I'm currently a yoga teacher living and working in Chicago. I love reading, writing, exploring new places, riding my bike, and meeting friends.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In 2009, I couchsurfed in Berlin with an amazing group of people. It was the anniversary of the fall of the wall, so there were about 20 people staying at this 4 person apartment flat. Probably one of my favorite couchsurfing memories (Robert!). There were people from almost 10 different countries there, and that meeting brought us the life-long friendship with the fine Australians who are Ruthie, Josh and Brandon. We surfed two different houses in Kiev in Ukraine, two different houses in Poland (Katowice and Krakow), Amsterdam and Copenhagen. We slept on benches in wineries in Bohemia and in our own beds when we were sober enough to make it back home.

I have hosted dozens of couchsurfers from countries near and far. We hosted three German musicians once and they played a house show for me and all my roommates. We seem to end up with a lot of people from Minneapolis, which is fine with me cause kids from Minneapolis are pretty damn fine. We've hosted kids from Austria, Slovakia, Germany, France, all over the states, and more. I would love to host as many people as possible. Past living situations have lent itself well to my ability to host in Chicago. At the moment, unfortunately, one of my roommates is less than keen to participate so I am unable to host. I hope to move into my own place one day, and I will certainly host again.

I participate by trying to be a good host and a respectful guest. I've had only good experiences couchsurfing, and I want to make sure others can say the same.

Interests

Languages, traveling (of course), yoga, vegetarian cuisine, cooking, eating, going on long walks, acro yoga, riding my bike, large bodies of water, mountains, canyons and other forms of beautiful geography foreign to my Midwestern upbringing, and meeting new people

• writing
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• teaching
• geography
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Edukators and Nuda v Brne, Walk Hard (I think I've seen this movie five times and have not stopped laughing about it). Music: M. Ward, Joanna Newsom, Bob Dylan, The National, Lovin' Spoonfuls, Janis Joplin, Fleetwood Mac, Bone Thugs (obviously), anything. Books: Anything by Kurt Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle and Slapstick especially), the Master and Margarita, anything I've read by Bohumil Hrabal.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Was in Berlin for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
- Visited Chernobyl
- Celebrated the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution while in Prague

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: can teach any level of vinyasa yoga to you and your friends

Learn: anything you know.

Share: anything I've got.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States

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