CURRENT MISSION

explore inner and outer landscapes

discover and uncover my Soul-gifts so I may offer and sing them to the world

ABOUT ME

PHILOSOPHY

"This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."

--Alan Watts

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted a few lovely, amazing couchsurfers in the past and have couchsurfed myself once, several years ago in Iceland. I am soon embarking on a great adventure across the US with a friend, and we hope to utilize many couches along the way.

Interests

• animals
• cats
• arts
• writing
• singing
• dancing
• environment
• cooking
• cheese
• beer
• baking
• yoga
• meditation
• crafts
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• surfing
• snorkeling
• rock climbing
• languages
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• tea
• permaculture
• reading books
• plants
• farming
• acroyoga
• primitive skills
• ayurveda
• pole dance
• tarot
• banjo
• herbalism
• polyamory
• aerial silks
• bodywork
• somatics
• ecopsychology
• sanskrit
• vedic astrology
• depth psychology
• old time music

Music, Movies, and Books

There is so much music I could list... but some of my favorite artists right now are:
Big Thief, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Michael Hurley, Tallest Man on Earth, The Velvet Underground, Angel Olsen, Anais Mitchell, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Lake Street Dive, Mountain Man, Y La Bamba, Diggable Planets, Pinegrove, Vulfpeck, Foghorn Stringband, The Uncluded, Lomelda, Florist, Frankie Cosmos.

However, I can find music that I like in almost any genre, and I love hearing new stuff... especially if it's a little weird.

Movies: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, all Wes Anderson films, and all Studio Ghibli films.

Books: Braiding Sweetgrass, Women Who Run With the Wolves, The Body Keeps the Score, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home, Ishmael, Zorba the Greek, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Siddhartha, The Tao of Pooh, The Ethical Slut
Anything by David Abram, Bill Plotkin, Joanna Macy (eco-psychology writers)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Witness 30-40 turtles emerge from the ocean to lay eggs during a full moon in a secluded section of Lepe'uli, my favorite nude beach in Kaua'i.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Ayurveda (I have actually studied this in college, didn't just read an article about it), farming/compost/soil science, very basics of some music stuff (theory, ukulele, guitar),

Learn: Partner dancing, music (particularly feel the NEED to learn fiddle), languages, primitive skills

Sharing: Bodywork, Ayurvedic pulse reading

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, stories, knowledge, food, beer, friendship, hugs, time, space

Countries I’ve Visited

Iceland, Italy, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States