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The ancient masters saw the body as a bridge to the infinite. In this snapshot in La Vanguardia Readers’ Photos I have captured the urdhva dhanurasana asana at sunset on Calafell beach.
Urdhva (a Sanskrit word meaning “upward”) dhanurasana (“dhanur” means “bow”) is an asana (that is, a posture) known among yoga practitioners as the “wheel pose.”
Although the literal translation of asana urdhva dhanurasana would be “bow posture looking up”, as can be seen in the figure drawn in the sand of the beach by the protagonist of the image at sunset.
Another element that stands out in the photograph is the color (or rather, colors) of the sky, also reflected on the beach and in the Mediterranean Sea. Those tones are due to the candilazo.
It is a meteorological phenomenon in which the clouds in the sky show a wide palette of colors ranging from pink to the most intense orange.
As part of the phenomenon of dispersion of sunlight, in the morning and afternoon hours, when the sun is closer to the horizon, the light that reaches the Earth is soft tones between red and orange.
Calafell, in the Baix Penedès region, has around 25,000 inhabitants, which multiply in summer with the summer tourism of the Costa Daurada and the infrastructure of apartments and hotels. In winter, you can enjoy enough tranquility on the beach to practice yoga postures calmly and without any crowds.
The municipality of Calafell has three main areas, called Calafell, Segur de Calafell and La Playa de Calafell. Another of its attractions in winter, as we see in the image, is enjoying the candlelight.
