Solihin Malim Thom
Solihin Thom was born in 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland, to William F.J.M. and Diana Thom. He is a twin, alongside his brother Richard. Their older sister Ann preceded them, followed by a younger sister, Josephine, and finally their youngest sibling, James.
His early years were shaped by movement. After a brief return to Edinburgh, the family relocated to Cyprus, and then on to Kuwait, where they lived for sixteen years. His father worked as a physician and eventually became the Chief Medical Officer for the Kuwait Oil Company in the oil town of Ahmadi. During this time, the family expanded, and Solihin’s formative experiences were divided between the Middle East and the UK.
In 1957, he attended the American School in Beirut while his father studied Arabic. He later returned to Scotland for school, attending two institutions until 1968, although he spent holidays back in Kuwait. This constant movement seeded a lifelong rhythm of travel and adaptation. Over the years, he has called many places home: the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, England, the United States, Russia, and Türkiye.
As a young adult, his travels in the Near East brought him into contact with esoteric and philosophical teachings that would later underpin his work. After returning to the UK, he ran a small express-delivery business. A car accident, while disruptive, prompted a redirection—through rehabilitation and inner prompting—towards study. He entered the field of osteopathy, echoing but not replicating his father’s path.
In 1980, Solihin graduated as a DO from the British School of Osteopathy, and went on to establish one of the first multi-disciplinary alternative health clinics in London, The Fulham Clinic. His practice integrated cranial osteopathy and later expanded into Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture, which he studied in Colombo, Sri Lanka, under the World Health Organisation in 1984.
He was introduced to Applied Kinesiology by Dr. John Bandy, DC, and further mentored by Dr. Meldener (ICAK). However, a pivotal moment occurred in 1984, when he met Dr. Alan Beardall, the creator of Clinical Kinesiology. After an intensive period of study with Beardall, Solihin’s path shifted once more following Beardall’s sudden death in 1986. In response, he began to develop his work—not from theory, but from receptivity, allowing the body and being to communicate directly through a state of surrender.
This evolving work became InnerDialogue™—a system rooted not in diagnosis or treatment, but in ontological inquiry and listening. Initially a feedback tool for clinicians, it evolved into a much broader, non-verbal dialogue system, designed to engage the being, the soul, the essence, beneath pathology.
For the next four decades, Solihin refined InnerDialogue™ into a framework with ontological precision and clinical sensitivity. He resisted commodification, choosing instead to work slowly, accurately, and with depth. He conducted numerous practitioner and personal development workshops in the UK, USA, Russia, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, as well as Morocco, Bali, India, and other locations.
During this time, he spoke regularly at conferences and professional gatherings. He was, until moving to Russia in 2009, an occasional contributor to the American Holistic Health Association, the Cranial Academy of the American Osteopathic Association, and several other organisations.
In 2016, Solihin and his wife Alicia left Russia and now reside in Türkiye, continuing to teach and hold workshops.
Though no longer a practising osteopath, Solihin continues his work as an ontological consultant, exploring the inner architecture of healing, coherence, and human development. His teaching is grounded in presence and practice. He speaks not to fix, but to accompany—to illuminate the silent voice of the essence.
Alicia Thom
The eldest of five children, Alicia attended a Waldorf school, where the rhythms of seasonal life and the value of community first took root in her awareness. At fifteen, her family moved to Indonesia, an experience that expanded her worldview and deepened her sensitivity to cultural nuance, diversity, and the unspoken dynamics that shape human life.
In 1989, Alicia became a Master NLP practitioner and an accredited Life Coach. She has been married to Solihin since 1976, and in 1991, they moved with their four children to Oregon, USA, to introduce their shared work to North America.
Alicia’s life has been one of movement—through geographies, cultures, and stages of development. These lived experiences have shaped her presence and deepened the lens through which she engages others. For over fourteen years, she has co-facilitated personal development workshops alongside Solihin, both in the United States and internationally.
In 2002, she presented at the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace conference in Kalimantan, Indonesia. She later created the Sacred Woman workshop—an offering that invites women to explore their innate nature, inner resources, and quiet strength. Together with Solihin, she continues to lead the Being Human: the Life Forces series, sharing their work and passion for human development in diverse settings.
From 2009 to 2016, Alicia co-partnered with Solihin during their time in Moscow, Russia, where they worked within a large conglomerate of businesses. Their role was to apply and adapt the HumanTemplate model to the demands of a corporate environment—introducing a clear, ethical, and ontologically grounded framework into the heart of the organisation. Their work was intensive and often met with resistance, yet they were able to foster meaningful shifts in culture and practice across the enterprise.
Today, Alicia and Solihin reside in Türkiye, where they continue to teach and accompany others in the quiet work of human unfolding.