Many people have asked me how to pronounce the name of my yoga studio and even more have asked how I came up with the name “Lucent”. So here, straight from Google is the pronunciation and definition:
lu·cent
/ˈlo͞os(ə)nt/
adjective: lucent
Glowing with or giving off light.
“the moon was lucent in the background”
What started out as an opportunity to teach a few classes close to my home in Moorhead quickly morphed into an opportunity to have my own studio & business. Connections through old friends and new ones made it possible for me to take what I love and live it every day!
“Do what you love & you will never work another day in your life” –Confucius
Little did I know that coming up with a name was going to weigh so heavily on my heart. I needed a vision. I started writing words down that described what I wanted in life, words that describe me, words that represent how I want others to feel, favorite yoga words, etc: joy, happiness, warm, loving, caring, sunshine, sun salutations, crow, chatarunga, flow, ease, fluid…..the list goes on and as I kept striking out with godaddy.com and domain names (because after all, I wanted a domain name that matches my studio name) and the Minnesota Secretary of State name availability tool. I decided to start using the Google Thesaurus.
“How do I want people to feel”, “What do I want for my students” became key ideas in my search…warm, sunny, bright…..
lu·cent
/ˈlo͞os(ə)nt/
adjective: lucent
Glowing with or giving off light.
Lucent…the word just rolled off my tongue and my heart skipped a beat….I KNEW I had it….please oh please “Go Daddy”, don’t fail me now….DRAT….Lucentyoga……taken. Sigh.
I HAD to make “Lucent” work. I could feel that it was right. As my husband & I bounced ideas off of each other as to what we could add to the name, we just couldn’t get anything that felt right. Enter my 12-year-old. “Why don’t you add ‘Fitness’ to the end”? (She made it seem soooo easy after all the ideas we had thrown around.) BOOM! We had it… we are raising a genius.
My Vision
The name Lucent is a constant reminder, my Northern Star pointing me in the right direction. I want our students to feel better, I want to make yoga accessible to everyone, especially those who never thought they could “do” yoga. I want them to feel comfortable & safe inside our 4 walls and take that feeling with them into their day and into their week. I want our students to leave each & every class feeling better. I want to grow our Lucent Tribe with like-minded people who want to do better for themselves. Be better for themselves. Who wants to live a Lucent Life.