I am but a simple traveling practitioner of the Tibet Buddhist Nyingma Tradition and Lineages. My main focus at this point in my life is connecting with individuals through constructive communication and with that sharing whatever is asked of me to share. If the essence of the human experience truly has the quality of compassion, then I'm out to test that to the fullest.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Depending on the time in my life, I'm either using this as I travel across the country or as a means of temporary shelter as I work to gain some form of modest housing. Along with this, of course, comes the wonderful opportunity to interact with kind strangers and share laughs, gasps, and smiles!

Interests

• cooking
• guitar
• philosophy
• budget travel
• ukulele
• adventure
• flute
• learning new things
• sharing
• vipassana
• bhutan
• tibetan buddhism
• gong fu cha
• buddhist philosophy
• pu'er
• shamatha meditation

Music, Movies, and Books

Some favorite Movies of mine would have to be: Travelers and Magicians, What Dreams May Come, A Ghost Story, Star Wars Series, The Gods Must Be Crazy, and more that I cant remember at the moment!

Music is difficult to pinpoint because its always in a state of flux, but in general: I like to dance to reggae music the most; specifically the work of Mike Love, Clinton Fearon, and other consciously creative artists of the genre. In an even more genre general list I like: Classical Guitar, Spanish Guitar, Lof-Fi, Hip Hop, some Rap, Jazz, Blues, Traditional Asian Music, some EDM, Sea Shanties, and anything else that doesn't fall under "New Country"

Books consist of mostly Buddhist works: Be Here Now, Words of My Perfect Teacher, Fearless Simplicity, The Heart Sutra, The Treasury of Precious Qualities, etc.. I'm not much of a reader, I'd rather spend time on personal experience.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

People tell me how I have inspired them with my kindness and personality more than few times and that is absolutely amazing to me

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you're really interested, I can share with you many of the basic understandings in Buddhist Philosophy and Thought. I can share high quality Pu'erh through Gong Fu Cha. I can share my food if so needed, which comes with cooking abilities! I can clean something in your house if needed. I'm not much of a story teller but I enjoy gripping conversations so if we vibe expect that. If you're into music we can certainly jam! Whatever you want, if I have it you can too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States