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.
ते व्यक्तसूक्ष्मा गुणात्मानः
te vyakta-sūkṣmā guṇātmānaḥ
Whether manifest or subtle, they are made of the qualities of nature.
Yoga Sutras 4.13 · verse 175 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Everything, whether obvious or hidden, past or future, is woven from the three qualities: clarity, activity and inertia. There's nothing in the seen world that isn't made of them.
Try today
Notice today when you feel clear, when active, and when heavy. All three are nature's threads.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“We simple were; one essence was the source of all. Nor head, nor foot had we; one pristine lot did fall.”
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