Chaula Hopefisher is a musician, yogini, and healer. She has recorded, arranged, produced, or performed with The New York Singers Orchestra, Paul Avgerinos, Robbie Gass ON WINGS OF SONG, Bhavani, New Voice of Hope, Hope Fisher Jazz Quartet, David Tronzo, Winston Grennan and Ska Rocks, the Millionaires, Linda Worster, Mark Kelso, KDZ, Rebecca Kane, Acapella, The Holy War and many other pop, jazz, and spiritual music artists. She received her BA in Music Education from Jersey City State College in 1980, when she began teaching music in her NYC studio. Initiated to the path of Sanatana Dharma by Yogi Amrit Desai in 1992, Chaula moved to the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in 1993 where she served as Evening Program Director, creating satsanga, music, chanting and yoga retreat experiences. In 1999 Chaula left Kripalu. She founded Chaula (TM) Yoga & Music. Chaula was ordained in the Universal Life Church in 1994 and continued her studies in Clinical Pastoral Education at Berkshire Medical Center in 2003. She graduated with an RN/ADN from Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA in 2007. She practices Nursing in NY and MA and uses yoga and music in her work with patients. Chaula also has a selection of recordings related to the musical experience at Kripalu Center which are available by special request at her web site www.chaula.com. Multi-Colored Chant is a collection of original and traditional prayers and chants from several spiritual traditions, arranged in a variety of folkloric, pop, and jazz styles. Featuring singing in English, Hebrew, Latin, and Sanskrit with African drumming, reggae, folk, trance dance, Jazz, Indian, New Age, with lush vocal arrangements, varied instrumentation and great soloists. Multi-Colored Chant has something for everybody. Tracks #7, and #9 are great dance tracks. Tracks #6 and #10 are used by Yoga teachers everywhere. Track #5 is a haunting invocation of the spirit of Hildegarde Von Bingen and #4 is perfect for a Pagan ritual at May Day or Candlemass. Music of the Open Sky, track #1 is an original tune reminiscent of the reknowned Peggy Lee Harp  sessions of the 1960s and featured Viennese concert harpist Monika Stadler. Erik Lawrence (Spin Doctors, Blues Traveller) plays awesome soprano sax obligados on #2 Shiva Hari Om. Not wishy-washy in any sense of the word, Multi-Colored Chant is great music to work or dance or do yoga to. It is a healing balm for the over-stimulated. May it bring you joy and peace.