Five Fave New Raw Products :)

Mr. Monarch is seemingly on a new product rampage of late, for TheRawFoodWorld.com - every week we have stacks of new boxes arriving at the warehouse, so I thought today I'd share with you *my* top five new products that we carry, in no particular order except the first one, which must be, hands down, one of the foods my body most resonates with of anything I've ever eaten - LOVE it ;) Here we go:

1. Acai Powder - I don't know what is going on with me and this powder, I just absolutely *LOVE* it and have been eating it daily since I came off my recent 34-day Juice Feast...it tastes like cereal or...nuts or smthg to me, very high in Omega Fatty Acids and nothing like I would have expected it to taste, as a berry powder...I totally resonate with it and regularly have purple/black teeth and lips these days as a result ;) Here's a video of me making a very simple smoothie/pudding recipe with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4mx23E78gE and you can get Acai Powder in our store HERE.

2. Hurraw Lip Balms - ooooo, this is such a *sweet* product :) This line of raw lip balms were apparently 2 years in the making by their dedicated creator and it shows - there is a lot of love in these luscious little lip sticks...we have 6 delicious flavours for you to savour: chocolate, lime, orange, coconut, vanilla and tinted cinnamon (gives your lips a pouty red glow ;). These balms are *flying* off the shelves here - catch 'em while you can...you'll find them in our store HERE.


On February the 6th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice
2 cups green smoothie: blueberries, spinach, sunflower greens, chia flour, water, with acai powder and extra blueberries on the side
mug of herbal tea
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
3 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups green smoothie: blueberries, spinach, sunflower greens, chia flour, water, with acai powder and extra bluebrries on the side
2 cups water

on February the 7th I loved:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice
1 cup coconut kefir
2 cups greeen smoothie: blueberries, sunflower greens, spinach, chia flour, acai powder, water
2 cups water
sample of fermented coconut yoghurt, cacao-free raw loveheart from Chrissy Antia
2 cups water
3 pods durian :)
2 cups greeen smoothie: blueberries, sunflower greens, spinach, chia flour, acai powder, water, 4 tbsp acai powder
2 cups water

3. Hunza Dried Apricots - these are silly good. They are dried apricots unlike any you have surely ever tried - the taste is like the flavour of apricot x500 - *INTENSE* and amazingly yummy. They kind of crack and melt in the mouth and are from the super nutrient-dense Hunza valley...we did a video on them here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-sBNI4_ioA and you can find them in the store HERE.

4. Reishi/Shilajit/Ormus Tea - WOW, anyone who reads this blog regularly will know I've been drinking this stuff pretty much daily too since we got back to California - it is really tasty and great for immunity too. Everyone at our warehouse loves it and I regularly make up big batches of it to give out to all the workers ;) One of our guys was actually feeling really unwell recently, with flu-like symptoms - I made him a special personalised brew of this tea, camu powder, angstrom zinc, colloidal silver and of course LOVE and the next day he was better :) NICE :) Get your brew on HERE.

5. Diviana Nectar - OMGoddess, this product is truly *divine*...we got a sample of it a few months back and as soon as I opened it, I knew we had to get it for the store ;) lol...it's a sticky, nutrient-dense, tar-like elixir concoction of all kinds of herbs, superfoods and lusciousness, all wrapped up luxuriously in a jar of pure raw honey...outrageous...we did a video on this one too - you can see that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Krp883Wl8Ek and get your hands on a pot of this yumminess HERE.

ENJOY :)

on February the 8th 'twas Mr. M's 35th Birthday and we celebrated with:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeeeeeen juice
Birthday Cakes :) We had a surprise raw party for Mr. M with two kinds of raw cake: carrot cake and lemon/poppy seed (both were YUMMY)...and Yoga Bars :)
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
3 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeeeen juice
4 tbsp acai powder
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


on February the 9th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
1 cup reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups greeeeeeeeeeen juice
2 cups greeeeeen smoothie: papaya, blueberries, cilantro, chia flour, Ormus Greens, water, with acai powder on the side
3 cups water
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups greeeeeen smoothie: papaya, blueberries, cilantro, chia flour, Ormus Greens, water
little tub of raw 'eggnog' pudding with a big handful of fresh cherries
1 cup reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water

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Five Things I Learnt On The Road Last Year...

I recently found some notes I'd been making on a piece of paper in the car, along the theme of five things that had become clear to me while living on the road for the MAJORITY of last year, while travelling, moving, darting in and out of places and houses and venues and lives...I thought I'd share these observations here with y'all today...

*'Nothing is Definite Until it is Done' - along our travels we meet people telling us about all kinds of projects, ideas and suggestions that they think are 'definitely' going to happen: books they are writing, new businesses they are 'definitely' going to do, websites they will have ready 'next week' and any number of other things that they are certain are going to unfold...in my experience, nothing is definite until it is actually done...so I tend to receive all this kind of information with an open, supportive heart and an awareness that things may actually unfold in another way than is being foretold... ;) There are so many myriad possibilities for outcomes and we all have a choice in every single moment, so thinking that things are 'definitely' going to happen can seem, to me, a little like openly tempting the 'trickster' energy to rise up and meet the path... ;)

on January the 20th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 tbsp YUMMY bee pollen
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
bowl of blended chia yum: blended together green apples, sprouted chia flour, acai powder, maca, spirulina
1 quart water
3 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup greeeeeen juice
4 tbsp acai powder
2 cups water

*'Don't Take Anything Personally' - I've mentioned this one before, with major kudos to Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements) - and it is such a powerful theme for me that it comes up here again. Living and sharing life 'in public' can create situations where energies that seem other-than-supportive seem to be directed towards us. The key to finding peace in these situations, for me, centres around stepping away from taking any of this energy flow personally. I send love to anyone who seems to be acting out in a way that seems other-than-congruent with universal unconditional love and compassion... Sending people love, compassion and healing energy seems to be the best I can do to shift the energy in these situations.

*Breathe Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep - my first action in any situation that feels challenging is to breathe deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep...this feels calming, healing, empowering and is the quickest way for me to reconnect to source, besides which it is also free and easy to do... ;)


on January the 21st I loved:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice
bowl of blended chia yum: blended together green apples, sprouted chia flour, acai powder, maca, spirulina
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
3 cups water
2 cups greeeeeen juice
4 tbsp acai powder, handful of *amazing* new Hunza dried apricot pieces - WOW :)
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


on January the 22nd I was delighted with:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeen juice
bowl of blended chia yum: blended together green apples, sprouted chia flour, acai powder, maca, spirulina, sprinkled some ground pumpkin seeds on top
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
3 cups water
1 cup greeeeen juice
4 tbsp acai powder, little handful Hunza dried apricots
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


*Leafy Greens, Seaweeds, Sprouts - for me, these are the three basic food components to concentrate on ingesting daily, to feel healthy, balanced and consistently great. Naturally I consume other things alongside these three - these are just the BASICS to make sure I am getting into my body, in some form, every day... ;)

*Emanating Love to All - many people we come across seem to be carrying a 'pain body' with them to some degree or another...they WANT love, acceptance and to feel happy and yet they may speak and act out in a way that seems to suggest otherwise ;) In my experience, the more I am willing to extend a space of love, compassion and acceptance to everyone, the more easily my own life experience seems to flow...whereas resistance to any energy flow seems to escalate apparent challenges...after all, what we resist, persists ;)
I believe that anyone can hold a healing space of love open towards another being, IF they are willing to do so - it often comes down to a balancing game of pain bodies; who is willing to step up into the light of love, compassion and grace and hold a gentle space open for mutual healing...? Is it going to be an endless, morbid battle of 'my pain body is bigger than yours', or are you willing to step up, listen with compassion to others and spread the love...? ;)

All blessings to you all...
Angelalalalaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx