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.
देशबन्धश्चित्तस्य धारणा
deśa-bandhaś cittasya dhāraṇā
Concentration is binding the mind to one place.
Yoga Sutras 3.1 · verse 107 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The third chapter opens with the inner limbs. Dhāraṇā, concentration, is simple to define: tie attention to one place. The breath at the nostrils, the heart, a flame, an image. The mind will wander; concentration is the gentle, repeated tying back.
Try today
Choose one place (the tip of your nose, the centre of your chest) and keep bringing your attention back there for three minutes.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.”
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