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 hav
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,
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 – nic
e 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
Monday, 20 April 2009
Meet our Minister...David Wolfe... ;)
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Our Wedding - Join us for the 'Raw Union' Wedding Festival :)
Mr. Monarch and I are extremely excited to announce that I am BACK in the USA and we have a date and plan for our wedding :)
in S. Oregon aaaaaaaaaand YOU are invited ;)
We actually have a whole week of yummy events planned around the wedding, including a raw food festival, the wedding/party itself, then a 'Honeymoon Retreat' as a post-celebration...you can read all about it on the wedding website here:
http://www.RawUnion.comThe festival/expo will be on June 20th and 21st and will feature speakers such as myself and the Monarch, David Wolfe, Shazzie, the Boutenkos, Kevin and Annmarie Gianni, Philip McCluskey, Anthony the Raw Model and many more yumsters...there will also be food demos, many beautiful booths and wonderful music...
The actual wed
ding will be on June 21st, with a fabulous Raw Reception afterwards - expect a sumptuous raw feast and a stunning raw wedding cake, made by none other than the Boutenko family themselves...YUMMMMY :)
*You can register for the wedding festie/expo HERE.
*If you have a business and would love to have a booth at the event, you can set that up HERE.
*If you are a yummy musician and would love to share your talents at the event, please let us know – drop me an email to angela@rawreform.com.
We are VERY excited and hope to see you in Oregon for the Raw Union of this whole tribal family ;)
on April the 5th I had:
1 quart water
mug of ‘horchata’ tea
big bowl of fruit salad
2 tbsp Greener Grasses powder
3 cups water
1.5 papayas, a handful of hazelnuts
3 tbsp bee pollen with hemp seeds
3 cups water
2 cups green juice: cucumber, celery, parsley, alfalfa, other greens, carrot
big yummy garden salad with guacamole, cabbage ‘chips’ and flax crackers
3 cups water
SoOooOOoOooooo, I am BACK in the US of A :)
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE–HAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA :))))))
I'm sooooo happy to be back...though I was also sad to leave Vilcabamba...
;( We’ll be back there to our land later this year sometime though, all being well...for now, we’re back here in the US and LOVING it...We just arrived here yesterday morning after over 24 hours of travel back from Vilcabamba and now we're abt to head out on the road for a mini-lecture tour, which starts in Seattle this Friday... pheeeeew ;)
In the end everything went just fine with the process of re–entering the US with my fiancee visa – in fact one of the border guards had seen me on CNN last year and they were mainly just fascinated to hear abt raw food ;) Nice ;)
on April the 6th I had:
1 quart water
mug of mint tea
2 cups ‘mixed’ fruit juice
plate of papaya
2 tbsp Greener Grasses powder
3 cups greeeen juice: cucumber, celery, parsley, alfalfa, carrot
bowl of chia pudding with lucuma, vanilla powder, maca and goji berries
3 cups water
big chunk of pineapple and a banana
3 tbsp hemp seed with bee pollen
3 cups water
on April the 7th I had:
1 quart water
3 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups green juice, 1.5 cups green smoothie
2 cups water
an apple, a little handful of brazil nuts and a raw bar sample
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, romaine lettuce, parsley, ginger
feast of raw food desserts at a yummy potluck, including Henry‘s Raw Ice Creams, carob balls, gorgeous fruit salad and freeze–dried fruits :)
3 cups water
cup of Natural Calm
Guess WHAT? As if there isn’t enough excitement whizzing around our bubbles right now, I arrived to our warehouse here in Ojai, California yesterday (the first time I’ve actually ever seen the warehouse, as it’s been nearly 2 years since I was last in the US ;)...and guess what else had also just arrived at the warehouse? The FIRST EVER printed copy of my book Raw Emotions straight off the press ;O :) :)
I am SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED to meet the book in person :) The full consignment of the
printed books is on its way to us and hopefully will be here in the next few days, depending on transport times...I’ll announce it with gleeeeee when they’re here and ready for sale...for now I have been flicking through this first copy with total joy and gratitude...this is my first ever ‘real’ printed book and it feels amazing to see it in the physical.It was printed on recycled paper with veggie inks and we are donating $1 from the sale of every copy towards organisations that either protect native forests or plant new trees – YUMMY :) This is a revised, extended and updated version than the original Raw Emotions ebook and contains a foreword from my original raw food inspiration, Victoria Boutenko ;) FUN :)
We love yoooooooouuuuuuuuuuuu alllllllllll,
Miss Stokes. xxx
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Sly Smiles...
