In the yogic tradition, the period before dawn is often described as Brahma Muhurta — a time considered conducive to study and inner practice. That is a traditional framework, not a biomedical statement.

Modern understanding of sleep, light, and circadian biology offers another language for why mornings feel different. The two languages need not compete if we refuse to collapse them into each other.

What remains practical is simpler: how we meet the first hour of the day often sets the texture of the rest.

The two languages need not compete if we refuse to collapse them into each other.
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