Heiner Steckel, Dipl. Pad. ECP/EAP ( European Certificate for Psychotherapy) - He is a member of the faculty since 1990 . He is a co-founder of the 'North German Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis' IIBA* He was born in 1953, graduated from the University of Bielefeld, Germany as DiplomPädagoge ( this academic course combines Science of Education, Psychology and Sociology) in 1980 He constantly worked with Dr. Lowen for more than 25 years and was his assistant in four international Conferences of Psychotherapy. He works as psychotherapist and supervisor in private praxis and conducts various IIBA training programs in Germany , France , Norway and Brasil , besides this leading bioenergetic workshops (introductory and post graduate) in the field of health care and education in various countries in Europe and Southamerica.He brings former experience in "gestalt" , "tai chi" , "breathing therapy" , 'shiatzu' and his interest in eastern philosophy" to his bioenergetic work. In the bioenergetic field, his main interest is connected to the "energetic factor - and interventions in the therapeutic process". He sometimes calls the "bioenergetic stool" his "couch" and is very interested in looking at "basic bioenergetic work" from the perspective of recent research and findings in the field of "emotion research" and "neurobiology". In the past two years his interest in bioenergetic work with trauma increased, very much stimulated by the work of David Berceli, with whom he is cooperating in teaching the TRE (trauma-release-exercises) in various professional fields, leading with trauma. In the Bioenergetic Centre of Body Work in Koszalin he was leading the workshop - Basic Energetic Principles of Bioenergetic Analysis in Mielno on the 21- 23-rd of November in 2008. Another workshop is planned in Darłówko on the 13- 15-th of February 2009, where the leader will be Heiner Steckel. Heiner Steckel will also conduct the IIBA training program for therapists in BA which is planned to start in 2009.
* IIBA International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis ( Founder Alexander Lowen. MD)

Dr. Vita Heinrich-Clauer - 54 years old, married, mother of a 19 years old daughter. Dipl. Psych., psychotherapist, supervisor. Member of the IIBA since 1985. Training in Bioenergetic Analysis 1985-1991. CBT since 1991 (Frank Hladky/Eleanor Greenlee). (In the process of Faculty application) Member of the Board of Trustees IIBA from 2002 to 2008.In the Bioenergetic Centre of Body Work in Poland she will lead the training altogether with Heiner Steckel the coordinator of the training. Editor of the German Journal "Forum der Bioenergetischen Analyse". Editor of the reader "Handbook Bioenergetic Analysis" published in German 2008. Research and teaching in psychological diagnostics, developmental psychology, university of Osnabrück (Germany) Teaching and writing about Bioenergetic Analysis in different institutions; special interest in diagnostics, psychosomatics, trauma, resonance and body work with couples. Since 1989 praxis for psychotherapy, licensed psychologist for depth psychology; supervision; Teaching and writing about Bioenergetic Analysis in different institutions; special interest in diagnostics, resonance, psychosomatics, trauma, and body work with couples.

Professional background:
1974-1981 studies of Psychology at universities of Braunschweig and Hamburg (Germany)
1981-1986 research and teaching in psychological diagnostics, department of psychology, university of Osnabrück (Germany)
1986-1988 research projects at the university of Osnabrück and Darmstadt (Germany), department of developmental psychology, studies about attachment patterns and explorative behavior in children
1995-2000 teaching body-diagnostics at the university of Osnabrück
od 1989 praxis for psychotherapy, licensed psychologist for depth psychology; supervision; lectures, research, publications

Training, Therapy and Supervision in Bioenergetic Analysis
1979-1983 training in humanistic psychotherapy (gestalt, psychodrama, bioenergetics) with John van Lier
1983-1993 therapy in Bioenergetic Analysis (Ansgar Rank; Heidi Schmied-Geil)
1985-1991 Training in Bioenergetic Analysis NIBA (Germany); Trainers: Frank Hladky, Eleanor Greenlee, Jaques Berliner
1991-1993 postgraduate workshops with Frank Hladky (once a year)
1993-2003 postgraduate workshops with David Campbell & June McDonnach (once a year 4 days)
1992-2007 postgraduate workshops with Bob Lewis (once a year 3 days)
1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2006 5-days-summer-workshops with Bob Lewis at Cutchogue
1994-2005 postgraduate workshops with Bennett Shapiro
1996-2008 life-supervision with Ben Shapiro in my own praxis at Osnabrück (6 times with about 10 clients)
1996-2001 psychoanalytic therapy (240 hours)

Working as therapist/supervisor or workshop leader at different times for:
Stuttgarter Gesellschaft für Bioenergetische Analyse (SgfBA)
Rheinische Gesellschaft für Bioenergetische Analyse
Gesellschaft für Bioenergetische Analyse (GBA)
Weiterbildungsinstitut Bad Salzuflen (Training of Psychologists)
Efl Ausbildung zur Ehe-, Familien- und Lebensberatung (Training of couple-therapists)
SOBAB Brussels
Norwegian Institute for BA Oslo

Olaf Traap - Bioenergetic Therapist, since 1995 ,a member of the board of directors at the North German Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis NIBA , since 2007 training analyst (licensed to be therapist for Bioenergetic trainees),Member of a professional body psychotherapy advanced training and supervision group with Dorothea Habbinga, psychologist. In the Bioenergetic centre of Body Work in Poland he leads workshops, and also will be a therapist for Bioenergetic trainees. He was born in 06.06.1959, Berlin, Germany, loving relationship and 14 year daughter.

Education and Career progression
After the Abitur , started to study Pedagogics and Sport at the PH in Berlin. After that he went to on a 14 month travel through Asia and Australia, studied Chinese medicine and oriental philosophy, developed the desire to work therapeutic, to touch people and to use his sensitive hands for this purpose. First became a Massage Therapist interested in the physical context of the human body. The appreciation about the interaction of body, spirit and soul summarized during his work with patients in a psychiatric clinic, at the Niedersächsischen Landeskrankenhaus Göttingen, as holistic body - mind worker. In 1986 he learned the method "Jin Shin Do - Acupressure". The effect (release) was fascinating and deeply impressive for him.It started a continuous process of his personal and professional development. After the "intensive teacher training" 1994 in the USA he got the license to teach JSD from Iona Teeguarden, the founder of JSD.

Bioenergetic Background
His first touch with Bioenergetics was 1988 at a 5 day Mallorca workshop with Heiner Steckel. He took part at several workshops until he started individual therapy in 1992. The therapeutic process inspired him to go further and further. Within 12 years of individual therapy in B.A. he had 4 therapists. He also worked with Dr. Alexander Lowen in the USA. He is a living example for the effectiveness of Bioenergetic Analysis:
- He has a wonderful loving relationship,
- He overcame terrible and painful back problems, so that he's still able to play team handball,
- The way to make his money is fulfilling and satisfying. And it is good for humanity overall.

Bioenergetic Training
An even deeper understanding of the body- soul connection enabled him the psychotherapeutic training program in Bioenergetic Analysis, which he did from 1994-1999 at the NIBA. (North German Institute Of Bioenergetic Analysis). Until now feels strongly connected to Bioenergetics and the NIBA. Since the end of the training program he is a member of a professional further education and supervision group, since 2007 he is allowed to do therapy with trainees, since 2008 he is a member of the NIBA board. In the NIBA board one of his tasks is to visit the yearly European meeting of the Bioenergetic institutes, he likes to network and connect with others.

Professional therapeutic focus:
Since 1992 he started to work with private clients. He lives and works today in Eschwege Germany. Beside "Balance" he runs a small private Praxis for Jin Shin Do Akupressure. In therapy his focus is early diseases, shock, trauma, psychosomatics and also very important to contact appropriately to the client. The personal strength of his work is:
- The work with early injured clients, which needs a lot of holding bodily contact for their own growing process,
- To explore together with the client the emotional background of physical diseases,
- Problems with partnership and sexuality.

John Yong J.D. - John Yong comes from Hong Kong, lives in USA. John Yong is on the Board of Directors of The Alexander Lowen Foundation. John has been involved with bioenergetics for over 25 years having regular individual therapy sessions at the IIBA headquarters in New York for 15 of those years either with Dr. Lowen or Dr. June Gray. He was a regular at most of the Pawling Workshops since 1988 with Dr. Frank Hladky and Dr. Lowen. He has attended numerous workshops with Dr. Frank Hladky at his homes in Truchas, New Mexico and Tulsa, Oklahoma. John also completed 6 years of training with the at large training group led by Anna Miller and Frank Hladky and graduated in 2002. He led workshops in Bogota, Colombia and San Juan Puerto Rico, a number of workshops in Fredericton Canada and Tulsa Oklahoma, Taos N,M., Costa Rica. He works with issues of emotional growth and he perceives and uses his intuition to see, hear and help people to work with - "I have witnessed the evolution of the Bioenergetics movement and hope to guide its growth". His expertise is in leading bioenergetic groups by utilizing a unique way of integrating group members energetically into the bioenergetic process while an individual is receiving a session. John describes what makes bioenergetic therapy different from other therapies: In "a lot of talk therapy, you can talk yourself out of the body issues. But the body does not lie. ...we can't cheat the body. The mind can cheat other minds, but the body can never cheat." He is leading a workshop "Healing through the Body" in The Bioenergetic Centre of Body Work in Darłówko 9-11.01.2009 in Poland .