I'm Rosalie, I'm from the Netherlands but live in a tiny village not far from Edinburgh now, with my awesome daughter.

I'm interested in many things, but things are centring around, basically, what I'm doing for a living now: art, nonviolence and mental health.

I work with a community called NGL (Nonviolent global Liberation), which works for systemic change on many levels. Though our explorations in and experimentation with nonviolence, we are collectively learning how to integrate nonviolence into life on many different levels, from internal to ourselves to working with organisations on how to, for example shift to gift economy or change their conflict management or decision-making systems. It's amazing to be art of this!

I have an art background and had a practice until I became a mother in 2013. Only since about one year am I picking this up again, focusing on Shibori, a Japanese technique of manipulating and dyeing textiles in order to create various patterns. It's lovely to have fallen in love again with something art-related!

I also have a deep interest in mental health, and have gone from doing a lot of inner work myself to now facilitating a mental health cafe whichI really love. I love all these things! I'm currently doing a course in counselling and will soon start a masters in Art Psychotherapy.

I also unschool my daughter, so she's with me most of the time.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I really like the idea of hosting and being hosted just for the love of meeting new people and get to know new places from the inside out. I don't travel that much now but I have travelled and lived in various parts of the world and would like to start again going more places, maybe with my daughter, hopefully avoiding any tourist traps and just witnessing what real life is like for people in different places in the world.

音乐、电影和书籍

so many!
Books of the moment: I got into fantasy a few years ago with Ursula LeGuin's books which I loved. I've been reading Robin Hobb's books for months now and also really enjoy these. Apart from that I tend to read lots of nonfiction books, bit by bit, at once. Right now some of these are: 'Breath' by James Nestor, 'How to change your mind' by Michael Pollan, 'taming gaming' by Andy Robertson, 'Shaman, healer, sage' by Alberto Villoldo, and more!
Music of the moment: I'm not listening to music much atm. Sometimes I put on something, like Bach or a playlist of traditional West-African music....
I try not to be on screens too much and sometimes watching something feels like more input than I want, so I haven't seen any films for aaaages but I enjoy the occasional documentary.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Hmmm. Got a bit lost in the hills of northern Guinee (West Africa) and got help from an old lady who also insisted on carrying my backpack all the way to her village in the rain, on her head! Ok, I guess it's not me who did the amazing thing here, but the old lady, really. :-)

Giving birth to and raising a child is a continuously amazing experience too!

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

My food: would be nice to eat together.
My company if we both feel like it, I love to hear people's stories and I love conversations that have depth.
Walks on one of the amazing beaches or woods in the area.
Tips on where to go in the area or in Edinburgh
A coffee at one of the nice cafe's....
You can join me for the local 5 Rhythms session if it's on!

我游览过的国家

Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Gambia, Germany, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Italy, Mali, Poland, Senegal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

我居住过的国家

Indonesia, Netherlands, Scotland, United States