Oooooo, I’m feeling all aglow and excitable right now...in the latest newsletter from ‘The Ringing Cedars of Russia’ (the people who publish the ‘Anastasia’ books), they included my weight loss story, a link to the CNN piece I did earlier this year, plus another article on raw food too – FUN :) I had a huge grin at being 
featured in ‘Anastasia’s newspaper’ - or 'The Earth' as it's known - as she’s definitely my biggest current source of si*star* inspiration...You can see their latest newsletter HERE – it is huuuuuuuuuuuuuge, packed with amazing articles on ecovillages, permaculture, growing food and now...RAW food lifestyles too :) YAY :) You can sign up to receive their free newsletters HERE and if you haven’t yet read the AMAZING Anastasia books, you can see them HERE...
on December the 7th I had:
1 quart water
water of one young coconut
1.5 cups energy soup with mineral–rich flax crackers and kale chips, followed by a little raw ice cream with coconut yumballs
1 quart water
1 quart veggie juice: cucumber, spinach, romaine, red bell pepper, carrot, fennel
1 tsp yummmmy bee pollen
handful of AMAZING strawberries :)))
1.5 cups energy soup with kale chips and AMAZING fresh chubby okra, followed by samples of new bars – almond, chai, goji (goji = my favourite ;)
3 cups water
I watched a great raw food lecture by Paul Nison on YouTube yesterday. It’s in 6 parts and is called ‘Formula for Health’. I love that Paul shares about the importance of many other factors for our optimal health than just FOOD – he talks about the role of television in the ‘numbing
’ game, some really interesting historical info about how people used to usually eat twice a day and why they started to eat more and more, the perils of eating late at night, the major causes of disease, the role of exercise and so on. Paul throws lots of humour into the mix of his lectures – it’s a fun watch, methinks – you can check out the first part HERE and click on through all 6 parts from there if you’re drawn – I recommend it...ENJOY :)
(BTW – Paul’s going to be a daddy for the first time very soon – his lovely wife Andrea is expecting their daughter in the first few weeks of the new year – EXCITING – send them loooooovvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeee :)
on December the 8th I had:
1 quart water
1 quart veggie juice: cucumber, spinach, romaine, red bell pepper, carrot, fennel
couple of spoonfuls of AMAZING Mexican papaya
2 cups energy soup with okra and kale chips on the side, followed by a crunchy goji bar
3 cups water
water of 2 young coconuts with 1 tbsp greener grasses powder
3 cups energy soup with okra and kale chips on the side, followed by some raw coconut ice cream freshly–made by the Monarch – WOW :)
3 cups water
on December the 9th I had:
1 quart water
3 cups veggie juice: cucumber, spinach, romaine, carrot, red bell pepper, fennel
½ tbsp bee pollen
big bowl of fruit salad with chia gel: papaya, strawberries, raspberries, banana
2 tbsp sproutein powder
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, dandelion, spinach, lime
2 cups energy soup with okra and kale chips, followed by a little Monarch–made raw ice cream and pieces of goji bar
2 cups water
Mmmmm, I read another passage in ‘Raw Emotions’ today that I’d love to share here...I hope
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A Secret Smile…
Sometimes our body language can reveal interesting things about our patterns. For example, have you noticed that some people actually smile as they talk about perceived ‘difficulties’ in their lives? Sometimes of course, this appears as the gentle smile of someone who is aware that ultimately, all is well, whatever appears to be happening on the surface. More frequently, though, this pattern seems to arise in those who tend to focus on ‘issues/problems’ in life - e.g. ‘Did I tell you, Uncle Billy’s going in for a knee operation again?’; ‘The service at that restaurant was awful - the waitress was so rude’; or ‘I told them that would happen - they never listen to me’ and so on. Although the topic is something that might usually be thought of as unfortunate/unpleasant, the speaker is smiling. There is a sense that they actually enjoy focusing on these aspects of life or even delight in it in some way. They might dwell on details and repeat such stories often. What might be behind that smile? My feeling is that usually, focusing on ‘the negative’ is a life-long pattern for such speakers and it is what feels comfortable to them. In contrast, speaking about inspiring, uplifting, exciting, expansive ideas and projects might seem alien and perhaps even scary to someone whose reality until now has been mainly shaped by ‘negative’ imprinting.
