CURRENT MISSION

adventure n soul searching

ABOUT ME

¡Pura Vida! Me llamo Ashley. Soy una estudiante en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, cultivando un program sobre Conservacion and Estudios de recursos. Este verano, estoy estudiando biologia y ecologia fuera en Monteverde, Costa Rica. Me encanta mucho la pura vida estilo y natura bellisima. En junio y julio, mi novia, Olivia, y yo, vamos a viajer en Costa Rica y Nicaragua. Ella esta estudiando Estudios de mujeres, genero, y sexualidad. Somos adventuradas, concienzudas y interesada en otros culturas y experiencias nuevas. Nos encanta compartir aventuras y cuentos, y cocinar y comiendo con amigos y vino.

"All a person can do in this life is gather about him his integrity, his imagination and his individuality- and with these ever with him, out front and in sharp focus, leap into the dance of experience."
-Tom Robbins. (favorite author)

PHILOSOPHY

You are beautiful, life is beautiful :D I believe in the inherent goodness and divinity of people.

I believe in defying gravity...challenging what is expected, n carving out one's own path while creating one's own meaning.

Coexistence and co-creation.

I strive to live as simply and consciously as possible, recognizing the impact I have on this planet and the people in it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far, just surfin' this awesome web :D I'm looking forward to hosting when I dig my roots in back in Berkeley.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I backpacked through Europe in 2011, and had many an amazing CouchSurfing experience.

Interests

adventures!
biking
yoga
climbing rocks n trees
muse-ing and musing
environmental issues
language n what we do with it
spoken word poetry
street art
circus performance
Eastern philosophy
science

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• performing arts
• street art
• dancing
• yoga
• spoken word
• cycling
• skydiving
• rock climbing
• divinity
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

off the top of my head...
Books-
Shantaram
The Alchemist
Dharma Bums
Still Life with Woodpecker
Parable of the Sower

Movies-
Amelie
Waking Life
American Beauty
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Music-
singer-songwriter, psychedelic rock, experimental, ambient, reggae, r&b, classical, world fusion.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmm...skydiving from 13,000 feet up is definitely up there :D

I also rode my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles, 545 miles, in the AIDS LifeCycle, to raise money and awareness for AIDS research, treatment n services. Amazing community and challenge :D

Teach, Learn, Share

yoga!
miscellaneous wisdom and stories
time and adventures :)

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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