I am a spiritual guide, poet, and musician. I lead meditation sessions and do healings. I improvise poetry on a manual typewriter at events. I play a bunch of instruments and my music is mainly improvisation as well.

Websites: www.antareanjourneys.com for my spiritual work. www.alandramarkman.com for creative work.

Social Media: @alandramarkman on Instagram and Twitter. Alandra Markman on Facebook, Star Nations, International Starseed Network, Ashtar Command Tribe, and Bring 4th.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was on Couchsurfing during its first incarnation. This was before social media was a big thing, and this was a small and highly trusting community. I used CS a lot, surfing a lot and sometimes hosting, for about 6 years while traveling the US and Canada and living a houseless monastic lifestyle. Now I live a housed monastic lifestyle and I don't travel as much. A lot has changed both for me and for the site. I am eager to see what this community is like now and to make new friends on my infrequent trips outside of NOLA.

Interests

My primary interest is in Earth's Ascension from a 3rd dimensional to a 5th dimensional plane of existence. I can expound on this for hours.

• cats
• dogs
• arts
• culture
• books
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• dancing
• meditation
• walking
• music
• jazz
• ascension

Music, Movies, and Books

I mostly read metaphysical and channeled books, often split up into many volumes. I'm currently working on the Convoluted Universe series by the late hypnotherapist Dolores Cannon. The Law of One series channeling the 6th-dimensional entity Ra (by Rueckert and McCarty) is excellent. I recently read The Pleiadian Agenda by Barbara Hand Clow and I'm looking into her series of books channeled from the Pleiades star system.

Music: Jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman was my musical hero and mentor. He enriched my life immeasurably. Other artists I like are Joni Mitchell, Thelonious Monk, Keith jarrett, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Aesop Rock, Radiohead, Tinariwen, George Gershwin, R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, Charles Mingus, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, and Terry Riley.

Visual art: Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chris Ofili, Gustave Courbet.

Film/TV: Akira Kirowsawa, Louis Malle, Rick and Morty, Star Trek (especially DS9)

Poetry: John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, Amy Clampitt, Walt Whitman, Fernando Pessoa, Seamus Heaney, Eugenio Montale, Ovid

Fiction: Ursula K. LeGuin, Philip K. Dick, Miguel de Cervantes, Mikhail Bulgakov,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I survived a childhood and adolescence being sexually trafficked and tortured by satanic cultists.

Teach, Learn, Share

My soul comes from the Antares star system. I am a "starseed" and I am here to render spiritual service to the planet Earth, and to have loads of fun being in physical form as a person!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Highly inspired conversations. Poetry in many forms, I'm happy to offer you one of my poetry books. Music, especially if I have an instrument. Guided meditations and energy clearings/healings. Contact dance jams. I'm a decent cook.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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