A Space of Love... :)

Are you ready for the beautiful Space of Love/Funky Raw festie coming up next weekend – August 14th–17th – in the UK?
Mmmmm, I would be there in a split second with fairy bells on if I were in the UK right now – I went to the festie last year in the Sussex countryside and loved it sooooo much, I was beaming the whole weekend ;) I'm in New England right now though, rather than the 'original' England, so I'll be sending blissings from here instead... ;) Some of the intended delights of the festie include: raw food workshops/demos/talks, yoga, live music, wild food walks, healing area, drumming circle, trance dance, permaculture, sauna, kids' area and sound healing – yummmmmmm ;)
You can check out all the details and reserve your space on the SpaceofLove site, HERE. Enjoooyyyyyyy...

on August the 5th I had:

1 quart water
mug of the Rawtographer's outrageously potent herbal tea with schizandra berries, goji berries, medicinal mushrooms, pau d'arco and more...
1.5 cups goji water with Marine Phytoplankton
bottle of greeeeeeeen juice and bottle of Royal Flush from Liquiteria
cherry and fig feast with almond butter and a slice of yummy raw lemon cheesecake :)
1 quart water
bottle of greeeen juice
little handful bee pollen/hemp seed mixture, 2 Brazil nuts and a curry powerwrap
3 cups water

Well, speaking of celebrations, we had a lot of fun at David Wolfe's b–day party in NYC this week and he just posted a video online of the talk he did there. If you didn't see that and would like to check out the action, you can watch it HERE, to find out which kinds of plants he's been growing on his properties, hear how we all met up in Vilcabamba and even maybe learn how to reverse male pattern baldness – lol ;) It's 63 mins long – enjoy ;)


on August the 6th I had:

1 quart water
cherry, peach and blueberry feast with creamy almond butter
1 quart spring water straight from the spring
2 tbsp bee pollen, a few leaves of fresh–picked sheep's sorrel and a few wild berries, 1 tbsp green powder, a strip of dulse
little bowl of sauerkraut and kim chee with creamy almond butter and olives – wow :)
1 cup powerful women's herbal tea from Goji Girl
2 cups water

Oooo lala – the new summer edition of Purely Delicious magazine is out and it is BEAUTIFUL :) Just love the work Rebecca Carlson is doing on this raw mag...here's a little sneaky peaky into the line–up this time round:

• Raw-101 (raw friendly markets) with Sheree Clark
• Q+A with Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes-Monarch
• Recipes by Sarma Melngailis of Pure Food & Wine restaurant and Living Raw Food (her latest book)
• Fit Tips by fitness guru Scott Brown
• Cherie Soria from Living Light helps us to find our sweet spot!
• "Who’s Afraid of Sea Vegetables?" by Julie K (Julie Kalivretenos) • Traveling Raw by Matthew Kenney
• "In My Own Words" a new series of healing and hope about my own struggles with Multiple Sclerosis
• The Green Mustache Kids Club / Road Trip Fun by Lisa Testa
• Easy Dining Al Fresco with Omid Jaffari
• Surviving the Summer Cookout...
• And so much more :)

NICE ;) You can grab your copy from HERE if you're not already subscribed – enjoy ;)

All love and blissful unfoldings,

Ms. Sto–Mo. xxx

Liver Cleansing...

OOooOoooo lala, the latest GORGEOUS copy of ‘Purely Delicious’ raw food magazine is out now – see HERE.
Mr M and I are in there, answering readers’ questions and spreading the love...plus there are recipes from Matthew Kenney, a feature on Dr. Wolfe, Gabriel talking abt diabetes, an exploration of ‘natural’ beauty care products, exercises to get ‘beach ready’ and more ;)
If you’re not already subscribed to this lovely publication and would like to play, you can get signed up HERE – $25 for a year’s worth of beautiful mags, in the US…bargain ;)

on April the 26th I had:

1 quart water
shot glass of orange juice
shot of wheatgrass
shot of E3 Live
2 cups veggie juice: spinach/fennel/sunflower greens/carrot
big bowl of energy soup with flax crackers, followed by a coconut snackaroon
1 quart water
2 cups veggie juice: spinach/fennel/sunflower greens/carrot
Mr. M’s very belated birthday party feast (from February ;) featuring raw ice cream birthday cake and an assortment of raw chocolate samples – yeeeeeeeee–HAH :)
1 quart water

LOVED this from the Hazelden ‘Gift for Today’ email today:

Don't overlook the wonder of the ordinary.

The extraordinary, the amazing, the phenomenon are daily glorified in the movies, the news, and on television. Our senses become bombarded. We become addicted to drama. The only things that get our attention are the big, catastrophic, knee-jerking events.

