I'm living in a wee trailer north of Taos, NM, (this profile says Bozeman, MT, but I don't have a mailing address yet. . .)spending my days with wee ones in the woods and high mountain desert. Communing with other-than human beings, singing with beloveds, expanding and accepting

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect with other brightminded folks and find places to stay where I don't know anyone already
Take me to your Elders!
Take me to your Children!
Tell me what you dream of for yourself and this world.
Tell me how your mother tongue/culture has shaped who you are.
So eager to meet locals in all locales

Interests

writing
journaling
poetry
yoga
dancing
5rhythms
kid's books
children and infants
radical education
outdoor education
contemplative education
meditation
earth
water
fire
air
dreams
tarot
philosophizing
cooking
ritual
reverence
repetition
gratitude
singing
playing

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• outdoor activities
• swimming
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music at the moment:
Mamuse
feist
jolie holland
elizabeth mitchell
woody guthrie
Books at the moment:
The fifth sacred thing by starhawk
haruki murakami

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming with sea lions in Baja, CA

last semester of high school on a schooner

Teach, Learn, Share

teaching/learning about: trauma and it's effects on the body and how to move through it, how we learn(visual, kisesthetic, literal, etc), how children interact with the world, how to grow things(would love to learn more of this), stories and songs your elders shared with you
Games!
Songs!
Dance!
Food!

What I Can Share with Hosts

cooking, dish doing, singing, storytelling, art making, silence, open hearted connection

Countries I’ve Visited

Benin, Burkina Faso, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Niger, United States