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.
ततः परमा वश्यतेन्द्रियाणाम्
tataḥ paramā vaśyatendriyāṇām
From that comes complete mastery of the senses.
Yoga Sutras 2.55 · verse 106 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The second chapter ends with freedom: the senses fully under your command, no longer dragging you after every attraction. Not deadened, but responsive and chosen. From here, the inner limbs of chapter three can begin.
Try today
Choose one craving today and gently say no to it. Notice the freedom in being able to choose.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“The gods even envy him whose senses, like horses well broken in by the driver, have been subdued, who is free from pride, and free from appetites.”
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