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Overview

  • 5 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Hawaiian, Sanskrit (Saṁskṛta)
  • 56, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Troublemaker
  • Education thru the revolution...
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To reduce suffering for all beings and to return to the ***Pleiades***
LOKAH SAMASTA SUKHINO BHAVANTU

ABOUT ME

I am trying to be human.
I teach and practice yoga,travel, volunteer/karma yoga/work exchange, garden,trek/hike,speak french, and love learning about how to improve one's physical,mental,emotional & spiritual health.
Trying to shift the dominant paradigm.
Figuring out how to live in balance and sustainably!

PHILOSOPHY

लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवंतु
***LOKAH SAMASTA SUKHINO BHAVANTU***

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

creating daily intentions to practice compassion,patience,non-judgment, and giving & receiving Unconditional blisssful LOVE*ALOHA...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Many experiences hosting-especially people doing activism-forest defense,animal liberation, anti-nuke,indigenous, earth first!, etc...sistahs & brothers sharing space & stories & sinister ideas...

Interests

JIVAMUKTI & Kundalini YOGA,
Spinning Fire,
Discovering faeries& mushrooms,
Dancing-aka shaking my booty
Star gazing -Meteor showers
Celebrating Equinoxes & Solstices,
Manifesting Massage Trades,
swimming & walking on water,
Full Moon howling,
Making Yummy Vegan & Rawalishious Nourishment,
Tree Hugging,
Offering Incense,
CLEANSING & PURIFICATION RITUALS,
Reading & writing Poetry
Creating resistance...

  • animals
  • dancing
  • vegan
  • yoga
  • walking
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • swimming
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

*MUSIC:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nina Hagen, Snatam Kaur, Blackfire, Krishna Das, Siouxsie & The Banshees, David Bowie, Deva Premal, Moodswings, Bob Marley, Sade, Duke Ellington, The dumDum Project, New Wave & Disco

*BOOKS:
The Lorax(Dr.Seuss), Hafiz, Rumi, Kiana Davenport, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Ben Elton, Mary Oliver, Kabir,
Ursula K LeGuin, Leaves Of Grass(Walt whitman), The Far side (gary Larson), calvin & hobbes, Bloom County(Berkeley breathed), Judy Blume, Terry Tempest Williams, Emerson, Thoreau

*MOVIES:
WINGS OF DESIRE, Its A Wonderful Life, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Tous Les matins Du Monde, Betty Blue, Young Frankenstein, Jean De Florette, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, La Belle et La Bete, Blue Velvet,Gothic, So,You Want To Be A Cheerleader, The Breakfast Club,
The Rocky horror picture Show

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have worked with Chimpanzees at a rehabilitation center in Cameroon Africa. We lived out in the bush,and i got to hold & Play & take care of baby and young chimpanzees. OR WERE THEY TAKING CARE OF ME???

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach Liberation Thru Yoga...
The most revolutionary Thing You can Do Is
CHANGE YOURSELF!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Russian Federation, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cameroon, Ecuador, France, Malaysia, Peru

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