Huge Inventory Blowout until Sunday :)

We have a HUUUUUUUUUUGE Inventory Blowout going on right now, including massive cans of our favourite Chlorella/Spirulina Tablets, Incan Berries, Pecan/Hemp Seed Butters, Flavoured Nuts/Seeds, Ashwaghanda and much more...

See here: http://www.therawfoodworld.com/blog/?p=3130

ENJOY all while stocks last and/or until this coming Sunday evening at midnight Eastern... ;)

All love and sprinklings of delight-dust,
A. C. Stokes-Monarch. xxx

"Raw Emotions" Special Offer - 50% OFF :)

This time last year I was putting the finishing touches to my book "Raw Emotions" and sending it off for printing...a year later, I'm delighted to say that this book has been receiving *gorgeous* feedback and seems to have been truly helping assist some raw-markable transformations for readers who are turning around life-long destructive patterns around emotional eating...

Here's some recent feedback about Raw Emotions:

"I would like to thank you for your wonderful book "Raw Emotions." It has truly changed my life. I feel much stronger and more positive. You are an amazing person who inspired me more than words can express."
Angela VG

“Raw Emotions is informative and fun to read. Though I was entertained by the art in the book and laughed a lot, I also saw what a tremendous emotional lifesaver this book can be for those struggling with cleansing, detoxifying, weight loss, raw foods, and how all these relate to our emotions.”
David "Avocado" Wolfe, www.DavidWolfe.com


"Angela, I just want you to know that you were the very FIRST person to start me on my Raw Path over a year ago. RAW EMOTIONS was RAWESOME! Now, I'm 100% RAW!" Tanya CS

It's so rewarding for me to hear about the impact this book seems to be having out in the world and to celebrate, I'd love to share a special "Raw Emotions" 50% OFF deal with y'all... From now until February the 26th you can get the *printed* OR *ebook* version of this unique book at 50% OFF from HERE (= $14.95 for the printed book and $12.49 for the ebook...)

You can read all the details about Raw Emotions, plus an excerpt from the book, 

in the listings HERE - enjoy :)

on February the 12th I was blissed with:

1 quart water
1 cup greeeeeeeen juice
3 cups greeeeeen juice
2 cups green smoothie: strawberries, blueberries, spinach, chia, water
2 cups greeeen smoothie: papaya, blueberries, sunflower greens, spinach, chia flour, water, with spirulina sprinkled on top
1 cup greeeen smoothie: papaya, blueberries, sunflower greens, spinach, chia flour, water, with spirulina sprinkled on top
2 cups water
3 cups greeeeen smoothie: papaya, mixed berries, sunflower greens, romaine lettuce, chia flour, water, with spirulina sprinkled on top
4 *amazing* 'Ice Cream Bean' fruits :) :) :) :)
2 cups coconut water blended with Greener Grasses powder, 3 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups water

For the RawReform Giveaway this month our dear friend and wiseman of the web, Mr. Steve Pavlina has generously agreed to offer a copy of his oustanding book 'Personal Development For Smart People' to one fortunate reader :)
If you're not yet familiar with Steve or his work, he is one of the most widely read, popular and prolific writers in the field of self-development and blogging today. He also happens to be a raw foodie, entrepreneur and is very very clear and direct - we love him :) I did a little review of Steve's book, back in Nov '08 when I was reading it - see HERE.
This book is a remarkable collection of ideas that could very easily transform your whole life, so, if you'd love to get your mittens wrapped around a shiny new copy of Mr. Pavlina's brainbaby, just send in your answer to the following question, to angela@rawreform.com:

"What is the 'smartest' piece of guidance you would give
to a teenage version of yourself?"

