Richard Strozzi Heckler: Somatic Transformation

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Richard Strozzi-Heckler is an executive coach, author, and the founder of the Strozzi Institute. His published works include The Anatomy of Change and The Leadership Dojo. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Richard about the somatic training that he has taught for more than 20 years. Richard explains the process of somatics and the many benefits of tuning into the messages of the body. Tami and Richard talk about the importance of breath awareness and how we can change our relationship to breathing. They discuss the relationship between somatic awareness and good leadership, as well as how to overcome resistance to unpleasant sensations. Finally, Richard and Tami consider the process of somatic change and the sometimes difficult passages that it requires. (71 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities
0:46.9	in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.4	please visit sounds true foundation.org. .org.
1:04.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:10.0	Today my guest is Richard Strozy Heckler.
1:14.0	Richard is the founder of the Strozy Institute
1:17.8	in which he teaches somatics to business leaders,
1:21.2	executive managers, teams from Fortune 500 companies, and the U.S. government
1:26.5	and military. He was named one of the top 50 executive coaches in the art in practice of leadership coaching and in profiles in
1:37.1	coaching and he's the author of eight books including the leadership dojo and the art of somatic coaching.
1:45.0	Richard and I spoke about the change process or what he calls somatic transformation, a body-based approach to change in which we
1:58.8	attune to the core energy of the body and release the core energy of the body. In this conversation
2:06.4	we talked about how working with the body is such a key element if you're interested in being present, open and authentic at work.
2:19.6	Here's my conversation that I think really inspires us to go deeper into that core energy, our felt sense of being with Richard Stresse Heckler.
2:34.0	To begin with Richard Strzee Heckler. To begin with Richard, I just want to say that I'm so honored and happy to have this chance to talk with you.
2:41.0	The whole journey of embodiment is something that has been of supreme importance to me personally and I'm so happy to be able to bring your work to the sounds true audience.
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