Lizzy is a living example of the dramatic healing power of yoga.
She knows first hand the ability of yoga to rehabilitate and transform
your life. She offers her own inspiring story as she helps others
find themselves through the study and practice of yoga. While living
and working in Hawaii, she suffered and arterial gas embolism while
scuba diving off the shores of Waikiki. This once highly competitive,
athletic young woman found herself partially paralyzed, her coordination
impaired and speech cognitive skills compromised. After numerous
surgeries, years of physical and speech therapy, Liz turned to yoga,
upon the encouragement of a friend and fellow yoga practitioner,
in her quest to return to the active lifestyle and the activities
that had been a part of her life before the accident. She now surfs,
bikes, kayaks, plays competitive tennis and runs nationally recognized
marathons and 1/2 marathons, triathalons, and adventure races; activities
she once loved and never knew if she could do again.
Her life has been dedicated to share the power of her experience
with others. Liz has studied and practiced Kripalu, Ashtanga, Iyengar,
Vinyasa and Bikram yoga in Hawaii, California & Brazil; integrating
the more classical traditional styles of Hatha Yoga for all ages
and levels of fitness and practices while encouraging others to
develop and create their own style and practice. She has studied
under some of the leading yoga teachers (Joseph Le Page, Rodney
Yee, Shiva Rae, Baron Baptiste, Rod Stryker, Jonny Kest, and Rolf
Gates…) and continues to in her pursuit of knowledge to enhance
her own yoga practice. Her creation of specialty classes beach yoga,
aqua yoga and kids/family yoga has introduced yoga to people who
otherwise may have never been privy to the joy of yoga.
She wrote, illustrated published her first children's
yoga book entitled "Yoga ABC's"  and
has been a featured children's author annually in the Amelia Island Book Festival.
All those around her are inspired by her warm, energetic, kind-hearted
spirit. She encourages others to look deep within themselves to face
their fears, embrace their emotions, discover their sense of strength,
courage and determination, and see themselves as they truly are, embracing
life and what it may bring.
Lizzy's Credentials
Integrative Yoga Therapy Teacher (IYT)
Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT)
Yoga Fitness Instructor (YFI)
Empowerd Kids Yoga Teacher Level 1 (EKYT1)
Certified Personal Trainer (CFT)
Post Rehabilitatiion Exercise Specialist (PRES)
Children's Fitness Specialist (CFS)
USTA "QUICKSTART" Recreational Tennis Coach
Pilates Fitness Instructor (PFI)
Y Cycle (Spinning) Instructor
NEWS PRESS RELEASE! "Best of the Best!"
Y YOGA INC. is awarded the 2009 &
2010, 2011 Best of Fernandina Beach Award in Yoga Instruction category
by the US Commerce Association (USCA). Each year,
the US Commerce Association (USCA) identifies companies that we
believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local
community and business category. These are local companies that
enhance the positive image of small business through service to
their customers and commmunties
In The News
Television
YIN & YANG OF TENNIS FEATURED COMCAST CHANNEL 57 Y Yoga 's Director
Liz C Kawecki & Comcast Special Events Reporter discuss yoga & tennis
on the beach at Amelia Island Plantation (During Bausch & Lomb Championships
April 4-10, 2004)
HEALTH BENEFITS OF YOGA FEATURED ON FOX TV
Y Yoga's Director Liz C Kawecki and her "Beach Yoga" class students
were featured on Fox 30 News (June 15, 2001 6 & 10 O'clock News)
Newspaper Articles
AQUA YOGA News-Leader, Fernandina Beach, Nassau Sports Section,
Friday, July 29, 2005, p.1A, 14A
YOGA MAKES CONNECTION: AMELIA ISLAND Florida-Times Union, Wednesday,
July 21, 2004 Alison Trinidad, Nassau Neighbors Staff Writer
PLAYERS RECEIVE SERVICE Florida-Times Union, Friday, April 2,
2004, p.6 Jayne Krichbaum
YOGA HELPS PUT TENNIS PLAYERS IN THE ZONE Florida-Times Union,
Bausch & Lomb Championships 2005 Special Advertising Section, Friday,
April 1, 2005, p.4 Jill Zehler, Special Sections Writer
YOGA POWER: INSTRUCTOR SHARES YOGA'S HEALING POWER New-Leader,
Fernandina Beach, December 10, 2003, p.1, 6A Alice Walsh
IN TOUCH WITH NATURE News-Leader, Fernandina Beach, Around Town
Section, May 2003, p.4A Articles "Hot Fun in the Summer Sun" 'Take
A Break' Amelia Islander Magazine, July 2004, p. 11 Karen Miller
"Yen for Yoga: Shedding Stress by the Seashore" April/March 2004,
Vol. 6, Number 5 Waters Edge Magazine "Amelia In Summertime" Amelia
Now Magazine, Summer 2002, p.3
YOGA STUDIO OPENS AT GATEWAY
