
M a l i k a L u m
Dancer, choreographer, somatic movement therapist, craniosacral osteopath and embodiment coach. She is an interdisciplinary educator with over three decades of professional experience in the performing arts, somatic movement and embodied practice.
From earliest childhood, she envisioned a life working on and with the stage — immersed in music, dance, playwriting and the creative process. Alongside this artistic calling, she developed a deep passion for literature and for storytelling in the realms of the human body and psychology, particularly in the context of self-development, personal transformation, postural alignment and authentic expression.
This dual inquiry — artistic and scientific — continues to shape her work today.
Malika works with corporate leaders, professionals in the performing and therapeutic arts, teachers, therapists and private coaching clients, supporting them in both the expansion of potential and the resolution of physical, psychological and emotional challenges.
Her work addresses performance, presence, leadership, creativity, nervous system regulation, trauma and recovery — not as separate domains but as interrelated dimensions of the human experience.
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Malika’s methodology draws equally from creative practice and scientific inquiry. Her work supports both high-level performance and holistic human development, offering practical tools alongside profound shifts in perception, presence and self-awareness.
Professional training includes classical ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance in London, contemporary dance and choreography at the Zurich School of Dance Theater (Z.T.T.S.) and and extensive education in somatic movement education and therapy shaped informed by a wide range of influential lineages and some of the most influential pioneers in the field.
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Key influences include ideokinesis, functional and experiential anatomy, embryology and morphology, Jungian psychology, Continuum Movement, Body–Mind Centering and somatic meditation traditions.
Her integrative approach is further shaped by yoga, breathwork, restorative practices, self-inquiry meditation, Vajrayana Buddhist somatic meditation and Sufi studies.
At the core of her work lies a lifelong inquiry into how movement, perception, breath, imagination and awareness shape the human experience — where art meets science and personal development becomes a lived, embodied practice.

p r o f e s s i o n a l
b a c k g r o u n d
Classical Ballet
Royal Academy of Dance, London
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Contemporary Dance & Choreography
Zurich School of Dance Theater (Z.T.T.S.)
Somatic Movement Education & Therapy
Institute for Ideokinesis and Franklin Method
Craniosacral Therapy
Upledger Institute
Yoga Teachertrainer & Coach
Yoga Alliance
Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) Certified Trainer
Marie Walton Mahon
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Current mentoring program:
Continuum Movement Teaching
Robin Becker
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t e a c h e r s
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Embryology and Morphology
Dr. Jaap Van der Waal
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Anatomy
Erik Franklin, Erich Walker, Dr. Jaap Van der Waal
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Ideokinesis
Erik Franklin
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Jungian Psychology
Jung Institute Switzerland
Continuum Movement
Emilie Conrad, Robin Becker and Susan Harper​
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Yoga, Integrative Breathwork
& Restorative Practise
Stephen Thomas, Yogeswari, Richard Freeman,
Max Strom, Devadi Yoga and Michael Hamilton
Body Mind Centering
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
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Somatic Meditation
in the tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism
Dr. Reginald Ray
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Self-Inquiry Meditation
in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi
Dr. Bagwan Awatramani
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Sufi Studies
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and other sufi teachers
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“The primary characteristic of any fluid system is its ability to keep transforming itself.”
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— Emilie Conrad

"For every thought that is supported by feeling, there is a muscle change.
Our whole body records our emotional thinking."
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— Mabel Ellsworth Todd












