Elizabeth Kovar

Elizbaeth hass been in the fitness industry since 2006.  Studying yoga in India, Australia, Thailand and Hong Kong has led her to study yoga more in-depth academically during her Master's Degree. Her thesis "Creating Yoga Program for People with Movement Disabilities" allowed her to implement her program on a 12 week research study for people with Parkinson's Disease.  Since 2006, Elizabeth has been teaching a variety of fitness classes from land and water.  International experience of living in Australia in 2005 and 2008 allowed her to teach fitness and tennis abroad as well as train with the Aussies. Elizabeth has experience of teaching with private studios/facilities, campus recreation and corporate gyms. In 2010, Elizabeth  moved to Washington State as the Associate Directly for Healthy Living  for the Walla Walla YMCA where she also has a weekly fitness/wellness spread in the local Union Bulletin Newspaper.  She also is a free-lance writer for Demand Studios writing mostly about fitness, wellness, travel or higher education articles. Currently, she is the fitness coordinator at the City of Lynnwood Recreation Center and writes frequently for NW Fitness Magazine, On-site Fitness and AKWA Magazine.  She is a BOSU Master Trainer Presenter and mentored under the industry's top names such as Jonathon Ross and Lawrence Biscontini.