Willa White's Blog

In conjunction with " Understanding Your Aura " (part one), I will be teaching Part Two of the Aura classes "Advanced Auras".  I regularly teach spiritual development classes at the Jamestown Community College (JCC) Jamestown NY campus. "Advanced Auras" - Wednesday October 29th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. After learning the basics of seeing auras, it is now time to experience auras with your other senses, especially touch and feeling. This class expands on the Understanding Your Aura class and provides more advanced techniques. Participants will learn and measure the dimensions of the human aura, practice how to sense and read the aura, understand the symbols of the aura, and discover ways to enhance your aura and awareness. Prerequisite : participants need to have taken the Understanding Your Aura class or be familiar with auras, chakras, placements, etc… To register, call the JCC Continuing Education Department at 716-338-1005. See you in class! F...

This month, I will be teaching a spiritual development class at the Jamestown Community College (JCC) Jamestown NY campus: "Understanding Your Aura" - Wednesday October 22nd from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Everyone has an aura, which is the energy field that surrounds our body and holds important information about our physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. By understanding the energy that surrounds you, you can begin to see and experience sensing auras. This is an interactive workshop designed for beginners where you will learn the basics about auras, practice how to see and sense auras, understand the meaning of the different colors, and discover ways in which you can cleanse and clear your aura for better health.  For more info, see my website's Coming Events page at : http://www.willawhite.com/Coming_Events.html To register, call the JCC Continuing Education Department at 716-338-1005. See you in class!

One of my favorite places in Lily Dale is the Lake Pavilion.  Some folks call it the Boat House, but it doesn't store boats so I call it by its' more graceful name.  In my opinion, it is a space that deserves grace because decades ago the swan house used to be next to it. Perched on the shore of Cassadaga Lake near the Maplewood Hotel, the Lake Pavilion has a bench that wraps around the inside perimeter and with the picnic table stationed there as well, there is plenty of seating.  Various folks fish from it - in fact, this summer my older son caught six fish in a row there (or maybe it was the same fish over and over, haha). In the more recent summers, my mother has taught a plein-air art class series at the Lake Pavilion and the Friday night drumming circle has gathered there. My family enjoys stopping there on our walks around Lily Dale.  My children ooh and ahh over the small schools of fish gathering for morsels.  Swans and kayakers gl...

This month, I will be teaching a spiritual development class at the Jamestown Community College (JCC) Jamestown NY campus: "Rediscovery of Women's Health:  a Personal Journey" - Wednesday September 25th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Join us in this special informational session for women only , where your instructor will give an overview of holistic techniques for reproductive health and talk about honoring our female cycles - from fertility, to pregnancy, to childbirth, and beyond. We will discuss many exercises, techniques, and informational resources that are available for women, including various forms of massage, bodywork, pelvic care, and fertility awareness. You will discover a new and dynamic relationship with your own body as it becomes guide, gauge, and a source of knowledge, vital radiance, and well-being. The concepts within this class reflect the instructor’s personal findings and experiences. Her goal is to raise awareness so that women are infor...

My family and I were enjoying a walk the other evening.  The weather was warm and thunderstorms were predicted.  You could feel the water hanging in the air waiting to be released. As we approached what seemed to be a stone in the road, it moved.  Actually, it hopped.  "A toad!" my son said with delight.  We continued on our walk.  Several feet later up the same street, my husband said, "There's a toad!"  And my son spotted two more nearby.  Each street we walked had toads in the road like stony sentinels of the evening.  In the semi-darkness of our twilight stroll, we greeted many toads.  It became a festive game of who-can-spot-the-toad-in-the-road first.  Their bumpy skin is so reminiscent of a stone in the darkness until they hop for the sides of the road, scrabbling to the safety of the grass. "Why are there so many toads?" my son asked.  "It will rain soon.  And they like the rain, " I replied....

The summer Season is flying by!  We have less than two weeks left.  It is incredible how fast the Time goes by.  Whether I am in readings with clients or snatching moments with family, Time seems to be rushing at warp speed.  I blink and hours have gone by.  A friend relayed a Sufi story to me recently about Time, so I am sharing what I recall with you.  Forgive me if I botch things in the retelling :) *** One day, a king asked a Sufi master, "What is Time?  Help me to understand it."   The master said, "Come over to this pool of water and I will show you."   As the king leaned over the water, the master grasped him by the neck and held him under water.  When the king surfaced, he was alone in an open sea.  Eventually, he spotted a fishing boat and swam to it.  The fishermen pulled him from the water.  When he tried to speak with them, he discovered they spoke...

Many of you are probably familiar with the gallery-style messages of TV mediums such as John Edward and James Van Praagh.  They give short messages from loved ones in Spirit to audience members.  Well... here at Lily Dale this type of message work has been done for over 135 years.  We refer to it as "public message work" or "stand up mediumship" because, rather than being in our individual offices (also known as private reading rooms), we are with a large group and we are standing.  We refer to them as "messages" because they are brief greetings lasting a couple minutes rather than a private reading session that can range from 30 to 60 minutes in length. During the Lily Dale summer Season , demonstrations of mediumship are presented by the mediums in the form of short messages to those in the audience. There is a chairperson for the event who calls the mediums one at a time to serve as message ministers at the service. Various kinds of mediums gene...