My Story

Hello, performance anxiety!

I grew up having a deep desire to be seen, heard, and valued, which manifested in people pleasing and performance anxiety. Despite all of the anxiety, I still showed up. 

I’m proud of 18-year-old me showing up despite being terrified. 

I was fortunate to have wonderful teachers and coaches as I got my degrees. Along the way, I realized the only permission I needed to move and emote was my own. 

I gave myself permission to make big choices. 

It was terrifying yet immediately gratifying. I began feeling as joyful singing in public as I did alone. Despite this, I secretly disliked my voice. I felt pressured to maintain consistency and excellence in performance. Thus, I dedicated considerable effort to mastering vocal consistency and stage presence. After finishing my master’s degree in opera performance, I moved to the New York Metropolitan area to pursue my dreams of singing professionally, and I did it. Then, I had an unnerving realization.

I was miserable.

I could not reconcile the disparity between performing and being of service to other people.

 I felt my work and values were misaligned. 

I felt voice use had self-healing and transformative potential, and I wanted to explore the relationship between sound and the subtle body. I took the plunge, stepped off the performance path of what I thought I should be doing. I began to create a different way of using my voice. 

I started singing for me, not for others. 

I felt innately that the voice was a manifestation of our energetic landscape. Realigning my values and life purpose with my voice, over the next few years I became a Founder of YogaVoice® and earned my certification as a Reiki III practitioner, sound meditation instructor, and 200HR RYT. I’ve taught for over 15 years now.

I am absolutely certain that my life's purpose is to empower girls, women, and marginalized populations to discover their innate power through their voices.

Your voice serves as both your ally and your unique vibrational signature in this world. Utilize it for your utmost benefit.

Your voice matters, it is powerful, and you have a right to be heard.

I am dedicated to helping you sound authentically like yourself. If you seek comfort, joy, and confidence through expressing your voice, then I am here for you!

My Fancy Bio

Kristin Roney (she/her) is a mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, reiki III practitioner, sound meditation instructor, and RYT200 yoga teacher based in New Jersey. She is fiercely committed to the healing, transformative, and communicative power of the voice. She strives to collaborate with colleagues who share in the vision of transforming their community by fostering compassion and authentic communication, through the voice.

Kristin has focused her career research on the use of yoga and meditation, in working with performance anxiety. She views yoga and singing as tools for understanding and working with habitual physical and mental patterns, allowing students to embody and own their authentic sounds fully. As YogaVoice® Founding Partner, she uses YogaVoice® technology to connect people with their authentic voice so that they can communicate truthfully and confidently. Kristin believes that every person has the right to have their authentic voice experienced, expressed, and heard.

Kristin holds degrees from Arizona State University (M.M. Opera Performance) and Willamette University (B.M. Voice Performance). Other certifications include Reiki III, Sound Meditation Instructor, YogaVoice® Teacher and Founding Partner, and RYT200. 

Kristin is a member of NATS, NAfME, YogaAlliance, The Voice Foundation, and Music for Kiddos. She has performed throughout the United States and Europe as both a soloist and ensemble member. Her performance career deeply informs her work. Kristin’s performance highlights include the original cast recording of Alan Menken’s Hunchback of Notre Dame, the original recording of Totus Tuus by Michael Trotta, chorister with New York Philharmonic in their production of Honegger’s Joan of Arc at the Stake, world premiere of Ola Gjeilo’s Dream at Carnegie Hall, singing at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Mrs. Segstrom (A Little Night of Music) with Light Opera of New Jersey, Idamante (Idomeneo) with Cantanti Project, soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Zulma (L’italiana in Algeri) with Utopia Opera, Duruflé Requiem alto soloist with Immaculate Conception Concert Series, and guest recital artist for Immaculate Conception Winter Recital Series. Other roles include Dryad (Ariadne auf Naxos) with Manhattan Opera Studio, Bradamante (Alcina) for New York Lyric Opera, and Florence (Albert Herring) and Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Lyric Opera Theatre of Arizona State University. Additionally, she covered the roles of “Stephano”, “Suzuki”, “Kate Pinkerton”, and “Orfeo” through the joint Arizona Opera/Arizona State University Study Cover program. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training in 2018 and is committed to yoga's value as a technology that connects people to their deepest truths. 

Kristin maintains a robust hybrid studio in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey and online called Inner Hum Voice Studio. She offers bespoke, high touch 1:1 coaching. Students studying privately with Kristin have been accepted to notable institutions, including Oberlin College, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Boston Conservatory, and Westminster Choir College. Students have also received parts in national tours, secured agents, won state and regional competitions, successfully joined the  Actors Equity Association, performed in Broadway productions, and performed at RCM winners circle concerts at Carnegie Hall. 

When not singing or teaching, Kristin loves being home in New Jersey with her husband and sons.