Talking Raw...

Hurray :)
The details for our talk here in Iceland are now confirmed :)
Mr Monarch will be arriving in Iceland next week and then we’ll be speaking on July the 23rd from 7-10pm at the delightful Rope Yoga Studio – everyone’s welcome :) You can see the full details on my events calendar HERE and sign up to reserve your space on himneskt.is HERE. There will be raw food dishes on offer at the studio that day, as well as raw snacks at the event ;) We hope to see you there, if you’re in the area...

on July the 8th I had:

1 quart water
mug of ‘choco’ tea
shot of wheatgrass
bowl of blended yum: almonds, lucuma, maca, cinnamon, with gojis stirred in for chewing ;)
3 cups water
1 cup chai tea
a red bell pepper with dulse seaweed fronds and tahini
2 cups water
mug of sweet chili tea
1.5 cups green juice: cucumber, celery, ginger, fennel, sprouts, sunflower greens, masses of fresh greens from the garden, lime
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with mung beans and coconut flakes stirred in, with a flax cracker. Followed by a little bowl of blended yum: pecans, lucuma, maca, cinnamon, goji berries.
Mug of choco tea
2 cups water

HMMMMMMMMmMmmMmMmmm...seems some of you missed the free 24 hour time-slot for the call I did with Kevin Gianni last week. WELL, generous soul that he is, dear Mr. Gianni has given us another link to play with, to access the call for free again, for 48 hours this time – it is active NOW, so go listen HERE if you’d like to hear my recent musings on food addictions, releasing cravings, healing the skin and more...



on July the 9th I had:

1 quart water
mug of ginger tulsi tea
shot of wheatgrass
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with mung beans and coconut flakes stirred in, with a flax cracker. Followed by a little bowl of blended yum: pecans, lucuma, maca, cinnamon, goji berries.
Mug of ‘choco’ tea
1 quart water
2 cups ‘energy soup’ with mung beans and coconut flakes stirred in, with a flax cracker. Followed by a little bowl of blended yum: pecans, lucuma, maca, cinnamon, goji berries.
Mug of ‘choco’ tea
1 quart water

While we’re on the subject of Mr Gianni, have you seen the amazing new ‘Health Summaries’ project he and Mike Adams have been working on? LOVE it. They are offering summarised ‘Cliffs Notes’ versions of some of the most inspiring health food books on the market, just like the PhilosophersNotes.com site offers the same kind of service for ‘self-development’ books. How BLESSED we are to have these tools coming to our fingertips at this time of mass information, when so many of us don’t feel we have the time to sit and focus on reading whole books. I so appreciate these ‘distilling’ services on offer...
With ‘HealthSummaries’ you can get the ‘skinny’ on all kinds of amazing titles like Gabriel Cousens’ ‘Spiritual Nutrition’, David Wolfe’s ‘Sunfood Diet Success System’, ‘Selling Sickness’ and ‘Beyond Medicine’ for FREE as PDF downloads. You can also subscribe to an ‘advanced’ service that brings you MP3 recordings of the summaries. Yummy. You can read all about the fun and games on offer HERE and sign up for your free summaries :)

ENJOY :)
All love,
Angelalalaallaaaaaaa. xxx

Natural Energy Flowing...

WOW. I am just LOVING being back in Iceland soooooooooooooooooooooo much.
Last night was UBER-YUMMY – Sigur Rós and Björk gave a huge free concert in the botanical gardens in Reykjavík, attended by around 40,000 people. The weather was gorgeous, the energy in the crowd was buzzing and the performances were...simply superlative. The concert was called ‘Nature’ and was put on to raise more awareness of environmental concerns here and celebrate nature. (There was even a stall selling raw fruits and veggies, plus raw chocolate ‘bliss balls’ – so cute :)
Sigur Rós and Björk are two of my absolute favourite musical influences and it was SUCH a gift for me to see them BOTH play live in such a gorgeous context. I’m still grinning now as I write this :)))
There was one point where Sigur Rós (along with Amiina, the gorgeous girls who share stage with them) were playing a really high energy song, then Ólöf Arnalds and Björk came on too, banging big drums. It was SOOOOO fun to watch – everyone was dressed so vibrantly and the energy was HUGE – they looked like they were having SO much fun up there - everyone just doing their thing, spirit flowing, incredible energy :)))
OOoOooOoOOoooooo, I love Iceland :)))
The night before, we had a raw potluck here too and it was so lovely for me to connect to the energy again of the meetings that used to ‘keep me going’ when I lived here as a raw foodist in the beginning...the gatherings were much less frequent then – once a month or less often at times – now raw-yumsters meet up here every other Friday for sharing...and what a vibrant, healthy, happy bunch :) Tons of fresh greens and sprouts, tasty experiments, talented chefs and herbalists...and there were around 30 of us in attendance...it definitely feels to me like raw food interest has continued to blossom here in the years that I’ve been away… ;) YAY :)
Iceland actually recently topped the charts of a United Nations ranking of the ‘best’ place to live in the world (based on factors like wealth, health, education). Icelanders were also reported to be ‘the happiest people in the world’ in a 1996 study... These topics and more are explored in a beautifully insightful article on life in Iceland, printed in the Observer last week (forwarded to me by my equally fabulously insightful editor Sue ;) You can read that article HERE if you’re interested – it’s raaaaaaaaather long, so I won’t go into it now – just enjoy, if you feel inclined :)))

on June the 27th I had:

1 quart water
shot of wheatgrass
2 cups smoothie: lucuma powder, almonds, green powder, maca, vanilla powder, cinnamon, water, with goji berries and pine nuts for chewability
3 cups water
2 cups green juice: cucumber, celery, watercress, parsley, fennel, ginger, sprouts and amazing greens from the garden: chard, kale, tatsoi, arugula, other unidentified yummables ;)
plate of delicious raw food potluck loved-up food :) A cornucopia of greens, salad dressings, pates, nibbles, breads, crackers and so on – wonderful :)
3 cups water

A petite note-ette for all of those who are intending to play out with Mr Gianni and I on the telephone inter-change system on Wednesday cometh. The time of the event has shifted ever-so-slighty, due to the fact that I’m currently located a few hours ahead in time from the US...(8pm EST = midnight Iceland time...even if it doesn’t get dark here, I still like to go to sleep ;)
So, we've shifted the clockage back an hour and the talk will now commence at 7pm EST, 4pm PST, on July 2nd (with the chance to listen in to the whole thing for free for 24 hours after it manifests, I do believe...) Anyway, as and when you register for the call info, you’ll get all the details on there...I look forward to answering your Qs soon :) You can read all about it and submit your Qs HERE.

on June the 28th I had:

1 quart water
mug of rooibus tea
shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups yummmmmmmmmmmmmy smoothie: lucuma powder, almonds, green powder, maca, vanilla powder, cinnamon, water, with goji berries and pine nuts for chewability
mug of ‘pleasure tea’
3 cups water
2 cups green juice: cucumber, celery, spinach, lettuce, parsley, fennel, ginger, sprouts and amazing greens from the garden: chard, kale, tatsoi, arugula, other unidentified yummables ;)
3 big luscious nori rolls stuffed with pine-nut/basil pesto, alfalfa, red pepper, cucumber, avocado and spinach. A little handful of cashew nuts
1 quart water
mug of ‘pleasure’ tea

OooOooOooo, exciting developments in the world of CHIA :) You may have read the ‘Chia Cheat Sheet’ article that I wrote sometime last year, outlining the background of chia, uses for the seeds, some yummy recipes and so on. It is one of our most popular articles – so much so in fact that now we’ve had it made into an attractive, colourful wall-chart that you can keep on hand in your kitchen :)
The charts are just $5.95 and are available from the RawReform Store HERE, along with bags of both ‘black’ and ‘white’ chia, ground chia, yummy Cocochia bars, ‘The Magic of Chia’ book AAAAAAAAND the gorgeous NEW ‘Chia Goodness’ all-raw cereal from Ruth’s Hemp Company. WOW, things are really movin’ and shakin’ in the chia world these days, especially since Oprah mentioned it on her show...and IMO, the attention is very understandable – it’s an amazing food – I recommend it to everyone, especially for beginners... ;)
SO, if you have yet to delve into the delicious world of CHIA, I suggest you strap on your ‘raw explorer’ love boots and get munching ;) See HERE for our whole range of Chia Yummables.

All love,
Angelalallallaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

Whaddaya Wanna Know...?

This is a quick little update to let you know that for the next 48 hours you can listen for free to Mr Monarch’s interview with Kevin Gianni last week, which is part of Kevin’s ongoing ‘Roundtable’ series of talks. You can access that interview HERE.

on June the 26th I had:

1 quart water
shot of wheatgrass
bowl of smoothie: blended almonds, lucuma powder, green powder, vanilla, cinnamon, maca and water, with goji berries and pine nuts swirled in for chewy-yumminess :)
mug of chai rooibus tea
1 quart water
2 cups green juice: cucumber, celery, watercress, parsley, lettuce, spinach, fennel, sprouts, ginger
3 nori rolls stuffed with spinach, mixed sprouts, avocado and a spread made from blending together jalepeno hummus with tahini, dill and water. Followed by little handful of pine nuts and goji berries
mug of choco tea
2 cups water

...and on Wednesday NEXT week, it’s time for me to have a public chinwag with Mr. Gianni too ;) On July the 2nd at 8PM EST, 5PM PST, we shall commence on a 70 minute live exploration of all things raw and especially weight-loss related...you wanna play? Everyone is welcome to join the call...and you can even shape the content of the discussion as you please, by sending in your questions ahead of time at THIS LINK. (Those of you who listened to Mr. Monarch’s interview may have caught the question I sent in for HIM ;) – if not, you can listen at the link above to find out what it was...and what his answer was... ;)
I look forward to answering your most exquisite and extraordinary questions on Wednesday :)
All blessings,
Miss Stokes. xxx