I am a simple person, open-hearted, curious, caring, very interested in listening and getting to know other people and their perspectives. I love nature and its colours, sounds and scents. I am very grateful for being alive and I savour each day with intensity. I try to live with more attention in this world of distractions. I like to share healthy food made with love. Love to watch the sun rise and set, make bonfires, and dance. I also love music (both listening and making it together), sharing experiences, listening and telling stories.

I dream of a better world and I try to make it happen right now in everyday actions, trying to be the change I want to see in the world, not feeding the systems I condemn and everything I do, I try do it with all my heart, with love.

I live alone in a house on top of the hill in a rural area, overlooking a lagoon where the sun sets, at Garopaba SC. This profile was previously shared with my ex-partner and now great friend Sérgio, from back when we lived together in a flat in Porto Alegre, and that's why the references here are directed to both of us.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For me CS is about meeting interesting people (hopefully making good friends) and also creating a more enjoyable world through trust and sharing.

Besides having met adorable people while hosting and surfing, I got to know places in a way that I never would without CS, without closely interacting with a local. So it's a great pleasure for me to do the same for my guests.

I think that life only makes sense if we are willing to live new experiences and meet people. To see, value and learn from the potential of others, always being willing to collaborate and share.

Interests

Nature, music, dancing, hiking, self knowledge, agroecology, massage, yoga, meditation, community, art, drawing, illustration, cinema, photography, spontaneity, contemplation, wild animals, DIY culture, gardening, camping, fire camps, history, philosophy, anthropology, mythology, scuba diving, surfing, friendship, vegan food (both cooking and eating), journalism, social engagement, documentaries, literature, buddhism, advaita vedanta, science, astronomy, the unknown.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Tinariwen, Nick Drake, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Mutantes, Perota Chingo,

Movies: Koyaanisqatsi, Enter the Void, Microcosmos, Paris Texas, Kes, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (Carl Sagan tv series), Heartworn Highways, The Godfather, The Century of the Self, Man on Wire, Fallen Angels, Chungking Express, Heima, La Planete Sauvage.

Books: The Demon-Haunted World, Cosmos, Just Kids, A Fraction of the Whole, The World Wide Mind, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, To Kill a Mockingbird, Brief History of Time, Donde Mejor Canta Un Pajaro, 1984, Hundred Years of Solitude.

. Tv: Adventure Time, many series of BBC like Frozen Planet, Blue Planet, Human Planet, Kingdom Of Plants. Actually we download it cause we don't have a tv set. We also watch Democracy Now online.

. Some artists/illsutrators: Apak studio, Betsy Walton, Eleanor Davis, Drew Weing, Phoebe Whal.

.Some more people/artists: Carl Sagan, David Attenborough, Andy Goldsworthy, Hayao Miyazaki, Ernst Haeckel, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Hieronymus Bosch, Sally Man.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ayahuasca can be to the subconscious what telescopes are to space.

Scuba diving

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share photography skills, videography, video editing, vegan cooking tips and teach some portuguese.
We would love to learn about gardening/permaculture, mycology, traditional cultures, history, activism, science, music, knitting, dancing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United Kingdom

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