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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Massage Therapist
  • Kingston University London graduate, Licensed Massage The...
  • From Crystal Lake, IL USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To explore as much of this planet as possible and experience everything and everyone I can in my time here.

ABOUT ME

Trying to use my time on this wonderful planet in a way that can benefit all of humanity someday, hoping to realize my fullest potential and helping others to realize theirs :) Presently finishing up my last semester of university where I study sociology, media, and cultural studies, but after 5 years and 3 universities feel it has taught me little in comparison to genuine life experiences through traveling to beautiful places, meeting intriguing individuals, and seeking out mystical experiences :)

PHILOSOPHY

As above so below

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only used couch surfing once to crash in Istanbul and the guy was lovely, would love to have some people come stay with me!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As I said above only used once in Istanbul but had a fantastic experience!

Interests

Art, tribal and contact dancing, hiking, massage, traveling, writing, yoga, meditation, new cultures and experiences, spirituality and healing in all its forms

  • arts
  • writing
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • running
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • painting
  • hiking
  • kayaking
  • surfing
  • communications
  • cultural studies
  • sociology
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Fifth Sacred Thing, The Four Agreements, The Celestine Prophecy,

Movies: Cloud Atlas, Star Wars, Waking Life, Lord of the Rings

Music: Psytrance, house, dub, techno, folk, bluegrass, reggae, ambient, tribal, down temo, indie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stone henge during the summer solstice, hitchhiking across France with no money for charity, experiencing a solar eclipse by plane over China, Burning Man especially the flaming cyclones whirling out of the Man, spinning fire under the Delicate Arch in Utah, occupying Parliament Square in London, forming an Om circle in Chicago during the NATO protests, kayaking under full moon in Tonsai Bay, Thailand after running out of money and getting a bamboo tattoo, working at an ayahuasca retreat center in the Amazon of Peru, hiking to Machu Pichu...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share a lot about a number of spiritual experiences and travels, offer massage, cranio-sacral therapy, and energy work, practice spanish, cook some Amazonian inspired dishes..

What I Can Share with Hosts

Massage, cranio-sacral, energy work, yoga if a beginner, painting, cooking, cleaning, and stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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