Kim ‘Kamala’ Ekman was born in Sweden and has spent most of her adult life in Spain together with her family. From the age of four her dream has been to work with dolphins and her chance came on Mallorca at the Marineland dolphinarium. At that time she spoke no Spanish and more than once her application was refused. But if you focus on your goal, this gets you a long way and, finally, Kim was accepted at the dolphinarium where she learned a lot about both dolphins, sea-lions and seals. But one important lesson was that dolphins belong in the sea and not with people in a pool.
Her experience at Marineland caused a change in her life. She started to study people with some kind of special needs who had met dolphins in the wild and the results were generally excellent. She really want to make a difference in the lives of other people and, at the same time, follow her own heart to work with wild dolphins.
She is a certified Padi Dive Master and love being in the water. The first time she swam with dolphins was in the Red Sea in 1995 and she is convinced that nobody leaves an encounter with a dolphin untouched. She is also sure that meeting dolphins in their own environment can teach us respect for nature, joy and trust between people.
Kamala is a certified International Raja Yoga teacher and Integral Hatha Yoga teacher, committed to helping people make yoga part of their daily lives. As a teacher she has seen the huge impact which Yoga can have on the quality of life of those who practice it.
She has also attended Yoga for the Special Child with Sonia Sumar, a program encompassing basic yoga therapy techniques and teaching methods to enhance the natural development of infants and children with special needs. At this time in her life she is based on Costa del Sol, Spain.
“Our aim is, in considerate and respectful interaction, to give other people the opportunity to share this fantastic experience with us and therefore I have founded C-wide.”