Vipassana meditation, ashtanga yoga, and psychedelic therapy have all changed my life. I wake up early to meditate and practice/teach yoga, and would join you for music or a festival (if we can find one, Cambridge is small).

I grew up in Australia as a Singaporean-British third culture kid, spent my early 20s traveling and soul-searching mostly in Asia, then late 20s worked at Airbnb in San Francisco (inspired by CS!). Now in my 30s I'm finishing a PhD in psychiatric neuroscience.

I am generally calm and reflectively cheerful. I appreciate good coffee and tea.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had great experiences as a couchsurfing guest about ten years ago, and now I'm finally in a position to offer my home to others. I live alone now so it's always nice to meet travelers and swap stories.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• theater
• design
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• meditation
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• music
• violin
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• swimming
• economics
• history
• physics
• religion
• science
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - psytrance, house, melodic techno, not dnb. Classical and general spiritual atmospheric stuff is all great.
Books - Hermann Hesse, Iain Banks, Cixin Liu, Richard Bach, Kierkegaard ... there are many books.
Movies - I don't watch movies much but Dune is amazing?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cliche as it sounds, my view on life actually changed after spending a month in Tibet, or more specifically after recovering from a bedridden week of high fever in a Kathmandu Hotel as a result of hiking through snow to touch the holy mountain Mt Kailash and then sleeping at 5500m at Everest Base Camp on the China side ... the day I felt better I changed my plan and instead of continuing to India I bought a last minute flight to Taiwan.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach ashtanga yoga, and can ramble a bit about neuroscience.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States