Hi everyboby!!

I find this life a fascinating experience in which the most valuable things
cannot be bought with money.
I like simplicity and slowness as strategies to see beyond the apparent. I am interested in spirituality without dogmas. Breathing slowly and consciously is the best practice I have found so far to be in balance.

I consider myself a citizen of the world.
I highly value sincerity and respect,

I studied Fine Arts at the University but over time I have felt more attracted to music and especially to improvisation. I like the sensation of somehow disappearing when improvising and becoming a channel. I like the meditative effect that this experience produces.

I like finding balance between being with people and being on my own.
Balance between words, sounds and silence.
I like to practice empathy, and to understand and respect different points of view.

I am the father of two teens who are and have been my little Great teachers.
My wife and I have explored all the possible ways to educate them respectfully and one of the best tools so far we've found is Non Violent Comunication.

I like to play all kind of games giving more importance to the experience
and process than to the score

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The experience of traveling has always been my best life teacher, especially thanks to the interactions with other people, combined with being alone with myself.
Traveling without an outside guide is a great opportunity to practice intuition and self-knowledge.

For several years we have had an old van with which we have made various trips, the four of us, with a very positive balance despite the challenges it entails.

This time I am planning a further trip with my daughter and I find that couchsurfing is the option that most closely matches my travel philosophy.

I hope to find people with a perspective similar to mine with whom to share conversations, silences, housework, songs, music...

Interests

• yoga
• chess
• music
• sports
• nature
• improvisation
• mindfulness
• permacultura
• homeschooling
• nvc
• bioconstrucción
• bansuri
• simplicity
• tao
• ney

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:

ERIK SATIE
KAPSBERGER
ENSEMBLE ORGANUM
PINK FLOYD
CHET BAKER
J.J.CALE
BASEKOU KOUYATE
ALI FARKA TOURE

FILMS:

GARBAGE WARRIOR
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
THE WALL
JESUS OF MONTREAL
THE GREAT DICTATOR
SURPLUS
TOGETHER
THE CUCO'S NEST
EASY RIDER
ERLEUCHTUNG GARANTIERT
INTO THE WILD
IF A TREE FALLS
WOMAN AT WAR benedickt erlingsson
LA BUENA ESTRELLA ricardo franco
THE SEVENTH SEAL ingmar bergman
ANDREI RUBLIOV andrei tarkowski
A NIGHT ON EARTH jim jarmush
BAGDAG CAFE
PARIS TEXAS
BARAKA
PLAY IT AGAIN SAM woody allen

BOOKS:

TAO TE KING
HSIN HSIN MING sosan
THE POWER OF NOW eckart tolle
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES tom wolf
ALFANHUI,rafael sanchez ferlosio
THE PIGEON, patrick suskind
ON THE ROAD jack kerouak
CATHEDRAL raymond carver
PULP charles buckowski
TO HAVE OR TO BE. Erik fromm

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

giving birth to our two children at home,
of course with the extraordinary merit of my wife Tina

a trip to Germany and Netherland in a Renault 12(as a van) , I ended working as an assistant in setting up the IX DOCUMENTA exhibition in Kassel.

a mosaic of almost twenty square meters made of tiles collected from the landfill

learn and perform with my wife a repertoire of ancient polyphony without sheet music
https://soundcloud.com/tina_r_i_tobal_s

Teach, Learn, Share

MUSIC IMPROVISATION AND EAR TRAINING
NonViolentComunication
MINDFULNESS
SPANISH AND CATALA CONVERSATION

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can go on some nature excursions. We have some extra bikes.
We can find time to socialize and time for each person to be in their own space.
Cook together,
Play music

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Turkey