Richard Strozzi-Heckler

Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Born	1944 (age 72–73)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	San Diego State University Saybrook University
Organization	Strozzi Institute
Known for	somatics, leadership development, psychology, aikido
Website	strozziinstitute.com

Richard Strozzi-Heckler (born Richard Heckler in 1944) is an American author, coach, and consultant on "embodied leadership and mastery."

He is the founder of Strozzi Institute originally located in Petaluma, California and now Oakland, California.

Strozzi-Heckler spent his early life in a military family periodically moving to different naval bases. In early adolescence, he began studying martial arts, beginning with judo, then karate and jiujitsu. He excelled in athletics while in high school and was awarded a scholarship to San Diego State College in San Diego, California where he was named All-American in track and field.

After a Marine Corps tour of duty in the mid 1960s, Strozzi-Heckler traveled throughout Asia studying yoga and meditation. He returned to the United States, eventually earning a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Saybrook University with an emphasis on mind-body connection.

Strozzi-Heckler holds the rank of seventh degree black belt (rokudan) in aikido.

Strozzi-Heckler co-founded the Lomi School in 1970 with Robert K. Hall, Alyssa Hall, Vince Regalbuto, and Catherine Flaxman, integrating aikido and bodywork principles into a body oriented psychotherapy called Lomi Work.

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