Leela La Mela

Leela is a dancer and movement educator specialized in embodied anatomy with an ecosomatic approach. In her work she is curious about how we can land into an embodied experience of being nature through body awareness and movement. She dreams of a world where the joy of dancing forsters kinesthetic empathy towards ourselves and all life forms, building trust in the inherent wisdom of our bodies. Leela believes the pathway to wild dances lies in first slowing down, opening our senses and making space to re-member the movement we’ve always known, carried through life’s evolution.

Her background in contemporary dance, somatic methods, and manual therapy shapes her approach to movement as a living, breathing dialogue with the body and its surroundings. In her workshops, Leela invites participants into an inclusive, safe space of deep listening, intuitive movement, and untamed expression.