Dee Durfee (Namas Dee)

Dee holds a B.A. in Theater Arts, Dance Performance from NIU. She has been teaching group fitness, dance, yoga, and Pilates for over 25 years Dee is at Northeastern illinois University working on a second bachelors degree in Communication, Media and Theater, minor in Theater Performance. Dee specializes in functional core training. She blends her knowledge of yoga, dance, Pilates, barre, calisthenics, and aerobic conditioning. Dee is very knowledgeable about exercise modifications for special populations. Dee teaches yoga and also Pilates, aqua aerobics, aqua yoga, Les Mills Body Pump, Les Mills Core, Zumba, and Aqua Zumba. Currently, she includes, Feldenkrais, and Tai Chi and Qi Gong to her movement repetoire. Dee loves eastern philosophy, psychology and behavioral health. She is currently studying DBT and Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) . Dee is an aqua aerobics instructor, ballet teacher, and an experienced registered yoga teacher. Dee holds certifications with AFAA, ACE, SCW, AEA, iNLP center, White Crow Yoga, & Stott Pilates. For a full list of certifications, see "photos". Dee also has a passion for Stand Up comedy.and studies at Second City Training Center