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.
कण्ठकूपे क्षुत्पिपासानिवृत्तिः
kaṇṭha-kūpe kṣut-pipāsā-nivṛttiḥ
Through saṁyama on the hollow of the throat, hunger and thirst cease.
Yoga Sutras 3.31 · verse 137 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Hunger and thirst are felt partly in the throat. Master attention there, the text says, and they subside. More simply: much of what we call hunger is restlessness. A settled mind eats when it's hungry, not when it's bored.
Try today
Before your next snack, pause and ask: am I hungry, or restless? Wait one minute before deciding.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirvana, the highest happiness.”
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