Richard Strozzi-Heckler has a Ph.D. in psychology and is a Shihan seventh-degree black belt in Aikido. A nationally known speaker, coach, and consultant on embodied leadership and mastery, he has spent more than five 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 was featured on the cover of the Wall Street Journal for his groundbreaking leadership program for the U.S. Marine Corps and was named one of the 50 top coaches in Profiles in Coaching. He is the founder of the Strozzi Institute, where he teaches courses on Somatic Coaching and Leadership in Action. The author of eight books, including In Search of the Warrior Spirit, he lives in Northern California.