Hi!

I am Yana, a master student in Literary Studies (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv) and English teacher (ZNOUA, Kyiv) for 11-form students. I have been living in Kyiv for 5 years. The motto of my life is "Experience life as much as you can!", so I am quite open to communication with people who share the values that are different from mine. I am not afraid of trying different jobs to satisfy my ambitions. I am always ready to spend a half of a year in a foreign culture because this experience often widens the way I think about this world.

If you want philosophical conversations about life, it`s to me. I am practicing yoga and meditation (yes, very unexpected choice for today :), and it has brought many important insights that changed my life. If you want to discuss the current tendencies in literature, cinema or theatre, again it`s about me. Culture shapes our identities and world views, that is why I consider it to be an integral issue of our social life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling is not just about historical sites, but also about unknown traditions, new mentalities, and local people. So Couchsurfing is a good way of getting acquainted with new people and emerging deeply into a new culture.

Interests

• literature
• theater
• cultural studies
• cinema
• communication
• yoga and meditation
• singing and dancing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: all novels of Virginia Woolf, Arthur Schnitzler "Dream Story", Marguerite Duras "The Lover", prose of Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

Movies: Malena, From the Land of the Moon, Revolutionary Road, Midnight in Paris, Ida, Million Dollar Baby, Perfect Sense, Mona Lisa Smile, The Dressmaker, Collateral Beauty, One day, The Hours, Girl, Interrupted, By the Sea ...

Teach, Learn, Share

Yoga
Meditation
Artwork analyses

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ukraine