Would you love to enjoy deeper, more rejuvenative sleep...?

That ever-productive energy-conduit Mr. David Wolfe has just released a new free hour-long video series all about optimal rest, sleep and rejuvenation...I *love* the tips shared in this video series, which is actually an exclusive excerpt from the last Longevity Conference in California...indeed I've already implemented many of the ideas shared here into my own life and feel the differences - this is a "must-see" free video series for anyone who'd love to feel more rested, relaxed and rejuvenated - check it all out HERE and enjoy :)



on June the 19th I loved:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/orange/passionfruit juice
2 cups coconut water mixed with Elixir of The Lake
½ an amazing cherimoya
bowl of energy soup from the garden with sauerkraut and nori sheets on the side, followed by *AMAZING* raw carob truffles made with the stone-grinder - wow :)
mug of nettle tea
water of three young coconuts


on June the 20th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/orange/passionfruit juice
1 tbsp freeze-dried mushroom powders
bowl of fruit salad: cherimoya, papaya, pineapple
2 cups coconut water with Elixir of The Lake
bowl of apple-flax meal (blended apples mixed with ground flax and goji berries)
2 cups coconut water
mug of horchata tea
little bowl of zucchini/sea spaghetti pasta with macadamia-curry sauce :)
2 cups water


Recently people have sent me links to a few new songs that I've been enjoying online - here are three very diverse gems to explore:

*Whole Foods Parking Lot - if you didn't see this one already with a brother sharing his grievances about shopping at Whole Foods, it's rather entertaining ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFc1pr2yUU
*Stay Strong - this was sent to me by one reader, Janaki - LOVE it :) It is a very sweet and catchy uplifting "mantra" song, performed by a whole host of yoga/mantra "gurus", as a work of charity - beautiful - check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNFGKfBhtUk

*Laundry Room - Avett Brothers - well...I'm sure I must have mentioned this song here before actually...and I no longer recall who first sent me a link to these powerhouses - I just LOOOOOVE this song though and have been listening to it over and over again recently - please enjoy if you haven't connected to it already :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlpLPdcK8N4




on June the 21st I appreciated:

1 quart water
1 cup mandarin/orange/passionfruit
chunk of fresh papaya
1 tbsp freeze-dried mushroom powder
bowl of energy soup, fresh from the garden, with nori/avocado/sauerkraut on the side, followed by a chunk of *amazing* frozen homemade raw carob confectionary :)
water of two young coconuts
bag of fresh strawberries :)
2 cups water


on June the 22nd I was blessed with:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water blended with Vitamin C powder
chunk of fresh papaya, a few fresh berries
2 cups coconut water blended with Elixir of The Lake
bowl of energy soup, fresh from the garden, with nori/avocado/sauerkraut on the side, followed by a chunk of *amazing* frozen homemade raw carob confectionary :)
water of two young coconuts
4 granadillas
2 cups water

I am excited to be lined up to interview the wonderful Krishna McKenzie, permaculture farmer and musician in Auroville, India, tomorrow evening for The Raw Food World Radio Show. Krishna is the son of Jeanette McKenzie, my mentor and friend who we interviewed a few weeks back on connecting to the truth within... Jeanette's son Krishna has been on a fabulous journey of exploration the last couple of decades...as far as I recall, the story goes that he left England as a teenager declaring that he was going off to India to start a farm...and that's indeed what he did ;)
Solitude Farm in the "eco-city" of Auroville, India, has been thriving as a sustainable farm for many years now under Krishna's strong guidance, practicing all kinds of "natural" farming methods such as organics, permaculture, fukuoka-methods, seed-saving etc... and Krishna and his friends there also produce wonderful music with their band "Emergence", which has even been invited to play at the famous Glastonbury festival in England :) We'll be connecting to Krishna aaaaaaaaall the way over in southern India tomorrow evening, Thursday June the 23rd, at 6pm Eastern, all being well :)
Join us at http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com :)

All love,
Angelalaalaalalaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

Is There an Optimal Timeframe for Eating...?

