Note: We haven't been in couchsurfing much for the last few years because we have been living on the side of the hill and don't have proper space to host people unfortunately. Hopefully it will change soon.

CURRENT MISSION
Adventure time!
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Rita is from Russia and has been living in USA since 2015. Mark is from Chicago, USA.
We are trying to be happy and inspire everybody to be happy as well. We have soft and calm energy and we are very easy-going.
We are a lot into being present in life, healing on the levels of mind, body and soul, living clean and healthy, eating organic, being outdoors as much as we can. We live at the foothills of Sierra Nevada in a beautiful area surrounded by forests, lakes and mountain rivers. We enjoy doing rock climbing near lake Tahoe, Smith Rock, Yosemite or Red Rocks.
We absolutely love traveling, especially adventure travel and trying to go somewhere as soon as we get a chance. If that involves going around by a scooter or a motobike - even better :) so much fun!
We are also in the process of learning everything on how to create a prosperous business. We are interested in investing in different areas, particularly in crypto and real estate.
Rita has spent the last 18 years submerged in self-discovery and spirituality, practicing meditation everyday, which led to a career switch to become a counselor. Particularly she is interested in healing chronic symptoms and has a lot to share regarding this area. She also enjoys painting with watercolor as a hobby.
Mark did commercial fishing in Alaska, was a farmer in Califonia and has a deep connection with the soil and plants. He also knows everything about building a house and owns a small excavation business now.

Ig: @margaritabozhenkova @mmikoljak
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/margaritabozhenkova
Telegram: https://t.me/@margarita_bozhenkova

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PHILOSOPHY

"In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions."

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share our space with those who in need and meet amazing people around the world!

Interests

SELF-EMPOWERMENT, theatralization of life, the process of creation, happy people, inspiration, self-development, languages, yoga, meditation, vipassana, buddhism, spirituality, alternative healing, healthy lifestyle, qigong, silence, travelling, hitchhiking, backpacking, reading, music, riding bicycles and motocycles, swimming, eco and veganism, nature and animals, drawing, surrealism, kayaking, freight train hopping, cooking, playing guitar, reiki, climbing

• animals
• arts
• cooking
• organic food
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• skateboarding
• swimming
• teaching
• languages
• hitchhiking
• nature
• spirituality
• astrology
• climbing
• veganism
• silence
• healthy lifestyle
• happiness
• surrealism
• vipassana
• reiki
• crystals
• watercolor
• alternative healing
• enneagram
• motocycles
• vedic astrology
• biodynamics

Music, Movies, and Books

THEATRE: Slava Polunin SNOW SHOW

MUSIC: Russian bands: Tequilajazzz , Nebo Zdes , Dolphin , Pyotr Mamonov , Boris Grebenshchikov & Aquarium , SMEX , Silence Kit.
The Doors, Bob Marley, Nirvana, The Beatles, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, Muse, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Tool, System of a Down, Slipknot, The National, Tom Waits, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Comeback Kid, At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Arvo Pärt, Rage Against The Machine, The Fall of Troy, Maybeshewill, The Dreadnoughts, Oasis, Mike Patton, Dredg, Ragas, The White Stripes (Jack White), Green day

MOVIES: Blow-up, Ostrov , Generation P , Kin-dza-dza! , Pyl', Dom Solntsa , Yuriy Norshteyn animation, Zabriskie Point, Gegen die Wand, The Old Man and The Sea , David Cherkassky animation, The Dreamers, The Wall, Dolls, Arizona Dream, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hair, Frida, Abre los Ojos, The Drummer, Big Lebowski, Fight Club, American History X, Into the Wild, all Jim Jarmusch, Truman Show, Black cat, white cat, Ten Minutes Older, Les Triplette de Belleville, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Matrix, Amadeus, In Time, all Hayao Miyazaki, Back to the Future, Life of Pi, UP, The Men from UNCLE

BOOKS: Castaneda, Alexander Pushkin , Vladimir Mayakovsky , all Victor Pelevin , Leo Tolstoy , The Catcher in the Rye, Jonathan Livingston seagull, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Palahniuk, Into the Wild, Letters to brother Theo (Van Gogh), Diary of a Genius (Salvador Dali), Reality transurfing (Zeland), Eckhart Tolle, The Yoga Sutras by Patanjali, Journey of Souls (Michael Newton), Seth Speaks (Jane Roberts), Alone in the Ocean (Slava Kurilov), The Push (Tommy Caldwell), Alone on the Wall (Alex Honnold)

ARTISTS: Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dalí, Wassily Kandinsky , Claude Monet, Jacek Yerka , Kazimir Malevich

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Traveled around the world
- Did 5000km trip by scooter around south-eastern Asia and that was a challenge ;)
- Train hopped from Tucson to LA)
- Flew over the Golden Gate Bridge on a couchsurfer's private airplane)
- Experienced a 10-day Vipassana meditation 3 times and a couple more silent retreats
- Went skydiving from the 4km height and 60 sec of free fall
- Lived in a minivan for a year
- Hitchhiking (plains, trains, boats etc)
- Won the US Green Card lottery from the first try and moved to California

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach/show/share:

- Russian/English/Spanish languages
- meditation practice
- yoga
- reiki
- bowenwork technique (bodywork)
- hypnotherapy
- chronic symptoms healing
- how to manifest your dreams
- rock climbing

I'd like to learn:

- Canyoneering
- French/Spanish/Italian
- watercolor

What I Can Share with Hosts

positive energy, hundreds of adventure stories and our life experiences

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Kosovo, Laos, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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