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Greetings Radiant One :)
Yesterday was my 8-year Raw-nniversary of the day when I went raw in 2002 :) It's been an *amazing* journey these last eight years...and today I'm thrilled to explore with you:
*Who Are You Listening To...?
*Exclusive Eco-Fashion Discount - Get 20% Off
*Five More Yummy Raw Recipes from Katia...
*Mr. Monarch's Generous June Offers
*8 Year Raw-nniversary Celebration = 16% Off :)
Who Are You Listening To...?
One concept I try to encourage people to think about in my talks, is WHO you are listening to in terms of guidance for your food choices. On a larger level, this might be thought of in terms of listening to family, friends, partners, doctors, mainstream nutritionists, the media and so on...and on a more intimate level, we might think about which part of our beings we are taking our cues from, in terms of what to eat, when and how much...
This more 'personal' level is what I'd like to focus on here. It seems to me that most people listen primarily to a combination of their taste-buds and their minds, when determining  when and what to eat...and yet, food is essentially fuel for the physical body, rather than the mind...and the physical body tends to work towards optimal physical health... Your body wants to be healthy, rather than in a state of dis-ease...however, while your body might be yearning for leafy greeeeeeeeens, small portions and lots of fresh juices, your mind and tastebuds may have a completely different agenda ;)
Most of us reading this quite likely grew up in circles of processed food
sugar/fat/salt/additives/colourings addiction frenzies...and we may
have plodded along that kind of path for a few decades before
considering a change in direction...so,
with this kind of background in mind, it is understandable that our
tastebuds may be more than a little 'perverted' in their desires, especially when we initially switch to eating more raw...
As for our minds, well...if we have any kind of emotional 'stickiness'/dependency
around food, our minds may surely be calling for food for any and every
reason - because we're happy, sad, lonely, upset...or we feel like we
'deserve' it, we're celebrating, we're stressed, anxious,
miserable...you name it ;)
Seldom do we seem to eat because we're genuinely physically hungry...indeed many people do not ev en
seem to recognise what true physical hunger even feels like - it's like
a pulling in the stomach, which intensifies if left unfed...
So when we feel an intense pull to eat, we might do well to ask ourselves WHERE this desire is coming from - is this our mind and tastebuds asking for entertainment, or is it actually our body asking for some more nutrition? So often we seem to listen to the whims and demands of the mind and tastebuds over the genuine concerns of the body...yet we can only ignore the body for so long though, before issues start to show up in the form of illnesses, sluggishness, excess weight and so on...
If we want to side-step these sticky patterns, we might do well to ask ourselves a few QUESTIONS as and when we feel the pull to eat...questions such as: when did I last eat? Have I fully digested that last meal yet? How much water have I drunk today? ...and so on...take a few moments to inquire of yourself around these ideas and then, if you do decide indeed to go ahead and consume something, there are three questions I love to encourage people to consider first about their food choices, all of which could be grouped together under the idea of 'could I be making a better choice right now...?'
Here are the three ideas to consider:
*how could I make this meal lighter?
(e.g. instead of grabbing a handful of nuts, or a heavy nut+dried fruit
bar, how about whipping up a greeeen smoothie in a few minutes
instead?)
*how could I make this meal greeeeener?
(Search for ways to get more leafy greeeeens into you - juices,
smoothies, salads, soups, greens hidden in salad dressings, green
powders sneaked into desserts, cookies and so on ;)
*how could I make this meal more nutrient/mineral-dense? (e.g. how might you be able to add seaweed
into a meal - kelp sprinkled over a salad, dulse in a soup, salad
wrapped in a nori sheet? Instead of grabbing just a banana, how about
blending that nana up with some yummmmy nutrient-rich kale or parsley
and topping with a few goji berries...? ...and so on...)
I hope these ideas have given you a little extra 'food for thought'
when it comes to making food choices...so many of us seem to
'automatically' reach out for food in any given situation, following
the promptings of those monkey minds and twisted tastebuds...well, perhaps now you'll feel the desire to listen more to that beautiful body of yours and get lighter, greener and more nutrient-dense by the bite ;)
ENJOY :)
Exclusive Eco-Fashion Discount - Get 20% Off
oOOOOoOoOOoooo, I'm so *EXCITED* to share a fabulous eco-fashion discount with you today, exclusively made for YOU, dear RawReform readers - YAY :)
If you've been reading here for a while, you may know that I'm very into eco-friendly clothing (here is an older blog post on this subject, for example)...and one of my absolute FAVOURITE eco-friendly fashion companies in the US is Texture Clothing, run by Theresa in Washington state.