One day recently, we got up at three in the morning, to go on a day-trip to Peru...it felt *very* odd to me to be awake at that time, on 6 hours or so of sleep...odd and disorientating...I'm not sure the last time I was awake at such an hour...and one thing that was very clear to me at that hour was how totally inappropriate food seemed to be right then...my body had been awoken from its cleansing cycles and there was a slight sense of nausea...the idea of eating anything at that point sounded like bodily abuse...
What all of this highlighted for me was that there seems to be a definite timeframe each day where eating seems to be 'appropriate'...in my reality, that timeframe is something like 9am to 5pm, to feel best...which is interesting to me, as that is the exact timeframe many people do 'jobs' in our societies...so, rather than fuelling their physical bodies optimally in the timeframe that might be most appropriate, people might instead be stuffing down some cereal or toast at 6 or 7am before they rush off into traffic, then gobble down some sandwiches for lunch at 12 in between meetings, before arriving home at 6 or later, drained from the stresses of the day, wherein they turn to the fridge and cabinets for solace and end up eating themselves into a spaced-out oblivion before bed time...hmmmmmm, well, maybe this pattern doesn't resonate for everyone - I surely would hope not - I do suspect it is quite a common current reality though...
For anyone currently living this kind of pattern who may be excited to create a different reality, Paul Nison's "Daylight Diet" book/dvd/audio might be interesting for you to explore...eating the 'heaviest'/densest meal of the day in the middle of the day definitely makes sense to me...and being up at 3am definitely doesn't... ;)

Blessings to all our patterns :)

on May the 18th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1.5 cups watermelon juice
20 chlorella tablets
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
cup of greeeen/apple juice
2 tbsp bee pollen
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water

One reader in Minnesota, Jill, would love to let y'all know that she has two used juicers looking for a new home...there is a Champion Juicer on offer and a Juice Factory Juice Press (which she describes as "2nd only to the Norwalk" - I've never met one of these - sounds interesting... ;) Jill is based in MN, yet could send them elsewhere if their new home is further away...the asking price is $450 for both OR $200 for the Champion, $250 for the press...if this speaks to you, you can contact Jill via her wbsite contact form, HERE - enjoy :)



on May the 19th I loved:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut mixed with marine phytoplankton and chocolate extract drops
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
bowl of granadilla seeds, a cherimoya
avocado mushed with sauerkraut and dulse, stuffed into nori sheets, followed by two incan berry bliss balls
2 cups water/honey/lime
glass of superfood smoothie at Cafe Cosmos, ½ a papaya
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


Another reader in the US, Christine, the "Raw Priestess" also just sent in some home-made dehydrator tips for y'all... ;) In my last newsletter I mentioned a few home-dehydrating ideas and Christine stepped up to take it to the next level, sharing her home experiments with drying foods in the damp climes of the Pacific NW, without Excalibur's helpful trays ;)
Here are Christine's tips for y'all - enjoy:

1. Put your item to dry near a stove/woodstove, firepit/fireplace and turn often, if you add a ceiling fan to the mix it really helps. (I use this in the winter, when my woodstove is already on, as I don't like to use much electricity.)

2. Use a hair dryer on the lowest setting in a cardboard box (with holes in the lid), (works surprisingly well).

3. Use any kind of fan in warm weather to dry out most items, to crisp it up, use some external heat source with the fan; if you use in a contained area, such as a cardboard or wooden box, it will help, make sure to leave vent holes in the top of the box, to release excess moisture.

4. Use a warm pizza stone, or rock -- I use this while camping, I use warm rocks to dehydrate crisps, cookies, crackers, etc. A pizza stone also works, and is flat, and easy to keep the right temperature, you can also set these on top of a wood stove, elevated on a metal rack, and it is very easy to dehydrate things, make sure to keep watch on the temperature.

5. Place items in a cardboard box, lined with tin foil, have some holes in the top of the box, to allow for moisture to escape, put this in the sun.

6. Use a green house, place flat mesh trays in your green house with the vents open, turn on the fan, and allow the sun to dehydrate your items.

All of these work in Western Washington where we have very humid areas, if you are in a drier climate, these ideas could work even better.

We don't have super hot days, so our green houses, and foil lined boxes don't get too hot, people in hotter dryer climates, may wish to put those items in the shade, or use shade cloth to keep the temperature down a bit.

Hope some of these suggestions are of help to those who do not choose to use a dehydrator!

All blessings,

Christine, RawPriestess.com

GREAT, thanks for sharing Christine :)

All love,
angelalalaalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastttttttooooookkkeeeeeeeeesmmmmmooonnnaaaaaaaaaaaarch. xxx