CURRENT MISSION

Travelling back home - reconnect with my roots in both motherlands

ABOUT ME

Driven by curiousity and desire to experience life to the fullest. Open minded with the cultivated habit of discernment. Passionate about the world we live in and its well-being.

You'll meet in me a friendly person with very positive energy. I love having a nice talk, will love to hear your insights about anything, and laugh together.

I was born and brought up in Russia, though moved to the Netherlands more than ten years ago. The last three years I've been living in Manila, Philippines, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. You are always welcome to drop by if you make it to Manila!

PHILOSOPHY

Be the grandest version of the greatest vision you ever held about Who You Are - Neale Donald Walsch

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I only recently joined the CS community and am very open to explore and participate in any possible ways.
My job in women's reproductive rights organisation brings me quite often around the globe. So far it's always been a lot of conferencing and hotels stays. It is only recently that I was introduced by my friends to CouchSurfing and I believe with this community travels will get to a new and different dimension.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far it was just drinks and a farwell dinner to one of the CS members in Quezon City. It was great fun!

Interests

Among the things I love doing I would name a few - reading a lot and attend books discussions groups, mostly on the topics of new spirituality; love dancing tango, but would have love doing it more often; love organising cinema shows of movies and video projects that bring the best out of humanity and then play games, medidate and reflect; and yes, gorgeous filippino children...I love taking them to the nice places and see them having fun.

• books
• dancing
• tango
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - world music! Tunariwen, Youssou D'Nour, Ismael Lo, Freddie Aguilar, Idan Raichel, Buddha Bar collection, Lisa Gerard and more!

Films - The Scent of a Woman, Good fellas, Baraka (film of image and sound), Amorres Perros, Como Agua para Chocolate, Spiritual Cinema Circle short movies - though them I really learn to appreciate the shorts; Cidade de Deus, Inception, Tarkovsky films, Burnt by the Sun my S. Mikhalkov

Books - Life of Pi, Beach, Cleft by Dorris Lessing; classics - Hugo, Balzac, Tolstoi, Dostoevsky.
Books by Neale Donald Walsch, Echkart Tolle, Marianne Willimson, Lynn Tagard
Confessions of the Economic Hitman by John Hopkins, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once in Peru I went to swim among the seals off the shore of Lima. I was totally charmed up by these creatures and the way they welcome the strangers into their flock. They look at you full of curiousity and zero hostility. At the end I felt one of them! ;-)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some precious breathing techniques that will help to keep you centred, get relaxed or instead increase energy flow.

I would like to learn how to remember anecdotes and jokes, because I really appreciate hearing them and laugh out loud when I hear a good one only to completely forget it later...;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Georgia, Guatemala, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Philippines, Russian Federation, Senegal

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