What’s in a Name?
Well to start, just like a body we all have one. We were given one at birth and it becomes the storehouse of all our conditioning, memories, expectations, values, beliefs, disappointments, victories and pretty much our entire life experiences. We live our life and try to “make a name for ourselves.” Yet what happens when we no longer want to be locked into that psychological container of who we’ve become, often feeling trapped into remaining as others see us or even as we see ourselves. How can we take control of this powerful force of personal fixation and transcend that which we’ve become?
Upon getting married, I felt a bit reluctant in taking my husband’s name feeling that I had to let go of that identity which carried my history and all that I had become. Yet, in the end, I decided to follow convention and thus became Lori Schneider. I was always into Numerology and believed that names hold a vibration, so after performing all the necessary calculations, I was going from a 9 vibration to a 4. Although for many, numerology like astrology can be viewed with skepticism, I do believe that names carry a vibration and on some level there are subtle changes that occur when our name changes. So for many years lived happily with my husband as Lori Schneider and even today still bear the name proudly.
Yet after beginning to come out of my creative block and having made the decision to become an active musician again, there was this nagging internal impulse to want to start anew. That's when I actively started searching for an alternate name. I went through the names of Welsh Goddesses, historic figures, and even tried to find phonetically pleasing names. After much deliberation, the name Scarlett Rose came to me and then started to introduce myself as Scarlett to strangers just to test the waters. One day I was in Starbucks, and they often ask for your name and call you when your coffee is ready. Well.....I told them my name was “Scarlett” and then when they called my name out loud, it felt so very weird, and it was then that I thought, no.... this is all wrong. The name sounded pretty and all that but it wasn’t authentic. It wasn’t me at all. So I scratched the name Scarlett Rose and continued searching. Then one day at a family gathering the subject came up when my father said…."why don’t you just use your middle name, (which is Lynn)." In fact he reminded me that he and my Mom had the name “Lori Lynn” inscribed on my first guitar at age 7. Oh yeah…..In the moment it sounded like a good idea but then quickly discarded the idea thinking it all felt too ordinary. Then ironically the next day a friend of mine had sent me a picture that she so skillfully imposed upon the background of Llyn Tegid. When she sent me the picture, the file name was LoriLlynTegid.jpg. Upon seeing that, it was in that moment that I felt my name was actually given to me in this roundabout kind of way. Yes, I could still be Lori Lynn but just the spelling would need to change. Llyn Tegid is Cerridwen’s lake located in Wales and being the Goddess of Transformation as well as the patron Goddess to the Bards, it all felt symbolically meaningful. Plus it was still my real name and captured the energy of one of my first musical experiences and one of the earliest purest memories of my love for music. So that was it….I decided to become Lori Llyn representing a new chapter of my life and a symbol of musical regeneration. The other interesting thing was this alternate spelling held the 9 vibration which was a return to the same number as my birth name.
So what is in a name? It’s a vibration charged with the energy of our life experiences becoming fixated in time and space. Here are a few questions to ponder. If you ever had the urge to re-invent yourself and create your own identity, what name would you choose? Would it be based on something or someone from the past, would it be after someone your admire, perhaps a mythological or religious figure, a name that just phonetically sounds pleasing or maybe just a word, symbol or object that has a personal meaning to you. Who would that person be? Would you tell the world or let it remain your own secret name? In the end I believe that we all have that superhero (heroine) that lurks inside of us just waiting to be adorned with our own individual cloak of invincibility and empowerment that enables us to be the person we’ve always wanted to be.
Psst....... Numerology is a vast subject but if you want to have some fun…here is a site where you can calculate your name and see if you agree with the personality traits it describes. Numerology Calculator.)
Well to start, just like a body we all have one. We were given one at birth and it becomes the storehouse of all our conditioning, memories, expectations, values, beliefs, disappointments, victories and pretty much our entire life experiences. We live our life and try to “make a name for ourselves.” Yet what happens when we no longer want to be locked into that psychological container of who we’ve become, often feeling trapped into remaining as others see us or even as we see ourselves. How can we take control of this powerful force of personal fixation and transcend that which we’ve become?
Upon getting married, I felt a bit reluctant in taking my husband’s name feeling that I had to let go of that identity which carried my history and all that I had become. Yet, in the end, I decided to follow convention and thus became Lori Schneider. I was always into Numerology and believed that names hold a vibration, so after performing all the necessary calculations, I was going from a 9 vibration to a 4. Although for many, numerology like astrology can be viewed with skepticism, I do believe that names carry a vibration and on some level there are subtle changes that occur when our name changes. So for many years lived happily with my husband as Lori Schneider and even today still bear the name proudly.
Yet after beginning to come out of my creative block and having made the decision to become an active musician again, there was this nagging internal impulse to want to start anew. That's when I actively started searching for an alternate name. I went through the names of Welsh Goddesses, historic figures, and even tried to find phonetically pleasing names. After much deliberation, the name Scarlett Rose came to me and then started to introduce myself as Scarlett to strangers just to test the waters. One day I was in Starbucks, and they often ask for your name and call you when your coffee is ready. Well.....I told them my name was “Scarlett” and then when they called my name out loud, it felt so very weird, and it was then that I thought, no.... this is all wrong. The name sounded pretty and all that but it wasn’t authentic. It wasn’t me at all. So I scratched the name Scarlett Rose and continued searching. Then one day at a family gathering the subject came up when my father said…."why don’t you just use your middle name, (which is Lynn)." In fact he reminded me that he and my Mom had the name “Lori Lynn” inscribed on my first guitar at age 7. Oh yeah…..In the moment it sounded like a good idea but then quickly discarded the idea thinking it all felt too ordinary. Then ironically the next day a friend of mine had sent me a picture that she so skillfully imposed upon the background of Llyn Tegid. When she sent me the picture, the file name was LoriLlynTegid.jpg. Upon seeing that, it was in that moment that I felt my name was actually given to me in this roundabout kind of way. Yes, I could still be Lori Lynn but just the spelling would need to change. Llyn Tegid is Cerridwen’s lake located in Wales and being the Goddess of Transformation as well as the patron Goddess to the Bards, it all felt symbolically meaningful. Plus it was still my real name and captured the energy of one of my first musical experiences and one of the earliest purest memories of my love for music. So that was it….I decided to become Lori Llyn representing a new chapter of my life and a symbol of musical regeneration. The other interesting thing was this alternate spelling held the 9 vibration which was a return to the same number as my birth name.
So what is in a name? It’s a vibration charged with the energy of our life experiences becoming fixated in time and space. Here are a few questions to ponder. If you ever had the urge to re-invent yourself and create your own identity, what name would you choose? Would it be based on something or someone from the past, would it be after someone your admire, perhaps a mythological or religious figure, a name that just phonetically sounds pleasing or maybe just a word, symbol or object that has a personal meaning to you. Who would that person be? Would you tell the world or let it remain your own secret name? In the end I believe that we all have that superhero (heroine) that lurks inside of us just waiting to be adorned with our own individual cloak of invincibility and empowerment that enables us to be the person we’ve always wanted to be.
Psst....... Numerology is a vast subject but if you want to have some fun…here is a site where you can calculate your name and see if you agree with the personality traits it describes. Numerology Calculator.)