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Overview

  • 7 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Persian (Farsi), Sign Language - BSL, AUSLAN, NZS
  • Unspecified age, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • being a good human
  • diverse & not nearly as much as I'd like!
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy the beauty of slow/local travel, make a contribution to the world and meet beautiful people along the way

ABOUT ME

...down to earth, full of thought and childlike wonder, love the unlimited posibilties of life, laughter is the best medicine, I smile alot, I cook for people, I sing badly, I am loving living on the banks of the Yarra River, a perfect day usually involves being out in nature, food is the way to my heart, I live quietly and more and more simply with bursts of colourful adventure, my ideas about who I am have been challenged by travelling so (like this profile)I'm a work in progress

PHILOSOPHY

dont identify too strongly with personal philosophies or as you grow from new experiences you will lose yourself defending something that is no longer your truth

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've done a fair bit of unofficial and some official hosting and met so many amazing people. The humanity you see in people you meet through this project, especially amazing when being hosted has been an absolutely gorgeous exhange

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Brilliant experiences!

Interests

I get more and more amazed by simple things as I travel through life:
real people,
slow food,
gardening,
yoga,
healing science and art,
poetry and novels,
film,
dancing,
community projects,
renovating and landscaping,
markets,
wandering the bush and parkland
roadside harvesting,

  • arts
  • poetry
  • singing
  • photography
  • beauty
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • gardening
  • boating
  • reading
  • traveling
  • swimming
  • medicine
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

anything that challenges my current paradigms,makes me cry from laughing too hard,or provides complete absorbtion.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Great Wall, face reading in china, elephant riding in thailand, cooking courses in most countries, the bathroom in the Waldorf Astoria NYC, Findhorn community in Scottland, swimming in waterfalls, fire ceremonies, living on a pirate boat in Spain

Teach, Learn, Share

sharing/teaching/learing is the best bit of this project! One guy tried to teach me to bow-drill (out in the middle of the wilderness with no fire style)but couldn't find the right wood...
I'd love to learn more about gardening, dancing, meditation,cooking, photography, healing and can teach what I have learnt so far about self healing, kinesiology, meditation, crystals, dowsing, gardening, cooking...

What I Can Share with Hosts

A love of travel, a bottle of wine, a meal, good conversation, kinesiology

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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