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.
नाभिचक्रे कायव्यूहज्ञानम्
nābhi-cakre kāya-vyūha-jñānam
Through saṁyama on the navel centre comes knowledge of the body's arrangement.
Yoga Sutras 3.30 · verse 136 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The navel is the body's centre, where life first reached us. Attention there, the tradition says, reveals how the body is ordered: its systems, humours, tissues. Anyone who breathes into the belly and listens will learn a great deal about their body.
Try today
Breathe slowly into your belly for a minute and simply listen to what your body tells you.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“The city of the body arises in its beauty; and within it the palace of the mind has been built.”
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