Hello! I'm Shai- I am a curious, creative, social justice oriented human, and generally spend my time in a combination of traveling, exploring nature, and performing (I sing, act, and dance primarily!) . I work at a systems change oriented non-profit, but am hoping to eventually transition to performing full time.

I love connecting with people in different places to learn new perspectives, and even though I can be quiet sometimes (more the "museum/ hiking" type instead of partying/bars), I am quite partial to deep chats with new people and exploring places from a local perspective.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been on and off couchsurfing for the last 5 years and to me, couchsurfing represents the best parts of humanity-- especially in these polarizing times where we are all kind of in scarcity mindsets, I love to meet people who open their homes to strangers and want to connect with different kinds of individuals.

Interests

I like learning new things, building justice oriented community and exploring the world- I like looking for opportunities to leave things better than when I found them. I try to apply this concept to people too!

As far as interests, I'm pretty all over the place. Here are a variety of things that I am passionate about: backpacking, burlesque, aerials/ circus, singing, dance, watercolors, reading, yoga, meditation, slacklining, anthropology, reading, running

• arts
• singing
• dancing
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• hiking
• backpacking
• anthropology
• ballet
• social justice
• cello
• musical theatre
• enneagram
• lgbtq

Music, Movies, and Books

I am always in the middle of many books, and also excited about hearing any recommendations you might have.

some favorite books: A Tale for the Time Being, The Death of Vivek Oji, Written on the Body, The History of Love, Picture of Dorian Gray, Notes from Underground, The Goldfinch, The Night Circus, Radical Dharma, Polysecure, I Hope We Choose Love, and anything Octavia Butler, adrienne maree brown, and Brené Brown

not so much into movies but a few that have touched my heart: Harold and Maude, How to Train Your Dragon, Amélie, Les Choristes, Inside Out, Everything Everywhere all at once!

Music: anything musical theatre and classical obviously, but otherwise some random favorites include---- Stars, Ruby Ibarra, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Ani DiFranco, Sleeping at Last, MIKA, Jukebox the Ghost, Cat Stevens, Regina Spektor, Florence and the Machine, Amanda Palmer, the Mountain Goats, Alanis Morissette, The Hoosiers

What I Can Share with Hosts

deep conversation, music, meditation and yoga skills; lots of gratitude

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Cambodia, Canada, France, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States