Therese Abair, CYI, E-RYT, CPT, CGEI
Certified Yoga Instructor, Registered Yoga Teacher(200), Certified Pilates Teacher, Registered Zumba and Zumba Gold Teacher, Certified Group Exercise Instructor, Certified Personal Trainer


Therese Abair is the co-founder and president of Living Fit Today, LLC.

Through personal experience Therese understands the challenges, frustration and need for support when beginning and continuing a fitness program. In 2002, she took charge of her own personal health in the midst of a challenging, stressful, timeline driven workload, common in today’s corporate work environment. The benefits included increased productivity, stress reduction, increased positive outlook and a lost nearly 60 pounds.

Therese’s success with balancing both her professional and personal life has spawned a desire to educate and motivate others to do the same. Ms. Abair provides a motivating environment that does not compromise safety or fun. This is accomplished by utilizing her attention to detail with some humor while maintaining the group dynamics within the class.

Ms. Abair is CPR certified, insured and holds multiple fitness certifications and training with nationally recognized fitness certifying bodies:

She has taught classes at the nation’s largest fitness corporation as well as providing private and semi-private classes within the community and local businesses. Therese has taught at exclusive clubs and residential communities and sought after by high profile individuals. She stays on top of the latest fitness information through reading, taking CEUs (Continuing Education Units), courses and interfacing with other professionals in the industry.

Therese and her partner, Jerry Jefferson, bring a distinctive style to their fitness programs at Living Fit Today, LLC. Their focus is to help each student reach their individual goals by providing an educational, safe and fun environment. Their work can still be viewed daily on half hour exercise programs currently aired on WPB TV Channel 18 in West Palm Beach.

Some of her selected fitness accomplishments are:

  • Creator/organizer of Florida's largest free outdoor annual yoga event from 2007-present, WPB Yoga Day
  • Instruct multiple half hour exercise programs that are viewed daily on WPB TV Channel 18 ’s.
  • Featured in the Shape magazine's July issue of as part of Success Stories for women in their 20s, 30s and 40s
  • Featured in the Palm Beach Post for her weight loss success of nearly 60 pounds
  • Organized local fundraiser for breast cancer research in conjunction with Shape’s Pilates for Pink
  • Selected to represent Bally Total Fitness to perform the warm-up routine and pump up the walkers for the ADA 5K/10K Walk at CityPlace Downtown.
  • Performer with the Prem Yoga Group at IndiaFest
  • Honored by the City of West Palm Beach for providing quality fitness programs
  • Selected to represent Mountainside Fitness in AZ at the Green Stock Expo
  • Dropped 6 dress sizes and has maintained weight loss of nearly 60 pounds since 2003

Prior to founding Living Fit Today, LLC. Ms. Abair:

  • Successfully managed one of the largest non-profit mergers in US history realizing a projected savings of $9.1 million
  • Two time national team member - Team USA
  • Gold medalist in American Zone Championships
  • 1988 Olympic Team Alternate
  • Served on boards and committees in multiple national and international sports organizations
  • Sought after facilitator and process improvement specialist.

Ms. Abair resides in Surprise, AZ. She enjoys all forms of exercise and believes it is about a commitment to yourself and enjoying what you do to stay healthy and succeed in your goals. As Abair says “It’s about taking it one day at a time.”