Be aware of your own facial expressions in the coming days as you speak. Do you notice yourself smiling if you speak about ‘difficulties’? Does this seem peculiar to you? What do you think might underlie this pattern?
I recognised this pattern in myself only when it was pointed out to me one day by a friend. I was relaying a story I’d told many times before of how challenging my relationship had been with an ex-partner. My friend listened as I told this ‘tale of woe’ then asked me why I’d had a slight smile on my face the whole time I spoke. What was ‘in it’ for me to keep repeating this story? How was this serving me? This was a real moment of clarity for me and helped me to move on and let go of that pattern.
This is not to suggest, however, that we all ought to look morose, tearful or distraught whenever we relay other-than-fabulous information. It is simply a pattern that can be observed and might reveal some interesting insights, if we are willing to explore...
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... ;)
All love,
Angelalalalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx
Monday, 6 October 2008
New Delights...
I am SOOOOO happy – the RawReform.com main site is back up again :) It got blown to pieces by all the CNN-related traffic and was sadly down for over a week, being lovingly restored, like a raw version of humpty-dumpty ;) WELL, now it’s all back together and shinier than ever, thanks to some nice men who have well-developed left-brains for all those techie details – thanks,
guys :)
You can check it out HERE (scroll down to the bottom of the front page and click the link, to skip the email sign-up ;) There are new pics up, updated videos and media area, plus you can check out the forum here if you’d love to connect with others...
Do you like the new before/after pic on the front page? I’d LOVE to hear any thoughts/comments/suggestions on any aspect of the site that you might like to share abt – please email angela@rawreform.com to let me know ;) Now seems like an optimal time to shake it all up...
Thanks :)
on October the 3rd I had:
1 quart water
2 cups ‘wild power’ tea
2 cups veggie juice: cucumber, celery, sprouts, carrots with greens, radishes, endive, fennel, lettuces, ginger
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a chunk of raw chocolate from Twinkle :)
3 cups water
1 cup energy soup with a mixed-seed ‘cookie’, followed by a little round choco/coconut ‘cake’ at Manna Café
3 cups water
on October the 4th I had:
1 quart water
1 quart veggie juice: zucchini, carrots, celery, ginger, endive, fennel
2 cups energy soup with a curry powerstick, followed by a chunk of ‘Hazelnut dream bar’ from the Monarch ;)
3 cups water
glass of ‘greengasm’ juice at Inspiral Café in Camden
shared plate of raw cheesecake and truffles at Inspiral, mug of lemon/ginger tea
1 cup energy soup
2 durian pods
1 quart water
As I write this, I am just finished eating a yummy meal with the Monarch, during which we were reminiscing about some of the ‘other-than-optimal’ things we used to eat before we went raw... Mr. M was recounting how he would consistently eat 2 microwaved chicken patties on bread for BREAKFAST, followed by tuna straight from the can onto bread for lunch, capped with a dinne
I’m pretty sure my pre-raw intake topped his though in terms of calories, greasy trans-fats, crazy choices and just about everything else ;) I was actually doing an interview this morning and the journalist asked what I used to eat in an average day before my raw adventure...it makes me laugh just describing it sometimes – COUNTLESS thousands of calories in a day, starting with 2 rounds of fried-egg toasted sandwiches on white bread with margarine and tomato ketchup for breakfast – about 10 minutes after waking, preferably ;) It really does amaze me that I’m still alive sometimes when I think of the way I used to eat...it truly is incredible how much the human body will tolerate...
