Date women from United States / California / Scotts Valley, 49 year old

Date someone special from Scotts Valley, United States. I love to dance, salsa is my current passion. You can find me out dancing a few nights a week. Friends and family are important to me and one day, my partner will be my best friend, lover and someone to share thoughts, dreams and adventures both physical and intellectual. I want to deeply connect with my partner on every level. I am intense and passionate and a sparkle bunny!! I have old fashioned family values but a very, very open mind. It is important for me that my partner and I are dedicated to one another and to our own personal growth and to living a healthy lifestyle.
Love to cuddle and watch movies and surf the internet. I volunteer for an organization called TEDxSantaCruz and another organization called MISSSEY, helping young girls. Sunshine is like a happiness drug for me : ). I enjoy finding new hiking trails in the mountains as well as exploring big cities. I enjoy cookine, almost as an art and also love to eat out. I eat very healthy, fresh food, mostly organic, but also love desserts, especially COOKIES.
I teach Bikram Yoga (hot yoga) and if you have a yoga practice or would like to learn, that would be super awesome! I love my job and can talk for hours about yoga and love to "play yoga" on the living room floor with like minded friends. Acro yoga anyone?
I like electronic music, down-tempo the most.
Also listen to R&B, Hip-Hop, Trip-hop, deep house, classical, soft rock, some mainstream like Sting, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Frou Frou, Maroon 5, some 80's & 90's pop, but really don't like hard rock or jazz at all.
I am attracted to intelligence, honesty, strength, charm and playfulness. I prefer to spend my time with compassionate, open minded people. Confidence and intelligence matched with a fit and healthy mind and body turn me on, but chemistry trumps most all of that!!
I am happy to date, make new friends, learn new ideas, but eventually, I hope to fall madly in love, and spend the rest of my life with just one man. I am very playful, you will rarely find me discussing politics, however, I do have some opinions: Gay marriage, abortion, yes, of course. National Health care, I hope so.
Things I enjoy:
yoga, cooking, music, dancing, gardening, debating, rock climbing, bike riding, hiking, movies, frisbee, deep connected relationships, electronic music, ping pong, BBQ's with friends/family, sunshine, symphonies, live comedy, home projects, web surfing, waterfalls.
I have 4 grown children ages, 20, 22, 24, 25. Oldest just finishing grad school, starting law school in the fall. Two youngest still at home with me, attending college and working full time.