Meet our Founder Cheryl Ragland Pace

 

Master Healer · Author · Speaker · Educator

Change Your Pace was founded by Cheryl Ragland Pace, a Master Healer, author, speaker, and educator with more than 22 years of experience as a practicing Licensed Massage Therapist.

Cheryl’s work is grounded in a deep respect for the body’s innate intelligence and the understanding that healing unfolds when the nervous system feels safe, supported, and heard.

Her decades of hands-on clinical experience inform every aspect of Change Your Pace—ensuring care that is both skillful and deeply attuned.

Clinical Experience & Education

For over two decades, Cheryl worked directly with clients, supporting a wide range of needs including chronic pain, injury recovery, stress-related tension, and nervous system imbalance.

In addition to her clinical practice, Cheryl continues to teach massage therapy through the Therapeutic Massage program at Anne Arundel Community College, where she supports and mentors the next generation of bodywork professionals.

Her role as an educator reflects her commitment to:

  • Excellence in therapeutic touch

  • Ethical, client-centered care

  • Nervous system awareness in manual therapy

  • Lifelong learning and professional integrity

Founder of Be the Change Be the Light, LLC

Cheryl is also the founder of Be the Change Be the Light, a transformational platform devoted to embodied healing, remembrance, and conscious leadership.

While Change Your Pace focuses on therapeutic massage, bodywork, and hypnosis, Be the Change Be the Light is where Cheryl’s work expands into:

  • Authorship and transformational writing

  • Keynote speaking and workshops

  • Sacred circles and collaborative healing experiences

  • Retreats

These two platforms work together—one rooted in hands-on clinical care, the other in broader personal and collective transformation.

Author & Speaker

As an author and speaker, Cheryl shares her lived experience of profound change and healing, offering a message that bridges clinical understanding, embodied wisdom, and deep presence.

Her speaking and writing focus on:

  • Healing through listening rather than fixing

  • The role of the nervous system in transformation

  • Personal change as a catalyst for collective healing

Cheryl is available for keynote speaking, workshops, and special events.

Learn More

To explore Cheryl’s work as a Master Healer, author, and speaker—or to learn more about upcoming events, writing, and offerings—visit:

BeTheChangeBeTheLight.org