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Madeira Beach Yoga students return after hurricanes

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Published  December 28, 2024 4:11pm EST
Pinellas County
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • Madeira Beach Yoga students have returned after the hurricanes.
    • The classes have returned, as well as a temporary location at the Madeira Beach City Centre.
    • For more information, or to view their class schedule, you can visit their website.

Business recovering since hurricanes

FOX 13's Regina Gonzalez headed to the shore to meet up with a yoga class that is making a comeback.

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - After what seemed like a never-ending few months of recovering from back-to-back storms, Madeira Beach Yoga students spent the last Saturday of 2024 taking in the beautiful view of the beach that so many of them call home, or have come to visit.

"It lifts your heart in ways that you can't even imagine, to be able to be back on the beach," said Sandy Boulton, Co-Owner of Madeira Beach Yoga. "First of all, it's a spectacular place. Even though the Gulf of Mexico reared her ugly head and came and pummeled us twice in a 10-to-12-day window, she still is beautiful."

Madeira Beach Yoga students spent the last Saturday of 2024 taking in the beautiful view of the beach that so many of them call home, or have come to visit.

Boulton and co-owner Sherry Duquet have spent their time helping people who've lost so much by using exercise to relax and unwind, while dealing with the impact that Helene and Milton have had on their business. 

"The first storm turned our beach yoga upside down," Boulton added. "Helene, of course, took the sand and threw it out onto Gulf Boulevard and into the neighborhoods and created a lot of disarray. Then, Milton came along and lifted some roofs and bashed some windows in and ruined the studio and patio space for us."

"it's been really difficult," Duquet stressed. "Our classes are typically about 40 or 45 students, and now it feels like no one is coming. Our snowbirds aren't coming, our tourists aren't coming. So, we weren't sure how we were going to continue. We've just been taking it one day, one week and one class at a time."

Madeira Beach Yoga students.

Sherry and Sandy are grateful that they were able to bring classes back to the shore, as well as a temporary location at the Madeira Beach City Centre.

"It's become a place where you can cry, and talk, and complain, and just be yourself and not have to worry about everything for just an hour."

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They're encouraging their students and everyone to stay positive, motivated, and, of course, to move their bodies in 2025.

"It's critical for us to fill up, to refill and to continue to work on our mental health. But, the fun thing about yoga is that it does both at the same time," Sherry laughed.

For more information, or to view their class schedule, you can visit their website.

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