"One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways." - Bertrand Russell

I enjoy laughter and silence equally.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it's a beautiful way to put yourself out there and ask life to change you. My experience on here has been so varied - there have been turbans knocked off in my honor, dirt floors where parrots played the role of roosters, even penthouses.

Interests

good questions, trees, healing, western & eastern medicine, meditation, poetry, community, transparency, vulnerability

• horses
• poetry
• yoga
• meditation
• survival
• backpacking
• anatomy
• medicine
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love to read!

Books: Khalil Gibran, Ayn Rand, Terence McKenna, Walt Whitman, Alan Watts, Joseph Campbell, Jeremy Narby, The Naked Ape, HP Lovecraft, Shakespeare, Saul Williams, Women Who Run With the Wolves, Tony Hoagland, Ivan Illich, Guy Gavriel Kay, Irv Yalom, Gormenghast, Neil Gaiman, Ender's Game, Derrick Jensen

Music: Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lunasa, Regina Spektor, Lauryn Hill, Jeff Buckley, Whitney Houston, Iron and Wine, Roots Manuva, Rachmaninoff, The Gossip, Radiohead

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Burning Man
Fell off a waterfall and lived
Been stampeded over by horses and lived
Walked on the body of some gorgeous mountains in Patagonia and Nepal
Road motorbike across Vietnam
Did a few Goenka Vipassana retreats

What I Can Share with Hosts

yoga, meditation, plant knowledge, tinwhistle, backpacking or survival skills, Spanish, anatomy

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Germany, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United States

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