These days I rarely seem to eat solids more than twice a day (compared to almost CONSTANT meals/snacking in my past)... I just don’t feel GENUINELY hungry more often than that, during the space of any given day, so there’s no real impetus to eat... When I first met the Monarch and he ate twice a day, that seemed VERY ‘restricted’ to me and I couldn’t imagine eating that way...well, here we are a few years down the line and now I choose to eat that way too...interesting, the way our paths unfold... ;)
I hope YOUR raw journey is unfolding with grace and joy toooooooo...
on October the 5th I had:
1 quart water
1.5 cups ‘wild power’ tea
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, sprouts, lettuce, lambs’ quarters, endive, fennel, carrots with greens, ginger
2 cups energy soup with nori sheets stuffed with mix of hemp seeds/linseed oil/Himalayan salt, followed by a little bowl of durian ice cream
cup of spicy tea
3 cups water
1 cup veggie juice: celery, cucumber, sprouts, lettuce, lambs’ quarters, endive, fennel, carrots with greens, ginger
1 cup energy soup with nori sheets stuffed with mix of hemp seeds/linseed oil/Himalayan salt, followed by a chunk of ‘tahini dream bar’
3 cups water
on October the 6th I had:
1 quart water
3 cups veggie juice: red bell pepper, fennel, carrot
20 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 cups energy soup with a curry ‘powerstick’, followed by a chunk of ‘tahini dream bar’
mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 cups energy soup with a curry ‘powerstick’, followed by a chunk of ‘tahini dream bar’
mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
WOW, I am in LOVE. I am feeling totally ADDICTED to the new shampoo and conditioner we have from Soignee ;) LOL...I have never felt so attached to a beauty product before... I heard a woman talking once about how she felt ‘addicted’ to using one brand of ‘natural hair care’ 
“Enriched with soy and wheat proteins, vitamins, herbal extracts, and essential oils. MSM and Panthenol help restore a radiant beauty to all hair types, especially chemically treated or damaged hair. It is gentle enough for everyday use. Soignée MSM Shampoo contains NO Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, methylparaben, propylparaben, alcohols, 
I also hear that their Wrinkle Crème product is outstanding too – I haven’t tried that yet, or the facial crème, facial wash or night crème...we have them all in the RawReform store though - check them out HERE if you’d love some yummy treats for your OUTER body... ;)
ENJOOOOOY :)
All love,
Angelalalalalalaaaaaaaaa. xxx
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Taste-Bud Memory Lane...
Mmmmmm, well, the CNN fun continues ;)
CNN wrote a few days ago to update us that their story on my weight loss has now been viewed more than 2 MILLION times – making it their BIGGEST Health story of the year so far – WOW :) Fun...
Their article seems to have created quite a substantial buzzzzzzz about raw food, both o
*Jonny Bowden Blog
*International Business Times
*Trend Hunter
*Losing It
*Hippy Gourmet
*Encyclo-Central
*That’s Fit
*Bitten and Bound
*Strands of Purls
*Celeb Galz
on September the 29th I had:
1 quart water
2 cups pau d’arco tea
bowl of raw ‘grawnola’ with pecan milk – YUMMM
2 cups water
1 pomegranate and a big handful of raspberries
20 chlorella ‘nuts’
3 cups celery, zucchini, beetroot, carrot juice
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a little leftover raw cheesecake from Festie of Life
3 cups water
on September the 30th I had:
1 quart water
mug of ‘wild power’ tea
2 cups veggie juice: mixed greens, spinach, carrots with greens, celery, cucumber, endive, chard, ginger
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, tahini & sundried tomatoes, followed by a ball of durian ice-cream ;)
3 cups water
1 cup veggie juice: mixed greens, spinach, carrots with greens, celery, cucumber, endive, chard, ginger
bowl of AMAZING broccoli/zucchini/sun-dried tomato salad (see recipe below ;), followed by a little hazelnut ‘dream mix’ – yummy :)
3 cups water
MmmMMmmmm, I have 2 YUMMY little recipes from yesterday to share with you…
Firstly, I took a trip down taste-bud memory lane with a little flax cracker/tahini/sundried-tomato creation...
When I first started out on my raw path, I would read ‘Become Younger’ by Norman Walker 
in my break-times at the greenhouse I was working in, in Iceland... Norman writes in there about cottage cheese being a good alternative to hard, pasteurised cheeses. As I was transitioning away from a life of extreme junk food living, this appealed to me as a tasty stepping stone towards a life more RAW...so, I got into the habit of constructing little ‘open sandwiches’ for myself made of ‘manna/essene/sprouted wheat’ bread topped with cottage cheese and crowned with a squishy, chewy piece of sun-dried tomato, dripping in oil, straight from the jar ;) LOL...I LOOOOOOVED it. When I would get to the end of the tomatoes in the jar, I would also then take chunks of the Essene bread and dunk them in to the oil... ;)
I had never been into eating cottage cheese before in my life – it had always seemed very dull to me – like smthg people were ‘required’ to eat if they were on a diet ;) LOL...now I fell totally in love with it as I stepped away from mountains of pasta, pizza, cakes, cookies and so on, towards more and more raw foods... Now, if I was to eat that kind of ‘open sandwich’ these days – essene bread, cottage cheese and sundried tomatoes dripping in oil, I think I would feel VERY unwell, after 6.5 years on this path. Back then though, it was m
WELL, yesterday at lunch, I ‘accidentally’ re-created that same kind of snack, yet this time a TRULY raw version – WOW :) It was like transporting my taste-buds back 6 years ;) LOL. I took a flax cracker, spread some tahini on it and placed a soaked sundried tomato on top of that – it was simple and DELICIOUS... Mmmmm, FUN - I'd definitely recommend it... ;)
on October the 1st I had:
1 quart water
2 cups veggie juice: chard, lettuce, carrots with greens, mixed greens, endive, celery, cucumber, radish, ginger
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a little piece of hardened hazelnut ‘dream mix’
3 cups water
1 cup veggie juice: chard, lettuce, carrots with greens, mixed greens, endive, celery, cucumber, radish, ginger
plate of yummy stuff at Manna raw café: nori roll, sea spaghetti salad, guacamole, followed by pieces of Shell’s amazing cheesecakes
3 cups water
On October the 2nd I had:
1 quart water
little mug of ‘wild power’ tea
tbsp wheatgrass powder
shot glass of orange juice
2 cups veggie juice: chard, lettuce, carrots with greens, endive, celery, cucumber, radish, ginger, fennel, mixed sprouts
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a little dessert bowl with a mix of pieces of ‘hazelnut dream bar’, raw chocolate and durian ice cream – heavenly ;)
mug of spicy tea
3 cups water
2 cups veggie juice: chard, lettuce, carrots with greens, endive, celery, cucumber, radish, ginger, fennel, mixed sprouts
mug of spicy tea
1 cup water
OK, the SECOND amazing recipe I'd love to share was a very humble-looking broccoli-salad-creation made by the Monarch. This remarkable concoction had just 8 simple ingredients and was one of the TASTIEST raw food meals I’ve ever eaten – creamy, crunchy, ‘comfort’ food for winter-time snuggles and yumminess ;) Ok, here’s what he used, for 2 people (and we had some leftovers too, actually ;) :
Big head of broccoli
Medium-sized zucchini
Big handful of soaked sundried tomatoes
1 big avocado
2 tbsp pine nut butter
1 clove garlic
little bunch of cilantro
little handful of dulse seaweed strips
…and here’s what he did: cut off the big stalks of the broccoli (for juicing at another time) and cut down the broccoli heads into little ‘florettes’. Diced down the zucchini into little tiny cubes. Put all of that into a big bowl together and added in the dulse strips. Then he took the sundried tomatoes, avocado flesh, pine nut butter, garlic and cilantro and blended them all together in a food processor until they formed a smooooooth, rich, yummy paste/sauce consistency. He added that paste to the big bowl of chopped veggies, mushed it all together by hand so that the sauce thoroughly covered all the veggies and VOILA :) YUMMMMMMMMMMMMINES on a plate.
I love that the veggies are seasonal (well, at least here in the UK at the moment ;) This seems to me like a really inexpensive, satisfying, easy meal to make. You can of course change things around – like replacing the pine nut butter with more avo, tahini or smthg similar...or add in different herbs/spices and so on...play with your food and ENJOY :)
All love,
Angela. xxx
Sunday, 28 September 2008
Spreadin' the Word... ;)
OOooOooooo lalalalaaa…well, the epic CNN adventure continues ;) LOL – the RawReform main site is actually still down after being completely deluged with traffic the last few days (BI
G thanks out to Kevin Gianni for helping us to get smthg back up online while the site is restored :). According to CNN, their piece on my weight loss was actually THE most viewed story on CNN yesterday, with over 1.3 million viewers :O
One of my old university friends, who now lives in the US, wrote to celebrate with me that this story “clearly surpasses even US politics during election year! GO GIRL!!!” LOL – FUN :) I LOVE seeing the simple concept of humans eating raw food going ‘mainstream’ like this...yeeeeeeeeeeee-HAH...
Amidst this media mayhem, the Monarch and I were also fortuitous enough this weekend to attend and speak at the uber-vibrant Festival of Life in London. YUMMINESS. Thanks to ALL of you who packed yourselves into our talks and came to say hello – hope you all enjoyed the day as much as we did... :) The venue was pulsating with raw energy, love and the pungent smell of durian ;) AMAZING to have SO many tuned-in, beautiful, conscious, loving individuals in the same space at once...add in outrageous amounts of raw chocolate to the equation and you’ve got an all-day, off-the-scale party of vibrancy and joy – how blessed we are ;)
on September the 26th I had:
1 quart water
2 cups ‘wild power’ tea
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, carrots & carrot greens, ginger, spinach
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a square of durian ice cream and a little raw chocolate
1 quart water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, carrots & carrot greens, ginger, spinach
2 cups orange juice
2 cups water
While we’re on the subject of yummy raw events, here are some more upcoming choice places to jingle your raw jangles:
October 3rd: Manna Café, Brighton, England.
The Monarch and I will be speaking on raw food yumminess from 7pm – details HERE.
October 5th: Manna Café, Brighton, England.
‘Raw Winter Warmers’ workshop with those gorgeous gals Shell and Lara. Details HERE.
October 20th-23rd: Dorset, England.
David Wolfe ‘Metamorphosis’ annual retreat. Get a generous £50 off the ticket price with the code ‘METRET(RRF)’. Read more HERE.
December 16th- 22nd: Costa Rica.
‘Winter Solstice Reactivation Retreat’ with Philip McCluskey and Daniel Vitalis. WOW – winter sun magic...and currently $100 off at THIS LINK.
For MASSES more amazing raw food events, worldwide, check out the super-spangly Events Calendar on GITMR HERE.
on September the 27th I had:
1 quart water
water of 2 young coconuts
glass of green juice
2 cups water
¾ of a fresh durian, followed by a few different raw chocolate yummables and 2 fresh figs – WOW ;)
2 cups water
2 cups ‘wild power’ tea
on September the 28th I had:
1.5 quarts water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, carrots with greens, spinach, lettuce, ginger
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by tastings of lime/coconut cheesecake and chocolate cheesecake, left over from the Festie of Life
1 quart water
2 cups 'wild power' tea
I’d love to share another amazing ‘healthy eating’ story that our friend Paul Nison recently posted to his blog. I think this is SO cool and encourage you to go and check it out in full HERE on Paul’s blog ‘The Raw Life’…
The story is about a friend of Paul’s called Bernando LaPallo, who is 107 YEARS OLD and looks...about 60-smthg, never gets ill and according to Paul:
“...eats only organic fruits and vegetables, fish and a homemade juice he makes fresh everyday for himself and his wife of 47 years, Georgette.
LaPallo’s dark face has hardly any wrinkles and his black hair has just specks of gray.
He still drives, has his original teeth and doesn’t wear a hearing aid.
LaPallo rises at 5 a.m. daily to walk several times around a nearby park, taking off his shoes to walk in the grass.”
WOW – check out that picture of him – a living testimony to eating simple foods, straight from Mama Earth... :) The energy of Bernando reminds me of the description of Anastasia’s Grandfathers in the Ringing Cedars series of books...so inspiring :)
All love,
Angela. xxx
Friday, 26 September 2008
CNN Traffic = RawReform Site down - sorry ;)
Hey everyone,
WELL...
CNN put up an article abt my weight loss story on their main site today - see HERE:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/26/weightloss.angela.stokes/index.html
WOW - thanks so much, CNN, for continuing to spread the word... :)
This coverage actually sent both my name and the search term 'Raw Food Diet' into the top ten 'Hot Trend' searches on Google today (see HERE)...the story was also the MOST VIEWED story in the Health section of CNN all day, shown on the front page of CNN.com... imagine, ALL these curious new minds investigating raw foods - YeEeeEeeeeeeee-HAH :))) How exciting...
Unfortunately, one consequence of the MASSIVE amount of traffic this sent to the RawReform site was that it temporarily tripped the server out and the main site is down - we have someone working on it...for now, if you'd like to read more about my story or take a look at any of my books, please click HERE...
Thanks for your patience while we get the site back up... ;)
All blessings,
Angela. xxx
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Raw Gratitude...
WHeeeeeeeeEEEeEeEEew, the last couple of weeks have been pretty FULL-ON here... ;) LOL...thanks for all your beautiful messages and sorry that not much blogging has been in process ;) We just got back to the UK yesterday and I promptly fell asleep for 16 HOURS – lol ;) Back on form now... The recent lovely news item from CNN News on my weight loss story seems to have been meeting with much delight among raw foodies all over – YAY :) Thank you, Dr Gupta for keeping your perspective open :)
I know some of you in Europe have been having issues viewing the clip on the CNN site – it’s actually now up on YouTube too, so you can see it HERE instead, if you like ;)
The piece will apparently be aired on TV again Friday morning around 8.30am Eastern US time, as well as a few repeats this weekend - so, watch out for that if you have TV ;)
...and for those of you who’d enjoy sending some raw love and gratitude over to Dr. Gupta and the CNN crew for their yummy portrayal of the raw lifestyle, you can visit this page HERE to leave them any kind comments ;)
on September the 19th I had:
1 quart water
mug of sweet/spicy tea
3 cups veggie juice: cucumber, celery, kale, romaine, carrots, ginger
2 cups energy soup with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a little bowl of almond butter mixed with lucuma, carob and maca powders
3 cups water
big handful of freshly-picked blackberries
3 cups veggie juice: cucumber, celery, kale, romaine, carrots, ginger
2 cups water
on September the 20th I had:
1 quart water
handful of blackberries
3 cups veggie juice: cucumber, kale, romaine, carrots, ginger
2 cups energy soup with coconut chips stirred in, followed by a little bowl of apricot kernal butter mixed with lucuma, carob and maca powders
2 cups water
freeze-dried durian and 2 fresh peaches – yum ;)
3 cups water
on September the 21st I had:
1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, kale, spinach, romaine
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a few gojis for sweeeeeetness ;)
3 cups water
1.5 cups energy soup with half a slice of raw pesto pizza, followed by a little ‘amazon bliss’ butter
a few pieces of dried durian/mangosteen, a few fresh figs and a few nibbles of new raw chocolate goodies from Raw Spirit Fest
1.5 cups ‘wild power’ tea
2 cups water
Have you checked out Justin and Heidi Ohlander’s ‘Raw Food Right Now’ blog recently? I went for a visit a couple of days ago and was delighted to see lots of exciting new blog posts there – they cooled off on their postings for a while over summer – now it seems like they’re back full-force ;) Yeeeeee-HAH ;) There are some GREAT pieces to check out over there, including:
*A wonderful ‘Raw Spirit Fest’ wrap-up blog, giving links to numerous peoples’ pics and accounts of their experiences at the fabulous festie in Sedona.
