CURRENT MISSION

learn and explore EVERYTHING!

ABOUT ME

I was born in Ukraine and immigrated to the US with my family when I was 7. I have lived on the west and east coast of the US, and a few different places in Europe. I work in communications for a non-profit organization dealing with human rights and teach yoga :) I, of course, love to travel, learn and explore, and im pretty good at adapting to new environments. im chill and i love people, doggies, garbanzo beans and reggae. i have a very very brand new love of cooking and dinner parties (let's hope it stays :) i like to be around a lot of different people, i love, love to dance, anytime, anywhere...i want to see and contribute to the world positively. i like to be challenged and to learn new things..i like all kinds of art, especially impressionism and the ballet...i want to bring yoga to more people....im a gypsy and a hippie....i see everything in the big picture and try not to sweat the small stuff...i like change and dont ever want to be stuck.

PHILOSOPHY

life is beautiful....................one day at a time. "do your practice and all is coming" - K. Patthabi Jois

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I attend many CS events, where I have met some great friends, and I have started to host ya! I have also set up yoga classes with the help and participation of some CSers, and that has been fantastic!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I thought this was a cool idea, signed up, and then forgot about it for like 4 years. I've heard good things from friends and im excited to explore.

Interests

yoga, travel, dancing, reading, vegetarianism, museum hopping, animals, senior citizens, global politics, randomness

• animals
• arts
• impressionism
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• human rights
• cooking
• yoga
• partying
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: life is beautiful, the godfather, little miss sunshine
music: reggae, house, trance, classic rock, sublime!!!! jungle, drum and bass, hip hop
books: david copperfield, harry potter, bhagavad gita

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

traveling india by myself for 2 months!!! woo!!!! learned to ride a bike in my 20s

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach yoga, Russian curse words (and non-curse words), and how to make a mean salad..........i want to learn anything and everything!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France, Netherlands, Ukraine, United States