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.
तीव्रसंवेगानामासन्नः
tīvra-saṁvegānām āsannaḥ
It is near for those whose longing is intense.
Yoga Sutras 1.21 · verse 21 of 196
Unfolding the thread
A short verse, and a promise: the more wholeheartedly you want it, the closer it is. Not the most flexible or the most learned, but the most sincere. Intensity here doesn't mean strain. It means the practice matters to you, and you keep choosing it.
Try today
Ask yourself honestly how much you want a steadier mind. Let the answer, whatever it is, set today's effort.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
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