WholeExpo is thankfully short for "The Holistic Health & Ecological Conference & Exposition for Your Whole Life," and the 2008 version again features numerous speakers, seminars and more than 100 psychic readers, holistic healers, alternative medicines and healing arts less tangible.

"Don't even ask me to understand what just happened," said Farmington's Sharon Caillier after spending an incomparable two hours on the healing table of Dyan Stein.

Stein described her technique as Mira Ray Activation, and even a more detailed description does little to help the uninitiated truly understand how it works or what it does.

"It's about light and helping people to be the light - most people don't know how beautiful they are," said Stein.

Whatever it is or whatever it does, first-timer Caillier was impressed.

"I can't describe it - I feel light and rested and genuinely unstressed. I became totally unaware of my surroundings and didn't even notice all these people," Caillier said.

Caillier's temporary oblivion masked a crowd of hundreds packed into the main exhibit hall that WholeExpo organizer Nick Spence said was the largest he's seen. Last year, more than 2,500 people came through during the two-day event, and Spence said Saturday's pace was far ahead of day one last year.

"It's crazy," Spence said.

He said organizers turned away more than 40 potential exhibitors this year becasue of lack of space. But there are no plans to expand the WholeExpo into any other areas at the fairgrounds, so any growth will have to come from larger crowds.

"But it has allowed us to be more selective in our exhibitors," he said.

Spence said the focus of the WholeExpo is shifting to incorporate more ecological exhibitors and seminars aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and socially responsible behavior.

"It's the same people who care about health and wellness who care about the Earth," Spence said.

"We'll still feature the metaphysical, but it just won't be our primary focus as much anymore."

The shift in focus hasn't happened yet, however, and today's WholeExpo is still a one-stop shop for aura photography, palm readers, BioMats and angel blessings, just to name a few. Curious? You should be.

The WholeExpo concludes today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the La Plata County Fairgrounds.

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