About
September 13, 2023 2023-09-15 6:53About
ABOUT
Dr Gary Wohlman
Dr Gary Wohlman is an archaeologist of the soul, a playful muse and an evocateur of awakening genius.
He integrates presentation coaching, transformational body therapy and awakening creativity to uncover, liberate and give expression to layers of stored physical, emotional and creative energies buried in the landscapes of our bodies, our chief instrument of communication.
Born in New York City, he received the Headmasters award at the esteemed Horace Mann private secondary school for the senior student most excelling in both academics and athletics. After graduating with honours with a combined degree in pre-medical studies and Psychology from Johns Hopkins University, he kept moving west – migrating to San Francisco, Hawaii and travelling to New Zealand before landing in Australia, where he’s been living since 1997.
In Australia, his “Wohlman Method for the Whole Person” somatic trauma therapeutic modality received government endorsement from the Department of Education & Training. He also received a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology & the Expressive Arts. He’s been a nationally accredited member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society for over 20 years, and is now a Fellow with this highly-respected organisation.
His published book and living legacy, “Get up, stand up for your life”, is available on www.mypresentationdoctor.com, as well as through Amazon and Audible.com as both an e-book and audiobook – providing tools for transforming people’s relationships with their bodies, partners, communication, creativity and contribution to humanity.
Get up, stand up for your life
Available in audio, print, and ebook formats.
What Michelangelo was to sculpture, Gary Wohlman is to the body & soul. Just as Michelangelo “saw the angel in the marble and chiseled until he set it free,” Dr Gary has developed a simple, elegant approach…
His background includes being a champion springboard diver, a improvisational storytelling court jester, and decades of devotion integrating the healing, communication and creative arts. He studied for years with Jacob Moreno, the founder of Psychodrama; Jonathan Fox, the co-founder of Playback Theatre; and numerous programs in conscious movement and dance – recently becoming a Dancing Freedom facilitator, in which he offers classes live and online.
Throughout his adventurous life, Dr Gary has guided souls on an inner journey to identify, express and manifest what matters the most in their lives, to wholeheartedly embody their most passionate purpose, and trust moving into unknown directions that call to their heart and soul.
Through leaping into the unknown over and over in his own life, he has learned to recognise and follow the voices of his intuition. One of the best examples of this is his springing from one side of the world to the other multiple times without knowing a soul, yet recognizing the inner calling of the “POWER OF YES” radiating through every pore.
Following the wisdom of the celebrated quote “Leap and the net will appear”, he has become a role model and expert in pioneering pathways for himself and others, where there was no map before.
As a beacon, guide and mentor to many, he lights the way for those ready to discover and set free hidden and repressed gifts, skills, and abilities which have been held inside for ages. “Once bound, now bound to release.”
Dr Gary has developed an innovative, body-centred approach to coaching, consulting and therapy that awakens authenticity, nurtures connection and integrates the head, heart and soul.
In the public speaking arena, Dr Gary assists those who are ready to show up, step up and stand up to move through challenges they’ve been experiencing in speaking up, being seen and heard, and inspiring audiences to action.
As a communications skills expert & presentation coach, he has been coaching leading and developing professional speakers for over 50 years, and providing trainings for performers, entrepreneurs and organisations worldwide.
In connecting all the dots and points mentioned here, in sum Dr Gary has developed an innovative, body-centred approach to coaching, consulting and therapy that awakens authenticity, nurtures connection and integrates the head, heart and soul. This is his superpower.
With his colourful personality and dynamic, inspiring presence, he creates a safe emotional environment for participants to easily let go of inhibitions, hesitations, doubts, fears and patterns of holding back their brightest light – so they embrace their own magic and create the tapestry of their life as they’ve dreamed possible.
He empowers speakers and presenters, on every stage, to enhance engagement, effectiveness and interactive impact of their live and recorded presentations.
Following the principles he shares in his popular signature speech, keynote and interactive presentation, “Speaking from the Heart – Transforming your Message with Your BODY & VOICE”, his outrageously playful, passionate, compassionate nature brings out one’s unabashed uniqueness, builds confidence and catalyzes charisma.
His expertise extends to developing characterisation, building physical and online “stage” presence and rapport, and teaching tangible tools for optimizing audience participation.
In the life coaching arena, he specialises in assisting people in transition, those ready to move on and courage to claim their most fulfilling life, career, relationship, place to live and creative expression, – yet are stuck in old familiar patterns which they cannot break free from by themselves in the self-created prison they’ve grown accustomed to living in over many decades.
Integrating a variety of multi-sensory healing, communicative and creative modalities, he has developed an exceptional flair for making it safe, easy and especially fun for his clients to stand up to those people and situations which have oppressed them throughout their lives.
Re-set, multi-sensorise and embody a nurturing, empowering and inspiring self-talk, accompanied by full self-expression and creativity.
He works swiftly and artfully, expertly setting the stage for fellow souls to release patterns of holding back – and to re-set, multi-sensorise and embody a nurturing, empowering and inspiring self-talk, accompanied by full self-expression and creativity.
Through his expertise, sensitivity and facilitation, those who receive Dr Gary’s guidance, coaching and mentoring bring their voice and message out into the world as never before.
