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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Learn how to lake care of the people and myself.
ABOUT ME
IâÃâ¬Ãâ¢m sorry to start this saying that if youÃâôre thinking about sending me a request, please read my profile and think if it is interesting for us to meet each other. You have to know that if youÃâôre just looking for a free bed, Couch Surfing do not fit with your project.
I like how welcoming and cosmopolitan Madrid is, but for me here people lacks of commitment with the communityâÃâ¬Ã¦ party and dirks are not my prioritiesâÃâ¬Ã¦ I prefer the CSÃâôs local exchange trading system, self-managed social centers, dinners at home, workshops, sports, dance and activities where I can create something interesting and see the true colors of the people.
Now Ỉ̫m working as a tennis and padel teacher full time, before I was mixing this job with graphic design. Ỉ̫m happier working with persons, being my own boss, and introducing some kind of personal growth into my service (Ỉ̫m working on being a better listener).
PHILOSOPHY
Unfold what my feelings and intuition are telling me.
A good phrase from Eugene Gendlin:
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Because of my job I cannot travel much so I´m just hosting at the moment... it is a little like traveling.
I´m not interested in sharing my flat with someone who just wants a free bed, for me it has more to do with “traveling together”. It does not means we should spend a lot of time together, it means you will have a human approach to the city and I will have a human approach to someone who is from another city or county... hope you understand and agree.
Little by little I’m starting to help at the LETS group in Madrid.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Very positive in general, it is giving a new dimension to my live, although lately I´m quite tired of receiving requests from free loaders.
CouchSurfing fits with my philosophy of exchanging anything in a very human way. I´m not interested in people that wants’ to surf my couch just to save money. For me hosting is about sharing, not charity.
Lately I´ve been looking forward to start using CS to travel with my partner. She likes CS very much and shares with me this longing.
Interests
I´m interested in going out at night (not too late), art, practice english, self-managed social centers, personal growth (basically I like focusing), sports, contact improvisation, clown workshops. (tennis, padel). Furthermore talks, sharing, helping, being helped...
- arts
- design
- graphic design
- dancing
- partying
- traveling
- surfing
- sports
- tennis
- teaching
- psychology
Music, Movies, and Books
Soul and Celtic music, Van Morrison, Ricky Lee Jones, Tom Waits.
Books from: Borges, Shakespeare, Osho, Krishnamurti, Benedetti
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach Spanish, art, tennis, padel and focusing... Learn English art, psychology, how to have fun...
Countries I’ve Visited
Denmark, France, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Spain, United States