Bible Study on Balance Balls

After my Thursday morning Cardio Power Pump class at a local church, my friend Tania and I often stand outside the locker room and catch up.

A few weeks ago I found myself telling her how frustrated I felt because I wanted to have a Bible study with the women in that class but the church’s policy did not allow non-members to lead a Bible study on church property. 

Tania smiled and said, “I will lead the study and you will help me. What do you think about using What Happens When Women Say Yes to God, Lysa TerKeurst’s new book?”  
 
“Great idea! I just saw her on Oprah,” I said. “Let’s have the Bible study right here in the fitness room after class so we can just stay in our workout clothes.”
 
Today was our first Bible study. About 25 women from my fitness class stayed for it, joined by a few others who came just for the group. As we looked around the room deciding where to sit, inspiration hit.
 
“Wait! Let’s sit on the balance balls,” I said to the group. “We can work on our core while we talk. Balancing on something round is the easiest way to strengthen your abs and back muscles,” I explained to the women who just walked in.
 
Members of my fitness class laughed, knowing my obsession with the balance ball. The other women took to the idea more cautiously, but within five minutes we were all seated on the large yellow, red and green balls, books in hand.

As Tania and I left the church today, we both noted how exhilarated we felt. The gentle sustained bodywork of balancing on a stability ball seemed to quiet my wandering mind and open my spirit to God in a deeper way.

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Theresa is a former model and nationally certified fitness professional who teaches people to use their faith to inspire fitness and their fitness to strengthen their faith. She is the author of Shaped by Faith: 10 Secrets to Strengthening your Body & Soul, and two exercise DVDS: Pilates for the Soul

She and her husband, Robin, have seven children and live in Calhoun, Kentucky.

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