Universal Music LLC (headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Fujikura Hisashi; hereinafter referred to as “Universal Music”) has launched a special website for “functional music,” which has been gaining attention due to the spread of music streaming services.
“Functional Music” is literally “functional music”. We have released music selected for purposes such as “Sleep”, “Focus”, and “Work”. For the first release, we have selected music that pursues a worldview that allows you to feel a calm space with live performances of “Shakuhachi”, “Shamisen”, and “Koto”.
This time, focusing on yoga, which has a high affinity with functional music, we will be holding our first collaborative event with LAVA International, which operates LAVA, Japan’s largest hot yoga studio, on Friday, November 29th and Sunday, December 15th, 2024 at Ryukokuyama Danchu Temple in Kagurazaka, Tokyo.
This “Temple Yoga” event will feature a special guest, “Ishigaki Seizan,” a Japanese instrument player who is also a functional music artist, and a lesson from LAVA top instructor Sugawara Reimi. You can enjoy the fusion of yoga and the performance of the “Shakuhachi,” which is a very rare instrument in the world and is gaining attention as an instrument that produces hypersonic sounds*1.
In addition, the playlist “A Relaxing Playlist Perfect for Yoga Selection by LAVA,” selected by LAVA top instructor Reimi Sugawara, who will be appearing at the event, has also started distribution on major music streaming services. It is a playlist that many “Yogi” *2 will want to listen to.
*1 Hypersonic sound is a type of sound that contains ultra-high frequencies that change in complex ways beyond the upper limit of frequency audible to the human ear. It has been scientifically proven that it enhances our brain function and brings about positive effects on the mind and body (promotion of health, relaxation, formation of favorable impressions) called the hypersonic effect.
*2 A person who practices yoga.
Special website: https://umusic.jp/functional-music
“A relaxing playlist perfect for yoga Selection by LAVA”:https://umj.lnk.to/YogaLava
■Event Overview
·name
“Sound x Yoga – Experience the stillness in the movement and find peace of mind and body”
・Date and time
11/29 (Fri) 17:30-19:30 (Doors open/reception begins 17:00)
12/15 (Sun) 15:30-17:30 (Doors open/reception begins 15:00)
·venue
Ryukokuzan Tanchuji Temple
Access | Official website of Ryukokuzan Tanchuji Temple (denchuji.com)
Capacity
35 people per session *Sales will end once capacity is reached
・Planning and management
LAVA International Inc.
・Lesson time
90 min
・Lesson Instructor
LAVA Top Instructor Reimi Sugawara
・Guest Artist
Ishigaki Seizan
Participation fee
1 person 16,000 yen (tax included) / LAVA members 15,000 yen / Pair discount 2 people 29,000 yen (tax included)
・Participation benefits
Sugawara original T-shirt
・Event special website・Ticket purchase
Event site:https://yoga-lava.com/event/topir_retreat/detail_148.php
Ticket application:https://forms.office.com/r/chnU79AgYK
■Comment from artist Seizan Ishigaki
The sound of the shakuhachi has a healing power that is unparalleled in the world. Please feel its effects not only through your ears but through your skin.
■ Comments from instructor Remi Sugawara
The yoga sessions held at “Sound x Yoga ~Experience the stillness in the movement and find peace of mind and body~” are as follows:
The lesson begins with some active movement, followed by functional music to lead to stillness.
By balancing stillness and movement, you can relax both your body and mind. Please join us to relieve the fatigue of your daily life.
■Profile
Ishigaki Seizan
He was familiar with Japanese music from an early age and studied the shakuhachi under his father, the first Ishigaki Seizan, and Living National Treasure Yamamoto Hozan.
After performing in Australia, Argentina, Poland and other countries and receiving high praise, he took the Tozanryu teacher’s exam.
The chief climber, he took on the name of his father, Seizan.
To date, they have performed all over the world, including in Mongolia, Russia, France, Italy, San Marino, Spain, Norway, Croatia, Lithuania, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Germany, and Bangladesh.
He has also performed with many orchestras both in Japan and abroad, including the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra.
To date, he has recorded for a wide variety of TV shows, anime, movies, and stage productions, including “ONE PIECE FILM GOLD,” “SHAMAN KING/FLOWERS,” and “Gundam Build Fighters/Try,” and has also participated in many game music productions. As part of units such as HIDE×HIDE and AUN J Classic Orchestra, he has released over 30 CDs and 10 DVDs. He also composes the ending theme for the movie “Umiyama Hida,” and is commissioned to write new songs for various locations.
Graduated from the Department of Traditional Japanese Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, and the NHK Traditional Japanese Music Skills Training Association. A master’s degree in the Tozanryu Shakuhachi Association. A member of the Hogaku Onshinkai Association. A regular member of the JSPN.
Sugawara Reimi
She has over 20 years of classical ballet experience and has also performed on the stage of a professional ballet company. She has excellent proportions and a stylish
The atmosphere is relaxed and the lessons are well-known for being friendly. In addition to holding retreats and events themed on “beauty and creativity,” she also offers short-term, intensive online personal lessons that address individual concerns and steadily improve the body, creating many fans and repeat customers.
Special classes that aim to achieve both outer and inner beauty, incorporating not only yoga but also Pilates and fasting, are also popular.
Joined LAVA International in 2017
Since his third year at the company, he has been working as a top instructor mainly at LAVA stores in Tokyo.
Currently, she is active in a wide range of fields, including providing yoga and pilates lessons at studios across the country, hosting overnight yoga retreats, and giving lessons to corporations.
About LAVA International
With the goal of “bringing happiness to as many people as possible through yoga,” we operate LAVA, Japan’s largest hot yoga studio, with over 490 locations nationwide*1. To date, over 2.5 million people*2 have experienced our studio, which has been ranked “No. 1 in overall fitness club satisfaction*3.” Furthermore, to support people’s beauty and health more broadly, we offer a wide range of services and facilities, including machine pilates “Rintosull,” dark kickboxing “BurnesStyle,” and the health resort facility “Tenku no Niwa Amamu.”
*1 As of July 2024 (including the Rintosull brand)
*2 As of October 2023
*3 Research by E-Cuore: October 2020
LAVA International Inc. official website:https://lava-intl.co.jp/
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