I am Alex, 28, Dutch/Bulgarian, grew up in the Netherlands & UAE. Currently exploring my roots in Bulgaria as someone who grew up in diaspora. I am into many things but currently focused on herbalism, food sovereignty and agricultural politics, migration, somatics, and decolonising the mindbody. I am planning to make a film whilst in Bulgaria - about connection to land, roots, identity, migration, culture and more. Free Palestine!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It feels alienating to stay in hotels, and in hostels I often only meet other travellers. I want to connect with the locals!

Interests

Holistic health, somatics, singing, psychology, activism, music, video editing

• arts
• singing
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• reading
• music
• psychology
• activism
• outdoors
• polyamory

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: open to anything, but lately quite acoustic and diving into my Balkan heritage
Movies: documentaries!! planning on making one myself!
Books: currently reading the Spiral Dance, Hospicing Modernity, Border

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Therapy

Teach, Learn, Share

Food justice/food sovereignty/agroecology
Sociology/theory of knowledge
Different therapy modalities - somatics/yoga/shadow work/attachment theory (def not an expert!)
Herbalism/a bit of farming
Vegan (no sugar) baking
A bitttt on Ayurveda
English/Dutch

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, food, drinks, stories and skills!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Singapore, United Arab Emirates