CURRENT MISSION

Deepening our understanding and experience of self, spirit, life and love. Finding our way, finding our soul gifts. Helping build the alternative solutions & healing for a new society....while having FUN!

ABOUT ME

I am yet another insatiably curious and exuberant explorer of this world, this universe and this existence.... I currently identify myself as a woman, a wife and lover, an artist/designer, a community builder, a psychotherapist, an Enneagram self-prez 7, a lover of nature, a singer, a student of the human experience and of human consciousness, a pessimistic optimist, and a sacred space builder.

PHILOSOPHY

Be the change you seek... Living the unfolding of the new story of Interbeing, the new culture and the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I enjoy hosting and traveling!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing is a true function of a real GIFT ECONOMY. What a blessing and a resource! I couchsurfed europe with my boyfriend (now husband) in the summer of 2006 (czech rep, slovakia, hungary, croatia and italy). Our experience was awesome. Couchsurfers are some of the nicest and sanest people out there. We feel very lucky to have been able to have such great hosts, it really made our experience what it was!

Interests

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NOW: Deeply rooting into a regenerative life of service, health & self-care, community building and in re-imagining both global and local culture through land-based community in Glen Ellen and Sonoma County.

I'm also now working to finish my PhD in Counseling Psychology from Meridian University (Petaluma, CA), and building a life of connectedness, trust, truth and love each day.

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(What's below are my interests from my 2004 "original" couchsurfing profile - wow is it cool to see the transitions 12 years have brought! I was a bit more wordy back then, ha ha.)

ALWAYS: Hooping! Teaching hooping & spreading my love of this amazing movement art/physical/spiritual therapy, my circus arts troupe Fluid Lüminescence, portrait photography, writing poetry, ashtanga yoga, networking my community, raw food & green juicing, the Ridhwan School & the Diamond Approach, the Enneagram, depth psychology & uncovering essential nature, Ecopsychology, transpersonal psychology, vision questing, climbing, aerial fabric dancing, slacklining, planning the next steps, finding my give-away gifts, treating myself better every day, adventure, alternative building & energy, alex grey, robert venosa, ambient music, astrophysics, backpacking, building communities directed towards change, burning man, consciousness, contact juggling, contact improv, raw food, czech republic/eastern european culture, any and all kinds of dancing, design in all forms, didjeridu, dreams, drum and dance gatherings, earthship biotecture, eyvind earle, the Enneagram, esalen, faith & the muse, ferns, firefly, foreign films, gardens, fritjof capra, gavin friday, great conversations, hafiz, hiking, horses, hot springs & hot tubs, hot elven hippie boys, harbin, intentional community, intentional underground dance culture, joining a cirque-us, kirtans, kiva house, lost at last, magick, meditation, mucha, mushrooms, naturism - yah that's nudity, nightwalking, organic & sustainable industries, permaculture, personal responsibility, non-violent communication, fine art photography & wedding photography, philosophy, positive change, psychedelics, psytrance, puppy dogs - especially maltese! reading fantasy, rock climbing, sacred community, san luis obispo, scuba diving, shamanic journeying, spontaneity, synchronicities, stephen kent, storytelling, straw-bale, swimming naked (is there any other way really?), terence mckenna, waking life, waterfalls, yoga... what can I say? I have a LOT of interests....

• dogs
• horses
• arts
• culture
• writing
• poetry
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• raw food
• vegetarian
• organic food
• yoga
• dieting
• instructor
• meditation
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• swimming
• teaching
• psychology
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Also an outdated (but neat) list from circa 2008 or so:

BOOKS: The Gift by Hafiz, Contact by Carl Sagan, Dark Tower series by Stephen King, SoulCraft and also Nature & the Human Soul by Bill Plotkin, Harry Potter, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Jitterbug Perfume, Jim Woodring books, The Unfolding Now by A.H. Almaas, The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson. (+ I love recommendations!!)

MUSIC: aah.. I love so much... Random Rab, edIT, Blvd, Gotan Project, Bassnectar, Lorin, Zero 7, Iron & Wine, Shimshai, Gavin Friday, Ekova, Faith & the Muse, Sphongle, Fiona Apple, Delerium, Stephen Kent, Native American flute music, Sheila Chandra, Tom Petty, Operatica, Dido, psytrance and tribal trance..... and gernerally most all things beautiful, tribal, ambient, breaksy and bassy.. : >

MOVIES: Movies: Baraka, Contact, all Kevin Spacey, Zoolander, Waking Life, Princess Mononoke, LOTR of course, The Muppets, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Nightmare Before Xmas, Run Lola Run, Office Space, Dirty Dancing, Much Ado About Nothing, Can't Hardly Wait, Amelie, The End of Suburbia, Who Killed the Electric Car, The Real Dirt on Farmer John.

TV: Haven't watched much TV in forever, 'cept on Netflix, yeehaw!! so: Alias, 24, Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, X-Files

Teach, Learn, Share

Also an outdated (but neat) list from circa 2005 or so:

THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
* Pick up a hoop. No, don't put it down again, try it. Seriously.
* Drink nothing but freshly juiced greens for 7 days. Better yet, 30 days. Better yet, do the full 92-day program. (I'm still working on that one!)
* Live in a foreign country.
* Eat as big a portion of your diet as possible as LOCAL, FRESH, RAW, SEASONAL, ORGANIC food.
* Seek your own spiritual nature. It doesn't matter where you start, just keep seeking. Keep asking questions.
* Get OUTDOORS!!! Now stay there! ... Longer!!! : >

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Taiwan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Slovakia, United States

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