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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 55, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • I am a yoga teacher, retreat facilitator, Teacher Trainer...
  • I have gone to college and miraculously use all the skill...
  • From California
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To see as much of the world as long as I am willing and able. I have realized that where I thrive the most are in unusual situations. While I am here I want to create a place for people of like mind to be who they want and need to be to find peace.

ABOUT ME

Who am I? I am a dreamer who sees my dreams come to fruition. I am happiest when my mind is quiet. I do, however, love to play. Somewhere along the way we lose our inner child and I feel that I am here to find it, revel in it and then help others find their childlike self. We have so much to learn and so much to experience in this lifetime I'm not sure if it can all be fit in...but I'd like to try. I find that teaching yoga and being surrounded by a loving and creative community helps my tend to these goals.

PHILOSOPHY

I must live near the beach so I can hear the seabirds or in the mountains. I am not a big fan of flat land. As long as I can see some sign of life around me I feel complete.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now I can participate by showing people what there is going on in the Santa Monica area. I do not have a couch, but I would love to take them to a class, maybe surfing and even a yoga class. There's lot's to do and see here in this town.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not had any, in this CS community, yet. While in Hawaii visiting friends they had couch surfers from Canada, Santa Barbara and France. I met some amazing people and we went and checked out the Big Island. IT inspired me to become a part of this amazing community of people. One day we even did a theme day "French Day".

Interests

Reading, Writing, Going to the beach, surfing, swimming, building sand castles, hiking, picnicking, listening to live music,(especially Spanish music), relaxing with friends, sharing stories, barbecuing, practicing my Spanish with everyone.

  • writing
  • yoga
  • reading
  • music
  • live music
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • swimming
  • beaches
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

All of it, especially comedies...I love laughing out loud when I'm watching movies. I do, however, love watching documentaries and inspiring movies. Thank god for itunes is all I can say about music. For the last few years I have pretty much been reading all Yoga books, philosophy, history and practice. On a Yoga book break at the moment and am reading Pandora (Anne Rice)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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