In 2020 when the whole world was rudely interrupted by a global pandemic, many of us scrambled to take our lives online. From live streaming concerts, to church services, to school, book clubs, fitness classes, and so much more, we were catapulted into a deluge of online gathering. While I too had to make significant adjustments into our new virtual reality, one area which I did not was in the realm of teaching and coaching voice on Zoom.

There are physical functional truths to your head voice and chest voice. There are objective qualities to the sound! But, there are also metaphorical, archetypal truths that are particularly evident when your voice isn’t balanced, and let’s be honest, it never is. There is a yin and yang to your voice.

When I work with people in private voice coaching, it is almost always the case that the ways in which their voice is out of balance corresponds with what I observe about their lives. Too much yin and not enough yang, or vice versa.