Are you ready for "Raw Mom, Cooked Dad"...??? ;)

...and they keep on comin' ;) Today we have *another* exciting new free, raw-friendly online summit to share with y'all...are you ready, ladies and geeeeeeeeentlemen FOR: The "Raw Mom Cooked Dad" summit...??? ;)

This shiny new summit is going to be an aural feast, especially for anybody feeling frustrated in a household setting where raw food may be viewed as "odd"... ;) This summit will run over 10 days, starting on the beautifully aligned date of 10-10-10 (October the 10th, 2010), which, remember, also happens to have been declared "World Raw Food Day" - nice little synchronicity ;)
There will be free talks to enjoy from various yumsters such as:

Mr. Monarch, David Wolfe, Ani Phyo, Daniel Vitalis, Alissa Cohen, 

Brendan Brazier, Markus Rothkranz, Jenna Norwood, Sergei Boutenko and MANY more...

You can tap into this *FREE* flow of "suggestions, tips, advice, recipes and wisdom for women and families looking to make it work on raw food in a cooked food family/world" by clicking over HERE - enjoy :)


on September the 13th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 quart watermelon/orange juice
handful of fresh figs and blueberries with raw almond butter
2 cups water
3 cups greeeeeeen juice
big shared raw meal at Chaco Canyon in Seattle, including coconut/veggie salad, cracker samples and amazing desserts :)
3 cups water


on September the 14th it was an intense travelling day and I appreciated:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeeen juice
pot of chopped pineapple pieces
2 cups water
fruit salad of peaches, blueberries and prune plums with acai powder
can of freeze-dried durian :)
2 cups veggie juice
2 cups water
mug of amazing maca tea
1 cup water


*Thank you* for all of the kind messages about the Healing Animal Meditation article I posted recently - it's lovely to hear that so many of you felt inspired by that post and intend to share this kind of meditation too :)
While we're on the subject, I LOVE this new, sweet little song just launched online by Greg Cipes and Jah Sun called "Why Must We Eat The Animals"...I think they did a great job making their own music video, check out all the dancing children and farm animals ;) The chorus of "Oh Why? Oh Why?" is very catchy - you might find yourself watching this one a few times as it gets stuck in your head... ;) ENJOY...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8LnxSjWWD8

on September the 15th I loved:

1 quart water
3 little peaches
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice
bowl of kelp noodles with spicy sunflower seed sauce, with nori, romaine and cucumber on the side, followed by a juicy apple ;)
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
sample of raw "fig newton" and 2 tbsp bee pollen
mug of "Natural calm'
1 cup water


on September the 16th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 tbsp bee pollen
bizarre little airoplane wrap meal using what we had left, after security took our food away :( lettuce, nori, sunflower greens, tomato, avocado, kale chips, followed by an apple
3 cups water
an apple with acai powder
cup of rejuvelac
1 cup water


Awwww, I received *such* a sweet message from one reader, Laura, a few days ago...Laura came to hear us speak on the west coast some days back and at one point in my talk, I was mentioning the power of the simple "Ho'oponopono" prayer and the impact it can have on healing relationships...Laura took all of this onboard and here was her message to me a couple of days after the event:

"I wanted to say a special thank you for sharing the Ho'oponpono healing prayer of "Thank You, I Love You, Please Forgive Me, I'm Sorry".

I had been very sad lately, as I hadn't heard from my dearest, and closest friend in over two weeks. I decided, after your talk, to go to bed that evening visualizing my friend, and saying the prayer over and over sending him my love, gratitude, and compassion.

Imagine my surprise, and delight, when I finally received an e-mail from him the very next day. I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened the e-mail, but it was full of gratitude and compassion towards me - asking for my forgiveness.

I would say that is one powerful prayer! It certainly seemed to work!

Angela - I'm sending you, and Matt, my gratitude as well. Thank you for being there for the raw food community. You bring joy to my life, and many others, daily.

With Love and Gratitude,

Laura H."

LOVE it, thanks so much for sharing, Laura :) ...and if *you* are unfamiliar with this simple prayer, you can read more abt *my* use of it in an earlier blog post HERE - enjoy :)

All looooooooooooooove and resonating delight,
Ms. Stokes-Monarch. xxx

Animal Healing Meditation

WELL...we're mid-tour now, back on the road and we just enjoyed a full-on day of juicy flow here in Seattle at the International Day of Juice Feasting...info on our remaining events in the next couple of weeks can be found HERE...we hope to see you at an event if you're able to make it along :)

For now, I recently experienced another powerful meditation that I would love to share with you here. It involved clearing energy connected to all the animals I took part in consuming as I was growing up. I understand this may not be something everyone chooses to connect to, so please do skip over this section if this doesn't resonate for you...
The suggestion for this meditation was given while we were driving on our current tour and passed by one of the large two-storey animal transport trucks with all the holes in the sides. I am grateful that on this occasion, as I glanced up, the truck was empty...just seeing these vehicles always stirs up such deep grief and anger in my being though and this time, as I was breathing into that space, the suggestion was given for me to clear connections in my own energetic field towards all the animals I ever personally was involved in consuming in some form or another as I was growing up.
(continued below...)

on September the 9th we were still travelling and I loved:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
big handful of cherries
fresh fruits with raw almond butter: peach, figs, blueberries, little slice of *amazing* Coconut Creme Pie from Cafe Gratitude :)
2 cups water
can of freeze dried durian
2 cups water


on September the 10th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 quart watermelon/orange juice
kelp noodles with a spicy sunflower seed sauce, stuffed into lettuce leaves with an assortment of pickled veggies on the side, followed by a few slices of dried mango
2 cups water
3 cups greeeeeen juice
1 cup coconut kefir
mug of "sleepy" tea
1 cup water


I stopped eating animal products (except bee products) around nine or so years ago and was trailing off my consumption of them for a few years before then...however, as a child/adolescent, if a meal didn't contain meat, it seemed incomplete to me...and as most of the animal products I was consuming back then were highly processed and factory farmed, I shudder to think how many other beings' lives went towards my intake back then...many thousands for sure...lives almost certainly taken with no sense of respect, honour or gratitude for the animal.
So, a few days ago, I chose to feel into this meditation and indeed experienced very healing and powerful shifts as a result. I asked to be connected to the energy of all the animals I had ever been involved in consuming and was met with strong visions of countless masses of cows, chickens, pigs, lambs and other animals all assembled together and facing towards me. There was an overwhelming energy of intense fear and sorrow. It moves me to tears just to recall this interaction. I focused on these beings and began to send forth light, love and healing into the space between us, especially using the Ho'oponpono healing prayer of "Thank You, I Love You, Please Forgive Me, I'm Sorry". The more I repeated this prayer internally as I connected with these animal souls, the lighter the energy and the vision seemed to become - it felt to me like the animals were very happy to be 'acknowledged' finally for the role they played here and there was a great release of tension and fear energy.
(continued below...)


on September the 11th I appreciated:

1 quart water
mug of herbal tea
3 cups greeeeeeeeen juice
cherries, figs and blueberries with raw almond butter
2 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeeeeeen juice
shared yummy raw meal at Thrive restaurant in Seattle including kelp noodle dish, salad and "nachos" with dips, followed by a little handful of dried jack fruit pieces
2 cups water


on September the 12th it was the International Day of Juice Feasting and I enjoyed:

1 quart water
shot of wild grass juice
1 quart watermelon/orange juice
few more shots of wild grass juice
3 tbsp spirulina crunchies
1 quart greeeeeeeeeeen juice
kelp noodle meal with sunflower seed sauce, stuffed into nori sheets and piled onto cucumber slices, followed by a little acai powder
mug of herbal tea
1 cup water


By the time I was finished sending these healing prayers, it felt like there was a very light and 'familial' bond between the animals and I - like the sense of relief and unity that can follow when people settle their differences and find love with each other again. It felt like a very rewarding experience and one that I am very grateful to have been led towards - this felt like an important clearing to me and I hope that any of you who are also drawn to such a meditation find it to be enriching for your lives too. Imagine what kinds of shifts might occur worldwide if many humans were to begin to connect with the souls of factory-farmed animals to initiate healing...I give thanks to all whose lives went towards fuelling my body and I send infinite love to all animals everywhere, humans included... ;)


All love, 
Angelalaalalaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx