FIRE AND MOSS EMBODIMENT
Attending to the threads between us.
Slowing down
Emotional honesty
The art of giving and receiving attention
Responding from a place of presence
Practice!
ABOUT KELSEY
At the root of it all, Kelsey values deep and meaningful connection. She teaches in a style of receptive response to what’s emerging in the moment. Through simple offerings, she invites students to deepen their self-learning, expand their capacity for connection, and practice re-humanizing our relationships.
Kelsey Maloney is a certified Open Floor International movement teacher. Often weaving multiple disciplines into her dance offerings, Kelsey has over 15 years of experience integrating writing, art, and play into personal and professional life. She recently completed Storytelling Beyond Words, a three-month intensive storytelling course in England, has completed two years of immersive study with Lisa Iversen in Systemic Family Constellations, and has studied grief literacy and ritual, Authentic Movement, improv theater, ecology and sociology. She’s volunteered with a bicycle-touring theater (Otesha Project, Australia), worked at environmental education centers and camps in the US and Australia, and self-published two books, Cloak Woman Vs Man (2017) and Take Me Home / Crash Course Fall (2023). She’s cycled over 16,000 miles across four continents.
“My experience of Kelsey as a facilitator? Warm, open, safe, intuitive, inventive, invested, real, grounded, funny.”
—Lab participant (2024)
“Kelsey is one of the finest teachers/leaders I have known. She brings a balance of gravitas and humor that create a safe, welcoming, warm space for everyone. She is incredibly loving and clear in her communications, and leads with heart and vulnerability. I can't say enough good things about Kelsey's teaching.”
—Carolyn McCarthy, lab participant and mindfulness teacher (2023)
“Kelsey is an amazing facilitator who models embodiment beautifully. I so appreciated [her] creativity, flexibility, and grace in facilitating this group. Thank you for meeting each of us in a way that helped us feel seen and welcomed.”
—Kara, lab participant (2024)
“She just keeps getting better and better.”
—Lab participant (2024)
“Kelsey held the space with so much tenderness, gentleness, and care. Her facilitation allowed me to feel safe enough to shed my layers, take risks, and reach deeper levels of intimacy with others.”
—Lab participant (2023)
“Kelsey is the main reason I signed up [for this movement lab]—fab!! (As always).”
—Stan, lab participant (2024)
“I hope to be even half as good of a facilitator as Kelsey in any future facilitation endeavors. Thank you for the inspiration and example.”
—Lab participant (2023)
“[Kelsey is] Goofy. Kind. Magic Bean. Magic Fire. A gift to share experiences with and learn from/with. A role model and mentor who dances the dance the way I hope to do.”
—Brook, lab participant (2023)