sreyalafayette.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There is a very special reason I'm on Couchsurfing—to fulfill my childhood dream.

That is to say, I've "walked the earth."

I backpacked solo through Asia and South America on a mission to ask local people across the globe, "what is your most transformative life experience?" and record a collection of true stories from cultures around the world.

The experience exceeded my wildest expectations, and I am thrilled to announce the release of A Beautiful Story Project! Now available on Amazon!

For more information, visit my website! sreyalafayette.com and check out IG: @sreyalafayette 🤍 passages from the book can be found in both places 🫶🏻

This project was inspired by a tremendous personal loss and my book shares insights on the science and philosophy behind the profound healing resources I discovered while traveling in Southeast Asia.

If you have any questions about my work or humanitarian initiatives, message on IG for the fastest response times 🪷🍃🫶⭐️

I'd love to hear from you!

Reach out anytime 🫶🤍

Interests

Being in nature, low-slope hikes. Being in cities, clean streets and sky scrapers. Being asleep, lucid dreaming. Being at work, Wu-wei days. When hours pass fast and then years pass faster. Work out partners, yoga partners, painting, unexpected live music, things that grow, enlightened people, funny metas including but not limited to curiosity (listed as an interest…) and also genuinely, I am interested in curiosity as an existential phenomenon.

Music, Movies, and Books

make for fabulous evenings.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

is move to India.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes, please.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Yoga lessons & healing work 🙏🏻✨✨✨

Although I have not been on CS as much as I would have liked to, (with the ever-divergent nature of journalism, I often didn't have the luxury of advance planning much of my travels) in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown, in order to help reestablish a shared sense of community and healing, I turned my home in Maine into an Airbnb Yoga Shala retreat center. This was a charity fundraiser for embracingtheworld.org—so essentially like CS, except I taught yoga and mediation to my guests, charged for their stay, then donated the money to the only NGO to be formally lauded by the United Nations for both effective use of funding and innovation in women’s empowerment initiatives in the developing world.

I have many stunning reviews ~ please feel free to see my page as a more comprehensive character reference 🪷🍃🫶🤍⭐️

https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/54345810

Thank you! I hope to hear from you!

All my love,
Sreya

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, United States