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M a l i k a   L u m

 

Rooted in the discipline of classical ballet and shaped by a lifelong inquiry into the nature of the bodymind system, her professional path bridges the worlds of the performing arts, somatic science and contemplative practice.

 

She began her training in classical ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance in London and later expanded into contemporary dance and choreography at the Zurich School of Dance Theatre (Z.T.T.S.).

 

Over time, her work evolved beyond performance and choreography toward a deeper understanding of movement as a pathway to transformation. This led her to study Somatic Movement Education, Ideokinesis, the Franklin Method and Craniosacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute.

 

Complementing this foundation and following decades of passionate personal yoga practice, she expanded her teaching to address the needs of yoga teachers. She became a yoga teacher trainer as well as a yoga and pranayama coach. Since then she has collaborated with numerous yoga institutions and academies offering retreats, training intensives and experiential anatomy education for yoga schools.

 

Her education has been shaped by some of the most influential thinkers and practitioners in anatomy, somatics and contemplative traditions. Studies in embryology and morphology with Dr. Jaap van der Waal together with anatomy and movement science with Erik Franklin, Thomas Myers and Erich Walker inform her deep respect for the body’s innate design and developmental intelligence.

 

Over more than twenty years of study and practice in somatic disciplines with teachers such as Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (Body Mind Centering) and Emilie Conrad and Robin Becker (Continuum Movement) she has developed a transformative and authentic approach to working with movement, breath and self-expression.

 

Guided by a profound interest in the human psyche and its relationship with bodymind practices she has also immersed herself in psychological and contemplative traditions. Her studies include Jungian psychology at the C.G. Jung Institute in Switzerland, somatic meditation in the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition with Dr. Reginald Ray, self inquiry meditation inspired by Ramana Maharshi with Dr. Bagwan Awatramani and studies in mysticism and Sufi meditation with Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.

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b a c k g r o u n d

Classical Ballet

Royal Academy of Dance, London

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

Current mentoring program:

Continuum Movement Teaching

Robin Becker

t e a c h e r s

Embryology and Morphology

Dr. Jaap Van der Waal

Anatomy

Erik Franklin, Erich Walker, Dr. Jaap Van der Waal

Ideokinesis

Erik Franklin

Jungian Psychology

Jung Institute Switzerland

 

Continuum Movement

Emilie Conrad, Robin Becker and Susan Harper​

Yoga, Integrative Breathwork 

& Restorative Practise 

Stephen Thomas, Yogeswari, Richard Freeman,

Max Strom, Devadi Yoga and Michael Hamilton

 

Body Mind Centering

Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Somatic Meditation

in the tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism

Dr. Reginald Ray

Self-Inquiry Meditation

in the tradition of Ramana Maharshi

Dr. Bagwan Awatramani

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.”

— Emilie Conrad

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

— Mabel Ellsworth Todd

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