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Overview

  • 16 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English, Finnish, French, Portuguese, Swedish; learning German, Italian, Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Part-time student and unemployed
  • Bachelor in Sociology
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My current mission is to grow up and open up to new experiences again. I want to experience a great lot of things, be happy and at peace with myself. And I want to see more smiling, singing, whistling people in the street.

ABOUT ME

I've created this profile ten years ago and it's funny to read the old description:
"I'm quite extroverted and eager... But I also get a bit nervous sometimes, and I like to think about stuff.
I like to be as honest and natural as possible. Dancing. It liberates."
All these things are still true. I love to talk with people, and I love dancing. I started writing and recording my own songs a few years ago, and I love to sing. Love good conversationalists. Performance art, urban culture, healing and therapy.

PHILOSOPHY

It's important for me to remember to keep my mind open, to want to learn and incorporate new things into my experience of this life... That's the best way of facing the world every day!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've done both surfing and hosting but lately it's been on hold due to less travelling and complicated flat stuff.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always good experiences! Both hosting and surfing, it's been so good!

Interests

People, places, unknown faces.

  • literature
  • singing
  • performing arts
  • dancing
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • music
  • languages
  • cinema
  • feminism
  • astrology
  • queer
  • tantra
  • sexuality
  • body philosophy

Music, Movies, and Books

Recent references for each section.
Music: serpentwithfeet, Dobet Gnahoré, Jojo Abot, Chrysta Bell, William Basinski, Childish Gambino, El Mahdy jr. Benjamin Clementine.
Movies: I've loved films by Maya Deren. Surrealism.
Books: Most recent read has been Simone Weil's philosophy. It's been a while that I don't read fiction, regrettably. My brain hasn't exactly benefitted from the smartphone era.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To be honest I think that whenever I'm feeling happy, everything is amazing. It's as simple as that. So I try to keep up that happy feeling :)

Teach, Learn, Share

From my academic and head-centered years of history and sociology studies I've come to develop more curiosity for the body and the physical and creative experience of life. I'm generally just really interested in different life experiences and love to share thoughts with people. Looking forward to long philosophical conversations.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share a contact improv moment with you in the streets - or it can be some other dance form that you prefer.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Finland, Portugal

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