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A deeply personal and intimate portrayal of a life’s journey through a somatic wisdom, this insightful memoir depicts the immeasurable wealth that teachers, practices, vulnerability, and community can offer the sincere seeker on an embodied spiritual path.
List of contents
Introduction Life Fastened to Death
Baba
The Friend
Embodying the Practice
A Broken Leg Not a Broken Spirit
Doorway to a More Spacious Consciousness
Stepping Outside the Self
Out-of-Body Perceptions
It’s All Inside You
Dignifying Fear and Vulnerability
Shining Light on the Shadow
The Descent into Cellular Wisdom
Grieving
The Elegance of the Soma
Moving the Energy
Aikido: The Way of Harmony with Universal Energy
The Protector of Spirit
The Sensation of Longing
Maybe It’s Working
Acknowledgments About the Author
About the author
Richard Strozzi-Heckler has a Ph.D. in psychology and is a Shihan 7th-degree black belt in aikido. A nationally known speaker, coach, and consultant on embodied leadership and mastery, he has spent more than 5 decades researching, developing, and teaching Somatics to business leaders, executive managers, teams from Fortune 500 companies, NGOs, technology start-ups, non-profits, and the U.S. government and military. He is the founder of the Strozzi Institute, where he teaches courses on somatic coaching and leadership in action. The author of 8 books, including
In Search of the Warrior Spirit, he lives in Northern California.
Summary
A deeply personal and intimate portrayal of a life’s journey through a somatic wisdom, this insightful memoir depicts the immeasurable wealth that teachers, practices, vulnerability, and community can offer the sincere seeker on an embodied spiritual path.
