Sacred Balance Yoga Faith with Michelle Thielen

Sacred Balance: The “Just-Right” Living of Mary and Martha

Yoga Faith Class for Everyone Seeking True Balance and Transformation

When: Immediately Available

Do you feel pulled between the demands of your to-do list and the whisper of your soul to simply rest? There is a time for everything under the sun, a time to labor and a time to rest, a time to mourn and a time to dance.

In Luke 10, we meet two sisters who embody this very tension: Martha, busy serving and doing, and Mary, peacefully sitting at Jesus’ feet. For too long, we’ve been told we must choose between them. But what if Jesus is inviting us to embody both?

Sacred Balance is a transformative Christian Yoga Faith experience designed for every person seeking the “just-right” living between Mary and Martha, the yin and yang, the peace and chaos, the doing and the being…the laboring and the resting.

What You’ll Experience:

In this welcoming, beginner-friendly class, you’ll discover how to:

• Work like Martha with purpose and passion, without burnout
• Rest like Mary with presence and peace, without guilt
• Embody both energies through intentional movement and stillness
• Honor the season, acknowledge any pain or grief by honoring them through sacred and lighthearted somatic movement playing like Miriam, remembering the wonder of having fun and expressing joy
• Find sacred balance in your body, mind, and spirit
• Redeem your time by learning when to move and when to be still

The Flow:

We’ll move through a thoughtfully designed practice that honors both the active (Martha) energy—building strength, engaging muscles, flowing with purpose—and the receptive (Mary) energy—surrendering in restorative poses, breathing deeply, releasing what no longer serves you, with the reminder of playful energy (Miriam) as she led the women in dancing and playing tambourines after crossing the Red Sea.

You’ll leave the mat with practical tools for carrying this balance into your daily life, where doing and being can finally coexist in holy rhythm and sacred balance.

• – 34 min: Prayer and Introduction
• 34 – 1:40 min: The Class
• 1:40-1:50 min: Conclusion and Thoughts, CEC information

Who This Class Is For:

• All levels of yoga practitioners are welcome. Whether you’ve never stepped on a mat or you’ve been practicing for years, this class meets you exactly where you are. All are truly welcome, no matter your background, faith tradition, or belief system, this is a safe, inclusive space where everyone can explore the intersection of faith, movement, balance, play and rest.
• Those who enjoy giving to bless others. Prayerfully give your best with zero obligation to give more than you can (thank you).

Come as you are, leave more balanced than when you arrived.

“Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” – Luke 10:41-42

Designed for every person seeking balance between the yin and the yang, labor and rest, the chaos as well as the peace of life. Together we will embody the doing and working with the resting and playing, all while focusing on redeeming time.

Class Details: 

• Introduction and prayer, class, conclusion and cec information
• All levels welcome (beginner-friendly)
• No yoga experience necessary
• Modifications offered throughout
• Bring a mat, water, and optional light to medium weights
• Bring other props for warmth and rest (blocks, bolster, blanket, socks, sweater, etc.)
• Come with a surrendered heart to the Lord

Class Link + Continued Education Credits

• Stay the full presentation (Intro – Class – Conclusion) to receive 2 hours of continued education credits (CECs)
  • Instructions on receipt (YogaFaith, Yoga Alliance, the Christian Yoga Association and more)
• Class ink on your receipt
• Sacred Balance YogaFaith 11-page PDF
  • Includes your personal class items, description and product for your own class (YogaFaith Teachers).

Your just-right life is waiting.

This is YogaFaith—where Jesus’ truths meet our embodied faith.

Read more in the Sacred Balance Blog: HERE