Florida Times-Union, Wednesday. July 9, 2003
Dickie Anderson, Nassau Neighbors Correspondent, Wednesday, July
9, 2003,p.1-2
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/060901/nen
LIZ C. KAWECKI: SHE FINDS BEACH A GOOD SPOT TO TEACH YOGA
Florida Times-Union, Community Spotlight, Saturday, June 15, 2002
Amelia A. Hart, Nassau Neighbors staff writer
LETTING GO OF BODY, MIND: AMELIA ISLAND YOGA TEACHER OVERCOMES ADVERSITY
BY TAPPING INTO INNER STRENGTH"
News-Leader, Fernandina Beach, Around Town Section, July 24, 2002
Liz Flaisig
TEACHING YOGA ON THE BEACH
Florida Times-Union, June 9, 2002
Susan P. Respess, Nassau Neighbors Staff Writer, Saturday, June
9, 2001, p.8
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/060901/nen_6379653.shtml
MORNING BEACH WORKOUT IS PEACEFUL
Florida Times-Union, October 31st, 2001
Dickie Anderson
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/103101/nen_7685070.shtml
Articles
�Find Your Unique Paradise: An island of many different beaches�
Amelia Islander, July 2003. Amy Rosier, p.13
"Giggles in Yoga Class: Laughing Your Way Through Poses"
The National Inspirer: Enriching Mind Body and Creative Spirit , June/July 2002 Premier Issue
Liz Kawecki
"Yoga's Popularity is Sweeping the Nation� Local Yoga Instructor Answers Questions About Yoga"
Amelia Island Living E-Magazine, May 21, 2002
http://www.ameliaislandliving.com/emagazine/publish/printer_61.shtml
Recommendations
Websites:
YOGA ALLIANCE www.yogaalliance.org
NTEGRATIVE YOGA THERAPY www.iytyogatherapy.com
B.K.S. IYENGAR INSTITUTE www.bksiyengar.com
YOGA COLLEGE OF INDIA www.bikramyoga.com
ASHTANGA YOGA RESEARCH CENTER www.ayri.com
YOGA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER www.yrec.org
KRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA AND HEALTH www.kripalu.org
OMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES www.eomega.com
YOGA INSIDE www.yogainsde.org
YOGA JOURNAL www.yogajournal.com
Books:
Feuerstein, George, Ph.d. The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice. Prescott, Arizona: Hohm Press, 1998.
Iyengar, B.K.S. Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2001.
Choudhury, Bikram. Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class. New York, NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000.
Baptiste, Baron. Journey Into Power. New York, NY: Fireside, 2002.
Yee, Rodney. Yoga: The Poetry of the Body. 2002
Siler, Brooke. The Pilates Body. New York, NY: Broadway Books, 2000.
Rosen, Richard. "The Yoga Breath: Step-By-Step Guide to Pranyama". Shambhala Publications, 2002.
Videos:
LIVINGarts Series www.gaiam.com
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For
the last 5 years, Lizzy has trained individuals for free on Amelia Island
to run, run/walk, walk/run, and walk in 26.2
Run with Donna (The National Breast Cancer Marathon) to
help in the fight to finish breast cancer. She has created a team called
TEAM NIRVANA who also participate and volunteer in
numerous charity races/events on Amelia Island and in Jacksonsville.
In the
Summer 2010, Lizzy and her sister, Susie De Mille, were awarded the
highest grant amount in the stateof Florida by USTA for their "Share
the Love" Campaign to introduce kids ages 5-10 years old to the
FUNdamentals of tennis. She and her sister have shared their experience
knowledge, and love of the game with kids who may never have had the
opportunity to play tennis; starting up a "Quickstart" Kids
Tennis Camp hosted/supported by members of Kraft Athletic Partners who
volunteered their time and assistance to make this program a success
with over 95 kids(10 kids from the Boys & Girls Club who were scholarshipped
by the membership) at Kraft Athletic Club. Lizzy and her sister have
created and established a"Quickstart" Junior Team Tennis League
in the Fall and Spring over the past 2 1/2 years for kids on Amelia Island to continue to share the love
of the game of tennis and keep kids activee. "Quickstart"
Lizzy was nominated and received the CTA "Volunteer of the Year"
Award from USTA Florida at their Annual Meeting/Tennis Weekend on December
4th in Orlando for positively changing kids lives forever by introducing
them to tennis; a game they can grow with developing life skills as
well as play for their lifetime.
Y Yoga Inc. (her
business) had been invited and was actively involved in the Bausch &
Lomb Tennis Championships, a premier women’s professional tennis
tournament, part of the worldwide Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at Amelia Island
Plantation Resort each Spring; working with the players, ball kids,
umpires, officials and volunteers for 5 years.