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Yuletide salutations, dear one :)
It is with great joy that I bring you the closing RawReform musings of the year…dive right on in to experience:
-Raw Life Down Under
-POOOOOOIIIIIIIIII :)
-Raw Elf Mischief
-Sublime Gift Suggestions
-Mr Monarch Transforms in Technicolour
-Yummy Yuletide Offers - 10% OFF
-Raw Chocolate Contest Winner and Recipes
-T. Colin Campbell wants YOU ;)
-Raw Spirit Fest 2008
-Prize Giveaway – win your own set of POI...
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Raw Life Down Under
Mr Monarch and myself have been kicking about in Oz for the last
month or so with much joy. Some of my personal highlights of life down
under so far include:
*getting to safely walk around barefoot and run for miles on compacted white sand on deserted beaches…
*masses of tropical fruit – black sapotes, yellow dragonfruit, egg fruit, rollinia, mamey, jack fruit, Brazilian cherries
*collecting my own wild foods daily on foraging jogs, for green smoothies, like greens, berries and flowers, plus picking fresh fruits and nuts on occasion…
*connecting with the antipodean raw tribal family and seeing the potential down here for the raw food movement to EXPAND enormously…it’s a fantastic location for it…
*accessing absurdly abundant varieties of leafy greens at farmers’ markets – many of which we don’t even know the names – stacking up the nutrients ;)
We shall be giving talks
in Byron Bay, Adelaide and Perth in the coming weeks. Adelaide on
January the 6th, Byron on January the 12th and Perth on Jan the
23rd…full details shall be found presently on the RawReform Events Calendar…we hope to see you there if you are in the vicinity :)
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POOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
I am VERY excited to announce that we now have POI for sale on the RawReform website. Have you ever tried poi dancing?
I think it’s a FANTASTIC form of exercising…I’ve been
learning/practicing for about 4-5 years…I used to teach myself out in
the snow at night in Iceland when I was first learning ;) I LOVE it…I
find it so beautiful and graceful…it’s also great for toning
the body (especially upper body), improving coordination, meditating,
inspiring kids to be more active and much more… ;) The poi we’ve just
started to sell are soft, GREAT for beginners and a bargain at $15 a
set – an ideal ‘stocking-stuffer’– see HERE.
I filmed a quick 3 minute YouTube video demo of me poi dancing on the beach, so you can see what it’s all about if you’re not familiar – see here:
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MISCHIEVOUS RAW ELVES
Ahahahahahaahahhhahaaaaaaaaa :) Look what Mr Monarch made to share
some Holiday-time joy…I LOVE it…LOL…and the picture here is just a
taster – click the following link to get the full effect of our snow-time shimmies with Wiggie and Norm…
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Sublime Gift Suggestions
Oooo, the time of great gifting is
upon us…what to choose, what to choose? You wanna give them something
that feels good to YOU too, right? Well, help is at hand… Here are some
of our top suggestions from the RawReform Store for your loved ones
this season:
For Her:
For Him:
For the Little People:
For Loved Ones:
For the Tricky Ones:
The Store is packed with goodies…so, poke about…we hope you find some
marvellous, organic, healthy, inspiring treats to fill YOUR Santa Sacks
with... Be sure to use the 10% OFF coupon below too for even greater bargains ;)
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THE MONARCH TRANSFORMS IN TECHNICOLOUR…
WOW, now this is a MUST see :) LOL…Mr Monarch recently put up a
before/after video of his personal raw food transformation, on
YouTube…it’s pretty phenomenal to see the contrast…he recently found
all these old tapes of his pre-raw and early raw days from 8 or so
years ago and has been cutting them together into this piece – it’s
really quite lyrical…there's also a little Stokes cameo in there too ;)
Enjoy...
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Yummy Yuletide Offers - 10% OFF All Orders
Interested in Hemp Seeds and Chia? We stocked up on stacks of them this
Holiday Season, so that we can offer them to you at fabulous prices). :) Yep, it’s
a yule-tide yummm fest for all…take a look at these prices and stuff
YOUR stockings with nutritious nuggets ;)
To access those special offers, just click HERE or on the images of the chia and hemp, or type 'holidaysp' in the search field of the RawReform Store.
AaaaaaAAAaaaAAAAaaaaand, as an extra SPECIAL Holiday Treat, you can get
10% OFF anything in the RawReform Store from now until December the
31st by using the coupon code ‘stuffmystockings’. Just enter that code
as you checkout and all manner of good things shall surely befall ye… ;) ----------
RAW CHOCOLATE WINNER AND RECIPES
Congratulations to Elena Hvizd, the oh-so-fortunate winner of last
month’s RawReform Prize Giveaway of three tubs of Ulimanamana Raw
Chocolate Truffles – mmmmmm :)
We asked you to send in your favourite raw chocolate recipe to be in
with a chance of winning. Elena’s entry was picked at random – here’s
her winning recipe…
Chocolate Raspberry Bliss Balls! 1 Cup of fresh raspberries (or defrost a bit first, if
frozen)
1/2 Cup raw cacao powder (or nibs ground in a coffee
grinder)
1/3 Cup raw coconut oil
1/3 Cup Agave or other raw sweetener of choice
1 Tablespoon hemp seeds
1 Tablespoon raw coconut flakes
Optional: a dash of ginger powder or grated ginger if
you like a touch of spice!
Blend all ingredients in food processor and separate
into little balls and freeze. Whenever you want a
chocolate berry bliss treat, grab a chocolate berry
ball!
CONGRATS to Elena and thanks to ALL of you who entered this contest –
many of your entries have been added to the RawReform Readers’ Recipes
page here:
So check that page out for tons of ext-RAW-dinary recipes (scroll to
about half-way down the page to see where the chocolate recipes start…)
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CHINA STUDY AUTHOR SEEKS TRANSFORMATION STORIES
Ooo la la…it’s time for another ‘exciting opportunity’ alert. T. Colin
Campbell, the author of the fantastic book ‘The China Study’ (the most
comprehensive research study ever conducted on the relationship between
diet and disease) is looking for people to share their stories of
healing with a plant-based diet. YUMMY. Here’s the relevant blurb:
“All of Dr. Campbell's research points to the benefits of a plant-based
diet and the dangers of the over-consumption of animal protein,
including red meat, pork, poultry, fish and dairy. To support Dr.
Campbell's work, we endeavor to create a library of accurate and
personal accounts by those who have used plant-based nutrition to
inhibit disease. These accounts will be aggregated and made available
to the public to serve as a reference material for patients,
physicians, researchers and anyone else who may need it. As well as to
create this reference resource, the intention is also to collect a
critical mass of information that may pave the way for further study.
The more information we are able to gather, the greater impact we will
have.
We seek to gather tens of thousands of accounts. If you have had a
positive experience using a plant-based diet as medicine, your story
would prove invaluable to our project. If you should you know of others
with compelling stories regarding foods' use as medicine please share
this letter with them as well. Should you be willing to participate, I
invite you to contact me without delay. Please contact Micaela Cook at
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Hope to see you on their database if you have a juicy tale to tell... ;)
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RAW SPIRIT FEST 2008
The last one is barely over and plans for the next spectacular Raw
Spirit Fest are underway – yeeeeee-HAH :) The dates for 2008 are
September the 12th-14th, back at the charming Radisson grounds in
Sedona, Arizona…and I certainly do hope to be back by then… ;) The
organisers of the festie are currently offering an ‘early bird special’
rate, until December the 31st of just $250 for the entire weekend event
– bargain…now THAT would make an amazing holiday gift, methinks… ;) You
can sign up or even buy gift certificates for the event HERE...you can
tell ‘em Miss A. Stokes sent you…and I hope to see you there ;)
BTW, if you didn’t yet see the sweet 10 minute Raw Spirit Fest 2007
video compilation the Monarch made for me on YouTube, it’s an
entertaining little piece – you can see it HERE…the bit that makes me laugh most?
‘Pseudo-famous’ ;)
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Prize Giveaway – win your own set of POI
The final RawReform Prize Giveaway of the year is a sure-fire crowd
pleaser…we’re giving away a set of our wonderful practice poi…now it’s
easy to simultaneously exercise, play, tone your upper body, impress
the kids, improve coordination and much more… ;)
So, as the year draws to a close, many of us use this period as a time
of reflection and celebration of what was shared in the last 12
months…I know personally it’s been an amazing journey – from a Juice
Feast in Costa Rica to an intensive speaking tour of the US, announcing
my engagement to Mr Monarch in England, launching the RawReform Store,
hanging out all over Canada speaking at festivals, passing many an hour
writing my new book and coming down under here to Australia for a
summer of sun, sand and seasonal produce…I feel very blessed…
In the spirit of all things reflective and delectable, we’d love to
invite you to send in YOUR 2007 RAW REFLECTIONS…what in the world of
raw food has inspired or uplifted you this year? What stands out in
your memory? Who did you love sharing recipes with? What helped you to
stay motivated? Which recipe made a difference in your enjoyment? We
wanna hear YOUR raw highlights. So, please send your answer to the
following question to
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‘What have been your top THREE raw food highlights of 2007?’ We certainly look forward to reading and sharing your responses to that
:) The winner be picked at random and with joy in January :)
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Well, well…thanks be indeed, to all of you who hosted Mr Monarch and
myself in your homes this year, came to meet us at lectures and
events, sent us emails, shimmied love vibes our way, smiled at us on
buses or…simply read our messages and smiled :) We love and appreciate
you all…and we look forward to playing more in the raw food fun-park of
life with y’all next year…
Until then, Happy Holidays and a yummy yule-tide to all :)
One love,
Angelaaaaaaaaaaaa. xxx
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