{"id":2018,"date":"2010-04-16T07:52:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T11:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2010-04-16T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T11:52:10","slug":"om-one-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/om-one-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"OM :: one moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In reading Candy&#8217;s blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.candiedfabrics.com\/journal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Candied Fabrics<\/a>, she mentioned a new meetup called OM.  OM is *one moment* and is a new meetup designed to notice &#038; relish a moment in everyday life.  The meetup idea was created by Linda at her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamodestuffblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a la mode stuff<\/a>.  While walking her dog, she took notice of beautiful things in her neighborhood that she had never appreciated before and the meetup idea was born.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/downdog-mosaic.jpg\" alt=\"downdog-mosaic\" title=\"downdog-mosaic\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/downdog-mosaic.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/downdog-mosaic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/downdog-mosaic-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><br \/>\nI try to attend my favorite power yoga class once a week.  I only discovered yoga about three years ago and the class I take now was the class I tried then.  My instructor is just my style:  dedicated, knowledge-seeking and funny!  I laugh in class quite often and appreciate that Yoga John (as he&#8217;s been dubbed) doesn&#8217;t take it all so seriously, just the parts he should.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMy One Moment came while practicing yoga.  Recently, there have been many more men in the class.  And when I say *men,* I mean 20-year-old males.  This doesn&#8217;t make me feel uncomfortable, it just changes the setting in the room.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs the moments went by in this particular class, I realized I felt great in the challenging poses, while the young and fit men were groaning and suffering.  And even though I let my ego take over for a minute (a definite no-no in yoga), I let myself enjoy this One Moment.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI always struggle athletically.  I desire to be some sort of athlete (see <a href=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/im-no-athlete-or-am-i\/\">here<\/a>), but I don&#8217;t have the capability to excel as I&#8217;d like.  But that moment in yoga class made me see that I can excel when I play to my strengths.  And that is something to apply to all aspects of life.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alamodestuffblog.com\/2010\/04\/organizing-meet-up-om-one-moment-wanna.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"om [one moment] meet up\" src=\"http:\/\/i748.photobucket.com\/albums\/xx125\/alamodestuff\/OM_alamodemeetupbutton.jpg\" class=\"alignleft border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>If you&#8217;d like to participate in OM,<br \/>\njust click this button and<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll be taken to Linda&#8217;s post<br \/>\nexplaining it all.<\/h3>\n<p><P><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nPhoto credits:<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/88973731@N00\/283652039\/\">yoga &#8211; dog pose<\/a>, 2. <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/31822506@N07\/3018172514\/\">Downward Dog<\/a>, 3. <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/84512065@N00\/2592852887\/\">The New WiiFit Schnoodle Attachment<\/a>, 4. <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/49503022893@N01\/135087212\/\">downward dog<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/om-one-moment\/\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In reading Candy&#8217;s blog, Candied Fabrics, she mentioned a new meetup called OM. 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