Why Finding Your Voice Matters
What makes finding your voice so important...and who said it was lost anyway? Since you have been speaking and maybe singing for many years now, you probably feel that you already know your voice and any unknown parts must not be that important. But for a moment let’s just examine all the ways that you use your voice. At work, on the phone, socializing, placing orders, giving instructions, comforting, explaining, convincing, teaching, connecting and more. You have most likely spent two or more decades already using your voice. And within that time I am sure you have had to tend to your physical health at various points, so why not tend to your vocal health and happiness as well?
Most people believe that their voices are fixed or immovable “objects” like the foundation of a house. But your voice is in fact malleable. So much more than you give it credit for. Studying the voice and refining it is like tending to a deep part of yourself in winter so that you can bloom with all the lacy petals of spring. When you start to pay attention to the quality of your voice, you start to access your personal power in a new way. The way your voice makes an entrance, the way your voice calls peoples attention to you, your ideas, values, purpose and or calling. Finding your voice is important because your voice is an essential part of you but one that you frequently overlook or take for granted.
This year we have witnessed, in greater detail, how disastrous things become when we take basic rights and spaces for granted. The rights of BIPOC people, LGBTQIA people, the health of the planet, just to name a few.The more you strengthen your individual voice, the more you strengthen the voice and needs of your community. And the beauty of art is that you can do this through your art. That’s why finding your voice can lead to a wellspring of transformation for you and those around you.
Next month I will be guest teaching a “Find Your Voice” series through the RISE Collective. To find out more, write here.