The Luminous Labs Ceiling Light brings red-light technology into Pilates and yoga studios — one panel above every mat, nothing on the floor, controlled from one tablet.
Pilates meets longevity
Pilates is having a moment, and it is changing. More and more studios no longer talk only about posture and core strength, but about longevity: about staying strong, mobile and well for decades. We see this shift in almost every conversation we have with studio owners.
Many of them asked us the same question: could they bring our technology into their studio? For hotels, spas and longevity clinics, our answer has long been the Redgevity Master, a professional full-body system now running at 17 locations across Europe. But in a Pilates studio, it often doesn't fit. The Redgevity Master is built for one person at a time. A studio works with groups of eight, ten or twelve people on mats, in a room where every square metre is already in use.
So we built a second system. The Ceiling Light is our new B2B offering for group classes: red-light technology that hangs above the class instead of standing in the room.
Two systems, two settings
- Redgevity Master: a full-body system for one person per session, for hotels, spas, clinics and premium wellness spaces.
- Ceiling Light: one panel above every mat, for Pilates, yoga and breathwork studios that train in groups.
Both run on the same science, the same programs and the same Luminous Protocol.
What studio owners told us, and how the Ceiling Light answers it
Space costs rent. In a studio, every mat is revenue. A standing panel takes away space, and with it capacity. The Ceiling Light hangs above the class. Nothing stands on the floor, and your layout stays exactly as it is.
Everyone offers Pilates now. As more studios open, prices come under pressure. Light lets you offer formats few others can: Red Light Pilates, Red Light Yoga, breathwork, recovery or relaxation classes. A premium that members can see and feel, and one you can price accordingly.
The quiet hours stay quiet. Mid-mornings and late evenings are often half empty. Because every session runs as a guided program on the tablet, you can offer recovery or relaxation slots without a trainer in the room.
Your team has enough to do. Nobody on your team needs to become a light expert. They choose a program on the tablet and start the class. Everything else is already set.
Technology shouldn't become your problem. We monitor the system remotely and take care of updates. You run your studio, we take care of the light.
Members come and go. The class is the start of something longer. With a personal Luminous Protocol and a routine at home, members stay connected to your studio between classes.
The lens system: why a ceiling installation works at all
LED light spreads out. With every centimetre of distance, it is distributed over a larger area, and less of it arrives where it should. That is the reason most red-light panels have to stand close to the body.
Every Ceiling Light panel comes with lenses we developed ourselves. They focus the light so that enough of it reaches the mat from up to 3 metres away. Without this lens system, light from the ceiling wouldn't work.
Tablet control: programs, not dials
More light is not automatically better. Research describes a biphasic dose response: too little has little effect, and too much can weaken the effect again. That is why there are no dials on the Ceiling Light. Wavelengths, pulsing and duration are defined in programs by our science team. The tablet software is included: your team selects a program and starts the class, and every session is delivered the same way.
Via IoT, we check the system daily from Graz and send updates and new programs remotely. If something isn't right, we usually notice before you do.
The science behind it
Red and near-infrared light work at the level of the cell. The light is absorbed in the mitochondria by an enzyme called cytochrome c oxidase. According to the leading model, it releases nitric oxide from this enzyme, so the cell can produce more ATP, the molecule it runs on. Red light (around 630–670 nm) is mainly absorbed in the upper tissue layers, near-infrared (around 810–1060 nm) reaches deeper.
Pilates is endurance work for the muscles: many controlled repetitions and long holds. That is exactly the area research on light and training has studied most. Two meta-analyses found more repetitions and a longer time to exhaustion when light was applied before exercise (Leal-Junior et al. 2015, Li et al. 2024). A 12-week strength-training study saw the largest gains when light was used before each session (Vanin et al. 2016). Most of these studies applied light directly to the trained muscle, and studies specifically on Pilates are still rare. That is why we build every program on what the research shows about wavelength, dose and timing.
What's inside each panel
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From first visit to first class
- Room and ceiling: We visit your studio, measure the ceiling height, look at the ceiling structure and power supply, and plan the position of every panel.
- Order and approval: After the technical sign-off, we reserve your production slot.
- Production and preparation: While the panels are built, we prepare wording, materials and your first posts with you. Delivery takes about three months after order confirmation.
- Installation and training: Your contractor installs the panels, and Angelo comes on site to train your team and hand over the system.
The first seven
We are opening the Ceiling Light to the first seven studios in Austria. House of IKKI and House of FRAKT are already live, and more studios are in conversation with us. Five places are left.
If you run a Pilates, yoga or breathwork studio and want light in your ceiling, get in touch with Angelo Jakup-Sekulovski, our Head of Sales. He will visit, look at your space and tell you honestly what makes sense and what doesn't. Write to him at angelo@luminouslabs.health.
The applications described serve wellbeing, regeneration and longevity and are not medical treatment.