Send your answers in to angela@rawreform.com by March the 1st to be in with a chance of receiving the shiny new book prize...the winner will be drawn at random and with a grin in early March ;)

on February the 13th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice: cucumber, celery, zucchini, tatsoi, fenugreek greens, parsley, endive, cabbage, ginger, lemon
2 cups greeeeeen smoothie: papaya, mixed berries, spinach, sunflower greens, chia flour, water, with spirulina sprinkled on top and trials of Sunfire Elixir and fresh dates on the side ;)
3 cups water
1 quart greeeeen smoothie: papaya, blueberries, blackberries, spinach, sunflower greens, chia flour, water, with spirulina sprinkled on top, with Hunza dried apricot pieces on the side
2 cups reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


on February the 14th 'twas Valentines Day and I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice
3 cups greeeeen smoothie: papaya, mixed berries, meiner's lettuce, romaine, chia flour, water, with spirulina sprinkled on top
2 cups water
big shared Valentines *FEAST* at Au Lac, including: garlic bread, spirulina soup, raw pizza, living rice dish, broccoli salad and donut holes - WOW ;)
2 cups water
3 cups water

I trust y'all enjoyed a delicious Love Day yesterday, whether your twin flame is with you in the physical or not...

I enjoyed a really luscious celebration with Mr. M - I think quite definitely *the* yummiest Valentines I've ever experienced :) I had *no* idea what we were doing with the day - Mr. M had secretly planned out a whole day of joys and I was simply called on to let go and enjoy the flow - I LOVED it...I started the day by handing out chlorella tablet samples from a basket to people at the Ojai farmer's market as we shopped (my universal greeeen love offering for the day ;), then we shimmied off south, first meeting with great friends and marvellous floral displays, then lunching at the ever-divine Au Lac :) :) :) Onwards to a fabulous Cirque de Soleil show in an actual circus tent, with spectacularly inspiring feats and tricks on stage from the uber-talented performers...what an amazing way to celebrate :)
When I was growing up, I'm not sure I ever once received a Valentines Day card - this was always a very painful time of the year for my fragile ego, so it is a genuine, nourishing joy for me now to have my beloved in my life to celebrate with, every day and especially on this day...I feel very blessed :)


Sending *YOU* all love, light and joy tooooooooo,
Angelalalalaaaaaaaa. xxx

Green Juice Feasting...

WELL...I am just LOVING Juice Feasting here at the Tree of Life in Arizona...it feels kind of like a circle completing in fact, me being here to JF, as this is where I first HEARD about JF-ing, from Mr. David Rain himself, back in October 2006...I thought he was a little ‘cuckoo’ at first, when he cornered me at a party in Patagonia one night and talked at greeeaaaat length to me about living on just juice for 3 months ;) Needless to say, the idea sank in and a few weeks later I found myself undertaking a 92 day JF down in Costa Rica...well, now I’m back here 3 years later at the Tree and 4 days into a GREEN Juice Feast...those of you who followed my 92-Day JF or have read my book “A Juice Feaster’s Handbook” will know that I tended to overdo it on fruit juices at many points back then ;) This time round, I’m doing a TOTALLY greeeeeeen Juice Feast and I am truly astonished at how great I feel so far – I have barely felt hungry and am not missing sugars AT ALL, which is very surprising to me...as you can see in my intake lists below, I am mostly doing green juices, bee pollen and chlorella and I feel GREAT :) I am shocked and delighted...and also amazed that I seem to be drinking around HALF what I was drinking on my 92-Day JF and am feeling totally satiated (and without any fruit/sugars ;)...the body truly does change and adapt so much over time...I am certain that being here at the Tree in this supportive community environment is helping enormously with the flow of this JF – people are so kind, fresh juices are provided daily and greeeeeeens are totally the ‘norm’ here ;) I feel so incredibly blessed to be experiencing this deeply healing process here... :) …and remember you can come and join us here from next Sunday if you’d love to – all details HERE (you don’t have to JF too ;)...

on December the 17th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
1 tsp royal jelly
3 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, zucchini, romaine
1 cup water with sole (Himalayan Salt dissolved in water)
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
4 tbsp bee pollen, 20 chlorella tablets
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
3 tbsp bee pollen, 20 chlorella tablets
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
3 cups water

Two little updates FYI:

Firstly we’re thrilled to say that Mr. M’s blog is finally back up for TheRawFoodWorld.TV daily video emails :) Blogger locked his blog up a few months back to ‘check it for spam’ ;)…and it just recently got re-opened – YAY :) If you’re already subscribed to get his daily video emails, you ought to hopefully be receiving those emails again now…if not, or if you never got them to begin with, you can subscribe now over at TheRawFoodWorld.tv – enjoy :)
Secondly, the new positions at our Raw Food World warehouse have now been FILLED, so no more applications for now, thank yoooouuuuuu... ;)

on December the 18th I loved:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
1tsp royal jelly
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, zucchini, romaine, mixed sprouts, lemon, ginger
mug of orange spicy tea
3 tbsp bee pollen, 30 chlorella tablets
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
3 cups water
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
3 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, zucchini, romaine, mixed sprouts, lemon, ginger
2 cups water


on December the 19th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
2 tbsp bee pollen
1.5 cups DELICIOUS coconut kefir
30 chlorella tablets
1 cup water with sole (himalayan salt dissolved in water)
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
1 tbsp hemp oil
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, zucchini, romaine, mixed sprouts, lemon, ginger
3 cups water
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
2 tbsp probiotics mixed with 2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeen juice from The Tree of Life Café
1.5 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, spinach, zucchini, romaine, mixed sprouts, lemon, ginger
2 cups water


Finally for today, I am VERY excited to say that I’m working on a yummy new project right now that is going to be ready for you all to enjoy from Monday or Tuesday next week, all being well...I am working away on it right now and have a warm glow in my whole being to bring this to y’all before Christmas...stay tuned for info early next week and in the meantime, here’s the link again to my “12 Raw Days of Christmas” song, to get you in the mood... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEk3FM_LNZw

All blessings,
Angelalalaalallaaaaaaaaa. xxx

How Much do YOU Chew...?

We were out walking in nature recently and I was struck by the realisation that so many of the plants we were walking past are most likely fantastic food for humans, yet we don't even recognise them as such because we've never had any modelling for eating that way...we can of course take cautious, intuitive and/or educated 'guesses' at what might work for us as food – it just struck me as very odd in comparison to other creatures that we have very little idea what suits us as food out there...I imagine that butterflies, grasshoppers or otters are seldom found scratching their heads in the wild, wondering what to eat – they just seem to know or get natural modelling of what to consume, from their wild kin...whereas most humans in western societies seem to get modelling of how to go to a supermarket and buy cans/boxes/plastic packages...most of us humans are chronically disconnected from nature and this little observation of my own disconnection from what I could potentially eat out in the forest/meadows really underscored this for me...more foraging for the Stokes–Monarch, please ;)

on July the 23rd I loved:

1 quart water
1.5 cups goji water with Marine Phytoplankton
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, carrot tops, ginger, lemon
big bowl of blueberries with almond butter
3 cups water
2 cups water with marine phytoplankton, 25 chlorella 'nuts'
fresh fruits: plum, few cherries/grapes, blueberries with tahini
3 cups water

While we're on the subject of the contrasts between wild animals and most humans, I got a very interesting little link in my inbox yesterday all about chewing...now, those of you who have heard me give a talk will know that I often speak about the importance of chewing our food very thoroughly as a key to vibrant health and that most people seem to not chew very much at all (more like inhale ;)...
Well, it seems one researcher, Richard Wrangham, went off to closely study our friends the chimps in Tanzania and imitate their lifestyle and one of the main contrasts he noted was the LARGE amount of time apes pass daily chewing their food. In the article it states that the average person in 'civilised' western societies chews food for around 36 minutes a day or 5% of their time, whereas to match the chimps' chew rate, we'd be chewing more like 42% of our time, or around 5 hours a day... ;O WOW...
Chewing raw food really thoroughly is KEY for accessing the nutrients and assimilating better...you can read all about the 'power' of raw food and the importance of chewing in the classic old raw food text 'Raw Food and Health' by Dr. St Louis Estes...
I think this is smthg that is overlooked repeatedly by all people, raw foodies or not – and it seems it is especially key for those of us who choose to eat raw, so this is one reason why I speak about it so often... ;)
Now, Mr. Wrangham seems to not at all be in favour of eating raw, which is of course his own bag'o'beans to rattle – I do like the chewing stats shared in that article though, so that's why I wanted to share this and I hope it gives you smthg to 'chew' on... ;)


on July the 24th I was blessed to enjoy:

1 quart water
pot of pineapple chunks
romaine wraps stuffed with avocado, dulse, tomato, mixed sprouts, sauerkraut, kim chee
3 cups water
1.5 cups goji water with marine phytoplankton
bowl of blueberries with almond butter
3 cups water


on July the 25th I savoured:

1 quart water
1.5 cups green smoothie from Mr. Tim Van Orden – plum/banana/spinach – yummmmmmm :)
1.5 cups goji water with marine phytoplankton
2 oz wheatgrass juice
1 cup mint/honey water
2 cups water
2 Tbsp bee pollen
2 oz wheatgrass/sunflower greens juice
chunk of AMAZING cultured lemon cheesecake, with fresh blueberries and almond butter
3 cups water
2 curry noriwraps
2 cups water


Un petit reminder, my dears – the current RawReform Giveaway Contest to win a free bag of our yummy chlorella 'nuts' closes on August the 5th...if you'd love to green up your gnashers chewing some chlorophyll–rich greeeeens, then here's a reminder of the contest details:

We're giving away a bag of our SUPER-popular, SUPER-tasty Chlorella 'Nuts' - one of my absolute favourite raw food snacks :) (I usually can't STAND the taste of chlorella, yet these crunchy tasty little tablets of pressed chlorella powder are delicious - to my taste buds at least, lol ;)
Chlorella is a yummy algae with massive amounts of chlorophyll, protein and B vits to share with you...eating it is also a great way to get the classic raw food 'green mouth' look - see evidence to the left.
To be in with a chance of winning a bag of these yummable munchables, we'd love you to send in your best creative raw green mouth picture; yes, get out your spirulina, your blue-green algae, your green smoothies, your wheatgrass or whatever other greeeeeeens you love to green yourself up with and show us your most outstanding green face...here is another favourite from my personal album:


You can send your entries in to rawreform@gmail.com before August the 5th to be in with a chance of winning the chlorella tablets - enjoy ;) The winner will be drawn at random and with a giggle around the start of August. We look forward to seeing your entries...

With love, gratitude and green teeth,
Ms. Sto–Mo. xxx

On Philosophy and Freedom...

OOOooOOoooo LA LA...I have a VERY exciting opportunity for you yumsters today...
How about a FREE subscription to PhilosophersNotes.com? WOW, yummy...and not just for you – for ANYONE you’d care to share this with...now THAT’S a pretty generous offer :)
Brian Johnson, the creator of PhilosophersNotes.com has obviously donned the largest ‘philanthropist’ hat he could find and in his revelry, decided to GIVE AWAY at least 1,000,000 free subscriptions to PhilosophersNotes.com by the end of 2008. FUN :)
Personally, I’m very excited to see the impact this will have on the world, as I know for MYSELF that the PN.com download-able files have been SUCH a gift these last months in terms of inspiration and motivation.
If you’re not familiar with the site yet (I’ve mentioned it a few times before) – basically, Brian reads ‘self–development’ books and then makes ‘mini–CliffsNotes’ for them, to share on the site in both PDF format and as MP3s that you can download and listen to. Think titles like ‘The Power of Intention’, ‘A New Earth’ and ‘The Four–Hour Work Week’ – all those books that you might have been intending to read (plus others that might have slipped by you ;) and never QUITE got round to it... Now you can listen to a 20 minute summary, or read through a PDF file and get ALL the key ‘Big Ideas’ of that book quickly and directly (then maybe go and get the WHOLE book to enjoy afterwards, if you liked the sound of it ;)
I’ve been taking a lot of bus journeys recently and have got into the habit of downloading a few files from PN.com onto my iPod before I go out, then I listen to them on the way. I LOVE it :) My favourite piece of guidance that I picked up from the recordings recently was from the audio file on the book ‘The Other 90%’ (which I’d never heard of before). The idea was this: periodically, ask yourself if the point that you are at right NOW is nearer to your optimal vision for your life than the point you were at 30 minutes ago. In the last 30 minutes, what have you done to help yourself get nearer your ideal? (Or, what have you procrastinated? ;) I find this REALLY motivating. If I find myself drifting in my work day now, I just ask myself these Qs and it really helps ME feel more motivated to get back on with things ;)
SO, I would LOVE for you to enjoy a FREE subscription to this wonderful service too. You can CLICK HERE to sign up for free and get instant access to the Top 25 most popular notes. You can also send an invitation to ANYONE you like to enjoy it for free too – spread the love around :) TIP: Maybe try downloading just one or two files at first and see how you get on with them – don’t get overwhelmed by how many are on offer ;)

