WIN a Free All-Access Upgrade of The *WISH* Summit, worth $197 :)

As you may recall, in honour of International Women's Day this year, those divine divas over at RawMom have lovingly pieced together an absolutely *fabulous*line-up of world-renowned speakers, for a *FREE* 10 day Summit, open to all, titled "WISH" or the "Women's International Summit for Health" :) It starts in less than a week now, on March 8th and if you haven't already registered, you can do so HERE.
Now as an extra-special gift, those yummy divas have agreed to give away one free 'access all areas' upgrade package for the Summit to one of *you*, so that after the free event, the winner will be able to listen back to all the interviews, peruse transcripts and so on, whenever they choose...
The summit starts on March the 8th and runs for 10 days, one topic a day, 40 outstanding speakers - it's going to be a marathon of love, light, care and connection. I'm really looking forward to it, there are so many wonderful people involved, such as:

Neale Donald Walsch, Rory Freedman, Marianne Williamson, Donna Gates, Victoria Boutenko, Rainbeau Mars, Gay and Katie Hendricks, Jules Dervaes (urban homesteaders), Dr. Mercola, Tonya Zavasta, David Wolfe, Mimi Kirk, Susun Weed

WOW :) The topics up for discussion include: Sensuality, Spirit, Food, Relationships, Fitness, Beauty, Health, Money, Attitude, Family. What a line-up...and it's all free to anyone who registers before March 8th...

...AaaaaAaAAAaaaaaaand, to be in with a chance of winning that *FREE* access-all-areas pass for the WISH Summit, just send in your answer to the following question:

"What is *your* brightest wish for the young girls of today?"

Send your entries in to angela@rawreform.com and the winner will be picked at random and with love around the start of April...don't forget that everyone can sign up to hear the whole summit for free as it airs, HERE and please let all of your yummy friends know too...

on February the 28th I loved:

1 quart water
an Ecuadorian Ice Cream Bean, 1.5 cups sugar cane juice with lime
2 cups water
3 cups amazing green smoothie: mango, avocado, lettuces, cilantro, water
3 cups water
yummy bowl of shared salad with Mr. M: lettuce, tomato, avocado, dulse
1 quart water
1.5 cups water with Marine Phytoplankton

I am *delighted* to announce that we have Ice Cream Beans for sale at TheRawFoodWorld.com again - we just got another 80lbs of these delectable fruits and this is apparently the total end of the season - no more until next year...soooooo, if you didn't get your fingers wrapped around your own glory pods yet, you can hop on over HERE to pick some up - be warned though, you might wanna act *quick* - the 100lbs of these beans we had the week before sold out in a day...
Down here in Ecuador we found local "Ice Cream Beans" too - they seem to call them "guava" here...and what we call "guava" is "guayaba" here, apparently...which is a little confusing ;) You can see us discovering the local Ice Cream Beans and much more in the farmers' market here in Ecuador, in this video HERE - yummmmmmmmm ;)


on March the 1st I enjoyed:

1 quart water
big slice of fresh luscious pineapple :)
3 cups outrageously nutrient-dense greeeeeeeeen juice, mixed with mineral-rich sugar cane juice
3 cups greeeeeeen smoothie: mango, plantain, avocado, cilantro, lettuce
3 cups water
3 cups greeeeeeen juice with sugar-cane juice
shared yummy bowl of fresh local kale salad: shredded kale, dulse, tomatoes, avocado, followed by banana ice cream with fresh Incan berries mixed in :))))
2 cups water


on March the 2nd I was blissed with:

1 quart water
1 quart *amazing* green juice with pineapple juice
3 cups greeeeeeen smoothie: mango, plantain, avocado, lettuce, cilantro, water
2 cups water
1 quart greeeeeeeeen juice with pineapple juice
collard wrap stuffed with YUMMY kale salad: kale, tomatoes, avocado, dulse, followed by a handful of fresh incan berries and a frozen banana :)
2 cups water


On March 7th, the next in the series of intended monthly Raw Vegan Bazaars will be held in Los Angeles and as part of the fun and games this time, dear Ms. Foxy Laura Fox has decided to host a "Truly Raw" Cacao Recipe Contest...
Over 20 outstanding raw chefs (including Chrissy Antia, Jason Wrobel, Sacred Steve, Janabai Amsden, Elaina Love, Angelina Elliot and many others) will use the new "Truly Raw" Cacao Powder and Butter to create sublime recipes, to be judged by a panel of rawxperts, including Rainbeau Mars, Juliano, Roxanne Klein, Steve Prussack, Rod Rotondi and others...wow, this looks set to be a very fun 'rawk-star' event ;) To find out how *you* can join in, win a place on the judging panel, prizes and more, you can visit www.bestofraw.net. To get your *own* "Truly Raw" Cacao Powder and Butter, click HERE.

