RAUM Art Center Wellness Party “THE LIGHT SOCIETY,” Held at the Chamber Hall on Aug. 19-20
During the evening hours when summer’s heat lingers the longest, a chance to care for both body and mind is set in the middle of Gangnam, Seoul. RAUM Art Center will hold “RAUM Wellness Party (RAUM Wellness Party): THE LIGHT SOCIETY” for two days—Wednesday, Aug. 19, and Thursday, Aug. 20, in August. Doors open at 7 p.m. for both sessions, and the stage is in the Chamber Hall on the fourth floor of RAUM Art Center.
An evening flowing from a welcome reception into barre and Neuro Arts Medi-Therapy
The program runs in three stages. It opens with a welcome reception at 7 p.m., followed by a barre session starting at 7:30 p.m., and then Neuro Arts Medi-Therapy begins at 8 p.m. The order is to first awaken the body, then gather the senses inside yourself.
Barre is a low-intensity exercise method that combines elements of Pilates and yoga with the basic movements of ballet. Participants hold a ballet practice bar and continue with small-range repeated motions to align their posture—an approach that is also described as easy for attendees who do not have much exercise experience. The subtitle, “THE LIGHT SOCIETY,” is a name formed by overlapping the two words “light” and “gathering,” and it focuses on a time when people who have finished their day come together in one space to restore their own rhythm.
A program that connects neuroscience and art, led by Kim Jae-hye, director of RAUM Art Center
Kim Jae-hye, the director who leads the meditation sessions, is a performer who studied piano at Yonsei University and music at New York’s Mannes College The New School and at New Jersey State University. She has performed on stages at Carnegie Hall and the U.S. House of Representatives, and at the venue of the UN General Assembly. She also served as the head of a U.S. cultural foundation for 20 years.
After that, she created Neuro Arts Medi-Therapy by studying art therapy, meditation, and psychological counseling. It is a single program that brings together neuroscience and art, meditation, sound therapy, and psychological counseling. Kim serves currently as the director of RAUM Art Center and the CEO of Todak Todak Healing Art Center. She has also conducted the same session at the Trump Club in New Jersey, where President Trump uses it at his residence.
Three artists who fill the room with movement and sound
The barre portion will be led by instructor Olivia Shin. A global wellness director who works across Korea, Bali, Bangkok, and Singapore, she graduated from OCAD University and has experience directing brand communication strategy for Fortune 500 companies at TBWA Toronto and Idea Couture.
Live music will be handled by guitarist Jang Ha-eun. She graduated from the classical guitar program at Korea National University of Arts and is a special lecturer at Seoul Hoseo School of the Arts. She made it into the top five on JTBC’s “Superband 2.” She has performed as a guest with the Carnegie Hall Union City Orchestra and in solo stages. In 2025, she performed as a cultural envoy at the presidential palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. As a singer-songwriter, she released albums “Hwasang” and “Sujung Bihaeng.”
The sound of the singing bowls will be led by Choi Seon-hee, a singing bowl meditation and sound healing expert. She is a certified singing bowl meditation instructor of the Korea Singing Bowl Association, an instructor for the highest-level course in wellness meditation at Eulji University, and works as a singing bowl meditation leader at Todak Todak Healing Art Center. She completed coursework in functional anatomy at Wonkwang University and has introduced singing bowl meditation on broadcasts including the KBS1 entertainment program.
A space that resembles a European old castle, the Chamber Hall on the fourth floor of RAUM Art Center
RAUM Art Center, where the event is held, is a multi-purpose cultural venue located at 564 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It opened in April 2010 and is known for its European old-castle-style architecture inspired by Scotland’s Skibo Castle. It was also the first venue in South Korea to promote the idea of a “social venue,” where performances, exhibitions, banquets, and weddings all take place under one roof.
Unlike the main theater, the Chamber Hall on the fourth floor—the event space—keeps the distance between the stage and the audience relatively close. The conditions, in which the host’s voice and the lingering resonance of instruments are delivered more closely, fit well with participatory wellness programs.
Kim Jae-hye, director of Todak Todak Healing Art Center, who successfully carried out the opening event, said she wanted to plan this event to contribute to healing the inner selves of more people through a new healing program called Neuro Arts Medi-Therapy. “In the future, through various healing-related events at RAUM Art Center, I will help people recognize the light within and manage their body and soul in a healthy way.”
Tickets for the wellness party are available on the official TherauM site below.