Click HERE to get your FREE Philosopher’s Notes account – it takes abt 30 seconds to sign up ;)
ENJOY :)

on November the 22nd I had:

1 quart water
little mug of rooibus tea
double shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by goji/carob yumballs
little mug of rooibus tea
3 cups water
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, endive, fennel, spinach, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by goji/carob yumballs and a slice of the most AMAZING raw chocolate cake I’ve ever had ;O
3 cups water

So, quite a few of you have been writing in recently to ask “What are ‘spirulina nuts?’’, so I thought I’d explain here, so that everyone can see the answer at the same time ;)
The 'spirulina nuts' are simply tablets of pressed spirulina powder – you can see them on the RawReform Store HERE. They’re really crunchy and chewy – Mr. Monarch started calling them 'nuts' because that's what Dr. Fred Bisci calls them and...it kind of stuck ;) You can chew on them, just like nuts. To my taste buds, the spirulina ones are good - the CHLORELLA ‘nuts’, however are AMAZING - soooooooo tasty - and I'm not usually into chlorella at all...I used to find it 'disgusting' in fact, lol ;) I think I love them so much because they're so CRUNCHY – which is rare to find in raw foods. I love them – I could literally just sit and eat them from the bag like popcorn ;) You can see the 'chlorella nuts' HERE.
Hope that helps...


on November the 23rd I had:

1 quart water
little mug of rooibus tea
1 cup greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, endive, fennel, spinach, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by goji/carob yumballs
little mug of rooibus tea
1 quart water
a delicious persimmon
2 cups green juice: celery, cucumber, endive, fennel, spinach, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups water


on November the 24th I had:

1 quart water
little mug of of rooibus tea
2 cups greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, endive, fennel, spinach, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by goji/carob yumballs
little mug of rooibus tea
1 quart water
1 cup greeeen juice: celery, cucumber, endive, fennel, spinach, kale, ginger, lime
2 cups energy soup with flax crackers and okra on the side, followed by goji/carob yumballs
little mug of rooibus tea
3 cups water

Awwww, I felt really moved to share this set of raw food videos I found on Google Vids yesterday, featuring a young man called Andrew Michell. I found Andrew’s story of ‘recovery’ with raw foods to be as compelling as it is unusual.
Andrew was imprisoned in solitary confinement at the age of 16 in the US, for a trail of crimes he’d committed ranging from thefts to vandalism to burglaries to kidnappings. He was in solitary confinement for 2 YEARS and then continued to spend another 8 years after that in prison. What impressed me so much about Andrew’s story was that during all that time in prison, he did everything he could in the way of ‘self–development’, including fasting, courses, reading, praying etc. In fact, in these videos, he states that those 2 years in solitary confinement were the BEST 2 years of his life, as he learnt SO much.
When he got out of prison, understandably, he felt like a bit of an ‘alien’ in the ‘free world’, after having been inside for so long, during some of the most formative years of his life. He was unclear what to do next and even what to eat. He knew that when he FASTED (on water or juice) that he felt great...and he could see that if he ate the kinds of store–bought, ‘SAD’ foods he was raised on, he felt extremely ill. He didn’t yet know what the middle ground was. He would wander around in supermarkets feeling like everything in there was crazy (I can SOOO relate ;). In the end, after a lot of reading and research, he realised that he could eat raw plant foods. Now he's spreading his message of AMAZING recovery from his violent, criminal, painful, destructive past into a life of raw food, self–discovery and PASSION to share this message.
I found his presentation on Google Vids very endearing – he clearly has SO much genuine drive and desire to share this info. It seems he put a lot of love, energy and work into this. There are 3 parts and I guess it comes to around 49 minutes or so in length for the whole speech – maybe you could watch it while making some juice or smthg ;) Thank you, Andrew for sharing your story. I still have a LOT of enthusiasm for getting raw foods into prison systems and your story inspires me even more on that mission ;)
Check out Andrew’s videos here:

Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7355688049763149472&hl=en

Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6977856949224265303&hl=en

Part 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7136582618064145495&hl=en

All love,
Angela. xxx