Make Your Own Stone-Ground Nut and Seed Butters :)))

In case you didn't yet hear about the AMAZING new stone-grinding machines we now have for making your OWN nut and seed butters, it shall be my delight to share some juicy details with you today about these new contraptions...

As many of you have noticed and commented on, in my daily food logs of the last few weeks, I've been mentioning eating some of our amazing home-made, fresh, smoooooooth nut butters...these butters are off-the-hooooooooooooooook ;)
Mr. M is a nut/seed butter FANATIC and for years has been wondering how to best make his OWN butters, rather than paying $20+ per jar for other peoples' products - he'd tried everything, using a food processor, pestle and mortar, Green Star juicer, blenders...you name it...never with very impressive results...until NOW :)))
A dear friend of ours let us know about a special stone-grinding machine for crunching down and smoooooothing out nuts and seeds into the most incredible, smooooooth, delicious, pourable nut and seed butters that you would have surely ever experienced...
We've been playing with all kinds of nut/seed versions the last few weeks and every trial has resulted in some kind of rich liquid luciousness...these machines can also be used to produce your own *exquisitely* smooooth and professional raw chocolates or similar confections - I actually JUST made my first batch of raw "chocolate" (with carob powder rather than cacao) in one of these stone-grinding machines last night - it is *RIDICULOUSLY* good...I'll aim to demo this on a video some day soon... for now, if you click over HERE you can see a video that we already did showing how to use this epic new piece of machinery...
Imagine, instead of paying $20+ per jar for almond butter or tahini, from now on you can use a machine like this to make your OWN nut and seed butters, of the highest, smoothest, silkiest quality you've ever experienced, for just the cost of the nuts/seeds themselves, plus the initial investment for the machine of course. As one customer commented, "this machine will have paid for itself in about 16 jars of almond butter" - WOW ;O
This stone-grinder is set to become *the* new "must-have" appliance for raw foodies everywhere and we're so excited to be able to share this with you - it is SOOOOO much fun to experiment with all your own mixtures - enjoy the process :)

Check out a video on the stone-grinding machines and get your own machine to play with HERE :)


on June the 16th I loved:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
little bowl of yummy fruit salad: papaya, banana, pineapple :)
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of The Lake
2 tbsp freeze-dried mushroom powder
bowl of energy soup from the garden with sauerkraut and nori sheets on the side, followed by a yumpot of carob powder, almond butter, orange oil, stevia :)
water of a young coconut
2 cups coconut kefir

We enjoyed a FABULOUS radio interview with the ever-lovely Shazzie over in the UK a few days back - you can check out the free playback for this interview for a week now over at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com for discussions on superfoods, ecstatic living, food sovereignty, growing our own food, picking wild edibles, living on coconut kefir and much more - enjoy :)

I am very excited to say that we have a new radio show line-up ready to share with y'all too :)
Check out this coming rich tapestry of intended interactions:

Krishna McKenzie - June 23rd, 6pm Eastern - "Sustainable Farming/Permaculture in India"

Kara Maria Ananda - July 7th, 7pm Eastern - "Conscious Pregnancy and Birth"

Elaina Love - July 21st, 7pm Eastern - "Building a Life of Pure Joy through Raw Foods"
Brian Johnson – August 4th, 6pm Eastern – “Embodying and Sharing the Universal Truths”

Troy Casey – August 18th, 6pm Eastern – “Herbs and Their Place in Your Health Routine”

Markus Rothkranz – September 1st, 7pm Eastern – “Healing with Raw Foods”

Nick Ortner – Septemebr 15th, 7pm Eastern – “EFT and Tapping Your Way to a Better Life!”

Alexandra Jaye Johnson – September 29th, 6pm Eastern – “Rocking Your Goddess Life”

 
To get the call-in details for any of these LIVE freeee talks, just visit http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - enjoy :)


on June the 17th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1.5 cups mandarin/passionfruit juice
2 cups coconut water mixed with Elixir of The Lake
bowl of papaya with pineapple pieces
bowl of energy soup from the garden with sauerkraut and nori sheets on the side, followed by a yumpot of carob powder, almond butter, orange oil, stevia :)
water of a young coconut
glass of herbal tea
half of an AMAZING cherimoya
1 cup water


on June the 18th I appreciated:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of The Lake
other half of amazing cherimoya
bowl of energy soup from the garden with sauerkraut and nori sheets on the side, followed by a yumpot of carob powder, almond butter, orange oil, stevia :)
water of two young coconuts
glass of herbal tea

Dear raw si*star* Shakaya Leone has developed a whole new beauty cleanse programme that she'd love to share with y'all...it's a sublime three-week cleanse devoted to developing and honouring the beauty in YOUR life :) Learn how to read the messages your own face is giving you, delve into Shakaya's personal beautifying recipe collections, pick up daily protocols to change your life, find out about ancient beauty rituals and healing teas, learn how to balance your hormones daily, discover a new system for making your affirmations more effective, encounter breathing techniques to dramatically lower your stress, learn effective techniques to stop self-sabotage and much more - you can check out aaaaaaall the details and get signed up over at http://earthempress.com/thebeautycleanse - enjoy :)

All love and reverbations of bliss,
A. Stokes-Monarch. xxx


P.S. Happy Fathers' Day to all the padres out there :)))

Learning to Relate To The Physical World... ;)

I've been coming to terms with a strong pattern in my life lately and today I would like to express a little about it here, if only to get it out of my head and onto "paper", perhaps clearing it to some degree in the process... ;)

It is about the challenges I personally encounter producing/creating/activating things here in the PHYSICAL world... Doing things in this physical reality has always seemed like a struggle to me in some way or another - whether it's roller-skating, woodworking or while in a morbidly obese body, even just walking...I have often felt challenged with things here in the physical plane, as if I'm moving through mud with all of these kinds of things... ;)
I have been particuarly aware of this pattern in recent months living here at our amazing, expanding "farm" in Ecuador, where I see other people around me every day working on creating buildings, managing huge gardens and other very hands-on tasks...I feel sooooooooooooo much immense gratitude and awe watching the guys here making whole houses with their hands, for example - these skills seem so vastly beyond me at this point and like my left-brain would explode trying to deal with all the details and measurements and preciseness that must go into their creations...I am so grateful that there are people who know how to do these things, as if it was down to me, I doubt that anything would have happened here on the land so far ;) LOL...
I notice that in this context, I am becoming more and more able and willing to delegate, which is key for me, otherwise all the ideas that I filter through from the ethers would likely never make it into the physical - for example, I am over-awed that I can ask someone else who is working in the garden to plant some pineapple tops and 20 minutes later, it's all DONE, instead of me just 'sitting' on the idea for days on end and never quite getting the task completed...


on June the 13th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
cup of mandarin/passionfruit juice
2 tbsp spirulina crunchies, 1 tbsp freeze-dried mushroom powders
mug of fresh horchata tea from our garden - WOW ;O
bowl of energy soup from the garden with nori/sauerkraut on the side, followed by a little hand-stirred yumpot of homemade almond butter, carob powder, stevia, orange oil = YUM :)
mug of fresh horchata tea from garden
more horchata ;)
water of a young coconut

I can imagine that this kind of slow and awkward relationship with the physical might sound very odd to some people, yet this is my current awareness of my patterns and I am really happy to have such clarity about this at this point - looking back I can see how this has been part of my reality since being a tiny child and how many frustrations and complications I have experienced over the years as a result of not really understanding my relationship with the physical - from weeping with intense sorrow as a 4-year-old while thinking I'd NEVER understand how to tie my shoelaces, to absolutely hopeless attempts to do things like ski, rollerblade, skate-board or play a musical instrument, to huge issues with trying to learn to drive a car, to massive struggles with creative projects like making wooden toys or attempting to single-handedly re-design a children's playground at one point (eeeeeeeek - NOT an ideal project choice for this gal ;) - my relationship to this physical reality has been a sticky one...

This pattern was also affirmed to me some months back in a very insightful Hand Analysis session with the wonderful Ronelle Coburn, who noted in my prints that I have a pretty strong disconnect between my very creative and clear-flowing mind/spirit and this physical reality - I was laughing out loud at Ronelle's description of how my life had likely been so far, for example "what do you MEAN I have to brush my teeth every day - can't I just do that once and it's over...?" With this kind of disjointed relationship to the physical, everything can feel like a challenge and like moving through mud...and I do literally remember as a child my huge resistance to the idea of "having to" brush my teeth every day... ;)


on June the 14th I appreciated:

1 quart water
cup of mandarin/passionfruit juice
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of the Lake
2 tsbp spirulina crunchies, 1 tbsp freeze-dried mushroom powder
bowl of energy soup from the garden with nori/sauerkraut/avocado on the side, followed by a little hand-stirred yumpot of homemade almond butter, carob powder, stevia, orange oil = YUM :)
mug of fresh horchata tea from garden
water of two young coconuts


on June the 15th I loved:

1 quart water
cup of mandarin/passionfruit juice
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of The Lake
a few fresh yummmmy tomatoes from the greenhouse, followed by a bowl of energy soup from the garden, with sauerkraut on the side, followed by "yumpot" of homemade almond butter, carob powder, stevia, orange oil = yummmmm :)
watr of two young coconuts
mug of fresh horchata tea

Please understand that this relationship to the physical has not meant that I am "clumsy" or unable to achieve anything on the physical plane - I can and have been able to create/execute various things in the physical over the years to some degree - it just tends to unfold at a veeeeeeeeeeery slow pace and is often a gruelling process for me (e.g. taking about seven years to learn how to ride a bike ;) ...negotiating the physical realm has definitely not seemed to be my forte thus far... ;)

So, I am feeling delighted to finally have some clarity about this pattern right now and am also excited to see how this may all transmute into a different pattern now that I have the light of awareness shining brightly on this part of my being - I choose to release any attachment to this old pattern and am excited to see if it might start to shift now - for example, with a group of women here in Vilcabamba, we have been discussing the idea of creating a "sewing co-op" - the patience, attention to detail and consistency of doing smthg like creating a piece of clothing is smthg that until now has felt totally beyond me, however, now I'm open to shifting this pattern, so...let's see what unfolds from here... :)))
For now, I am so grateful for this clarity...and especially for having other people around me who seem to have a much more immediate, practical and direct connection to the physical... ;)

What gifts has clarity brought YOU recently...??? ;)

All love and gratitude, 

The Stokes-Monarch. xxx 

Is Your Body Care Routine Nourishing or Destroying You...?

We were blessed with another *wonderful* interv!ew last week with the uber-delicious Nadine Artemis of Living Libations, over at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - we discussed Nadine's passion for truly natural, nourishing body care, the role of essential oils, damaging effects of mainstream chemical body care products, sunscreen alternatives and much more - you can check out the free playback HERE until Friday, June the 17th  - enjoy :)
 
Here is our upcoming radi0 show line-up for the next few weeks, please note, we've had some reshuffling of events for the coming weeks:

  
RESCHEDULED: Shazzie - June 16th, 6pm Eastern - "Living in Ecstatic Bliss"
Krishna McKenzie - June 23rd, 6pm Eastern - "Sustainable Farming/Permaculture in India"

***New line-up coming soon - it's in the works ;)***

To get the call-in details for any of these LIVE freeee talks, just vis!t http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - enjoy :) 
 

on June the 10th I was joyed with:

1 quart water
1.5 cups mandarin/passionfruit juice
2 cups coconut water with Elixir of the Lake
chunk of fresh pineapple
bowl of YUMMMERRRSSSSS raw "pasta": mixture of spiralised courgette (zucchini) and Sea Spaghetti with a sauce made from sunflower seeds, lemon cucumber, lime juice, Franky G's Curry blend, sea salt and a little coconut water, followed by a Lucuma Cookie Bite
mug of herbal tea
handful of curry coconut chips


Last month's RawReform giveaway prize was a fabulous set of "Body Care" goodies from the delightful Annmarie Gianni, including  a bottle of her Coconut Body Oil product, along with her all-new Rosemary-Peppermint Body Wash - yummmmy ;)
In order to be in with a chance of bagging these beauty essentials, we asked you to send in YOUR A to the following Q:
"What is the best acronym you can share with us for Annmarie's name (e.g. Amazing New Notion Manifests Awe-inspiring Resplendent Items Effortlessly... ;)"
As usual, you dazzled us with your wonderful responses, all of which we have sent over to the lovely Annmarie for her delectation... ;) A winner was chosen at random and with much joy today and we are delighted to announce that Christina Gustafson is the blessed winner this time around :) Here is the mini-poem Christina sent in:
Annmarie's Natural Nourishment Made Abundantly Rich In Enzymes

THANKS for sharing your creative flow, Christina - your goodies are on the way to you now :) ...and if YOU weren't the fortunate winner this time around, you can still pick up some of Annmarie's luscious products for yourself HERE - enjoy :))


on June the 11th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/mandarin juice
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
yummmmmmers "potluck" meal with friends - fresh berries, salad, raw "pasta", chai pecans :)
mug of herbal tea
water of two young coconuts


on June the 12th I appreciated:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of the Lake
2 tbsp spirulina crunchies
½ tsp powdered Marine Phytoplankton
1tbsp powdered reishi mushroom
bowl of yummmmmmmers energy soup straight from the garden, with flax crackers and sauerkraut on the side, followed by a little hand-stirred yumpot of fresh almond butter, carob powder, stevia, orange oil = YUMMM :)
mug of herbal tea
2 cups coconut water


Our dear raw si*star* Theresa over at the Ulimana Raw Chocolate company is soon launching two brand new products this month: Medicinal Mushroom-Infused Raw Chocolate Truffles ;O Theresa is always at the cutting-edge in terms of experimenting with new products to improve her recipes and products, so when she heard about Debbie Kleven's outstanding new Powdered Medicinal Mushroom products, she jumped in to experiment with using these powerful, potent superfoods in her truffles...the result is a richly royal Reishi Truffle blend and a supersonic 8-Blend Mushroom Truffle - wow :)
Theresa would LOVE to celebrate the launch of these new goodies with a giveaway for y'all...and has very generously offered FOUR sets of prizes, all containing one each of these new medicinal mushroom truffle packs.
To be in with a chance of sinking your gnashers into these delectable delights, just send in your A to the following Q:

"What has been your most heart-opening experience with raw chocolate...?"

Send your answers in by July the 8th to rawreformcontests@gmail.com and FOUR blessed winners shall be picked shortly thereafter at random and with sincere delight :)
In the meantime, if you'd love to indulge in some Ulimana goodness before then, you can order some delectable edibles of your own from Theresa and her crew HERE - enjoy ;)



All love and reverberations of simplicity,
A. Stokes-Monarch. xxx

Win a FREE Anastasia Study Group Scholarship :)))

OooOooooo, those lovely raw chicas Casey Lorraine Thomas and Marlena Torres have a very beautiful new project to share with y'all...the "Anastasia" Book Study Group :)

Most of you probably know by now just how much I LOVE the "Anastasia"/"Ringing Cedars" book series...they have had a HUGE impact on my life in recent years...and now these lovely maidens have set up a 10-week online Study Group to explore Book 1 of the series...you can check out all the details for this new group, which is set to kick off on July 7th, HERE.
...aaaaaaaaaaaaand these generous lassies have very kindly offered to gift one of YOU, dear blog readers, a FREE scholarship for this new Study Group :))) This is a very time-limited giveaway - if you'd love to be the recipient of a FREE Anastasia Group scholarship, just send us an email to angela@rawreform.com by midnight Pacific on Monday June 13th, telling us what inspires you most about the message of the "Anastasia" books...a scholarship awardee shall be picked with joy shortly thereafter :) In the meantime, if you'd love to sign up for this Study Group, join up over HERE and enjoy :)


on June the 7th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
cup coconut water blended with blue-green algae
3 cups coconut water
bowl of yummmerrrrs energy soup from the garden, with a little sauerkraut/nori/Sea Clear on the side, followed by a yumpot bowl of carob powder/almond butter/raisins :)
mug of herbal tea
water of two young coconuts


If you'd love to check out some more great pictures and a very sweet little personal account of the recent 2011 Raw Food Gathering here in Vilcabamba, hop on over to the blog of the lovely Tanya Alexseeva where she has two beautiful new posts on her experiences here - one HERE on her top ten experiences/memories here and another post HERE on the potluck at our house :) ENJOY :)


on June the 8th I was on the road for most of the day and I appreciated:

1 quart water
cup of mandarin/passionfruit juice
6 granadillas
3 tbsp bee pollen
2 tbsp spirulina crunchies
water of a young coconut
handful of BBQ Coconut Chips
bowl of energy soup with sauerkraut on the side, followed by a yumpot bowl of carob powder/almond butter/raisins :)
mug of herbal tea
water of a young coconut


on June the 9th I loved:

1 quart water
cup of mandarin/passionfruit juice
chunk of fresh papaya
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of energy soup from the garden with sauerkraut and nori on the side, followed by a little handstirred yumpot of almond butter, local honey, orange flavour extract and carob - wow :)
mug of herbal tea
handful of yummmmmy curry coconut chips
2 cups water


Would YOU love to be recognised as the next "Hot Raw Chef"...??? ;)

The fabulous Living Light Culinary School just launched the next round of their Hot Raw Chef contest and YOU have the opportunity to submit your demo video and become the next rising star in the raw chef-ing world ;)
This time around, Living Light are looking for your best "5 in 5" recipe demo video - using up to 5 ingredients in 5 minutes or less, this is your chance to show off YOUR raw culinary skills and potentially bag yourself some very cool prizes at the same time, including courses and gift vouchers for Living Light Institute - check out all the details and get involved over HERE - enjoy :)


All love and reverberations of contentment,
A. Stokes-Monarch. Xxx

My Photo Journey - Nine Years Raw :)

In case you missed my latest newsletter, I just posted a fun photo journey of my raw transformation over the last nine years - here's the scoop:

When I was celebrating my ninth "raw-nniversary" last week, someone commented that they'd love to see photos of me from each year of the journey - the idea appealed to me too, so I trawled through my photo collections for a while to pull out some classic pics from each of the last nine years - fun :) Here's the result below - enjoy :)

August 2000, My 22nd Birthday April 2002, Singing in Reykjavik August 2002, At A Friend's Wedding September 2002, Six Months Raw March 2003, in Wales November 2003, New Hair Cut May 2004, New Feathered Friend in Iceland February 2005, Leaving Iceland Soon August 2005, In the Sussex Countryside October 2005, In Norway November 2005, In the Brighton Press :) March 2006, First Trip to California, Opening First Durian May 2006, Santa Barbara Farmers' Market May 2007, Celebrating Five Years Raw in Asheville August 2007, Back in London September 2008, On the Be@ch in Canada June 21st 2009, Wedding Day with Mr. M in Oregon :) May 2010, Sipping Cocos in Vilcabamba, Ecuador November 2010, Loving Our Land in Vilcabamba May 2011, Celebrating at the Second Raw Food Gathering in Vilcabamba :)

You can also see the full size versions of these pics in a new Flickr offering I just posted HERE :)


on June the 3rd I rejoiced with:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/mandarin juice
40 chlorella tablets
bowl of yummmmmerrrrss chia pudding with fresh fruit salad: mango, granadilla, banana
2 cups mint tea
little bowl of homemade raw lavender ice cream with fresh strawberries
mug of herbal tea
water of two young coconuts


on June the 4th I was blessed with:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bag of yummmmmmmmmers fresh strawberries
flax crackers with avocado and sauerkraut, followed by a few dried prunes with fresh almond butter - wow ;O
mug of mint tea
water of two young coconuts

I'm SUPER-excited that the new Raw Emotions Study Group is starting in about three hours from now, as I write this :))) We'll be convening at 7pm Eastern, 4pm Pacific to start reading my book "Raw Emotions" together and discussing what arises for us as we explore these concepts...FUN :)
If you're not already signed up to be with us today for the group, you can still wiggle in to the gathering at the last minute by signing up HERE - enjoy :)))


on June the 5th I loved:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of energy soup from garden :) BBQ coconut chips on the side, followed by a little "yumpot" bowl of fresh almond butter with carob powder and raisins :)
mug of herbal tea
water of two young coconuts


on June the 6th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
flax crackers with avocado and sauerkraut, followed by a little "yumpot" bowl of fresh almond butter with carob powder and raisins :)
mug of herbal tea
water of two young coconuts

 We enjoyed a *beautiful* interview last week with one of my greatest mentors and friends, Jeanette McKenzie, over at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - we discussed connecting to the truth within, addressing our shadow projections, releasing fears and much more - you can check out the free playback HERE until Friday the 10th (and check out Jeanette's VERY special offer mentioned on the call too ;) - enjoy :)

Here is our upcoming radio show line-up for the next few weeks, please note, we've had some reshuffling of events for the coming weeks:

 
RESCHEDULED: Nadine Artemis - June 9th, 6pm Eastern - "Letting Your Body Care Be Your Medicine"
RESCHEDULED: Shazzie - June 16th, 6pm Eastern - "Living in Ecstatic Bliss"
Krishna McKenzie - June 23rd, 6pm Eastern - "Sustainable Farming/Permaculture in India"

To get the call-in details for any of these LIVE freeee talks, just visit http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - enjoy :)


All love and flowing joy, 
A. Stokes-Monaaaaaaaaaaarch. xxx

Free Interview Tonight with One of My Greatest Mentors :)

I am very excited to be interviewing one of my greatest mentors and friends this evening for our radio show: Jeanette McKenzie :) Jeanette is an extraordinary woman who supported me immensely through one of the most challenging periods of my life and helped me see the truth within...with decades of experience in the "alternative" health/metaphysical realms, Jeanette has a unique talent for helping people to connect to the core of their beings and come out radiantly shining :))) Tonight we'll be exploring how to tap into our inner truths and geniuses, from 6pm Eastern over at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - join us :)
Jeanette has a very special offer to share with y'all too - tune in to find out more ;) Fun :)))


on June the 1st I was on the road most of the day and I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1.5 cups mandarin/passionfruit juice
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of chia pudding with fresh fruit salad
water of a young coconut
40 chlorella tablets
2 bananas with a handful of walnuts
2 cups mint tea


The new Raw Emotions Study Group starts in just a *few days* :))) We will convene once a week for an hour to read aloud and discuss my book "Raw Emotions" :)
I've been wanting to read over this book again myself and thought it would be fun to do so in a group context, so that we can share our insights, tales and inspirations on topics such as emotional eating, overeating, obesity, addictions, following our bliss in life and much more... Are you willing and ready to invest an hour of your time each week into exploring these areas together....? ;)

The study group will start on June the 7^th and meet each consecutive Tuesday for as long as it takes us to read the whole book. Each hour-long session will involve approximately 40 minutes of me reading live from the book, via a private Ustream broadcast, then for the remaining 20 minutes or so, we'll share a streaming discussion via the "chat" feature of Ustream.
There are three ways to sign up for this group and get involved - you can choose to simply join the live meetings, OR join the meetings plus receive an ebook version of the book, OR join the meetings plus receive a physical copy of the book. You can check out all the details and get signed up for this fun exploratory event HERE - we look forward to sharing this journey with you... :)

Find out about the Raw Emotions Study Group HERE :)


on June the 2nd I felt delighted with:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/passionfruit juice
3 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 tiny end-of-season mangoes
bowl of yummmmmmers energy soup from the garden, with BBQ coconut chips on the side :)
mug of herbal tea
2 cups water
mug of herbal tea


There's one week left to get your entries in for the RawReform Giveaway this month, to win a gorgeous "Body Set" of goodies from Annmarie Gianni's bodycare line - deets below:

This month we are thrilled to be able to offer y'all a delightful, enticing gift set of body products from the beautiful Annmarie Gianni :) As many of you know, Annmarie has been sharing her line of *totally* natural body care products for the last year or so and they have become super-popular, for their simple ingredients and outstanding results (I personally love her Ayurvedic Facial Scrub and Skin Oils...)
For this month's giveaway, Annmarie has very generously offered a bottle of her Coconut Body Oil product, along with her all-new Rosemary-Peppermint Body Wash - yummmmy ;)

To be in with a ch@nce of getting your hands on these goodies, please send us in your answer to the following question:

"What is the best acronym you can share with us for Annmarie's name (e.g. Amazing New Notion Manifests Awe-inspiring Resplendent Items Effortlessly... ;)"

Please get your answers in to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by June the 10th to be in with a ch@nce of winning. The winner shall be picked at random and with resounding j0y shortly thereafter - enjoy :)
(...and if you just can't wait to see if you are the winner this time around to get your hands on some of Annmarie's luscious items, you can check them out HERE...)


