CURRENT MISSION

to calibrate my compass to the true north of my heart

ABOUT ME

sometimes i identify as a community organizer, activist, educator, artist, dancer, musician, cyclist, cook... other times, as a question tired of pretending to be an answer. 8-)

PHILOSOPHY

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." -Albert Einstein

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

give and recieve :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

as a college student, i lived in cooperative homes where we welcomed travelers -- family, friends, and strangers. i loved hosting couchsurfers! they always had so much to give -- stories, inspiration, gratitude... my heart felt warm and big, and now i'm excited to be traveling and have the same opportunity to give and recieve with my hosts. :)

Interests

social, economic, political, and spiritual relationships, philosophy, and structure; growing, harvesting, preserving, fermenting, cooking, eating, digesting, and composting food; natural, herbal, and nutritional healing; meditations of the body and mind.

• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• baking
• yoga
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• astronomy
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

books that changed my life:
the psychology of mans possible evolution - p.d. ouspensky
coming back to life - joanna macy
nonviolent communication: a language of life - marshall rosenberg
rainbow of desire - augusto boal

music that nurishes my being:
mamuse
alexa sunshine rose
beethoven
simon and garfunkel
g.i. gurdjieff
anicent futures
zero 7
jack johnson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

watched the sun set and moon rise.

Teach, Learn, Share

i've practiced and played with fermenation, cooking/baking, canning, herbal infusions, (partner) yoga, tai chi and chi gong, nonviolent communication, theatre of the oppressed, community organizing, astronomy, astrology, latin and african percussion and dance, bicycle maintenance, backpacking...