I feel my path in life is inviting people to remember their connection to the Earth, to come back to the land and back to their hearts. I believe that radical joy and real, authentic connection to ourselves, each other, and the land is the most important medicine of the times we live in. Let’s be our most fully embodied messy beautiful human selves! The world needs us as we are, in our wholeness.

I have been through such a portal of transformation over the last few years and am expanding in ways I never knew to be possible. Travel and solo backpacking was a huge catalyst for this in my life. My first solo trip to Portugal and The Azores helped me to step into a new way of being. After this, I was guided to Guatemala where I met my partner. Since then, he and I have been backpacking and travelling, which he introduced me to couchsurfing’s magic. We lived in a camper van in Japan together and now we moved to the magical Aotearoa, NZ.

The times when I feel most alive are when I am in flow and connecting with new people and experiences. I am a forest therapy guide, humbly learning birth and postpartum doula, and ecstatic dance facilitator & dj. I am learning organic farming and want to continue to gain wisdom around conscious and earth based living. I would love to learn bush craft and survival skills. I dream of living in community on land where I can offer community events.

I believe our souls have threads that weave together with those we are meant to meet, creating a tapestry of connection and synchronicity. I look forward to seeing how our paths may weave together.

How does it feel to get curious with your edges and fears? How can we dance with them in growth and celebration?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Connection is why I travel. I feel like Couchsurfing is such a gift to really connect with people and culture. I love to travel slowly and consciously. My best memories from travel are always the people I meet. I think it is such a beautiful way to exchange energy and share special times together. I also dream of a world where we share and support, in a flow of giving and receiving. I love the idea of travel without exchange of money, but exchange of knowledge, joy, experiences and energy.

HOSTING

Currently I don’t have a real space to share, but could be possible soon. I definitely want to give back and host when I am able.

Interests

• animals
• meditation
• sauna
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• swimming
• rivers
• nature
• permaculture
• dance
• herbal medicine
• connecting
• herbalism
• ecstatic dance
• kirtan
• paddleboarding
• conscious living
• embodiment
• forest bathing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: anything by SARK, Braiding Sweetgrass, Mirrors in the Earth, Shantaram, Women who run with the wolves

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the most active volcano in Guatemala on my 25th birthday

Offered my forest therapy workshops at a festival in Aoteaora, NZ and felt like this is part of my life’s path

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my forest therapy practice with you, which is a slow embodied walk to connect with your senses and the gifts the land has for you. I love singing circles and kirtan, I would love to sing together and make cacao. I want to learn Spanish and Portuguese 🌱 I always want to keep learning about TCM and herbalism.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to cook and make herbal elixirs and cacao. I am happy to help out with whatever is going on in your life. Happy to share English if you are trying to learn.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Japan, New Zealand