*A link to the fantastic new list put together by Steve Pavlina called ‘You know you’re a raw foodist WHEN...’ – very funny ;) (I’d like to add ‘when you regularly have green specks of food stuck between your teeth’ and another I heard once that really resonated for me – ‘when 
you have goji berries constantly stuck to your kitchen floor and you don’t mind’ ;)
*A review of different cooler bags/boxes for carrying your raw yummables around with you. WOW – I for one am SOOO happy to see this review piece – I’m ALWAYS on the look-out for user-friendly, eco-friendly, stylish cooler bags and food storage solutions for the road – THANKS, guys, for putting this out there... :)
So, hop on over to RawFoodRightNow.com for an eyeful of yum...
on September the 22nd I had:
1 quart water
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, kale, spinach, romaine
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a little ‘vanilla crème’ from Cocopura – WOW :)
1 quart water
10 ‘chlorella nuts’
14oz veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, beetroot, carrot, ginger
a feast of freeze-dried durian dipped in raw chocolate – OooOoOooooo la LA ;) LOL ;)
3 cups water
on September the 23rd I had:
1.5 quarts water
1.5 cups green juice: celery, parsley, kale
2 cups water
1.5 cups energy soup with flax crackers on the side, followed by a little raw chocolate ‘sauce’ ;)
3 cups water
tbsp wheatgrass powder and 10 ‘chlorella nuts’
1 curry powerstix, a little bowl of hand-mixed yacon powder, mesquite powder, gojis and barberries – wow ;)
3 cups water
on September the 24th I had:
2 quarts water
4 fresh figs
1 tbsp wheatgrass powder and 15 chlorella ‘nuts’
3 cups water
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a little durian ice cream
2 cups water
on September the 25th I had:
1 quart water
3 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, lettuces, carrot, ginger
3 cups water
15 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a little durian ice cream
3 cups water
Another ‘hot’ topic you’ll find summarised over at RawFoodRightNow is the current on-goings with the almond growers in the US, who are taking action against the USD
Almond-y love to all ;)
Angelalalalaalaaaaaaa. xxx
(P.S. hope to see those of you in the UK at the Festival of Life this weekend in Londinium – see HERE for details – I’m scheduled to speak at 3pm and the Monarch at 5pm ;)
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
See me on CNN News :)
EXCITED :)))CNN News just did a 2-minute story on my raw food weight loss - here's the link below - ENJOY :)
It was shown on TV this morning (Tuesday Sept. 23rd), will apparently be repeated this Friday at around 8.30am US eastern time and will also play on TV over the weekend :)
It can also be viewed on the internet, at the link above :)))
(Here's the 'tiny' URL in case the long one doesn't work: http://tinyurl.com/49rwcl)
A very positive piece, methinks (especially in contrast to the recent raw item on 20/20 ;)...
Thanks, Dr. Gupta and the team at CNN :)
All love,
Angela. xxx