I first met Theresa at the massive Green Festival show in Chicago abt 4 years ago...her creations stood out for me and I bought a terracotta red hemp 'Market Skirt' from her that I've probably worn about half the time ever since and still *love* ;)
Last year Theresa then created her amazing 'Posh Pants' - with the tagline 'good luck finding bigger flares than these' ;) These hempy, stretchy, beautiful flowing leg-lovers are easily my FAVOURITE trousers these days...I have two pairs: 'merlot' and 'seaweed' colours...
These three items from Texture - two pairs of trousers and a market skirt - pretty much comprise the 'bottoms' part of my wardrobe these days - I'm nearly always wearing smthg from Theresa and now, as a very special gift to *you* guys, she wanted to offer you all 20% OFF anything from her store - LOVE it :)))
She just uploaded a TON of new things to the site, including some very cool 'green tea' coloured trousers and skirts, long-length 'Comfy Skirts', gorgeous new cowl tops and more...she makes some fabulous accessories too, like these wrist/arm warmers,pictured to the left... ;)
You can check out all her work at www.TextureClothing.com and be sure to use the coupon code 'raw' for 20% off *any* purchase - I'm so excited about this - thanks Theresa :)))
Enjoy, everyone :)))
Five More Yummy Raw Recipes from Katia...
Do you recall the *yummy* green smoothie recipes sent in by Katia in Australia a few weeks back? She shared 11 unique green smoothie recipes with us, which people have been raving about on email ever since ;) Now Madame Katia would love to also share with y'all a couple of green JUICE recipes and three raw cookie recipes too - wow, enjoy :)
Citrus Delight Green Juice
1 head celery
1 to 2 organic grapefruit
1 lemon
1 lime
1 orange (optional)
1 tablespoon fresh ginger (optional but highly recommended)
Stevia to taste
Put all ingredients through your juicer or alternatively blend
everything in a high-speed blender and strain mixture through nut-mylk
bag. Enjoy!
Citrus Delight II (For Adventurous Souls)
1 head celery
1 to 2 grapefruit
1 lemon and/or lime
1 to 2 cloves garlic
Put all ingredients through your juicer or alternatively blend
everything in a high-speed blender and strain mixture through nut-mylk
bag. Enjoy!
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Banana-Lemon Choc Chip Cookies
Between 1/2 cup to 1 cup almond meal (pulp left over from making almond milk)
1 banana
Juice of half a lemon
1 to 2 tablespoons raw honey or raw agave
Raw cacoa nibs
In a high-speed blender, blend the almond meal, banana, lemon juice and
raw honey/agave. Form little 'cookies' and add raw cacao nibs on top of
each cookie. Dehydrate for about 20 hours.
Vanilla-Coconut Cookies
Meat of two young coconuts
One cup organic dessicated coconut
2 teaspoons raw organic vanilla powder (the one I use is the best and I purchased it from TheRawFoodWorld)
1 tablespoon organic raw honey/agave
Coconut water to blend
Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender and then form cookies with the dough. Dehydrate for about 20 hours.
Pear-Choc Cookies
For the Cookie Dough:
Between 1/2 a cup and 1 cup raw soaked almonds
2 pear
1 tablespoon raw honey/agave
1 teaspoon raw organic vanilla powder
Half a teaspoon cinnamon powder
Quarter of a teaspoon nutmeg powder
For the Chocolate Drizzles:
3 tablespoons raw organic cacao powder
2 tablespoons raw organic honey/agave
Enough purified water to mix ingredients together
Blend together the ingredients for the cookie dough in a high-speed
blender. Form cookies with the mixture. Drizzle some 'chocolate sauce'
on each of them, forming nice patterns. Dehydrate for about 15 hours.
These are delicious.
ENJOY :)
Mr. Monarch's Generous June Offers
Oooooo, it's that time again, when we move month and Mr. Monarch manoeuvres in a marvellous new set of specials over at TheRawFoodWorld.com - let's see what's on offer for jolly June:
The following specials are available until June 30th...
