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 भूमिषु विनियोगः
tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ
It is applied in stages.
Yoga Sutras 3.6 · verse 112 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Saṁyama isn't used all at once, or at the deepest level first. Like any skill, it's applied step by step: from grosser objects to subtler ones, as each stage is mastered. The commentators add that the stages themselves are the teacher.
Try today
Pick the next small step in your practice, not the ultimate one, and take it today.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.”
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