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.
शौचसन्तोषतपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि नियमाः
śauca-santoṣa-tapaḥ-svādhyāyeśvara-praṇidhānāni niyamāḥ
Cleanliness, contentment, discipline, self-study and surrender to the divine are the personal observances.
Yoga Sutras 2.32 · verse 83 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The second limb turns inward. Keep body and mind clean. Be content with what is. Keep up the discipline that shapes you. Study yourself and the wisdom that guides you. And offer it all to something greater. These are the habits of a practitioner's inner life.
Try today
Choose one of the five for today and let it quietly shape your morning.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.”
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