Chanting is powerful. Chanting is sublime. Chanting is fun and anyone can do it. Even YOU! Chanting is growing. It is Chaula's personal mission to make CHANT a household word.
Chaula Hopefisher involves her audience in a singing and listening tour of the world’s Holy Places. She sings chants in Sanskrit, Hebrew, English, Arabic, and Latin, accompanied by keyboard, guitar, and percussion instruments. Her chant events are informative, inspiring, and humorous.
Chaula Hopefisher wants to bring the experience of chant to your conference, seminar, concert venue, college, synagogue, church, mosque, even to your home! Whether your interest is informal kirtan, ecumenical chanting, workshops or a large-scale concert chanting event, Chaula is ready to vibrate your chakras and she has the shakti to do it!
Chanting with Chaula is a unique experience. Drawing on her background as a Jazz vocalist, poet, and multi-instrumentalist, a her slightly irreverent sense of humor, some timeless Yogic teachings, and armed with scriptures and chants from around the world, Chaula can transform any space into into a holy temple", "spiritual disco", "cosmic comedy club", or maybe even into your mother's warm kitchen on a winter day when you were 5 years old.
Chaula invokes the Holy Ones in ancient tongues. She incants esoteric scriptures and will have you doing it, too! Her manner sets even skeptics at ease. She speaks about life on the spiritual path in plain English and has an ability to laugh at herself that is refreshing. This authentic, humble, and humorous approach create an atmosphere of fellowship, safety, and lightheartedness.
An evening at home with her new MULTI-COLORED CHANT CD [link to CD page]can be a transcendant experience. An informal chant event with Chaula is truly heart-opening. A major chant event with the Multi-Colored Chant Ensemble is guarenteed to blow the roof off of your annual meeting, conference, or concert venue.
Kirtan is from a Sanskrit word that means to repeat. Sanskrit is the ancient language of India in which many sacred scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Yoga sutras were written. It is a vibrational language made up of primordial sounds. Kirtan consists mostly of mantras which are sung in call and response between a leaders "call" and the audiences "response. These chants are easily pronounced and repeated for a long time. The audience gets carried away on an ocean of sound and often bliss associated with the vibrations of this powerful, ancient language. Responsive chanting will often go on for periods upwards of 20 minutes followed by brief periods of silent meditation, during which participants take time to "integrate" their experience.
Ecumenical chanting is very similar to Kirtan except that Chaula brings in chants, prayers, and devotional songs from many world religions and wisdome traditions, including chanting in Sanskrit Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, English, and many wordless chants.
Large-scale concert chanting events are concerts featuring musicians and singers performing the chants in a variety of world music styles, including reggae, Latin, funk, New Age, East Indian, African, etc... Chaula books concert events of various sizes. But her full band, Multi-Colored Chant Ensemble is ten pieces including drumset, percussion, bass, keyboards, guitar, saxophone, and 4 singers. It is a joyous, exuberant event guarenteed to get 'em dancing and singing....the perfect large event for any large festival, conference, annual meeting, or other gathering.
This program focuses on the common elements of the chanting and rituals of various world religions and wisdom traditions. An experiential workshop with some lecture and discussion. No previous musical experience is necessary for this course and experienced musicians and vocalists are welcomed.
Participants will learn chants and prayers in many languages including Sanskrit, Hebrew, Latin, Arabic, and English. The focus is on the truth common to all great world religions.
The overall focus of this program is not academic study. Rather it is to experience the power of devotional chanting in a group, and to have a first hand experience of the truth common to all great religions and wisdom traditions.
Workshop runs 90 minutes or an entire weekend.
A Bhakti Yoga retreat with the focus on Sanskrit chanting. An intimate and intensive program experience that includes meditation, chanting, and Bhakti Yoga practices such as Japa meditation, puja, and arati, etc... Participants create their own, personalized practice for greater spiritual attunement with an emphasis on Yogic traditions. Participants will understand the importance of the feeling and intentions behind the spiritual practice of chanting and learn the power of devotion, affirmation, invocation, purification, and most important a divine sense of humor.
Weekend or Weeklong Retreat.
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