Dee Black

Manager, Instructor, Flex Experience Guide, Teacher Trainer

Flex Yoga

Hi! I'm Dee - the person who emails you when you sign up for Flex! I'm the Studio Manager, E-RYT 200+YACEP, Yin, Restorative, and Reiki Certified. I started started yoga in 2016, when my dear friend Char sent me a link to the Flex Yoga schedule and said, Let’s go! By the end of my first class (Sat 9 AM with Emily), I experienced a calmness that I hadn’t felt in a long time due to struggles with anxiety. I started regularly attending a variety of yoga classes and was hooked. I completed yoga teacher training at Flex in 2018. In 2019, after helping out with Yoga Farm Fest, Emily asked me if I'd ever consider quitting my job to work full-time for Flex. The answer, without a doubt, was yes. After ten years of passionate work as a special educator, I switched gears and now manages Flex Yoga with just as much passion. My yoga classes focus on breath and movement, and making the practice of yoga accessible and welcoming for everyone. I believe that you never need to change your body to fit a yoga pose - you change the shape of the pose to fit your body. I live in Wooster with my husband, Zach, who also teaches and handles all-things-tech at Flex, dog-children Scampers and Scooter, and three cats. I'm an avid participator in all-things-Wooster, so if you ever want to get involved around town, let me know! I'll attend an event with you! I volunteer as Secretary of the Children's Advocacy Center Board and President of the Humane Society Board. In my free time, you can find me volunteering, hanging out downtown Wooster, visiing my family in the Steubenville are, or watching a Netflix show I've already seen 100 times (Hello, Gossip Girl!).