The Bazaar is being held this Sunday, March 7th in Los Angeles from 11am to 5pm - all the details for the whole event, including the Raw Cacao Contest, can be found at LArawbazaar.com - enjoy - we had a *lot* of fun at the bazaar last month :)

All blessings for your expl-raw-ations... ;)
A. S-M. xxx

Our Raw Food Wedding - Raw Union :)

WOW :O
What an absolutely PHENOMENAL weekend we just shared with the raw family here in Oregon :) I am delighted to say that I am now officially Ms. Stokes–Monarch :)
We enjoyed the most divinely flowing, serendipitous, loving marriage ceremony and party yesterday with hundreds of gathered loved ones, in glorious sunshine with truly ext–raw–dinary food, outstanding music and abundant love flowing in all directions :) We are feeling so extremely blessed, loved up and grateful now, as we settle into the terms 'husband' and 'wife', hand out leftovers, tidy through the site and anticipate the joy of seeing photos and footage of the event, as they appear ;)
For now, I don't have so many pictures to share with you, as I wasn't really taking photos much myself this weekend ;) I have a couple to show you here though for now – hopefully many more to come as things settle more...

A picture from the festival opening ceremony, by Jeff the Rawtographer

Mr. Monarch covered in chocolate at the men's 'bachelor' party.

on June the 19th I had:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
1.5 cups almond milk with lucuma, maca, Himalayan salt, cardamom, cayenne
big greeeeeen salad with tomatoes, olives, sprouts, tahini–lime dressing, a dollop of raw chutney on the side, followed by half a raw oatmeal cookie – yummmmmm :)
1 quart water
1.5 cups almond milk with lucuma, maca, Himalayan salt, cardamom, cayenne
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
little plate of salad with yummy green dressing and sprouts, followed by samples of different flavoured coconut macaroons: chai, lemon–ginger and vanilla – yummmmmm :)
3 cups water

There are SO many people I would love to thank for their roles in helping co–create this amazing celebration here this weekend. Thanks to all of you who came to join us here in the physical and big love too, to all of you who were with us in spirit and sending love – we FELT your loving flow :))) So many thanks to all of the festival volunteers especially for flowing with the unfoldment of this event and supporting the possibility of this joyous experience for all of us :)
There are also a few people I would love to send personal shouts out to for their sharing here (aside from my dearest Mr. Monarch of course, who was the original instigator of this whole event ;)
I would love to send huge love, gratitude and blessings to:

Laura Fox – the festival would simply not have existed without Laura – she is truly the ultimate raw festival goddess and we LOVE her :)

Solla – the Icelandic Kitchen Goddess delivered the most diviiiine raw wedding feast imaginable and with unparalleled love, joy and dedication – the kitchen crew were totally inspired by her glowing spirit and the crowd LOVED her creations – we LOVE Solla :)

Chaya – this gorgeous cake queen stepped in at the last minute to create the finest wedding cake we have ever seen, when we heard the Boutenkos were no longer able to deliver us cake. I hope to have cake photos to show you soon...Chaya's spirit and creations are like nothing else out there – absolutely stunningly BEAUTIFUL – we LOVE Chaya :)

Annie Jubb and Michelle Sabathne – these two wonderful goddesses held the space for the women's pre–wedding goddess gathering – what a tremendous send–off into wedded blissful union with my beloved – thank you beautiful spirits – we LOVE you both :)

David Wolfe – we were so delighted to have the multi–talented, glowing chocolate bishop officiate our nuptials with his passion, clarity and joy – it was, of course, the best wedding ever, by far... ;) We LOVE Dr. Wolfe.

Rainbeau Mars – ahhhh, sweet sister Rainbeau was in attendance to share yoga, meditation and her beautiful spirit...what a blessing – we LOVE Rainbeau :)

Moon and Nature – LOL – I am so in AWE of these incredible conduits for universal energy and flow...these freestyling MCs open their mouths and love just flows out at an awe–inspiring rate of words per minute...SO much love for these guys :)

La Soprana – WOW – we were SO awesomely blessed to have opera singer Michelle singing during our ceremony... :O I literally felt like I was being electrocuted with energy flow after we were pronounced 'husband and wife' and Michelle broke out into 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' – THANK YOU Michelle, we LOVE you :)

Ken and Peggy – the gracious owners of the gorgeous Angel's Farm where the event was held. Thanks be to this loving pair for their generosity, open–ness, loving spirits and dedication – we LOVE Ken and Peggy :)

The Musicians – the musical talent present here this weekend was truly off the hook...praise be to all the gathered lovelies who were sharing their musical flow – especially the wonderful Max Waker who accompanied me on guitar on Sunday morning for a half hour set of some of my favourite songs (hopefully we'll have a video of that up soon too at TheRawFoodWorld.TV ;) – we LOVE the musicians :)

Our Families – massive appreciation and love to all our blood family members who made the journey to share our wedding day – thanks for the support, excitement and love. Thanks especially to Matt's brother Brian for the very cool photo montage – another thing we'll hopefully have up for you soon on TheRawFoodWorld.tv ;) We LOVE you all ;)

There are sooooo many more people to thank - so, for now, thank you alllll... :)

on June the 20th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
2 cups greeeeen juice
handful of blueberries, 3 apricots, a chunk of fresh durian ;)
2 cups water
1.5 cups celery soup, 2 cups energy soup with onion bread and freeze–dried salted raw nuts - wow :)
3 cups water


on June the 21st I had:

1 quart water
1 cup coconut water with Greener Grasses and ginger
cup of celery soup, a powerwrap, 1 cup coconut water with Greener Grasses
2 shots of sprout juice – WOW :)
cup of celery soup, followed by 1 Tbsp goji bliss butter and 3 apple–snap crackers
3 cups water
the wedding feast – an enormous shared plate of all the AMAAAAZING wedding buffet foods (THAAAANK YOOOOUUUUU Solla and all the phenomenal kitchen crew :), followed by pieces of the four cakes: coconut crème pie, lemon–coconut wedding cake, chocolate wedding cake, chocolate chill cake – WOW :)
cup of peppermint tea
1 quart water

ahhhhh, yes, more wedding blissing meanderings to come in the following days I'm sure...for now I shall leave you with a blissed grin and a little reminder that the simply divine Raw Mom Summit is starting tonight – a week long event of FREE raw food talks on the subject of natural birthing/parenting, sacred relationships and more...I'm SO excited about this series of talks and I hope you'll enjoy them too – over 5000 people have apparently signed up for this event already – YUMMY ;)
ENJOY :)
All love,
Ms. Angela Stokes–Monarch (ooooo lala ;) xxx

Join The FREE Raw Mom Summit :)

OOOoooooooooo, I’m VERY excited to announce a fabulous new free raw online event coming up soon: The Raw Mom Summit ;O WOW :) I am soooo excited to hear this collection of interviews with speakers on natural parenting from around the world. This FR*E*E event starts on June 22nd and runs to June 28th – you can sign up HERE to listen to interviews with people such as:

*Byron Katie – world-renowned author/speaker
*Jean Liedloff (author of ‘The Continuum Concept’ – WOW :)
*Susun Weed – master herbalist
*Elena Tonetti (maker of the ‘Birth Into Being’ DVD)

Raw Gals:
* Victoria Boutenko * Shazzie * Anna Maria Clement * Brigitte Mars
* Kate Magic * Katrina Rainoshek * Nadine Artemis * Angela Stokes *
Valya Boutenko * Lorenna * Karen Ranzi * Andrea Nison *

Raw Guys:
* Gabriel Cousens * Brian Clement * David Wolfe * Paul Nison * Shantree *
Daniel Vitalis * Wayne Gendel *

Soooo...you may have noticed my name in there – what’s that all about you may wonder, as I’m not yet a momma? Well, the delightful organizers at RawMom.com wanted someone to speak about the emotional connection with food, so I got to play too :) Fun :)
I am suuuuuper excited to hear these interviews – I feel this is going to be an outstanding event on a topic that I personally am very interested in and I’m sure a lot of you are too – YAY :) Thanks to Shannon and Tera at RawMom for this amazing opportunity and remember y’all to click over HERE to register for this free event – enjoy :)

on June the 8th I had:

1 quart water
2 Tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeen juice, ½ Tbsp ‘Elixir of the Lake’ powder – phew ;)
meal of romaine wraps stuffed with a greeeen salad, spicy tahini dip, mixed sprouts, tomatoes, dulse, olives and avo, followed by a piece of ‘banana nut bread’ – yummmmm ;)
3 cups water with rooibos
water of two young coconuts, one with pieces of rawnola and freeze–dried durian stirred in
3 cups water

I’m very excited to say that the schedule is now more or less fixed into place for the Raw Union festie – YAY :)

You can see the line–up HERE.

I seem to be scheduled to be singing on Sunday morning – eeeeeeeek – I haven’t sung on stage for a while...if you’re coming to the festie and might be excited to provide musical accompaniment (e.g. guitar), please email me on angela@rawreform.com and lemme know ;)


on June the 9th I had:

1 quart water
shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups greeeeen juice
2 cups water
big shared meal at Mary’s Secret Garden, including lime/mint slushie, pistachio/mint smoothie, raw tabhouli, ‘tacos’, Italian wrap, sushi nori and pecan pie/Goji Bliss butter – pheeeew ;)
1 quart water

Other exciting RawUnion Updates:

*Cathy Silvers is now joining us to provide a complimentary chocolate elixir bar for the wedding celebration (watch out ;)
*We have a Raw Opera Singer serenading the event – yeeeee–HAH ;)
*New videos from David Wolfe, Rainbeau Mars and Kevin Gianni discussing the event...

It’s just two weekends away now – we are excited to see you there :) You can book your tickets at RawUnion.com now, if you haven’t already registered...

All love,
Angela. xxx

Meet our Minister...David Wolfe... ;)

WOW – the Raw Union event just keeps on getting more and more delicious :)
We are excited to announce that David Wolfe himself will be marrying us at our wedding ceremony on June 21st...this is truly unfolding as a raw tribal gathering par excellence and we’re so excited :) Yes, it turns out that the multi–talented Dr. Wolfe happens to also be an Essene Minister (as well as an author, speaker, gardener, musician, engineer, doctor, tree-planter, forager, mover–shaker, all–round–‘superhero’ kinda guy ;) – what a useful being to have in our midst :)
I’m also thrilled to announce that Elena , the wonderful woman behind the outrageously fabulous DVD ‘Birth as We Know It’, will be holding a presentation/workshop on conscious parenting at the festival. In my opinion, it’s worth coming to the festival just for this seminar alone ;) I intend to be there in the front row, absorbing all the wisdom this amazing woman will be sharing...
The beautiful Rainbeau Mars will be joining us for the celebrations too, offering daily yoga classes – fun :) Come along for a free session with Adidas’ official instructor ;)
There’s so much more being added to the RawUnion.com site daily as people come forward offering their skills, talents and contributions – this is truly going to be an ext–RAW–dinary community event and we really hope to see you there :) We love you :)


on April the 18th I had:

1 quart water
shot glass of fresh orange juice
3 cups coconut water blended with Greener Grasses powder – WOW :)
romaine wraps stuffed with avocado, dried tomato/almond pesto, cilantro, sprouts, dulse, tomato
3 cups water
a small, outrageously caramel–ly, divine durian
3 cups water

Our dear Icelandic raw Goddess friend Solla sent over the following quote in an email yesterday, which really spoke to me:

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves. ~ Buddha

I love that…sweeeeet, simple inspiration to keep those thoughts joyful, light and uplifting...enjoy :)

on April the 19th I had:

1 quart water
shot glass of orange juice
water of 2 young coconuts with green powder
big chunk of fresh pineapple
water of 2 young coconuts with gorgeous spirulina powder
meat of one young coconut
2 cups water
water of 2 young coconuts
fingertip of royal jelly, 2 tbsp bee pollen
water of 2 young coconuts with goji berries soaked in the water :)
2 cups water

Sooooo, apparently CNN have been showing my weight loss story segment on their channel again this weekend – did you see it? I didn’t know that was happening and didn’t catch it – nice to know the media maestros are still helping spread the healing message though :) A big WELCOME to any new readers who have made their way here after watching that show – all blessings to you for your health and happiness :)

On the subject of spreading the raw message, myself and the Monarch have 3 more speaking engagements this week – tonight we speak in Reno, NV, Wednesday we shall be taking to the stage in Burlingame, CA and Friday sees us sharing in San Louis Obispo, CA – we hope to see you at one of these events if you can make it along :) All the event details can be found HERE.

One love,
Miss Stokes. xxx