I am an adventuous, outgoing and curious person who have a big appetite on making new experiences, learning new things and cross new boundaries in order to continuously engage and challenge my mind and body . Half a year ago I finished my master in Anthropology, specializing in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.

I decided that I needed a break from academia and decided to enroll in a 3 years training programme to become a tactical officer in the Danish army to work on my leadership skills and practical skills. It's an intense programme so I don't have the opportunity to travel as much as I did when I studied in university, but I make do with what I got!

I'm about to move out of the dorm I used to live in, because I spent most of my time at the base, so from now on I'm going to spend a lot of my weekends on the couch of friends and families. I don't mind because I find it easy to make a home where ever I go and share spaces with others. I guess that's one of the reasons why I love to travel and meet up with new people from different parts of the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is just a wonderful way to get to meet up with local people when you travel around the world. It just provides the perfect setting to make meaningful cultural exchanges in a short period of time. Such meetings are so important to me because it makes the world a better and more empathetic place when people get an informal platform in which they can talk accross differences and learn from each other.

Interests

Anthropolgy, cultures, outdoor life, cooking, reading, movies, workout, hiking, sightseeing, meditation and yoga, live acting roleplaying

• cooking
• exercise
• yoga
• meditation
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• anthropology
• languages
• religion
• sightseeing
• larp

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite band: Queen
Favourite book: Harry Potter - I never get to old for those books
Favourite movie: Fight Club

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked the camino from Lisboa to Santiago - 500 kilometers.
I've been travelling a lot in East Africa (Tanzania and Kenya) where I have volunteered and done fieldwork about religion and witchcraft.
I travelled through South India on a motor bike with a couchsurfer.

Teach, Learn, Share

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a eight week evidence-based course in meditation and yoga. It is Buddhist-derrived, both in terms of the practice and the philosophy behind it, but it has been secularized in order to apply it in settings in which spiritual/religious undertones are frowned upon. I have just made a fieldwork and written my master thesis about the relationship between science and religion in the program and would love to tell you more about it if you are interested ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach them about mindfulness, anthropology and danish culture. I love talking about the big topics: what is the meaning of life, what is the role of religion in society, where is world politics heading and so on. I am also a good listener and I'm always curious to learn about what troubles and desires there are to be found in people's heart.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania