CURRENT MISSION

- Life is both really good and real -
- Sometimes failure is what masters need to grow, stay human-
- To replace self-criticism with kindness, empathy and self compassion to keep the show in the long run-
- To widen the outlook, to fully appreciate and acknowledge all aspects of life, the bad as well as the good -
- A truly satisfying, enjoyable life is varied and diverse, polyphone. Key word: balance.
- “el maguey no siente pena de ser maguey” meaning...
allow yourself to shine! Our true nature has gotten it but the mind
To learn from my own experiences and from the others to become a conscious human being… on every single chance!

ABOUT ME

I am a writer and a dancer closet! I am Zapoteco and Mexican woman that has lived in Oregon and Berkeley, US, Montreal and The Gaspesie in Canada, Hoorn in The Netherlands and in my own country in Mexico City, Oaxaca, Montes Azules and Querétaro. I enjoy conversations and walking on nature. I enjoy stories, to dance, listening music and sharing good times. I want be attentive to little details that make our lives unique and worthed.
I like to learn about History and I am myself a humanist. I also love to meditate, reading, hiking, swiming, doing ashtanga yoga, dancing, taking pics, cooking at home, listen to music and wandeling!

I have no idea of soccer, football, actors and their lives and will probably forget about the rules and details the next minute you explain something about it, so just breath, relax and keep your thing.

PHILOSOPHY

Everything comes for a reason even when the reason is blured.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want experience, give and share the spirit of an intercultural community. I want to learn to observe my usual habits in new lenses. I want to learn respect the differences that makes this a diverse world. I think connection with other human beings make us both vulnerable and happily alive!

Interests

Anything that could be shared is welcome! Cooking! Languages exchange! Handcrafts, there is a strong connection between the subconcious and the products of the creative mind. I also would like to learn about photography.

• writing
• singing
• salsa dancing
• capoeira
• meditation
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• languages
• political science
• dance
• agroecology
• ecofeminism
• ashtanga yoga

Music, Movies, and Books

La sal de la Tierra is my favorite documentary.
www.ah!worldmusic.org at the moment.
Coetzee, Álvaro Uribe, Murakami, Laura Restrepo, García Márquez, Kundera, Orwell, Fromm, Sartre and others.

Massive Attack, Gustavo Cerati, Aurora, Café Tacuba, Arcade Fire, Kaolin, Beirut, Rising Appalachia, Perota Chingó, La Otra, Marta Gómez, Sting, ZAZ.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To live three months in Tzeltal, Tzotzil and choles communities of Lacandona Jungle, Laguna de Miramar, Montes Azules Biosphere, Chiapas, South Mexico, Planet Earth.

Overcome my own fear to drive after a car accident.

Being able to share beauty with my students in the midst of adversity.

To reconnect with my Zapoteco roots.

Teach, Learn, Share

Spanish
Ashtanga yoga, super basic!
Dance! (Biodance, salsa, contempo, ecstatic, impro, all)

I want to learn Portuguese, to sing, to play the guitar and charango :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Breakfast on Sunday at home

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, United States

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