First Light
How First Light worksTuesday 27 October·
- Sunrise
- 07:55
- Quiet hour
- 06:19–07:07
- Brahma Muhurta
- Moon
- Waning gibbous
- Next full moon: Tue 24 Nov
Autumn
The quiet hour (Brahma Muhurta) is the traditional time for practice, just before sunrise.
अनुभूतविषयासंप्रमोषः स्मृतिः
anubhūta-viṣayāsaṁpramoṣaḥ smṛtiḥ
Memory is the mind keeping hold of what it has experienced.
Yoga Sutras 1.11 · verse 11 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Memory is on the list too. Patanjali defines it simply: the mind not letting go of something that happened. It's why you can learn from yesterday, and also why an old hurt can feel fresh this morning. Yoga doesn't ask you to erase memory. It asks you to notice when you're living in it instead of now.
Try today
When an old memory replays today, name it quietly ("remembering"), then look at one thing in front of you.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past”
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