Mala Sikka's journey through life has been a spiritual silk road with various destinations of dance, meditation and healing along the way, culminating in a tapestry of over twenty years of practice and teaching.
She started her journey in the arts in 1975 specialising in dance theatre - specifically the study of Kathakali in Paris and in Kerala, South India. In 1985 her Zen master - John Garrie Roshi - gave her his blessing to teach Zen after many years of training. Mala has been practicing Healing-Shiatsu since 1991 through her busy practice in Cardiff, and now also practices Seiki-Soho there as a result of her studies with Japanese Master Akinobu Kishi.
In 1997 Mala met The Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche who became a central inspiration and influence on all of her ongoing work. In addition she has studied under the world renowned Dr. Shen Hongxung in Buqi and shamanic healers from Indonesia.
Over the years Mala has been invited to hold in-house seminars by a number of schools and Universities across the world as well as being involved with Community Arts organisations . She has created numerous Multicultural Arts Projects including initiating the 'Twinning' between arts centres in Indonesia and Wales.
