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

Healing the Ancestral Lineage...

I just posted an article this week in my newsletter about healing our ancestral lineages...in case some of you missed this piece, I wanted to share it again here...enjoy :)

Yesterday I experienced a very powerful healing meditation that I wanted to share with you here, as perhaps some of you will love to guide yourselves through this healing too. Most of us at this point seem to have blockages of some kind in our family lineage that might benefit from some loving attention and release...

This meditation I enjoyed yesterday was suggested to me by a fabulous "Reiki Do Satori" practitioner here in Vilcabamba, called Elena Alekseeva. The meditation helps to clear any blockages/issues/karma in the ancestral lineage, especially through the female line. Elena gave me the outline for the meditation and I will share with you here how I experienced this healing process:

I sat outside in nature for this meditation with eyes closed and got calm, quiet, centred. I visualised myself as a baby inside my mother's womb. I then sent love, light and healing into the energetic field around that vision - I chose to use the "Ho'oponopono" prayer especially, to help clear the energy:

"Thank You, I Love You, Please Forgive Me, I'm Sorry".

I kept repeating this prayer until it felt like the energy in that connection was lighter. Then I moved backwards a generation, to visualise my mother as a baby inside the womb of my grandmother. Again, I sent love, light and healing into that energetic connection, repeating the Ho'oponopono prayer especially until it felt like something shifted...then I moved backwards another generation and so on, clearing the fields all the way back through seven generations of women.
It was a very powerful and transformative experience for me. I found the messages and energies I received from the women of the different generations very interesting - those from the pre-Victorian era for example seemed a lot more at peace with life than those who came later...
Once I had worked back through all these generations, I then visualised the clear flowing luminescent light and energy through the whole lineage, from myself stretching back through all the women who came before me...it was a very beautiful moment. (Continued below...)






on July the 26th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
a small papaya
shared meal with friends of chopped fruits, raw soup, salad, walnut pate etc
2 cups water
mug of horchata tea
1 cup water


I also chose to visualise this generational healing through my father's side of the family too, starting with him as a male, then moving backwards solely through the female line from there, again from womb to womb. This also felt very healing.
Once I had completed both lines and could visualise clear, shimmering energy paths through each side, I united both sides into one vision, with myself as the current 'end point'...there was a great sense of release and lightening...and I was also prompted to pick up pen and paper and draw two pictures to represent what I had experienced. These were given the names "The Lineage" and "The Union". Although I do not feel like I am *fabulous* at drawing at this point in my life, I will share these pictures here below, as I sense that others may enjoy these images and also receive healing benefits from the energy they carry...



I appreciate these images and feel there is great power behind them, even if they look nothing like the shimmering, glorious versions that I see in my mind's eye ;) In fact, I was also prompted to share the message that if any of *you* do feel more gifted as visual artists and would love to re-interpret these drawings in your own style, I would LOVE to see the outcome... :)
For now, I trust that some inspiration for generational healing may have been transmitted through my sharing this story here...I wish you all the very best with your own healing journeys... :)



on July the 27th I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
½ a papaya
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
cucumber salad meal stuffed into nori sheets, with walnut pate on the side, followed by a mug of horchata tea with stevia :)
cup of horchata tea
2 cups water


On another note, I suddenly got a rush of emails lately asking *what* exactly we use in our daily greeeeeeen juices...I thought it might be a good idea to answer this here too, as this seems to be a Q for quite a few people...here we go:

...right now we're living in Ecuador and picking all the greens straight from our garden, so the 'ingredients' might not be so recognisable/transferable to your location, depending on where you are in the world...we use a lot of 'weeds'/wild greens for example...
Things people *usually* use in green juices include: celery, cucumber, lettuces, spinach, kales, fennel, cabbage, beetroot/carrot tops, herbs such as parsley, dill, dandelion, cilantro etc...pretty much anything green that you can find and eat ;) If I'm drinking STRAIGHT green juice, I prefer to have it with lime and ginger to flavour it a bit...here in Ecuador we use pineapple, as it is abundant, cheap and makes the juice VERY tasty ;) Most people who are starting out find green juices VERY intense, so it's best to 'cut' them with something like apple or carrot juice etc...

For 'recipe'/combo ideas you might look at a site such as http://www.goneraw.com for green juice recipes, or here are a few simple ideas:

'chocolate milk' - spinach/romaine/carrot

celery/apple/cucumber/ginger - very light and refreshing

pineapple with greens

We make green juice using a juicer...here's an example video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFnMNRl1LeA

You can also make green juice in a blender - see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp4SzDD5QDk

Hope this helps ;)

All love,
Angelalalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

Attitude is Altitude ;)

OoOooOooooo, lots of you seemed to enjoy the three song links I posted in my last newsletter - and thanks to all of you who have been sending in more yummy music suggestions to share :)
Here is a funky gal with a GREAT voice, called April Smith, who seems to be a dandy diva on the rise - kudos to Myra Sarikaya for sending us this link to enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYX-WmcnFCg

FUN - love the professional suitcase player... :)


On June the 12th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 dragon fruit
3 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
water of a young coconut
plate of mixed yummies at a raw food potluck: salads, coconut crisps, flax crackers, horchata tea, a few soaked raisins
2 cups water
1.5 cups 'calcium' smoothie ;) tahini-banana-water-chocolate/vanilla extracts-maca
mug of horchata tea
cup of water


on June the 13th I loved:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
cup of sugarcane juice with citrus
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with sugarcane juice
2 cups greeeeeen smoothie: granadilla, papaya, banana, greens from the garden
1.5 cups *AMAZING* passionfruit/mandarin juice drink made by Mr. M
2 cups water
1.5 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with sugarcane juice
2 cups greeeeeeeen smoothie: granadilla, papaya, banana, avocado, greeeeeeens from the garden, topped with a few dried Incan berries :)
chunk of pineapple with a dragon fruit
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


I've also received a couple of links this last week pointing me in the direction of Nick Vujicic, a dynamic Ozzie who was born with no arms or legs and is now spreading his love around the world as a light-hearted light-worker, reminding people that they have all they need inside of them to experience the reality they choose to enjoy...here below is a link to an endearing video with Nick, as he speaks to a crowd of schoolchildren about their potential - many of them are moved to tears and the video has had over 3.6 million views already - WOW, thanks for sharing, Nick :) Love it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE

...and here is the link for Nick's main website: http://www.attitudeisaltitude.com -ENJOY :)


on June the 14th I appreciated:

1 quart water
2 cups *amazing" Monarch elixir: coconut water, mandarin juice, passion fruit/granadilla juice
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeeen smoothie: banana, papaya, granadilla, greeeeens from the garden, with a few dried Incan berries on top
1.5 cups water
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
shared cucumber/jicama salad meal with Mr. M, stuffed into nori sheets, followed by a hand-stirred yumpot: tahini, honey, maca, vanilla/chocolate extracts
2 cups water


on June the 15th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
1.5 cups greeeeen smoothie: banana, papaya, greeeens from the garden, topped with a few dried incan berries
samples of Coconut Secrets nectar and crystals - WOW ;O
1.5 cups yummmy Spirulina Crunchies smoothie -inspired by the Giannis ;) coconut water, coconut meat, spirulina crunchies, maca, bee pollen
1.5 cups greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
2 cups greeeeeen smoothie, with coconut nectar and crystals - WOW, samples of three raw food dishes made by neighbour :)
2 cups water


LOVE this sweet little note I received recently from the Hazelden 'Gift for Today' emails:

"Norman Vincent Peale wrote that "God runs a beauty parlor," meaning that plain people with gracious thoughts tend to become more attractive as years wear on.
I'll remember today that I don't really keep my thoughts and feelings secret. I will think well of myself and all others. I know that there are no hidden thoughts in the long run."

Mmmmmm, keep on smiling friends, keep on spreading that light...aim to take nothing personally and if feeling challenged, remember that the Ho'oponopono prayer is always a great direction for your energy...Thank You, I Love You, Please Forgive Me, I'm Sorry... ;)


All love,
Angelalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx

Thank You, I Love You, Please Forgive Me, I'm Sorry...

I want to express today how much I love the energy of the Ho'oponopono 'mantra/prayer/blessing': Thank You, I Love You, Please Forgive Me, I'm Sorry. If you're not familiar with this healing process, here is smthg I wrote about it in "Raw Emotions":

Thank You, I Love You, Please Forgive Me, I Am Sorry
One of my favourite ways to dissipate awkward energies and painful emotions is to share these four blessings: thank you, I love you, please forgive me, I am sorry. You may recognise this as the Hawaiian healing process of ‘Ho’oponopono’, which is based on loving yourself and accepting responsibility for all that is within your reality. There is a wonderful story that accompanies this prayer. One ward for the ‘criminally insane’ in the State Hospital in Hawaii was home to those patients who had been declared more or less ‘untreatable’. A healer went to work there. He never met with any of the patients. He simply went and sat in an office and read over their medical files. As he read, he felt loving compassion and blessed each of them repeatedly with the healing prayer: ‘thank you, I love you, please forgive me, I am sorry.’ The transformation in the patients was remarkable. Their conditions shifted to such a degree that in the end, the hospital ward actually closed, as there was no longer any need for it…WOW! I love that story - for me it totally conveys the message of the power of our thoughts. So, next time you feel anger, disappointment, jealousy or resentment towards others, perhaps try saying this prayer - either out loud or internally - and watch the energy transform… You can find out more about this simple healing technique at http://www.ancienthuna.com.

Thank YOU. I Love YOU. Please Forgive Me. I'm Sorry. :)

on May the 11th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with sugarcane juice
mug of herbal tea
an avocaco mashed together in a bowl with sauerkraut and dulse seaweed, with spirulina coconut chews, followed by a dried banana
2 cups water
1 tbsp bee pollen, a yummy papaya
2 cups water
big slice of pineapple
mug of Natural Calm


on May the 12th it was a travelling day for us and I loved:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
2 tbsp bee pollen
bowl of fresh fruit (granadillas, papaya, rambutan) with chia seed gel and coconut jelly-meat
2 cups water
2 cups carrot/orange juice (...??? odd S. American juice combo that's actually quite nice ;)
an orange-coloured fruit fest in the car: dragon fruit, granadillas, mandarin
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


On the subject of "Raw Emotions", a sweet email came in yesterday from someone who had just finished reading the book:

" Just wanted to say I really enjoyed your book. I felt your calming influence radiate from the pages. You gave me a model of what life could be like - what it would be like to be at peace. So thank you for your kind words and honesty, I read your book at a shakey time and it helped me a great deal.

All the best wishes,

Rebecca x"

Mmmm, thanks Rebecca :)
Remember that we have a special offer on at the moment for a four-pack of potentially life-shifting books: Raw Emotions, Non-Violent Communication, Anastasia and Raw Family - see HERE for that offer and...enjoy :)


on May the 13th it was a mostly liquids day for me and I was blissed with:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice and lime juice
cup of mandarin juice combined with vitamin c powder
3 cups coconut water blended with Greener Grasses
cup of intense greeeeen juice
2 cups greeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice and lime juice
small handful of homemade coconut chips
2 cups water
water of a young coconut
2 cups greeeen smoothie made with granadilla, wild greens, cilantro
2 cups pineapple juice/lime juice/honey/water/salt
a papaya
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
2 cups water


on May the 14th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
water of a young coconut
2 cups watermelon juice
2 cups greeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
1 cup greeeen smoothie (granadilla, berries, wild greens, cilantro)
2 tbsp bee pollen
2 cups water
yummy big shared meal at Sambuca Cafe: raw lasagne, tostadas, spirulina coconut chips, horchata tea and an Incan Berry Bliss Ball :)
mug of reishi/shilajit/ormus tea
1 cup water


Today was 'officially' the last day of the 2010 Vilcabamba Raw Food Gathering...what an experience this has been, these last two weeks ;O

It seems there were around 120 or so 'raw' visitors here in the last couple of weeks and today we closed this phase of the gathering with a wonderful 'closing circle' :) We have shared many adventures and delights together in the last days: zip-lining, hikes, horse-rides, farm tours, talks, singing circles, massages, spa treatments, movie nights, potlucks, parties, meditations, work/playshops, yoga classes, healing sessions...what a blessing :) ...and there seem to be emerging intentions to play the game again next year too...more details to come... ;)
For now, there are many pictures on Facebook and the Raw Gathering Ning Community to peruse, plus I posted a set of pics on Flickr HERE and Mr. M has been posting videos regularly from here over at www.TheRawFoodWorld.tv - enjoy :)

Maybe we'll see y'all down here next year for more fun and adventures... ;)

All love,
Angelalaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx