- EMBODIED LEADERSHIP STRATEGIST &
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Because no one brings their brilliance to a place that only wants half of them.
I help organizations build cultures where people don't have to split themselves to succeed — so whole, integrated people can do their most purpose-driven, courageous work.
TRUSTED TO FACILITATE & KEYNOTE FOR
University of Utah · Cox Communications · Dance/USA · Lingble · Viterbo University · Protect Yo’ Energy Convention · Collegium of African Diasporic Dance · Illinois State University
- THE PREMISE
We were taught the personal self and the professional self must stay separate. That split quietly drains people of their genius — and teams pay for it in everything they never create.
When people feel safe enough to be whole at work, they stop performing out of necessity and start contributing from integrity. That is where innovation, retention, and real belonging actually come from — not from another policy, but from a felt, embodied sense of safety. That’s the work I do.
- WHO I SERVE
One truth, three rooms.
The need is universal; the doorway is yours. I bring the same embodied work to wherever leaders and teams are ready to rise.
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Organizations
Keynotes and workshops for CHROs, L&D, and DEI leaders building cultures of belonging, psychological safety, and creative courage — through the body, not just the slide deck.
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Universities
Leadership, wellbeing, and transformational facilitation for student affairs, faculty, and campus communities — rooted in over a decade inside higher education.
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Conferences & Stages
Signature keynotes that send a room home charged — present, regulated, and reconnected to their own brilliance and purpose.
- THE METHODOLOGY
Wisdom, embodied.
A wizard is someone wise — embodied in their knowledge. My work moves leadership out of the head and into the whole person, where lasting change actually lives.
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Embodied Leadership
Presence, nervous-system regulation, and the felt sense of safety that lets teams take creative risks and lead from integrity.
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Breath & Regulation
Practical, body-based tools for stress, burnout, and clear communication — so people can think, create, and connect under pressure.
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Whole Person Culture
Frameworks that close the gap between who people are and who they're allowed to be at work — the root of innovation and retention.
- IN THEIR OWN WORDS
What people carry home.
“Raheim was able to magically release our mental and physical stress. We left the session inspired, motivated, confident and energized. I encourage all the company leaders and management teams out there to consider booking Raheim — he will help every member of your company achieve their full potential, which helps the company grow.”
— Chihiro S.
Director of Partner Success, Lingble
“As I curated Dance/USA's second virtual conference, I knew we needed space for reflection and release. My mind immediately went to Raheim. Even virtually, their work resonated from studio to screen and back. Not only was their session the most attended movement break — it was the most needed. Through Raheim's brilliant facilitation, we were breathing… together.”
— Dr. Rebecca A. Ferrell
Director of Programs, Dance/USA
“As a collaborator, they are passionate, flexible, and adaptable. As a performer and choreographer, they are both vision and visionary. As a coach, teacher, and healing-space facilitator, they help everyone find the movement within themselves. It's been such deep joy working with A.R. White.”
— Jade T. Perry
Artist & Co-Founder, The Mystic Soul Project
AS SEEN IN
Dance Magazine · Thrive Global · Authority Magazine · Wellness Voice · Voyage ATL · Windy City Times · Business Radio X
- ABOUT
I am A. Raheim White — Rah The Wizard. But I didn't just become the Wizard. I had to live my way here.
I grew up on Chicago's Northside, a queer kid and the eldest of fourteen children — expanded too early into the role of caretaker, and at the same time made small by bullying and abuse. I was chastised for my loving nature and my sweet demeanor, as if tenderness were something a boy had to apologize for. Then, at fourteen, I found dance. It changed the entire trajectory of my life. For the first time, I knew liberation, ecstasy, and joy in my own body.
That gift carried me around the world. I've performed and taught in Taipei, Montréal, Havana, San Pancho, Hawai'i, New York, D.C., Atlanta, New Orleans and far beyond — from the Kennedy Center to stages most people only dream of. Along the way I earned my MFA from NYU Tisch, became a Reiki Master-Teacher and Sound Healer, a certified yoga instructor, a social-emotional learning facilitator, and an Akashic Record reader. Every modality was another tool for the same work: coming home to myself, and helping others do the same.
Today I serve as Assistant Professor and Head of Movement at the University of Utah's Department of Theatre, training the next generation of leaders and artists. And underneath all of it lives a single conviction: people are not separate parts. We've been taught to leave the bulk of ourselves at the door — and then we wonder why our brilliance goes missing. My work reunites the personal and the professional, the body and the mind, the human and the magic.
For so long I was determined to be whatever everyone else needed, at the cost of my own wellbeing. Learning to return to my own center is what made this work real. That's why the Wizard was summoned into being — and it's what I now bring to every stage, team, and campus ready to elevate.
LET’S TALK
Ready to bring the wholeness of your people to the table?
Tell me about your team, your stage, or your campus — and let's explore what becomes possible when no one has to leave themselves at the door.