Kirsten Akens

Kirsten Akens is an award-winning journalist with bylines in national publications including O – the Oprah Magazine, People, and Lifehacker. Colorado Springs-based for more than 25 years, she also writes regularly for Springs and the Colorado Springs Independent, the alt-weekly where she was an editor for nearly seven years. When Kirsten’s not offering advice about what to see, do, and eat in the Pikes Peak region, she’s teaching people how to rest through restorative yoga at Root: Center for Yoga and Sacred Studies. Learn more at kirstenakens.com. “Kirsten Akens knows this city. She’s been a part of this community for 25 years, embedding herself in the culture of Colorado Springs and all it has to offer, from its food to its museums to its gorgeous great outdoors. Now, she’s collected all that knowledge for the rest of us, and put it out in a book.” — Colorado Springs Independent