Dante Baker has been a native to the Washington DC area his entire life, growing up in Reston, VA. Since his childhood years, Dante has always had a fascination with the human anatomy and all of its abilities to heal, move, and process. This interest led Dante to studying and receiving a variety of personal training and massage therapy certifications. Through Dante’s own personal life experience and the influence of family and peers, he embarked on a journey that would ultimately move him in the direction of providing health on a more holistic level. In 2011, Dante was introduced to transcendental meditation by Dr. Mahapatra Gyanendra one of the personal physicians of the Mararishi meditation course. This practice shined a light on his own inner stillness that he never experienced before at that time.

 Dante was fascinated by the Eastern philosophies such as Chinese medicine and enrolled in a nine month Qi Gong and Tai Chi Ball certification with Master Nianzu Li (L.Ac) in 2013. He went on to strengthen his Qi Gong practice and began to teach personal clients as well as larger classes at various health studios.  The passion to discover different modalities of holistic health lead him to discover Singing Bowls and Tibetan bowl in 2013. By linking up with different yoga instructors like Atticus Mooley, he integrated singing bowls into yoga classes as a unique way to allow students to find deeper levels of meditation during savasana.  Being a part of many different yoga classes inspired him to take a 200-hour Yoga certification from SOYA(Canada) in January of 2016. As a E-RYT 200 Yoga Instructor, Dante holds CEU courses around the D.C Metropolitan area teaching other yoga instructors how to play sacred instruments and use their voice to create vibratory frequencies that promotes wellness.

For Dante, Yoga is much more than just a form of exercise; it is a path that opens the doors to explore the mind, body and spirit. Students in Dante’s class are directed to stay focus on creating proper alignment within the asana and to consciously relax into each posture. Challenging asanas are suggested but never forced upon anyone, and modifications are always demonstrated to ensure that everyone can participant no matter what level they are at. At the end of class, students leave feeling physically restored and mentally rejuvenated.   

Lorena is a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She is a graduate of
Washington, DC's Yoga District 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training, and received the 300-hr
Advanced Teacher Training Certification at Beloved Yoga in Reston, Virginia. Lorena also holds other certifications from Beloved Yoga, including Yin Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Compassionate Senior and Chair Yoga. She has also trained in Pranayama, Sound Meditation, and Ayurvedic Lifestyle, and holds a certificate of Reiki I from Reiki Center of Greater Washington. 

Lorena’s yoga journey started more than 25 years ago in her native Peru. Since then, she has been enjoying the benefits of the different types of yoga on and off the mat. She is excited to share the tools that yoga offers through her accessible and spiritually-oriented yoga classes. When participating in Lorena's class, you can expect a full intention, a meditative flow that can be done by everyone. She is open to all possibilities and is always willing to customize the session to the needs of the participants while cultivating their strength, equanimity, compassion, joy, and awareness of the body, mind, and soul. Her classes include breath, a mixture of flow and stillness, soothing music, and a fully guided final relaxation, with sound bath meditation and mantra music.

Lorena loves to connect with nature and enjoys exploring possibilities with the use of the imagination in a creative and intuitive manner. She loves people of all ages and welcomes every opportunity to build a better world through Yoga.

She currently guides online sessions at Yoga District and is part of Beloved Yoga’s
Private Team.

Lorena is a graduate of the Washington Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and studied at the Music Conservatory in Peru. She enjoys the creative performing arts and is a company member at Gala Hispanic Theatre.