Here you’ll find poems, musings & compassionate truth-telling about consciousness, spirituality and the strange, beautiful and sometimes bewildering experience of being a neurodivergent human.

I’m Rachael (Raye) White…

Poet, writer, meditation guide, practitioner of many weird and wonderful alternative therapies. A curious human, that loves all things magickal and mystical, also known as The Bendy Witch.

I offer nurturing spaces to explore unmasking and coming home to yourself through creativity, consciousness, connection and the bounty of belonging.

Meander awhile…

READ

Poetry, stories & musings

Come wandering through poems, Haiku Villages and longer reflections on human experience… from the profound to the ridiculous, and occasionally both at once.

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PRACTICE

Heart Words Meditation

A practice for coming out of the noise and back into relationship with yourself.

Heart Words Meditation, breath, movement and restorative yoga offer different doorways into the same place.

Come home to your Self.

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CONNECT

Gatherings, conversations & events

Some things are best explored together.

Discover gatherings, creative events and other opportunities to meet in real life.

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A little about me…

I’m a late-diagnosed AuDHDer who spent many years wondering why I experienced the world quite so intensely. I studied many holistic and spiritual modalities trying to hide and simultaneously “fix” the parts of me that did not seem to make sense or fit into this current version of the world.

I’ve encountered some extraordinary teachers along the way, fallen through a few spiritual trapdoors and gained much lived Wisdom and experience through trial and error.

These days I’m interested in staying human (whatever that means), in creating nurturing spaces where we can become quiet enough to hear our own wisdom; learn to hold ourselves compassionately as we grow and emerge into more authentic expressions of ourselves in this ever changing world.

I live aboard a narrowboat called White Tara in the Nene Valley with my cat, where much of what you find here is written. White is my surname, Tara is my cats name and White Tara also happened to be a Goddess embodying qualities of healing, longevity, self mastery, playfulness, Wisdom and infinite Compassion.

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Letters from The Bendy Witch…

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Come as you are…

Grab a cuppa. Read a poem. Sit in silence. Engage in some self enquiry through a journal prompt. Laugh. Cry. Giggle. Growl. In the spirit of White Tara may you remain Compassionate through life trials and tribulations. May enjoy the spaces in-between and keep the spirit of play alive.

Perhaps something you find here will help you recognise something, deep down, you already knew. I’d love to know if anything here resonates or moves you.

Blessed Be 💫

Rachael is an incredible intuitive healer. She has the innate ability to know just what your body needs to regain it’s strength from her range of modalities.

I have recently completed a block session of remote shamanic/crystal healing with her and my word what a huge impact it has had. I started like an old car engine barely running and often misfiring and ended up like a finely tuned sports engine purring away contentedly 🙂

I was amazed at how well the remote work went, at one point an orb was sent over and the relief was immediate. It was like a gift of pure calm light that came floating into my energetic body and it balanced the systems so the release was able to continue with ease.

I was able to let go of trauma that was locked in my physical body for years and I now also have daily practices I can use to keep the energies flowing fluidly. My energetic body is now able to function as it’s designed to. My heart is so full of love and gratitude and now I can live my life free of restrictions.

I highly recommend Rachael’s therapies because without any doubt they work and can change lives!

Awesome thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.

Much love and gratitude