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Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
@simon-koekkoek
Member since 2017
**** READ THIS BEFORE REQUESTING - there are a lot of requests for staying in Berlin so im hoping to save us both some time by giving you this guidance **** --> Please let me know why you want to connect with me - im interested to meet you and connect/learn/exchange - so if thats not part of your plan then please dont send me a request. <-- The basics about me - male - born in the early 90s - from the country side in the Netherlands in a town with more cows than people. I can be very direct, or as I like to call it open, curious and interested. I have a very simple motto in life, that is to Love, Grow and Shine. Most of me you can find in the summed up interests, also I recommend to read some of the reviews and lastly just write me a message and talk to me!
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Dancing
Fluent in German
Learning Czech
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To have the feeling of travelling while not travelling. To be amazed by the place I am because the spirit of the traveller brings with it joy for what you already have. To learn, connect and share life or some days just a hello and a couch :)
Music, Movies, and Books
I love to read / listen to books, the right book at the right time will change your life. These are among ones that have had the biggest impact in my life: Illusions - Ingeborg Bosch The Red Book - Carl Jung Hold Me Tight - Dr. Sue Johnson Loving What Is - Byron Katie The Anatomy of Peace - The Arbinger Institute The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk Fingerprints of the Gods - Graham Hancock How to Be a Stoic - Massimo Pigliucci Nonviolent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg PhD The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa The Listening Society - Hanzi Freinacht Chaos: Making a New Science - James Gleick Breath - James Nestor Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho The Hidden Life of Trees - Peter Wohlleben Evolve Your Brain - Joe Dispenza The Better Angels of Our Nature - Steven Pinker Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert Extreme Ownership - Jocko Willink The Untethered Soul - Michael A. Singer Anam Kara - John O'Donohue
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Letting go of my biggest fear
Teach, Learn, Share
I can share with you my story of transformation and with it my belief in the importance of uncovering your automatic patterns to childhood defensive mechanisms that may very well not serve you any more in your current days. Whether they influence your choices for the food you eat, the hobbies you have, the profession you go after or the love you choose, I believe it's extremely valuable to be free in these choices. Perhaps the most valuable thing we have.
What I Can Share With Hosts
I like to cook (vegan), I love dancing though im never in a club, I dance whatever form, ecstatic, expressive, but also couples dancing like salsa, zouk, kizoma, bachata, west coast swing or whatever you can teach me! I can help if you would like to know how to become friends with cold weather. I can introduce you to bouldering I go three times a week so you are free to join. I can teach you how to memorize complex things like the number pi to 1000 digits. How to befriend your triggers and get out of the mental maze of illusions that are, with all good intentions, self sabotaging who you are supposed to be. Im always interested in learning about healing traditions, mushrooms, philosophy and psychology studies.
