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.
हृदये चित्तसंवित्
hṛdaye citta-saṁvit
Through saṁyama on the heart comes understanding of the mind.
Yoga Sutras 3.35 · verse 141 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Not the physical heart only, but the heart-space, the spiritual centre of the chest. Rest your attention there, Patanjali says, and you understand the nature of your own mind. Many traditions agree that the heart knows the mind better than the mind knows itself.
Try today
Place a hand on your chest and ask your heart, not your head, how you are today.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“O my heart! the Supreme Spirit, the great Master, is near you: wake, oh wake!”
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