Sandy Pause Yoga

11/25/2025

“What makes a fire burn is space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water would. So building fires requires attention to the spaces in between, as much as to the wood. When we are able to build open spaces in the same way we have learned to pile on the logs, then we can come to see how it is fuel, and absence of the fuel together, that make fire possible. We only need to lay a log lightly from time to time. A fire grows simply because the space is there, with openings in which the flame that knows just how it wants to burn can find its way.“ ~Judy Brown

Find your way into breathing space tonight at yoga from 6-7 pm. We meet in the Ogden Dunes community hall adjacent to the fire station, very appropriate for our ember focused flows this month! Details at www.sandypauseyoga.com.

11/16/2025

I love creating yoga classes that combine practical techniques & skill building with inspiration & investigation into our most authentic and heart-centered selves. This weekend we practiced “pull” focused flows that emphasized the action of pulling our hips up and back to downdog (balancing the “push” of hands and arms to lift ourselves up and back) and then we pulled back from effort into an extended yoga nidra guided meditation to ease all parts of our bodies into rest. I shared some favorite words by Rumi to invite an inner exploration of pulls and possibilities in our pause: “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” I hope your Sunday silently and perhaps strangely pulls you to what you really love. 💚

[Photo of the aurora borealis taken after yoga class in Ogden Dunes last week by yogi Tara Gregus.]

11/11/2025

To all November women and men. Come for Yoga, stay for Yoga Nidra (“sleep of yoga”) tonight in Ogden Dunes at 6 pm. Details at sandypauseyoga.com.

11/07/2025

Down dog then downshift with Sandy Pause Yoga! Down dog is an inversion that stimulates circulation and blood flow to our brains while stretching and strengthening our whole body. It’s the ultimate pose to get your glow on from the inside out before we downshift into a yoga nidra (sometimes called yogic sleep) practice for a yummy post postures pause. Saturday morning online at 9 am and in person at 10:30 am plus Tuesday night at 6 pm in Ogden Dunes. Info, class packages for discounted pricing and more at sandypauseyoga.com.

[Dudley Dog’s post dog pose pauses include snores and sometimes some jumping when squirrels are in his dreams].

11/05/2025

Flow to glow from the inside out with yoga all month long! Our new schedule includes Tuesday night yoga in Ogden Dunes and the room was radiant with everyone’s energy at our first class last night! All class info plus the November issue of the Sandy Pause Museletter are at sandypauseyoga.com and at SPY’s insta link. 🧘‍♀️🍁🔥

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.]