About Us
Change Your Mind, Transform Your Life
Embrace Change Yoga is a boutique virtual yoga studio founded by a senior corporate executive and yoga practitioner and instructor.
At Embrace Change Yoga we are passionate about helping individuals like you unleash their true leadership potential. With a focus on personal development, well-being, and professional growth, we empower executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals to ignite their potential and thrive in their careers and lives.
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower individuals to unlock their leadership potential, cultivate well-being, and create positive change in their personal and professional lives.
if you want some Embrace Change Yoga magic in your life, join our one of our upcoming group classes. An online community for women who want to live in a state of flow.
Our Vision
We envision a world where conscious and compassionate leaders thrive, inspiring others and fostering growth and harmony.
Our Why
While formal education with a foundation of reading, writing, research, and mathematics for external learning, we have traditionally been left on our own to develop self-mastery.
Yoga is an ancient lifestyle practice with roots in India and Egypt that teaches self-mastery and well-being for enhanced leadership, strategic thinking, and stress management.
We understand the unique challenges and aspirations of individuals with a growth mindset. You're called on to invest in being leaders at home, work, and in your communities with little regard for self-mastery outside of spa like self-care practices that don't always nuture the mind-body-soul connection or the YOU within.
We believe that true leadership starts from within and extends to all areas of life.
Our mission is to provide you with the tools, guidance, and support to excel as a leader and make a lasting impact.
Elevate Your Leadership Potential With Us
- Transformative Mind-Body Connection: By integrating yoga into their routine, executives gain a holistic understanding of their strengths, limitations, and how to navigate stress with grace.
- Boosted Leadership Skills: Through our mindful practices and breathwork, executives learn to manage their energy, make clear decisions, and lead with authenticity.
- Enhanced Strategic Thinking: Leaders improve mental clarity, creativity, and focus which sharpens their strategic thinking abilities, allowing them to see the bigger picture, anticipate challenges, and make well-informed decisions.
- Stress Management and Well-being: We provide overwhelmed executives with practical tools and techniques to manage stress, and establish routines to cultivate overall well-being.
- Tailored for Busy Schedules: Our programs are designed with flexibility in mind, offering customizable virtual options that seamlessly integrate into your busy schedule.
Our Founder
Embrace Change Yoga was founded by Dafina Lovelace, a senior executive with a background in software engineering and product management. She holds an MBA from Darden and a B.S. in Computer Science.
Lovelace started her career in FinTech and post-MBA worked with a private equity firm. Yoga started as an exercise practice and blossomed into a lifestyle of abundance and well-being. She is a mother of one and an investor.
She partners with executives, retreat leaders, and individuals to speak on and lead clients through yoga practices, including breathwork, mindfulness, and meditation. She has been featured in Chief publications, and has spoken at National Customer Service Conference, Happy Black Woman Podcast, and Women of Color Law Collective.
The Embrace Change Yoga team is small but mighty and committed to whipping your mindset into shape, relieve overwhelm, get you unstuck, and transform your stress to success.