On a path of going to my deep self everyday.

I love to feel grass with my bare feet.

I love a feeling of being on the road with my backpack on my shoulders.

I love the conversations where i need to go over my comfort zone, where i am alive. I don’t like small talks.

I love to wake up to the bright sunlight and sounds of the birds; and a smell of coffee and the feeling of ease.

I love dancing in a free way - in the nature, in the train or just at home.

I grew up in the post-Soviet Russia in a high rise building, walking through the snow every winter and having warm family traditions.

I lived in Holland and Germany, adopting some European ways of life, but maybe forgetting some roots.

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HUMANS, I get lots of requests. So to make sure I will answer you, please write a personal request, get funny, creative and say why exactly you want to stay at my place.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to get to know very different people with unexpected life scenarios and identities - and that is the reason why am i traveling or inviting you at my home.
What i expect from my guests: be curious, be present, maybe you could teach me something i don’t know yet. Be there for me, not for a sleeping place in my living room.

Interests

Ecological living, cooking healthy food and experimenting in the kitchen, mindfulness, kundalini yoga, sound healing, organizing women circles, watching art house movies but also harry poter;), being on the road, doing documentary photography- telling stories.

• photography
• vegetarian
• yoga
• off-roading
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• nature
• spirituality
• dance
• contact improvisation
• alternative medicine
• off-grid living
• simple life
• women empowerment
• hitchiking
• cooking healthy

Music, Movies, and Books

I love reading.
if you love Cortazar or Dostoevsky you are already my friend.
I love watching slow arthouse european movies. Holding a cup of a warm tea or cacao in my hands. i'll watch with you with pleasure something from the masters like Aki Kaurismiaki, Pedro Almodovar, Michel Gondry, Tarkowsky or Bergman; or bring you to a little cinema down the street.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

stayed with my tent in the Peruvian jungle and fight the termites,
crossed the Amazon river on a cargo boat

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give you a workshop in contact improvisation dance, teach cooking healthy and tasty vegetarian food or practice some of the languages i speak fairly well: Russian, German or English.
I can bring you with me to some yoga class, ecstatic dance, market along the canal, nice coffee or great dinner place. And in the weekend we could so something together.
Please note if you are mostly party motivated for your visit in Berlin, i am not the right person to stay with.

I would be happy to practice Spanish, learn about the off grid life style or your spiritual way, or maybe you experience of creating an ngo or some social project.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Let's practice yoga or dance together, watch an artsy movie, cook a yummy dish, spend a long night talking or go in the park/ vernissage but please note if you are only party motivated I'm not the right person to stay with.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, Russian Federation