Fitness and Wellness Staff Shine

From personal trainers and Group Ex instructors to massage and physical therapists, MAC’s Fitness and Wellness staff works to keep members healthy, no matter the global health circumstances. While longstanding relationships have been built over the years, there have been personnel changes and new offerings added over the past few months. Learn more about the diversity of programs offered, connect with new faces and reconnect with familiar ones.

Julia Nachman received her 200-hour yoga teaching certification from Yoga Works in 2009, and has been teaching at MAC since 2019. In addition to traditional Hatha yoga and flow classes, she teaches Yoga Strength, which combines yoga postures with bursts of cardio and resistance training for a fullbody workout. The class is offered both virtually and in-person in the Outside Fitness Zone, located in the member garage. When Nachman is not teaching, she is either running her business, Sustainimals, which sells stuffed animals made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled plastic, or hiking with her dog, Westley.

Lauren Gonzalez (pictured above) was a medic and physical therapy assistant in the U.S. Army from 2014 to 2018. She began working at MAC in 2018 as a lifeguard while simultaneously attending East West College of the Healing Arts and she became a licensed massage therapist in 2019. Gonzalez works with her clients using Swedish and deep tissue techniques, along with stretching and strengthening education.