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.
समानजयाज्ज्वलनम्
samāna-jayāj jvalanam
Through mastery of the balancing breath comes radiance.
Yoga Sutras 3.41 · verse 147 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Samāna is the energy of the middle body, the digestive fire. Master it, the tradition says, and the body glows. We all know people who seem to radiate warmth and health. Balance within shows without.
Try today
Eat one meal today slowly and in silence, and notice the warmth it gives.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Time and space are but physiological colors which the eye makes, but the soul is light: where it is, is day; where it was, is night.”
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