The shakuhachi was considered for over 1000 years a tool for spiritual development to help reach a higher plane of consciousness. It’s physical form has evolved to affect profound change in both listener and player.
Not only was it used to attain satori (enlightenment), but it was also used to ensure safe childbirth. Shakuhachi playing monks were known to visit the household of expecting mothers to play Sanya. These special pieces were also played to ease the passage of spirits into the next world. The sounds of the bamboo flute undeniably eased the pain of mourners and helped with grieving and emotional healing.
In this sense the Shakuhachi has become the essential healing instrument with an extensive repertoire refined carefully over hundreds of years.
This video discusses the nature of playing and listening as a way of healing. Empathy with the sufferer combine with the physiological effects of sound working on the mind and body to produce real change.
The piece featured here is “Jinbo Sanya”, named after its composer Jimbo Masanuke. A Sanya is typically played to help one through a transitional time in life in a wordless way that has origins in Zen Buddhism.
Daniel Nyohaku Soergel studied under the late Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin for 30 years and is licensed (Grandmaster) in the Kinko-Ryu style as taught by Jin Nyodo.
This tradition (Ryu) emphasizes both sound and spirituality in its approach, but also requires competent performance of the Sankyoku chamber music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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17 окт 2024
