For thousands of years devotees of the Hindu religion have revered the sun, which they call Surya, as both the physical and spiritual heart of our world - the Creator of all life itself

Surya namaskar, a dynamic sequence of gracefully linked postures and poses typically performed at the beginning of a physical Yoga / Asana practice, literally means 'Salutations to the Sun' in Sanskrit

For millions around the world, performing Surya namaskar is a daily morning ritual and a means of showing respect to the sun; a devotion to the Hindu solar deity

But, why? What’s the spiritual significance of this?

The sun plays a crucial role in nature’s play. It is the spark of life. It fuels every plant cell alive with such photo-synthetic force so as to resource the most extraordinary worldwide food drive; ultimately, feeding us all.

But, that’s not just it

At the most minutest level the sun catalyses electrons in every element’s sub-atomic outer orbital shell, causing electrons to spin off and to quantum leap from one molecularly charged relationship to another, responsible for driving forward and back life’s positively and negatively charged pendulum tack; forever balancing and re-balancing nature’s chemistry in perfect alchemy

Once sparked by the sun life’s essentially relational, perpetually dynamic, and necessarily reciprocal force is perfectly on course to compose nature’s symphony

And as the music of life flows through every living being in infinite loops – across seamless and smooth circular paths of air, water, light, nutrients, earth - this is the same energy we all share

Energy called by many things - but being the same as sound, light, food, and a wiggly (vibrational) force - is from what the breath of life springs

Honouring the sun is honouring the wiggle of nature’s circular ecology. This wiggle is nature’s balanced check book economy. And as nature wiggles, life perpetuates itself

'Surya namaskar' is the perfect gift for a Yogi you know or anybody for that matter; blessing them with an infinite source of light and heat! 

Design

A photograph featuring a vibrant Keralan sunset in a tropical setting. Its warm colours make this artwork a perfect addition to any coastal-themed room or space. Why settle for blank walls, when you can transform them into stunning vista points

Giclée print only without frame.

Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Ultra Smooth, 308gsm, produced using Ultrachrome Archival Ink

Edition of 10

Orientation

Landscape or portrait.

Where was this photograph taken?

Kovalam Beach, Kerala, India