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.
तस्य प्रशान्तवाहिता संस्कारात्
tasya praśānta-vāhitā saṁskārāt
Through repetition, that stillness flows calmly.
Yoga Sutras 3.10 · verse 116 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Practised again and again, stillness stops being an effort and becomes a current: praśānta-vāhitā, a peaceful flow. Like a path worn smooth by walking, the mind finds its way there by itself.
Try today
Return to stillness briefly at three fixed times today, so it begins to become a habit.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.”
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