Hey! Welcome! I’m Pooja. (Pooja means prayer or worship in Hindi) I’m a positive, passionate, and an adventurous spirit who likes to challenge and push the boundaries of my life. With a curious and focused mind set, I find growth opportunities in the worst case scenarios. I’m religious, kind and charitable. I’m a poly math, a go-getter. I dive with whales, and thousands of sharks, often planning epic live-aboard adventures across the globe, following the migration patterns of large pelagic species. I love UFC/MMA, racing motorcycles, sky diving, surfing, hiking, and everything high adrenaline. At home, I stay productive by cooking, gardening, researching, learning Vedic scriptures and writing. I currently work as a Data Scientist at NASA and have worked as an Engineer, an Analyst and a Senior Consultant for the United States Government and many large biotechnology firms across the country for the past decade. Instagram: 🤳 @pooja.adik
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning Sanskrit (Saṁskṛta)
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To meet you!!
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: Ambient, Bluegrass, Chill-out, Downtempo, Electronic Chill, Indie, Soul, Trip Hop, Pop, Alternative Sample Songs: Bonobo ~ Nightlite, Eyesdown, Stay The Same, Return To Air Lana Del Rey ~ The Greatest, California, Fuck it, Doin’ Time Tristan De Liege, Kalaido ~ Moth Flutters - Kalaido Remix Jody Wisternoff ~ Morning U - Izhevski Ruvenzori Remix Norah Jones ~ Sunrise, Carry On, Come Away With Me Melody Gardot ~ Morning Sun, Love Song, Moon River Emancipator ~ Tangerine Sour, First Snow, Ghost Pong Jon Kennedy ~ Lovesick, Terrible Things, All a Dream Railroad Earth ~ Mighty River (OurVinly Sessions) Maribou State ~ Wallflower, Rituals, Raincoats Jessie Ware ~ Remember Where You Are Frameworks ~ Imagine Gold (ll:lo Remix) Omeria ~ True Colors (Cafe de Anatolia) Clozee, il:lo ~ Amazonia - il:lo Remix Lauren Daigle ~ Don’t Believe Them Departure ~ Aruarian Dance Jungle ~ Heavy, California Conscious ~ Justine Skye Zhu ~ Good Life Rhone ~ Phase Jaffna ~ Oslo Sample Books: The Better Half | On the Genetic Superiority of Women ~ Sharon Moalem, PhD The Awakening of Intelligence (1973) ~ J. Krishnamurthi The Age of Surveillance Capitalism ~ Shoshana Zuboff Self Analysis & Self Knowledge ~ Ramamurti S. Mishra Stolen Harvest, Oneness vs. the 1% ~ Vandana Shiva Prior to Consciousness ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality ~ Ayon Maharaj One Nation Under Blackmail ~ Whitney Webb Paths to Transcendence ~ Reza Shah Kazemi Everything Is Here to Help You ~ Matt Kahn The Evolution of Beauty ~ Richard O. Prum When God Was A Woman ~ Merlin Stone The Untethered Soul ~ Michael A. Singer The Bhagavad Gita ~ Eknath Easwaran Mandukya Upanishad ~ Adi Shankara The Denial of Death ~ Ernest Becker Data & Goliath ~ Bruce Schneier Flow ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Impossibility ~ John D Barrow The Goldfinch ~ Donna Tartt
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I swam with wild killer whales, fin whales and humpbacks deep in the arctic ocean in -22C for 7 days straight.
Teach, Learn, Share
I’m grateful and excited to learn whatever you can teach well. Information exchange is an undervalued currency. How about you give me a your best non-fiction book recommendation? I can teach you how to design systems, trade, code, cook, ride a motorbike, hunt in my backyard, surf, and give you scuba diving lessons in my pool 🏊♀️
What I Can Share With Hosts
At my house I do all the work by myself including hedge/ tree trimming, pool maintenance, landscaping, plumbing, cooking, cleaning, lifting heavy stuff, so don’t feel shy to ask me for help with your household chores. Let me know how I can be of service. I will assist with whatever is needed in and around the house to the best of my ability.