Take a closer look at your life, your everyday world, and the people and activities in it. If it were all taken from you in one moment, what would you miss? What sights, what sounds, what smells? Would you miss the view from your kitchen window? If you were never to see that scene again, would you nostalgically reminisce about it, wishing you could see it one more time, remembering how beautiful it was, and how much that familiar sight comforted you in your daily life?

That really speaks to me...so many of us seem to live in such FAST–paced, whirling, info-packed BIG ACTION societies that the subtler things in life may get rarely heard or witnessed above the hubbub and drama...that’s part of the reason why I’m so excited to settle down in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, where life seems muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch slower, which suits my nature/preferred pace of life much more... ;)
As ever, you can sign up for the lovely Hazelden free daily emails HERE. Enjoy :)

on April the 27th I had:

1 quart water
mug of berry tea
shot glass of orange juice
30 chlorella ‘nuts’
2 cups STRONG green juice
3 cups apple/beetroot juice
big bowl of energy soup, followed by a slice of Mr. M’s birthday cake :)
1 quart water


on April the 28th I had:

1 quart water
mug of berry tea
2 cups STRONG green juice
3 cups energy soup with tomato slices on the side, followed by a snackaroon
1 quart water
1 quart apple/beetroot juice
2 cups water

As those of you who watch our TV SHOW will know, Mr. M and I are doing a liver cleanse at the moment, based on Andreas Moritz’s ‘Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Cleanse’...hence all the apple/beet juice... ;) It’s been almost exactly 2 years since we did our last liver cleanse, which I actually documented on YouTube way back then ;) LOL – here are those video links:

DAY 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JStNHjq-yw

DAY 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQX61xYYmxw

DAY 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz91N-sHOGc

DAY 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU_Hqo46jDc

DAY 5: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2907709016184333803

As I write this, we’re 3 days into drinking the juices...we’ll probably do this for abt 6–7 days, then we’ll go for the liver flush sometime later this week – as you can see in the video links above, I hardly relish the Epsom Salts/Olive Oil part of liver flushing...I’m excited to give my liver a bit of a ‘spring–clean’ though, so let’s see how if all flows ;) When we followed this protocol last time, I got lots of green stones out, which had never happened for me before with liver cleanses – just total sludge...fun ;)

All love and livery anticipation,
Miss Stokes. xxx

Chia Seed Recipe Inspiration...

OOoOoooo, the results are in from last month’s RawReform Giveaway contest...thanks be to all of you who sent in SUPER-YUMMY chia seed recipe suggestions – many of these recipes can now be seen HERE on the ‘RawReform Readers’ Recipes’ page.
The winner however, picked today at random and with joy, was Anna Merville, with this stunning-sounding chia concoction:

** Raspberry Chocolate Chia Pudding **

2 Cups Soaked Chia Seeds (soaked overnight)
1 Handful of organic Raspberries (about 5oz.)
1 Tbsp. of raw organic Cacao Powder
1 Tbsp. of raw organic Maca Root Powder
2 Tbsp. of organic raw Yacon Syrup

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until creamy and smooth. Scoop pudding in a small dessert bowl. Add a few leaves of mint as a garnish and ENJOY!

Phew, Anna, one TABLESPOON of maca, with one TABLESPOON of cacao AND CHIA??? Ooooo lalalalaaaaa – that sounds like pure aphrodisiac-energy-burst manna, to me... ;) Love that it’s low glycemic too ;)
CONGRATULATIONS Anna :) Thanks for sharing YOUR chia-inspired yumminess ;) Your goodies of a ‘Chia Cheat Sheet Chart’, 1lb bag of chia seeds and a bag of 'Chia Goodness' cereal are on their way to you ;) ENJOY :)
…and if YOU would LOVE more recipe inspiration, be sure to check out that link to the ‘Readers’ Recipes’ page. I added in another 25 of the chia recipe contest entries there today and alongside those, there are YUMMY, tried-and-tested, well-loved recipes from readers in the following categories:

*Desserts
*Greeeeeeeeeeeens Recipes
*Coconut-based Recipes
*Raw Chocolate Recipes
*Chia Seed Recipes

CLICK HERE for the 'Readers’ Recipes' Page...

on August the 4th I had:

1 quart water
mug of licorice tea
1 cup veggie juice: celery, cucumber, lettuces, sunflower greens, alfalfa, carrot, beetroot, fennel, kale
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips, mung beans and sprouted lentils stirred in, followed by a little bowl of blended yum: tahini, lucuma, yacon, maca, cinnamon, vanilla powders and water
mug of licorice tea
1 quart water
1 cup veggie juice: celery, cucumber, lettuces, sunflower greens, alfalfa, carrot, beetroot, fennel, kale
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with coconut chips, mung beans and sprouted lentils stirred in, followed by a little bowl of blended yum: tahini, lucuma, yacon, maca, cinnamon, vanilla powders and water
mug of ‘choco’ tea
2 cups water

Have you ever noticed how many LEOs there are in the raw food movement...? In my travels and connections as a raw foodie it often seems to me like a noteworthy number of the raw-inclined are born in the sign of the lion, myself included ;) Must be all that SUN energy drawing us forward I guess, either that, or maybe it’s just my personal leo-radar drawing my attention to them all... ;) lol...check it out sometime when you’re at raw gatherings – see how many people are leos and lemme know if you see the same pattern ;)
So, today happens to be the birthday of raw leo guys David Wolfe and Glen Colello (who runs Catch a Healthy Habit Café in CT, where Mr Monarch will actually be speaking next week, on August the 14th more details HERE). Happy Birthday guys :)
Other raw leos include Dhrumil, Markus Rothkranz, Roz Gruben (apparently we have the same birthday: August the 10th), Reuben (Kate Magic’s son), Evie (Shazzie’s daughter), my wonderful editor Sue, my dear friends Zoe and Lizzy and countless others I’ve met along the way... (my grandfather and grandmother were incidentally also both leos - they weren't raw though... ;)
Mmmm, hear the raw leos RAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRR ;) BIG yummy birthday-time love vibes to the raw leos in all our lives...

on August the 5th I had:

1 quart water
mug of ‘sweet chai’ tea
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with mung bean/lentil sprouts and coconut chips stirred in plus a flax cracker. Followed with some goji berries.
2 cups water
mug of ‘sweet chai’ tea
2 cups veggie juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, kale, carrot, fennel
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with mung bean/lentil sprouts and coconut chips stirred in. Followed by a little yummy bowl of tahini mixed with lucuma, yacon powder, cinnamon, maca and water, with goji berries stirred in
mug of ‘sweet chai’ tea
2 cups water


on August the 6th I had:

1 quart water
mug of ‘sweet chai’ tea
2 cups veggie juice: cucumber, celery, watercress, lettuces, kale, cabbage, beetroot, carrot, fennel
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with mung bean/lentil sprouts and coconut chips stirred in and okra on the side. Followed by a little yummy bowl of walnuts blended with lucuma, yacon powder, cinnamon, maca, vanilla powder and water, with goji berries stirred in
mug of licorice tea
3 cups water
1 cup veggie juice: cucumber, celery, watercress, lettuces, kale, cabbage, beetroot, carrot, fennel
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with mung bean/lentil sprouts and coconut chips stirred in and okra on the side. Followed by a little yummy bowl of walnuts blended with lucuma, yacon powder, cinnamon, maca, vanilla powder and water, with goji berries stirred in
mug of licorice tea
2 cups water

Have you ever seen the magical raw food magazine ‘Purely Delicious’?
I LOVE it. It’s made with masses of love by the sublime Anna Tipps in Texas and the Summer 2008 issue if out NOW. This issue includes an article on Raw Food Weight Loss featuring myself and dear Mr. McCluskey, plus articles on ‘The Truth about Protein’, ‘Wonderful Water’, book and restaurant reviews, a nut-free summer recipe section and lots more... The magazine is BEAUTIFULLY presented and subscriptions are a snip at just $25 for a year (for those in contintental US) or $45 for 2 years. You can check it out and order your copies HERE.

ENJOY :)
All love,
Angela. xxx

Raw Radiance...

Looking for smthg inspiring for the New Year? Well, here is an opportunity not to be overlooked…there’s a course coming up soon in Hawai’i that I would attend in a heartbeat if I was able to go there…it’s a RAW Permaculture Course. YUMM. This is one thing that's been on my personal goal list for years…If the term ‘Permaculture’ is unfamiliar to you, it is a union of the words ‘permanent’ and ‘agriculture’ and is based around creating SUSTAINABLE living systems – for our gardens, homes, communities and more…It is all about working WITH nature and mimicking natural ecosystems. The intention is to move away from reliance on industrial systems of production and distribution. Permaculture was developed HERE actually, in Australia back in the 70s, by David Holmgren and Bill Mollison, who’s still running courses now :) I have long wanted to do the full-length Permaculture Design Course and am SO excited to see people holding RAW versions of the course – this is (unfortunately) rare it seems – the only people I’ve known to hold RAW Permaculture courses so far are the lovely Steve Charter in the UK/Spain and now this team behind the upcoming courses on Hawai’i – the beautifully named ‘Living Mandala’. There are actually going to be two courses running back-to-back – firstly a 2-week Permaculture Design Course from February the 3rd-19th, then later a hands-in-the-dirt Practicum from Feb 24th-29th. Participants get to learn in a tropical paradise, share with other like-minded yumsters, receive certification for both courses AND eat luscious raw food the whole time (made by someone else – nice – PLUS – other food options available if you’re not up for full-on raw… ;)…sounds blissful…hope it all rocks on in 2009 too, so I can play as well…in the meantime, if this is tickling YOUR interest nodules, do check out their website here for more info: http://www.livingmandala.com

on December the 21st I had:

1 quart water
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #1
= 8oz water, 2oz apple juice, 1 tbsp liquid bentonite, 1tsp psyllium powder
Followed by 10oz water mixed with 1tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1tsp raw honey
3 cups mizuna/tatsoi/romaine/kale/parsley/spinach/all-kinds-of-greens/cucumber/celery/beetroot/apple/ginger/garlic/daikon juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #2
1 pint mizuna/tatsoi/romaine/kale/cilantro/spinach/all-kinds-of-greens/cucumber/celery/beetroot/apple/daikon juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #3
1 pint mizuna/tatsoi/iceburg/kale/parsley/spinach/all-kinds-of-greens/cucumber/turmeric/beetroot/apple/daikon juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #4
1 pint mizuna/tatsoi/iceburg/kale/parsley/spinach/all-kinds-of-greens/cucumber/turmeric/beetroot/apple/daikon juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #5
2 cups water

Do you know any raw dogs? Do you perhaps live with one? Well…the lovely Anna from raw lifestyle magazine ‘Purely Delicious’ wants to hear YOUR story ;) She is putting together a ‘Radiant Hound’ calendar for 2009 and is looking for submissions. Here are the details:

“I would love it if those of you that are feeding your companion dogs a diet comprised mostly or entirely of fresh, raw ingredients, would consider sharing a bit of your experience with us. I would also like to include photographs of the dogs we select for the calendar. You are welcome to keep your personal information confidential (name, location, etc). If you have a story or recipe you would like to share, and believe that you currently have or can get a good quality photograph of your dog, please forward it to: anna@purelydelicious.net You may also send any questions to this same address. We don't need the photographs at this time, but if you have a thumbnail you would like to send along with your story/recipe, feel free to do so. There will be prizes for the winning entries… MINIMUM photo specifications are as follows:
- 8x12 (inches) or 3609x2406 (pixels)
- at least 300 dpi
- .jpg format
- full color (no black and white images, please)
- if you use a professional photographer to take the photograph, please get their written permission and appropriate credit line for reprinting in a calendar.”

on December the 22nd I had:

1 pint water
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #1
= 8oz water, 2oz apple juice, 1 tbsp liquid bentonite, 1tsp psyllium powder
Followed by 10oz water mixed with 1tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1tsp raw honey
1 pint mizuna/tatsoi/iceburg/kale/parsley/spinach/all-kinds-of-greens/cucumber/turmeric/beetroot/apple/daikon juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #2
3 cups celery/cucumber/apple/ginger juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #3
1 pint mizuna/dandelion/iceburg/cilantro/daikon/all-kinds-of-greens/tatsoi/cucumber/apple/carrot juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #4
1 pint mizuna/dandelion/iceburg/cilantro/daikon/all-kinds-of-greens/tatsoi/cucumber/apple/carrot juice
‘The Cleansing Drink’ #5
2 cups water

My psyllium-bentonite cleanse is still going grand. I’m at the end of day 5 as I write this…I've actually started to see some sections of the ‘black-tyre-rubber’ stuff come out of me. Nice. I've started using additives in the enema water like liquefied, strained garlic water or liquid bentonite. I LOVE the psyllium and bentonite products from the 7-Day Cleanse that I’m using. They’re the ones Bernard Jensen recommends in his book and they’re so quaint and old-fashioned looking ;) They also seem extremely high quality to me – I love that the psyllium is powdered – it seems to make it much more user-friendly to me than the full husk, which I’m used to using… I am brushing my teeth a LOT – about 8-10 times a day at the moment – there’s a lot of apple juice, honey, juices etc going in and I can’t bear the fuzzy-teeth feeling, so, much scrubbing is the answer ;) My energy today has been really great. I find that as long as I take time to rest after the morning enema sessions, I feel good for the rest of the day. I’m definitely at a much slower walking pace than normal though – I also stand up slowly after being seated for a while, as my blood pressure is pretty low right now… I also notice how sensitive I’m becoming to chemicals. We went to some shops a couple of days ago and one that had a lot of plastic items in it was almost unbearable for me – it felt SO toxic to breathe in there for me…I recall having similar experiences last year in Costa Rica on my Juice Feast and starting to consider just how far it might be beneficial in our modern world to keep on detoxing/ cleansing…there simply comes a point when being in a city full of pollution, for example, feels deadly, if you’re extremely ‘clean’. Those of you who’ve read Mr Monarch’s latest book – Raw Success – will know that he goes deep into these environmental factors in regards to our food/lifestyle choices…it’s a big area to consider...hmmmm... ;)

All blessings,
Angela. xxx