Meet Ana Hutz!

Namaste Fitness Founder, Teacher, and Lululemon Ambassador

Ana is a E-500-Hr certified Yoga Teacher, BootyBarre™ and bbarreless™ instructor, TRX instructor, Kids Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Wall, Prenatal Yoga, Connected Warriors, Pilates and Yoga Sculpt certified instructor as well. She is the Otay Ranch Town Center Lululemon store ambassador since 2024 and an active member of the lululemon wellness family.

Her passion for helping others in their wellness journey comes from her love for her family. After having her second child in 2013 and leaving her corporate job to be a full-time mom, she started practicing yoga and fitness for health reasons and quickly realized that yoga is not just about the physical but the emotional and spiritual connection and growth too. It helped her discover her purpose to inspire others to live a healthy, clean and mindful life which is the key to happiness.

Ana has developed and delivered many teacher trainings over the last 6 years and has built a community of amazing instructors who are now spreading the message of wellness, health and self-care, too. She has grown her business from one location in the Otay Ranch area and now her second location in Eastlake is about to turn 1.

Ana is also a Make-A-Wish® volunteer since 2023. After her husband's journey battling stage-3 colon cancer in 2021, Ana knew there was more she could do to give back to those who lived a similar situation; she understood first hand how a critical illness affects the patient and their family, so she wanted to be part of something magical where she could give those families joy, peace, hope and peace of mind.  She found that magic at Make-A-Wish® and became a Wish Granter, making wishes come true for deserving children. 

All of these elements are where she drew inspiration for Namaste On The Run.

Ana is also an advocate for animals, she supports many foundations around the world who actively work on conservancy, breeding research and protection of species, especially endangered ones. Also works locally with rescues and shelters that help support and give abandoned pets better lives. She works on spreading the message that kindness is for all species, because we all deserve to live a happy and peaceful life.

About Namaste On The Run

Namaste On The Run is a Wellness festival where the South Bay community can come together to practice self-care in the most fun, supportive and mindful way.

Organized by Namaste Fitness and powered by Lululemon, this festival will include a 5K fun run around the Otay Ranch Town Center lot, followed by a Vinyasa Yoga class led by Namaste owner and Lululemon ambassador Ana Hutz; after that we take a break and we get ready for a powerful and upbeat Pilates class led by Eva Martinez and we will close our events with a mindful, gentle and peaceful meditation class led by Vanouhi Kaloyan.

These are just some of the amazing teachers that will be joining us at the festival and we want you to meet them and enjoy their flows, their energy and their passion for wellness.

The event starts at 6:30 am with check-in and pre-run stretch, run starts at 7 am. Once the run is done, we invite everyone to go to the stage area for the classes and the wellness fair, where you can enjoy delicious food options, meet wellness providers, health and medical professionals, retail vendors, spas, gyms and other wellness and fitness studios. The event ends at noon .

The most exciting part is the heart of the event.

We are proudly partnering with Make-A-Wish® San Diego, a non-profit organization that has been working for over 40 years to grant wishes to children with critical illnesses, to give them renewed strength to fight their illnesses, bringing families closer together and uniting entire communities.

In the U.S. and its territories, a wish is granted every 33 minutes. A wish can be that spark that helps these children believe that anything is possible and gives them the strength to fight harder against their illnesses. This one belief guides and inspires them to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids they serve, we at Namaste Fitness also believe in the power of a wish and that is why we have organized this event to raise funds for this beautiful cause.

Tickets are $40 per person and will include access to the event and activities, goodies after the race, ticket to raffles and special Lululemon swag.

If you would like to volunteer as part of our event committee, if you want to be a vendor or service provider at the event, if you are a fitness or wellness studio, gym or spa and would like to have a booth at the wellness fair or if you have any questions regarding this event, please email us at ana@namastefitness.com 

Make-A-Wish® Foundation of America is an Arizona non-profit corporation except from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, charitable donations may be tax deductible, so please consult your tax advisor. To donate directly go to https://secure2.wish.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=dfr_landing&chid=024-000 and contact us so we can record your donations.

Thank you in advance, let's have fun, take care of ourselves and make a difference in people's lives. Namaste.