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.
बाह्याभ्यन्तरविषयाक्षेपी चतुर्थः
bāhyābhyantara-viṣayākṣepī caturthaḥ
The fourth kind of prāṇāyāma goes beyond the outer and inner.
Yoga Sutras 2.51 · verse 102 of 196
Unfolding the thread
There is a fourth breath, beyond regulating in and out. It arises by itself when practice deepens: a natural stillness where the breath seems to pause of its own accord. It can't be forced; it comes.
Try today
At the end of your breathing practice, stop controlling and simply let the breath do what it wants.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.”
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