{"product_id":"embodying-the-mystery-richard-strozzi-heckler-9781644114568","title":"Embodying the Mystery: Somatic Wisdom for Emotional, Energetic, and Spiritual Awakening","description":"- Follows the author's apprenticeships with masterful teachers, out-of-body experiences, meditation retreats in Asia, martial arts in Japan, facing his trauma at the hands of his father, and his struggles to become emotionally literate \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Offers interpretations of his experiences poised as questions, reflections, and inquiries, inviting the reader to participate in what opened for the author on his quest for self-realization, including successes, failures, struggles, and enigmas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharing profound stories, transformative incidents, and provocative situations from across his more than 7 decades of life, founding elder of the Somatics movement Richard Strozzi-Heckler explores the moments of insight and awakening that have been pivotal in forming his unique perspectives within the fields of embodiment, meditation, aikido, and leadership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with an early experience with death that revealed the universal principle of impermanence, the author takes us on a rich, textured journey into the inquiry of what it means to embody the mystery of Spirit. As we follow him through apprenticeships with masterful teachers, out-of-body experiences, meditation retreats in Asia, martial arts in Japan, facing his trauma at the hands of his father, and his struggles to become emotionally literate, we're also taken on a path of learning, healing, and transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor each story, the author offers interpretations of his experiences poised as questions, reflections, and inquiries. In this way we are invited to participate on his quest for self-realization, including successes, failures, struggles, and enigmas. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Strozzi-Heckler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644114569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644114568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Inner Traditions International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.04w x 0.46d","brand":"Richard Strozzi-Heckler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981694370047,"sku":"9781644114568","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_992b32c2-da98-4293-aa8b-cf5b6966838f.jpg?v=1683257017","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embodying-the-mystery-richard-strozzi-heckler-9781644114568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}