{"id":402606,"date":"2026-09-17T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402606\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:48:08","slug":"casa-vive-its-home-hispanic-owned-wellness-space-in-san-marco-blends-culture-community-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402606\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Casa Vive, it\u2019s home\u2019: Hispanic-owned wellness space in San Marco blends culture, community and healing"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A Latina-owned, family-operated business is bringing a new approach to wellness to Jacksonville\u2019s Southbank, combining clinical care, fitness, recovery and community under one roof.<\/p>\n

Casa Vive recently opened at 1520 Prudential Dr. inside a restored 1926 building. The company describes it as Jacksonville\u2019s first social wellness club, a \u201cthird space\u201d designed to be something between a gym, spa and healthcare facility.<\/p>\n

Founder Alejandra Amegin, a U.S. Navy veteran and wellness entrepreneur, came to the United States from Mexico as a child.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity is core to our business,\u201d Amegin said. \u201cWe really believe that healing is done best in community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casa Vive<\/a> includes coworking and gathering areas where clients can spend time before or after treatments and classes. The space in the Southbank area also offers a range of services, including yoga, chiropractic care, functional medicine, lab testing and sports rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Amegin said her own experience with a health scare helped lead her into the wellness industry. She also wanted to address what she sees as barriers to wellness in the Latino community.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a Latina, our diets sometimes aren\u2019t the best,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t go to therapy. We don\u2019t practice meditation on a regular basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amegin said those attitudes are beginning to change, and she hopes Casa Vive can serve as a guide and resource for people from similar backgrounds. The wellness hub also incorporates Hispanic culture into its programming, creating events that combine cultural experiences with wellness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that gives people not just a place where they can come and feel at home and share that culture, but it also gives people the insight and the experience of something different here in San Marco,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The 1926 building was renovated by 820 Group, another Hispanic-owned business, which completed the club\u2019s build-out.<\/p>\n

Casa Vive\u2019s clinical director is Dr. Daniel O\u2019Leary, a chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner with more than 15 years of experience.<\/p>\n

Casa Vive and Jax Natural Healing serve as recovery and performance partners for the Jacksonville Sharks, Jacksonville Armada and Jacksonville Icemen, as well as other athletes.<\/p>\n

Amegin said her goal is to create a place where people can feel at home while also being introduced to something different in the San Marco community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis name, Casa Vive, it\u2019s home. It\u2019s home to me,\u201d Amegin said. \u201cI want it to be home to the people that come in. And I think that\u2019s a very unique quality that we as Latinos hold is that, you know, the minute we meet someone, we embrace them fully.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on services and memberships, click here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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