Your Soul Is Meant to Commune with Nature
The Art of Friluftsliv is about connection, and we’re on a mission to reinforce the importance of being a compassionate citizen in the global community.
Meet the Founder,
Kelsey Maxine
Explorer • Wellness Professional • Storyteller
An enthusiastic wanderer of the Rocky Mountains, I desire to showcase, preserve and impart to visitors the long-established Colorado love & reverence for the great outdoors. I am the founder of Free Air Life LLC, which is inspired by my Norwegian heritage, and the Scandinavian concept of “Friluftsliv.”
I celebrate and often state that “We humans are far more alike than we are different.” My hope and dream is to make connections with individuals in any capacity, particularly when it comes to spending time outside, teaching yoga and imparting various mindfulness techniques.
As someone who has gathered sensory and somatic tools for self-development, I desire all people to see how applicable and available tools such as mindfulness, breathwork, perception are through the senses, bodywork, and yoga: these practices are for everyone.
Together we can approach the topic of exploring the world within; all the while adoring the natural world, honoring the physical practices of yoga and movement, and the tenderness that revolves around sacred heart-work.
Learn About Kelsey’s
Wellness Credentials
BA Communication • Registered Yoga Teacher • Licensed NMT
Kelsey has been in the hospitality and wellness industry since 2007. Devoting time to intrapersonal work is what led her to the multi-faceted modalities of somatic work. Seeking connection to others and herself, she is a lifelong student of intercultural communication and the holistic approach to body, spirit, breath, and mind. She has spent much of her life linking love for community and passion for writing to a deeper understanding of holistic wellness.
Hailing from Pennsylvania’s Appalachian Mountains, she completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2018 at Colorado’s Cambio School of Yoga, ten years after attending her first hot yoga class in New York City. She earned her 850- hour Neuromuscular Massage Therapist License from the Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy in September 2021 and added a Yomassage certification to her credentials in November 2021.
Kelsey holds a Bachelors's Degree in Communication and Women’s and Ethnic Studies from the University of Colorado and aims to live a life of love and respect for others, herself, and nature. After living in pockets across the country & world, she has been drawn time and again to Colorado Springs, which she now considers her home.