"At Cost":
Living Tree Community Tahini, 16oz - $8.97, Normally $14.95 - with 7% coup0n $8.34, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $7.89 
Herbed Olives w/pits, 8oz - $5.97, Normally $9.95 - with 7% coup0n $5.55, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $5.25
Olives w/Celtic Sea Salt, 8oz - $6.97, Normally $9.95 - with 7% coup0n $6.48, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $6.13
Raw Chocolate L.O.V.E. Cups - 4-pack - $8.96, Normally $12.80 - with 7% coup0n $8.33, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $7.88
Raw Chocolate L.O.V.E. Cups - Almond - $2.44, Normally $3.49 - with 7% coup0n $2.27, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $2.15
Raw Chocolate L.O.V.E. Cups - Coconut - $2.44, Normally $3.49 - with 7% coup0n $2.27, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $2.15
Raw Chocolate L.O.V.E. Cups - Dark - $2.44, Normally $3.49 - with 7% coup0n $2.27, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $2.15
Raw Chocolate L.O.V.E. Cups - Pecan - $2.44, Normally $3.49 - with 7% coup0n  $2.27, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $2.15
Almond Flour, 16oz - $8.95, Normally $17.95 - with 7% coup0n $8.32, and 12% 'Inner Circle' coup0n $7.88
To access these offers, click the link below, or type - hnymn - in the search box at the top right hand corner of www.TheRawFoodWorld.com.
Click Here For "At Cost" Specials
Additionally, you can redeem this coup0n at www.TheRawFoodWorld.com by typing in - HONEYMOON - in the coup0n number section, to get an additional 7% off your order. This coup0n will be good through June 30th, 2010 and can be redeemed at:
www.TheRawFoodWorld.com
You can get 12% off your order and ALL FUTURE ORDERS by joining the Inner Circle Community HERE for ONLY $9.97 a month.
Eight Years Raw-nniversary Celebration = 16% OFF :)
There's still time to access my special " Raw-nniversary" celebration 16% Off Specials - read on for the deets: :)
Last Sunday, May the 30th, was the 8th anniversary for me of the day when I learned about raw food and my life path began to dramatically shift...
I went on to release around 160lbs of excess weight, witness my entire e  xperience of life completely transform, share this message with others and begin to co-create my highest vision for my existence, here in Ecuador...it has been quite some journey and when I look back on these last eight years of transformation, I am filled with a sense of wonder and gratitude...
I thought it would be fun to share my excitement abt this raw-nniversary with you all :) I decided to choose one book or product that had a significant impact on each of these last eight years of my journey, one per year...and to offer y'all 16% off any of these yummies, if you want to enjoy them too...here's what I chose:
Year 1: R aw Family - this was the book that I read which triggered my transformation - life-shifting :)
Year 2: Enema Bag - I did my first colon cleansing on a raw retreat in the UK - my body was sooooo grateful... ;)
Year 3: Spirulina - in 2004 I moved in with Kate Magic in Brighton and began eating superfoods daily...spirulina became a favourite and I frequently sported a 'spirulina mouth'...
Year 4: Raw Spirit - a nice man called Mr. Monarch sent me his first book, which resonated so much with me that I ended up flying out to the US to meet him... ;)
Year 5: Power-Wraps - In the US, I was amaaaaazed at all the different packaged raw food products - one of my favourites was (and still is), Gopal's nori power-wraps...
Year 6: A Juice Feaster's Handbook - in early 2007 I completed a 92-Day Juice Feast in Costa Rica and published my little book on this form of cleansing.
Year 7: Anastasia - as I have mentioned many times, no book has impacted my life more than "Anast  asia" - if I could recommend only one book to someone, it would be this :)
Year 8: Goji Berries - Mr. Monarch and I went on a speaking tour aaaaaall over the US for many many months, during which time we drank goji juice almost every day to keep us smiling... ;)
...and now, as I enter my ninth year of raw living, I'm *so  * thrilled to watch the vision that I have seen for so many years, now manifesting into the physical, in front of my eyes: living on fertile land, growing food, enjoying the sunshine, being in contact daily with nature, intending to raise children here conciously in community...I'm thrilled to see what the NEXT 8 years and beyond might unfold for us... :)
You can access all of these special raw-nniversary 16% off deals HERE...and all brightest blessings to you all for your own unfolding delicious journeys... :))))
~ With gratitude and joy... :) ~
Angela Stokes-Monarch. xxx
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