The Third International Day of Juice Feasting - This Sunday :)

If you didn't yet hear, this coming Sunday, September the 18th, is lined up to be the Third International Day of Juice Feasting :))) People all over the world will be cranking yummy concoctions from their juicers all day long in celebration of this revolutionary life practice...and near Seattle, a group of juicy celebrants headed up by Dave the Raw Food Trucker will be sharing an afternoon of talks, discussions and juicy flow, from noon to 5pm Pacific. Speakers include Dave the Raw Trucker, Tresa Yung, Penni Shelton and many others and the intention is for the whole event to be simulcast live through Ustream... :) Get all the details for this event HERE: http://www.dayofjuicefeasting.com.
One reader, Cindi, intends to be there for the event this Sunday and wanted to share a blog post with y'all on her excitement for this coming celebration - see HERE :)
Happy juicy flow to all of you at all times and especially this coming weekend - enjoy :)


on September the 12th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water blended with passionfruit and Vitamin C powder
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of the Lake
bowl of cucumber salad with Mr. M; salad stuffed into nori sheets with Sea Clear, tahini and sauerkraut, followed by a little hand-stirred yumpot of Brazil nut butter, carob powder, orange flavour extract and stevia
mug of herbal tea
water of a young coconut
chunk of Pili Nut "Chocolate"
2 cups water


on September the 13th I appreciated:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
3 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of the Lake
bowl of energy soup straight from the garden with nori sheets on the side stuffed with Sea Clear, tahini and sauerkraut, followed by a hand-stirred yumpot of Brazil nut butter, carob powder, orange flavour extract and stevia
water of a young coconut
bowl of coconut yoghurt with chopped apple, Lydia's Berry Cereal and stevia :)
2 cups water

MMmmmmmm, we enjoyed another *fabulous* free radio interview last night with the lovely Nick Ortner of TheTappingSolution.com.
If you're not familiar with the energy healing technique of "tapping"/Emotional Freedom Technique/EFT, check this interview out to learn all about this totally simple, highly effective and FREE healing technique that you can use on yourself, tapping with your own fingers on meridian points on your body... Nick shared some wonderful healing stories and we did a few example rounds of things tapping can be used to bring relief in connection to...you can check out the free playback of this inspiring interview over at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com for the coming week - enjoy :)


on September the 14th I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
3 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of the Lake
bowl of energy soup straight from the garden with nori sheets on the side stuffed with Sea Clear, tahini and sauerkraut, followed by a hand-stirred yumpot of Brazil nut butter, carob powder, orange flavour extract and stevia
water of a young coconut
chunk of Pili Nut "Chocolate"
2 cups water


on September the 15th we were on the road again most of the day and I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water blended with Vitamin C Powder and Royal Jelly Powder
6 granadillas
3 curry powersticks
water of a young coconut
30 chlorella tablets
water of a young coconut
bowl of Lydia's apple cereal with fresh apple, coconut yoghurt and stevia
3 cups water

A little reminder:

Today is the last day to send in your entries for the current RawReform Giveaway contest to win one of four copies of Mimi Kirk's fabulous new "Live Raw" book - here's a little reminer of the deeeeeeeets if you didn't send in your entry yet:

For this month's RawReform Giveaway, I am delighted to say that we have FOUR copies of the fabulous new book "Live Raw" from raw beauty Mimi Kirk to share...

If you're not yet familiar with the uberlicious Mimi, she was voted "Sexiest Veg*n Over 50" in the Peta Awards recently and at *72* she is a glooooowing example of how to be healthy and vibrant past 50, or at any age, for that matter... ;) Mimi's book shares 120 of her yummiest recipes plus lots of tips and insights for a more vibrant life...  
To be in with a chance of winning one of these delightful books from Mimi, just send in your A to the following Q, to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it :

"Which fabulous person over 50 inspires you the most and why?"


Get your entries in by September the 16^th 2011 to be in with a chance of receiving one of these very special books - the winners shall be chosen at random and with great joy shortly thereafter...
In the meantime, if you'd love to order a copy of this inspiring book for your own delight, you can do so HERE - enjoy :)


All love and reverberations of subtle delight,
A. Stokes-Moooooooooonaaaaaaaaaaaaarch. xxx

The Raw Food World or Whole Foods...??? ;)

You may recall me mentioning last week or so that we were in the running for the "Best Online or National Health Food Store" award in the 2011 Veghealth Awards, WELL, we got through to the final round, thanks so much for all your votes :)))

Our store, TheRawFoodWorld.com is currently a contender for the "Best National or Online Health Food Store", up against mega-giant WHOLE FOODS ;O

Voting in the final round of this contest is open NOW until August the 31st, so if you're feeling moved to add your vote to our support, please do so swiftly, HERE :)
You can actually win prizes just for voting...and there are lots of fun categories to vote in, with lots of raw foodie options, such as choosing your favourite:

healthy snack, energy bar, sweetener, supplements, superfoods, online health store, recipe blog, recipe book, film, fermented foods, educator, nutrition trainer, blender, juicer, cleaning products, beauty products, radio show...and much more...

Jump on over HERE to cast your votes and THANK YOU so much for any support sent our way - we appreciate you :)))

(NOTE: If you already voted in round one for these awards, The Vegetarian Health Institute has apparently already sent you a special link for voting in round two. The subject line was "Now vote in 'Round 2' of the Veghealth Awards". If you didn't get that message, you can request that special link by emailing vegetarianhealth@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .)

on August the 11th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 cup orange/maracua/maranjilla juice
a delicious dragon fruit
2 cups coconut water blended with Greener Grasses powder
bowl of energy soup fresh from the garden, with curry/kraut/chia crackers on the side, followed by a little handful of dried jackfruit
water of two young coconuts
chunk of yummmmers papaya
1 cup water


on August the 12th I was blessed with:

1 quart water
5 granadillas
2 cups coconut water blended with Ormus Greens powder
bowl of cucumber/dulse/avocado salad with curry/kraut/chia crackers on the side, followed by a little handful of dried jackfruit
water of two young coconuts
2 carob/orange yumballs while preparing for potluck :)
1 cup water


I am excited to say that this Thursday evening, August the 18th, we are lined up to be interviewing the lovely Troy Casey of Amazon Herbs, for The Raw Food World Radio Show :)
Troy calls himself the "Certified Health Nut" and has a great deal to share about the Amazon, herbs, cleansing, detox, nourising the body and much more - join us on Thursday at 6pm Eastern, 3pm Pacific for this FREE live call, over at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com.

Here's the rest of the upcoming line-up, too:

***NEW*** Diane Baran - August 25th, 12noon Eastern - "Compassionate/Non-Violent Communication"

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

Nick Ortner – September 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 free talks, just visit http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com - enjoy :)

on August the 13th I appreciated:

1 quart water
1 cup watermelon/orange juice
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir Of The Lake
bowl of energy soup fresh from the garden, with curry/kraut/chia crackers on the side, followed by a little handful of dried jackfruit
water of two young coconuts
a yummmeerrrrrs dragon fruit chuk of papaya
1 cup water


on August the 14th I loved:

1 quart water
5 granadillas
3 cups greeeeen smoothie: papaya, mango, masses of green
shared meal with friends: huge green salad from the garden, with red pepper/walnut sauce, sauerkraut, followed by some *AMAZING* Pili Nut "Chocolate" treats from Mr. M :)
water of two young coconuts
chunk of papaya
1 cup water





For this month's RawReform Giveaway, I am delighted to say that we have FOUR copies of the fabulous new book "Live Raw" from raw beauty Mimi Kirk to share...

If you're not yet familiar with the uberlicious Mimi, she was voted "Sexiest Veg*n Over 50" in the Peta Awards recently and at *72* she is a glooooowing example of how to be healthy and vibrant past 50, or at any age, for that matter... ;) Mimi's book shares 120 of her yummiest recipes plus lots of tips and insights for a more vibrant life...  
To be in with a ch@nce of winning one of these delightful books from Mimi, just send in your A to the following Q, to rawreformcontests@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it :

"Which fabulous person over 50 inspires you the most and why?"


Get your entries in by September the 16^th 2011 to be in with a ch@nce of receiving one of these very spec!al books - the winners shall be chosen at random and with great j0y shortly thereafter...
In the meantime, if you'd love to order a copy of this inspiring book for your own delight, you can do so HERE - enjoy :)
...and to find out if YOU were the winner of last month's RawReform Giveaway prize of some luscious aroma-goodies from Medicine Flower, you can see the winning entry and info for that giveaway in my last newsletter, HERE ;)


All love and radiating joy,
A. C. Stokes-Monarch. xxx

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 :)))

Introducing the "GIVE" Project...

OoOOoooo lala, our friend Q has a *VERY* exciting new raw-friendly non-profit venture to let you all know about. He came to visit us recently to tell us about it and you can watch the video here below to learn all about his "GIVE" Project and their upcoming first event this Sunday, September the 5th, in Los Angeles, providing free organic veggie juices at a homeless shelter...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3XZX2y4IoU

To check out what the "GIVE" project is all about and find out how *you* can get involved, visit http://www.thegiveproject.org...enjoy :)


on September the 1st I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon juice
3 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice
kelp noodle meal - WOW :) I made a sprouted-sunflower-seed sauce, with Sea Clear, garlic kraut, lecithin, mixed onto kelp noodles - LOVED it - enjoyed on its own and stuffed into nori sheets too, followed by a little handful of dried jackfruit pieces
spoonful of fresh fermented coconut yoghurt - wow ;O
3 cups water
1 cup coconut kefir :)

Our friends at the fabulous "Rio Muchacho" Organic Permaculture Farm in Ecuador would love to let y'all know that they have their next one month intensive course in Permaculture and Organic Farming coming up soon, in November this year... This is an *amazing*-looking month-long immersion into all things Permaculture...we haven't visited their farm ourselves yet - we would love to though and friends of ours who have been there say it is a wonderful model for what is possible...all the details for the upcoming course are HERE and they actually run this one-month intensive THREE times each year, so if the timing doesn't work out for you now, you could always maybe go at another time... ;)
ENJOY...


on September the 2nd I loved:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
1 cup coconut kefir
bowl of fresh cherries :)
fresh fruit salad: longans, peaches, blueberries, with a little raw almond butter
2 cups water
can of freeze-dried durian
1 cup coconut kefir
1 cup water


on September the 3rd I appreciated:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon/orange juice
3 cups greeeeeen juice
kelp noodle meal :) I made a sprouted-sunflower-seed sauce, with Sea Clear, garlic kraut, lecithin, mixed onto kelp noodles - LOVED it - enjoyed on its own and stuffed into nori sheets too, followed by a little handful of dried jackfruit pieces
3 cups water

WOW...the amazing free online summits just keep on coming...how would you now love to "Heal With The Masters"...for free...? ;) Love it... Well, now you can...as on September 7th, next Tuesday, an epic list of 24 interviews will start airing as part of the amazing, free "Healing With The Masters" teleseminar series...there will be two free inspiring calls a week every week for 12 weeks and all calls will be available for playback for at least 48 hours after airing, so there's plenty of opportunity to access all this great info from fabulous speakers such as:

Rev. Michael Beckwith, Neale Donald Walsch, Caroline Myss, 

Sonia Choquette, Carol Look, Dan Millman, Nick Ortner

...and many more...looks like a delight...You can sign up for this FREE teleseminar series HERE and may you enjoy it with every fibre of your entire raw being... ;)

All love and glistening pearls of opportunity,
Angelalalalaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

Losing Half Our Bodies and Finding Our True Selves... :)

WOW, what an amazing last few weeks it's been for raw food in the media :)
Did you see our dear brother Philip McCluskey on CBS a couple of days ago? YUMMY :) For those of you who aren't yet familiar with Philip, he has released over 200lbs since going raw a couple of years ago - :O
He is a living, walking, smiling, loving, breaaaaaathing example of the transformative powers a raw food lifestyle can help us unfold...he went from 400lbs, ill, miserable and contemplating Gastric Bypass Surgery, to a slim, healthy, happy, shiny young raw man on a mission to spread the good raw word - yeeeeeeeeeeeeee-HAH :) Love it...Check out his lovely reception from 'The Doctors' on CBS in the video below:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l3FEaS6sudY

GREAT JOB, Philip :)

...AND - while we're on the subject of 200lb raw food weight losses ;) - have you seen Clent Manich's AMAZING before and after pics yet? Clent went raw just in JANUARY this year and has already released over 200lbs, reversed Type 2 Diabetes, climbed Mount Whitney and witnessed 170 people in his local area join him for a 'Green Smoothie Challenge' - WOW, what a year, Clent ;) The Mail Tribune newspaper recently ran a story about Clent's eventful last few months - you can see that HERE.




on October the 13th I had:

