and any cheesy Bollywood movie I get my hands on.

Favorite books(at least right now, they tend to change alot): One Straw Revolution, by Masanoba Fukuaka. Crime and Punishment, My Journey to Lhassa, by Alexandra David-Neel.

Music: So random, I can't even begin to list. I don't like hard-core rap or new country but that is about it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think that everything is amazing, if one looks at it from the right perspective.

Although looking back through my life, the first sweat lodge I participated in, where my walls broke down and I saw what true compassion looked like will always stick in my memory as a seminal moment for me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I loooooove to cook! On the more spiritual level, I can tell you about vipassana and my experiences with it, although I am still quite a beginner. One of my quests is to combine spirituality with the BDSM lifestyle, and if you are interested in that, I would love to share my experiences with it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, India, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Germany, United States

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