I am an American guy in my late 20’s originally from southern West Virginia. I left WV at 18 for Rhode Island where I attended Brown University and received my Bachelors degree. After graduation I moved to North Carolina where I trained for four years in classical Chinese medicine under Daoist priest Jeffrey Yuen. I then lived a year in Brooklyn, New York practicing acupuncture and exploring museums. Now I’m staying in Virginia for a few months but I am excited to travel and see the world. I speak un poco español and I aspire to learning Deutsch. I am interested in physics, martial arts and yoga, and adventures into nature! I am a vegetarian, very organized, and clean. I don’t drink or smoke (although I have a soft spot for tibetan incense) and I am happy to provide acupuncture for my hosts.

Music, Movies, and Books

Gustav holst, mahler, mendelsohn, bon iver, chance the rapper, mos def, nina simone, tchaikovsky, good martial arts movies (no dubbing), that good scifi like LOTR, battlestar galactica, star trek (JLP is my captain), Avatar (last airbender, not james cameron)....

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you taijiquan and wudang five animal gongfu techniques. I play guitar and piano. And i can talk about Chinese medicine, Daoist immortals, and how quantum physics and cryptocurrency will shape the 21st century ad nauseum.

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Ireland, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States