Willa White's Blog

Are you familiar with the Indiana Jones' movie "Raider of the Lost Ark"?  In the opening scene, our hero/archaelogist Jones confronts hordes of deadly tarantulas, dodges poison darts and light-sensitive impaling spikes, and swings across a deep chasm (with the help of Jones' trademark bullwhip), in order to reach a small golden idol on a booby-trapped altar.  After carefully replacing the priceless artifact with a small sack of dirt of what he estimates to be the same weight, Jones soon realizes that he has miscalculated.  The switch triggers thundering tremors and the huge altar collapses.  Jones exit from the temple is even more dramatic as the scene climaxes with a huge boulder rolling down an overhead track on its way to seal the cave entrance, crushing all in its path.  Our hero narrowly escapes by leaping to safety outside the cave just ahead of the juggernaut. This action-packed sequence replays in my mind as I finish coaxing my newbo...

The baby has arrived and I am now on Maternity Leave.  We have a wonderful baby boy! Our family is "nesting in", so this means I am devoting my time exclusively to tending to my newborn and our family's needs. Therefore, I am not available for readings at this time, as I am on a few months of Maternity Leave. And I will not be available for Mediumship Readings until Lily Dale's summer season.  For the months of July and August, I will have a VERY limited work schedule for in-person readings only, as I ease into work after the maternity leave.  Phone readings will scheduled for September and beyond. During the months of May and June, I plan to check my phone messages and emails every few days, so please be patient as it may take up to a week (or even two) for me to get back to you .  Also, I will be taking a hiatus from by Blog until further notice, however I hope to have time to share a blogpost by late May. Thank y...

Throughout the long winter, my son (in his excitement about the impending arrival of the baby) would ask almost daily when the baby would be here.  It is difficult for a four year old to understand the concept of months when he is still learning the days of the week. Eventually, I hit upon a way for him to know when the baby would be here.  I said, "the baby will be here in the Springtime".  I further explained that we would look for signs of Spring, such as when the snow melts, the flowers start blooming, the birds return, and the weather is warmer.  So then it turned into "is it Spring yet, Mommy?"  And we would reviews the signs and my sweet boy would be say "I wish it was Spring now so the baby could come". Now, the signs of Spring are in full force.  And he is noticing them! While we are taking a walk: "Look, Mommy!  The flowers are blooming.  That is a sign of Spring and the baby is almost here!" While he is playing in the front ya...

Just in case any of my blog readers are interested in how I am preparing for Baby #2, I am (of course) reading birthing books, staying active, and getting the hodgepodge of baby items ready.  This time around I have been fortunate to find some great Prenatal Exercises resources.  Thought I would share them with you in case you (or someone you know) could benefit.  1) The New Method: Baby & Mom Prenatal Yoga DVD (with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa) - a Kundalini yoga workout excellent for birth preparation. I especially enjoy the stretches for "making space" for baby, birthing squats, and endurance exercises. The instructor also talks about intuitively birthing the baby and encourages you to do many of the exercises with your eyes closed so that you can internalize the experience and draw upon this strength in labor. I notice a big difference in how I feel after this workout - I feel lighter, looser, and freer.  2) You Having a Baby Workout DVD (with Tracy Hafen ...

One of the things I have always been fascinated with is Chinese Medicine's understanding of Energetic Anatomy as it pertains to growing a baby. The sequence of embryologicial development was first presented by the Chinese Medical Qigong expert Dr Chao Yuan Fang during the Sui Dynasty, around 610 A.D. I am amazed by the accuracy by which Chinese Medicine experts delinated the various monthly changes in the fetus physically, as they strongly correlate with what 'modern science' tells us today. In fact, when I look at the Chinese Medicine chapter on the prenatal months of Creation, I see a very strong resemblance to the well-known mainstream book that most pregnant woman read, "What to Expect when You are Expecting", with a whole lot more spiritual knowledge thrown in.  Chinese Medicine tells you from a spiritual-physical standpoint WHY and WHAT various fetal developments are happening.  The other book tells you WHAT but not why. In the Chinese Medicine book, y...

If you've visited my website recently, you will no doubt have noticed my Happy News - my husband and I are expecting another baby this spring!  Once the baby arrives (due in April), I will be on a couple months of maternity leave and will not be available until June (most likely late-June), just in time for the beginning of Lily Dale's summer season.  To balance work and family, my summer schedule will be VERY limited.  Motherhood is very important to me (and they are babies for such a short time!) so I will be slowly easing back into seeing clients in order to give my family (and our newborn) the attention each member deserves. My work as a Medium is also very important to me.  Those of you who have had readings with me know that I believe in creating 'sacred space' for the duration of the session where my focus is centered on the spirit(s) and information we are connecting with. This means that I will only be available for readings a few days...

My son is in PreK now, so I am a regular parent volunteer in his classroom.  Under the heading of "parent participation", I enjoy a morning among preschoolers reading books, singing songs, learning ABCs and letter sounds, reviewing geometric shapes, doing craft projects, putting together puzzles, playing, helping with coats and bookbags, and (of course) snacktime.  In my efforts to provide them with healthy snacks on the days I am visiting, I bring clementine oranges, baby carrots, and sugar snap peas.  Yesterday, with the approval and encouragement of the teacher, I brought my popcorn air popper and demonstrated this method of preparing popcorn. I took a survey among the children and none of them (except for my son) had seen a popcorn air popper before.  They thought popcorn came from a microwave bag.  They were very excited to see the popcorn suddenly burst over and funnel into the bowl.  Their giggles and enthusiasm were wonderful! ...