1 quart water
shotglass of orange/pomegranate juice
1.5 cups veggie juice: spinach, celery, cucumber, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, sprouts, carrot, ginger
15 chlorella nuts
2 cups energy soup with leftover broccoli salad on the side, followed by a little almond dream bar yumpot ;)
3 cups water
1 cup veggie juice: spinach, celery, cucumber, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, sprouts, carrot, ginger
2 cups energy soup with a bowl of kale salad on the side, followed by a little almond dream bar yumpot ;)
cup of spicy tea
3 cups water


on October the 14th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, carrots, ginger
2 cups energy soup and a little leftover kale salad followed by a little almond dream bar yumpot
3 cups water
1.5 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, carrots, ginger
big bowl of YUMMY grawnola from Shellbel with hazelnut milk – MMMmmmMmmm
3 cups water

Here's a little quote that came through on a 'ThinkArete' morning email recently that I LOVED and resonated SOOOOOO much with, it had me laughing out loud:

"Rumi taught us that “The intelligent want self control; children want candy.""

I LOVE that. I can totally identify with the concept of the 'child wanting candy', as I wrote about in Raw Emotions: I came to realise with my OWN relationship with food that if I looked at smthg, I wanted to eat it - instant gratification, stuff those feelings down, gimme smthg sweeeeeet, etc ;) ...and of course, 'candy' for many people doesn't necessarily refer to literal candy in their interactions with the world - maybe it translates as instant gratification through drinking, drugs, sex, shopping, gambling or any other of a host of ways we can 'act out'...
Now, I'm not so much into the idea of 'self control'/willpower/strict 'discipline' and so on - I am very enamoured however with the simple release that BALANCE and CONSISTENCY can bring to our lives, if we're willing to go with that and be with that flow, day by day - not impulsive, helter-skelter acting-out on every compulsive urging...instead, moderation, the middle way, calm, loving, nourishing, clear-headed, serene...MMmmmm, thanks for the inspiration, Rumi :)


on October the 15th I had:

1 quart water
1 cup veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, kale, Jerusalem artichoke, carrots, ginger
bowl of grawnola with hazelnut milk
3 cups water
20 chlorella ‘nuts’
an apple and more grawnola with nut milk – travel food ;)
1 quart water


on October the 16th I had:

1 quart water
mini-shot of wheatgrass juice and mini-shot of chickweed/sunflower green juice
30 chlorella 'nuts'
bowl of energy soup with some very cool raw 'breadsticks' on the side, followed by a little yumpot of tahini with lucuma powder
3 cups water
30 chlorella 'nuts'
2 cups water
1 apple with dulse and a little pistachio butter
raw pizza with salad, followed by a cashew/apple smoothie
3 cups water


Those of you who receive the RawReform Newsletter will have already seen this month’s Prize Giveaway Contest...for those of you who aren’t subscribed, here’s the contest scoop (and you can subscribe to the newsletter HERE, if you'd like ;) :

Have you ever tried EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)? If not, it is a simple and easy to learn, fast-acting healing technique that involves tapping places on your body with your fingertips, to release stagnant or uncomfortable energy and emotions in those circuits. EFT works with the subtle meridian lines of energy that run through the body, as used in acupuncture, although in EFT there is no use of needles – just your fingertips. EFT can be used to find relief for emotional discomfort of any kind – from handling food cravings, to road rage, to painful memories, to managing a broken limb.
I was introduced to EFT by a dear friend, at a point when my life felt very much in ‘crisis’. It is a superb tool and often felt like a ‘lifesaver’ for me, to get through that period. There is a basic tapping sequence to learn, along with a few accompanying things to say, to help focus your attention on the issue you’re currently experiencing. All the basics of EFT can be easily learnt using the free manual that you can download at www.emofree.com.

One motto of EFT is ‘try it on everything’ and one advocate, Nick Ortner, has now brought out a wonderful documentary DVD of that same name, showing JUST how transformational EFT can be for people. You can get a copy of the DVD HERE.
If you'd love to win a FREE copy of Nick's DVD PLUS the Companion Book for the documentary, just send in your A to the following Q:

"If you could lovingly heal any aspect of your life right now (or that of someone else), what would it be and why?"

Please send your answer to angela@rawreform.com. We will naturally send love and healing energy to all those mentioned in the messages and the winner of the DVD will be chosen at random and announced in the next newsletter.
THANKS and happy tapping ;)

All love,
Angela. xxx