Sandy Pause Yoga

10/23/2025

Give yourself the gift of quiet with yoga tonight from 6-7 pm plus Saturday morning online from 9-10 am and in person from 10:30-11:30 am. Details at sandypauseyoga.com.

'Find Your Quiet in the Storm'

They say the world's gone mad,
But perhaps the secret is knowing
When to step away from the storm,
When to guard your peace like gold,
When to let your heart be still
In a world that never stops spinning.

For in this rush of endless moments,
We must remember to be gentle
With ourselves, with each other,
To find beauty in broken places,
To create spaces of quiet wonder
In corners of our own making.

This is how we stay whole—
Not by hardening our hearts,
But by knowing when to soften,
When to rest, when to breathe,
When to let the world's noise fade
Into the background of our being.

-Etheric Echoes

SANDY PAUSE YOGALorraine FitzgeraldOwner and Instructorsandypauseyoga@gmail.com+1-312-952-8488Indiana Dunes, Indiana, United States

10/16/2025

I love how there is space within and among the cloud community today. They are floating at a leisurely pace, taking their time to take in the day. This is our yoga practice tonight, creating space in our bodies, minds and each moment by remembering that there is nowhere to go, nothing to get, no one ‘better’ to be. Join us tonight from 6-7 pm at Marina Shores Yacht Club, details at sandypauseyoga.com.

10/14/2025

My four day Forest Therapy immersion last week gave me priceless gifts that no human words can capture, which is good, because we all deserve to be free.

10/01/2025

My whole being is still smiling from last Wednesday’s 5 year Sandy Pause Yoga class and potluck. It was a great night to share stories, salty and sweet snacks, and silliness in space we make and give to ourselves and each other each time we roll out our mats. Give yourself some breathing room on this first day of October to read the monthly SPY Museletter, linked in bio and at sandypauseyoga.com/newsletters and let yoga help you feel centered and spacious this fall.

09/30/2025

I recommend and remind students to practice this in every class I teach. 👍 It’s the ultimate hip health hack which I brought back after living in Japan where I learned to love sitting on the earth. You can swear as you stand up hands free, just as I swear this a vital practice for wellness. Use props like walls and chairs to be safe and find the lift that supports you!

Avoid the couch at the end of the day and try relaxing on the floor instead

09/22/2025

Happy Autumnal Equinox to our Sandy Pause Yoga family! 🤸‍♂️🍁☀️🌙 Five years ago today I took Rumi’s words that ‘life is a balance between holding on and letting go’ to heart and headed across the street to teach my first yoga class on neighbor Jen’s lawn.🧘‍♀️ It’s been a great ride with lots of opportunities to practice holding on and even more for letting go. The community we are creating together, rooted in warmth and welcome to all, is a reflection of your lovely and luminous light and I am so grateful for each of you. 💜 Join us for our 5th anniversary yoga class+potluck on Wednesday night 9/24, we’ll be indoors at Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk this week and class starts at 6 pm. Details are at sandypauseyoga.com and bring any snack you’d like to share at our community table after class. All are welcome!

[Photos are from our 1st anniversary class and sunset plus 2nd, 3rd and 4th anniversary classes.]

09/21/2025

Excited to be the sponsor of Dig the Dunes weekend itinerary! Lots of great places and spaces to check out in Miller Beach so take a read and then make the most of your day today!

This week we are headed to MillerBeach! Find places to eat, shop, hike and explore.

09/15/2025

09/06/2025

This surfer girl is canceling yoga classes on Sunday, September 7th to care for a family member who had surgery this week. Yesterday I came upon this photo he has in his home— the universe underscoring the connection between what we are doing on our mats this month and how we respond to waves in our lives. The monthly Sandy Pause Yoga Museletter is at the link in bio and at https://mailchi.mp/bde388bdee94/eye-spy-surfing-the-waves-as-they-come?e=968292a9c7. 🏄

08/27/2025

Join new and old friends for Sunset Yoga tonight at 6 pm and for our Forest Therapy walk on Friday at 9 am. Nourish yourself in the beauty of the Indiana Dunes National Park— a playground for the kid in all of us! Details at the link in bio and at sandypauseyoga.com.

[The first photo is of the sunset during our post class social last Wednesday. The second photo is of a huge mushroom I came across on a solo forest therapy walk last weekend at Cowles Bog. Don’t forget to look both up and down when playing in our national park!]

08/21/2025

A dozen of us met on the sand for yoga last night. It was a little breezy and cool so we moved into our flow right away to warm up. Surfers rode the lake waves while we rode waves of breath. The sun popped out to say goodnight and we all jumped up to watch it go. A woman at the beach showed us an injured butterfly she found and was bringing to safety away from the surf. We dug into juicy cantaloupe, homemade lemon cake and other treats that people brought for our post class potluck. So grateful for this extraordinary cOMmunity. 💜

08/11/2025

He keeps asking “Where is everyone?” so on this beautiful Monday morning I tell Cosmo, again, that although summer is not over many kids have started school. Join new and old friends at yoga under still summer skies this week and let yoga teach you about your body, your breath, and your human being-ness. There’s something for everybody. Sunset Yoga on Wednesday from 6-7 pm, Beach Yoga on Saturday from 9-10 am and indoors AC flow on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 am. Details on link in bio and at sandypauseyoga.com. [Photo of Cosmo on his boat ‘Follow Your Heart’ in St. Joseph, Michigan this morning.]