All love and explosions of bliss,
The Stokes-Monarch. xxx

Celebrating My 9-Year "Raw-nniversary" :)

Yesterday marked my nine-year "Raw-nniversary" - nine years to the day when my dear friend Heida in Iceland lent me the book "Raw Family" and my life took on a whole new direction...in case you missed my mini-article on my Raw-nniversary in my newsletter this week, here's a recap:

Nine years ago, on May the 31st 2002, a miserable, morbidly obese 23 -year-old English gal was handed the raw food book "Raw Family" by an Icelandic angel friend and in the flutter of a few pages, a whole life path was transformed... :)
That miserable 23-year old was me and now here I sit on our sacred land in Ecuador, nine years later with awe in my heart, marvelling at the remarkable trajectory of healing that has unfolded around me and within me in the last nine years...what an absolute blessing...
On this raw-nniversary I am feeling called to honour nine raw-markable women who helped me immensely to get onto this path in the beginning and stay with it...there have of course been countless other wonderful people who have shared and supported this j0urney along the way - may you all feel blessings showered upon you too... ;)

For now, I share immense gratitude, love and blessings in the directions of:

Victoria Boutenko - for sharing her story
Heida - the friend who introduced me to raw food
Inga Hanna - the friend who helped me shift my relationship with food
Katrin - the friend who supported me at my trickiest times
Magga - the friend who offered me refuge and respite
Thuri - the friend who sheltered and nurtured me
Jeanette - the friend who helped me see the truth within
Kate - the friend who helped me take it all to the next level
Anastasia - the sister who clarified the visi0n :)

THANK YOU all, dear goddesses of the light :)


on May the 29th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
cup of granadilla/sweet lemon/orange juice
2 cups watermelon juice with "Vitamin C" powder
3 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
flax crackers topped with avocado and sauerkraut, followed by a slice of yummmmmmmy mango-pecan chai pie leftover from yesterday
2 cups water
water of two young coconuts
glass of chilled herbal tea


I'm very excited to say that The Raw Emotions Study Group starts in less than a week :) Next Tuesday, June the 7th, people from all around the world will join together to read my book "Raw Emotions" together :)



I've been wanting to read over this book again myself and thought it would be fun to do so in a group context, so that we can share our insights, tales and inspirations on topics such as emotional eating, overeating, obesity, addictions, following our bliss in life and much more... Are you willing and ready to invest an hour of your time each week into exploring these areas together....? ;)

The study group will start on June the 7^th and meet each consecutive Tuesday for as long as it takes us to read the whole book. Each hour-long session will involve approximately 40 minutes of me reading live from the book, via a private Ustream broadcast, then for the remaining 20 minutes or so, we'll share a streaming discussion via the "chat" feature of Ustream.
There are three ways to sign up for this group and get involved - you can choose to simply join the live meetings, OR join the meetings plus receive an ebook version of the book, OR join the meetings plus receive a physical copy of the book. You can check out all the details and get signed up for this fun exploratory event HERE - we look forward to sharing this journey with you... :)

Find out about the Raw Emotions Study Group HERE :)


on May the 30th I appreciated:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water with passionfruit juice
a baby dragonfruit and baby mango (end of season for both ;(
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
flax crackers with avocado and sauerkraut, with hemp seed/hemp oil/salt/nori mixture on the side :)
mug of mint tea
2 cups horchata tea
chunk of pineapple with 3 granadillas
2 cups water


on May the 31st it was my 9-year Raw-nniversary and I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/mandarin juice
little bowl of fruit salad: mango, banana, granadilla, dragon fruit
3 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
little bowl of yummmmmers garden salad topped with avocado, chlorella flakes, lecithin, sauerkraut and coconut vinegar, followed by a few dried prunes
2 cups mint tea
big bag of yummmmmers fresh strawberries
water of two young coconuts

Mr. M enjoyed a fabulous live interview on "Spiritual Nutrition" with the lovely Gabriel Cousens last week, over at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - the demand for a free playback of this call was overwhelming, so Mr. M just posted the free playback HERE - enjoy :)

Here is our upcoming radio show line-up for the next few weeks, please note, we've had some reshuffling of events for the coming weeks:

 
Kishori McKenzie - June 3rd, 6pm Eastern - "Connecting to the Truth Within"
RESCHEDULED: Nadine Artemis - June 9th, 6pm Eastern - "Letting Your Body Care Be Your Medicine"
RESCHEDULED: Shazzie - June 16th, 6pm Eastern - "Living in Ecstatic Bliss"
Krishna McKenzie - June 23rd, 6pm Eastern - "Sustainable Farming/Permaculture in India"

To get the call-in details for any of these LIVE freeee talks, just visit http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - enjoy :)

All love, 
Angelalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx