I'm out exploring the world, learning about foreign cultures and foreign policy. I practice personal sovereignty and prefer to set standards of behaviour rather than follow misguided social rules that govern the weak minded. I went to school to learn a trade that I can take anywhere that almost everyone needs in every walk of life and allows my creative artist self to be expressed in a loving and caring manner. I continually seek to educate myself more. I also serve as the site manager for two online web stores marketing eco-friendly devices and language learning. I engage both of these paths because they afford me the opportunity to earn income almost anywhere I happen to land. What goes in my being I become more of - for this reason I am keen on discerning my foods, sounds, sights and other sensory stimulation. I pursue beauty and harmony in all my relationships.

Ask me about human rights!

I'm completely self-sufficient and require nothing in particular from my hosts except respect and a safe, secure, clean place to rest. Wi-Fi helps me work.

If small donations are requested for utilities I am happy to oblige for longer stays.

I'll make you some of the best dinners you've had!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on couchsurfing because I really just learned about it recently from new friends who have been using it for years. As I'm traveling Central and South America right now I thought it would be a much more effective tool to meet more people and learn about the local culture where I am staying. I ran an Airbnb in Kauai when I lived there and really enjoyed the dynamic of how I could help people find what they are looking for. Hostel's don't have quite the same level of hospitality as people who are opening their homes to complete strangers. This is an excellent tool to check out an area and scout out if it's going to serve as a longer term location to grow within or I can move along quickly without much attachment.

Interests

Travel! I never traveled much until I turned 30 and essentially chose to retire and do what I love. I'm only just beginning yet I really enjoy traveling and seeing new places, exploring new things.

Photography - I bought a nice camera, put it in full manual mode and have been self-teaching myself photography through trial and error. It's a great joy to capture beautiful images as I learn this creative aspect of myself. I hope to one day publish images and live off this aspect of my creativity. Want more photos of yourself?

Music - I love music. Positive driven, strongly harmonic with driving melodies. Electronic is what I like to refer to as the new age classical. If Mozart or Tchaikovsky had a computer they would make the music I love today. I love to trade music too.

Cooking - Vegan food - the more awesome the better. I was vegan 8 years before moving to Ecuador and now that I am in Peru I've adopted a more allowing 'what suits my body in the moment' diet. I listen to my body - it knows far more than my mind wants to believe.

Exploring - Hiking new places with great views or fascinating destinations is a joy. If I can camp there for a night that's awesome too!

Painting - I found a deep fascination with abstract painting and enjoy it whenever I have the space to play. I also enjoy precision geometric designs.

Dancing - I taught myself dance through the art of fire toys - this is where the core of my movement flow studies have grounding. If you have space and some fuel I'll be glad share!

Healing - I love to explore my body and consciousness through plant medicines and other such tools of mental or spiritual refinement. Ask me about a ThetaHealing session! This stuff is incredible!

Minerals - I love crystals and gems of all shapes and sizes and qualities. I've been collecting for years now. Ask me about the ones I might have with me!

RAINBOWS! What's not to like about RAINBOWS?! I'm a rainbow, you are a rainbow, rainbows everywhere rainbows RAINBOWS!

• arts
• culture
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• vegan
• dieting
• traveling
• painting
• music
• hiking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll offer some lovely record labels since that often provides greater options than chasing individual artists:
Interchill Records, AlephZero Records, Merkaba Music, Twisted Records, White Swan Records, Critical Beats, Virtual 1 Records, Street Ritual, Six Degrees Records

Books by artist:
Richard Bach, Jon Peniel, Mikha'il Na'ima, Carlos Castaneda, Tom Robbins, Daniel Quinn, R.A.Wilson, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi + lots of random others that change over time.

Movies:
Anything psycho-spiritual documentary, anything beautiful and thought provoking, fantastical and dramatic while being less violent or abusive. Just like food what I witness goes into the subconscious and does all kinds of fascinating stuff to the psyche!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've met with death a few occasions now. I've survived near drowning as a child, two motorcycle accidents, a near drowning as an adult, countless acts of stupid teenage pride. I've found an ally in this death character and have lost most fear surrounding the concept itself. I have recognized my own fragility as a human and reached into the immortality that is the souls' journey. It's not that I know what to expect in death, or that I invite it into my experience right now, it's simply that I have seen in no uncertain terms the entanglement of consciousness in life. I have felt past lives to my deepest core and have seen future lives of unlimited potential and know that I can choose to even reincarnate into a different realm of experience altogether different than this one we share on this Pachamama Gaia Earth.

I Am Eternal.

(You are too!)

Teach, Learn, Share

I explore so that I may discover.
I listen so that I may learn.
I engage so that I may integrate.
I share so that I may master.
I master only myself.
With myself I offer the lesson of observation's grace.
It is my path to find compassion in All.
It is through compassion's joyful door that I find enlightenment in my path this lifetime.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'll make you an amazing dinner, or rub out some knots that you've been holding onto for long enough. Got some beliefs that aren't working for you anymore? We can eliminate them in a moment!

I'll give you one of the best hugs you've ever had - I hope you like hugs. Hugs are the heart's way of saying In Lak'ech Ala K'in (I am another you, you are another myself). I'll probably leave you with a little more lightness in your heart and a little more heaviness forgiven.

Smiles and Eyes and Depth of Being.

<3

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Peru, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands