News

JULY 2010 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the July 2010 Newsletter here.

Find newsletter archives here.

“A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent,
is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.” ~Hazrat Inayat Khan~

Going “Raw” has opened my eyes to many things; not only to the health benefits for myself, and the environmental benefits for the planet; but also to an awareness that the choices I make, can and will affect my relationship to the natural world and provide a spiritual connection to all living things.

I try to set aside 2-3 minutes every day to give thanks for all I’m grateful for. I close my eyes and silently give thanks. This one act has made a huge difference in my life.

When someone does something nice for me, however small, I try to remember to say thank you. And really mean it. I even try to give thanks for “negative” things in my life. It is a great way to remind myself that there is good in just about everything. Problems can be seen as opportunities to grow, to be creative.

Expressing gratitude reminds me of all the positive things in my life. It can turn bad things into good things. It reminds me of what’s important. And it reminds me to thank others. The simple act of saying “thank you” to someone can make a difference in his or her life. We all like being appreciated for who we are and what we do. It costs me very little, but I know that if it makes someone else happy that makes me happy.

A thought from Rawsome Coaching:

“We would like you to release the word "achieve" or "earn" from your vocabulary and from your understanding, altogether, and we would like you to replace those words with the word "allow". You're wanting to allow your Well-being, not achieve it. It's not something that you need to earn. All you have to do is decide what it is you would like to experience, and then allow it in order to achieve it. It isn't something you have to struggle for or try for. You are all worthy beings. You are deserving of this Well-being”. -Abraham-

The human body is amazing. It is so darn adaptable it will compensate in order to allow it to continue functioning. Sometimes the ways in which it compensates is not necessarily optimum but is allows us to keep making our way through the world. A case in point is my recent ‘struggle’ with carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis. I’ve put struggle in italics because it was suggested to me, that quite often when we are suffering with injuries or pains in our hands there is something we are resisting.

That gave me pause, as I felt I had made huge changes in my life towards a more balanced and healthful existence. Jim often reminds me that if I’m not enjoying what I’m doing, then don’t do it. Other words that have recently been tossed my way include detangle and surrender.

All of this leads me to consider what I truly am allowing into my life. But more importantly how I am ‘allowing’. It isn’t necessarily that I’m doing things I don’t want to do but rather, I am approaching what I have to do with a restraint that ultimately is constricting me physically and I hasten to add, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. - Rita Mae Brown

Self-Coaching Activity:

1. What do you believe yourself to be in your body, your heart, your mind, and your spirit?
2. What do you pretend to be in your body, your heart, your mind, and your spirit?
3. What will it take for you to allow all you can be in your body, your heart, your mind, and your spirit?

Take advantage of this self-coaching activity and give Chris a call at Rawsome Coaching [http://www.rawsomecoaching.ca/] for a 30-minute free coaching session at 250-537-2048 or email chrisgay@shaw.ca

An Inspirational Story:
A frequent participant in our classes and at the ‘Not a Café’, Michelle had the following to share:

“I was so inspired by you & Chris at the class last Sunday that I decided to clean up my act. Having this acute flare-up of my back & arthritis for the past 6 weeks has taken its toll and I was ready to get serious and get back on track with my raw diet.

I had gotten pretty lazy since Christmas and I had made improvements by having fresh vegetable juice & green smoothies during the day but eating a regular cooked meal for dinner. Mostly just vegetables, some tofu & the occasional piece of fish. I was doing the "raw before 6" routine but my back was not really getting better. I had pain with every step I took.

Well Monday morning I committed to 7 days 100% raw and I can honestly say by the third day my back pain was down by about 50% and today on day 5 it is about 70% better. I am blown away how well this works for me. I am walking without any pain and my energy is through the roof!!!

7 days raw? Well the way I feel right now I never want to eat cooked food again. The difference is night and day. I went from being tired to thriving on 6 hours of sleep & all of this in less than a week.

You & Chris are a huge blessing to me and an amazing asset to our community. Thank you so much for what you do. You inspire so many and are healing people with your classes and coaching.

You rock! Michelle

PS do you have any prepared raw foods for sale? “

Thank you for that Michelle. Way to go for paying attention to your body and trying out the new recipes you learned in the Survival course. And in answer to your question, starting July 8, the Rawsome Kitchen is open for drop-ins. Not only will there be light lunch dishes available to eat on site as well as Salt Spring Island Wheatgrass and green smoothies, but an assortment of pre-made items to walk away with. See the ad in this newsletter for more info.

Be Thankful

Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings.
~ Author Unknown ~

DROP-IN to the RAWSOME KITCHEN

Salt Spring Island Wheatgrass
854 Long Harbour Road
Salt Spring Island – 250-537-2048

Starting July 8th

Thursdays – 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

July through August

Raw, Natural, Living Food

• Salt Spring Island Wheatgrass Juice
• Green smoothies
• Soup
• Chili
• Pates
• Crackers
• Salads
• Ice Cream
• Chocolates

MAY CONTAIN NUTS/SEEDS – ALL WHEAT-FREE

July Workshops and Events:

Light and Healthy Living Workshop

Sunday, July 11th

1-4:30 p.m. at 854 Long Harbour Road on Salt Spring Island

Learn how to sprout your own wheatgrass and other greens, how to make fermented foods like cheese, yogurt and sauerkraut, and how to make a tasty light and nourishing sprout salad, energizing soup and crackers. Enjoy a 7-course meal, receive handouts and recipes, and watch food-prep demonstrations.

$55 per workshop or $100 for couples

RESERVATION AND PAYMENT REQUIRED IN ADVANCE

Indian-inspired Dinner – Not a Café

Saturday July 17th

7-9 p.m. at 854 Long Harbour Road on Salt Spring Island

MENU:

Garlic Non-Bread with Mango Chutney

Crisp Green Salad

Vegetable Curry

Creamy Spinach

Mushroom Masala

Chocolate-Chai Cheesecake

$35/person

RESERVATION AND PAYMENT REQUIRED IN ADVANCE

ALL RECIPES MAY CONTAIN NUTS/SEEDS – ALL WHEAT-FREE

For more information contact us at: rawsome@shaw.ca

If you are coming from Victoria or Vancouver, you can find the ferry schedule at this link: http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/southern/

The Salt Spring Island bus schedule can be found at this link: http://www.transitbc.com/regions/ssi/

Transition Tips:

De-toxing Your Kitchen

Making a change, such as a shift from the Standard American Diet (SAD) to a raw living foods lifestyle requires changes in your kitchen. We’re talking about cleaning out your cupboards, fridge and freezer, and clearing your counter tops. What follows are some step-by-step instructions.

1. Remove everything from your kitchen. Pull out all the food from the cupboards, fridge and freezer. Determine of all those foods what you are going to keep, donate, trash, recycle or compost.
   
2. Clean the spaces that you have pulled your food from. It is a great way to start fresh. You are creating a blank canvas to create a new vision.
   
3. If you live with others, then mark your territory and let people know that the foods in certain cupboards or shelves are yours. If the people you live with begin to eat more like you, then open your cupboards and open up possibilities to others. But for now, it is important to mark the foods that are yours and the foods that are for others. This will assist you in holding to your resolve to eat more raw living foods.
   
4. Consider how you spend your time in the kitchen and what you will need for counter space. Consider what others in your home do in the kitchen and require for storage and food prep. This will help you create a more effective and supportive layout of your kitchen and plans for future changes: Will you require a second fridge or freezer? Where can bulk foods be stored other than in the kitchen? If the oven is never used, what can be stored in it?
   
5. Having the equipment that you need to prepare raw living foods visible and on your counters will encourage you to use that equipment. Hiding your juicer makes it cumbersome to take it out everyday, let alone even thinking about juicing daily. Just as a traditional kitchen has a place for the stove/oven, a raw living foods kitchen requires a place of honour for our tools – blender, food processor, dehydrator, and juicer. They take up valuable real estate on counter tops; so consider if it is feasible to place a portable flat counter on top of your stovetop. For example, we have a sprouting rack on a portable counter top sitting on top of our stovetop. A dehydrator sits where the microwave used to be. Think about food storage and its proximity to your prep area.
   
6. Finally, put everything back in their new places and check that what you are keeping and how you laid out your kitchen will support your vision of a raw living foods lifestyle. Any changes we make to workflow patterns sometimes needs to be played out for a while. Be flexible and make more changes as you need to. Keep in mind that whatever decisions you make, they need to support your new vision and desire to eat more raw living foods. Now go ahead and treat yourself to a yummy raw treat. Good luck.

Recipe of the month:

Raw Mojitos in Two-Part Harmony
Sent in by my good friend Lisa Dymond

For Mesquite Nutmilk (from Chad Sarno's book, "Vital Creations")

• 1 cup nuts of choice, soaked 10 hrs
• 1/2 cup coconut meat (optional)
• 3 cup coconut water or regular, filtered water
• 2 dates
• 2 Tbsp mesquite powder
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt

Blend in Vitamix for about 30 seconds. Squeeze through nut milk bag.

For the Mojitos:

Place fresh mint in the bottom of a cup. Crush (muddle) it with a pestle. Add ice.

Prepare ahead of time

• 1 cup fruit (mango, raspberry or pineapple, or anything you like)
• 1 or 2 dates
• Water
• Twist of lemon

In a Vitamix, blend fruit, dates and water into a syrup- add water as needed.

Pour the fruit syrup into freshly minted cups, 1/2 way. Add sparkling water.

Variation - Sangria

Add a splash of hibiscus ”wine”

We also carry Juicers, Spirooli Spiral slicers, nut milk bags, Teflex sheets, books and laminated information charts (Juicing, dehydrators, raw food diet, wheatgrass and more). Contact us for more information.

NEW! Magnetic Resonance Stimulant (MRS 2000+)

Pulsating magnetic resonance stimulation is an amazing electromagnetic therapy that literally pours oxygen into the body. It uses low magnetic energy closely resembling the frequency of the magnetic earth field. The MRS 2000+ contains NO magnets. It’s an effective wellness device to combat the onslaught of ‘electro-smog’ – the negative electromagnetic fields we are bombarded with daily from cell phones, computers, TVs, microwaves, fluorescent lights.

For just 16 minutes a day you can:

• Increase oxygen to the cells of the body
• Improve cell function and metabolism
• Relax muscles and improve circulation
• De-stress
• Strengthen the immune system
• Gain an improved sense of health and well-being

The first session is FREE. Private sessions available on the MRS 2000+ mat.

The cost is $15.00 for a 16-minute session. MRS 2000+ is available for sale.

Simply call: 250-537-2048 to book your 16-minute session or learn how to own your own MRS 2000+.

Not to be used if you have epilepsy, if you are pregnant, or if you have electronic implants.

To learn more go to: http://www.mediconsult.tv/front_content.php?changelang=2&idcat=2&idart=3

Email us to be added to the mailing list.

top

Archives:

JUNE 2010 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the June 2010 Newsletter here.

The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet. - Rebecca H. Davis

MAY 2010 News

Download the printable version of the May 2010 News here.

APRIL 2010 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the April 2010 Newsletter here.

karlamassini.blogspot.com

La vérité n'existe pas. Et si elle existait, elle serait fausse.”

March 2010 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the March 2010 Newsletter here.

http://ecotime.blogspot.com

"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad."
Brian O'Driscoll, Irish Rugby Coach

February 2010 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the February 2010 Newsletter here.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them.
Hold them in your mind until they become second nature. - Les Brown

January 2010 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the January 2010 Newsletter here.

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan

December 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the December 2009 Newsletter here.

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose.
There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

November 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the November 2009 Newsletter here.

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting
and autumn a mosaic of them all.  ~ Stanley Horowitz

October 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the October 2009 Newsletter here.

"The way we farm now is destructive of the soil, the environment and us.”
- Doug Gurian-Sherman, Senior Scientist - Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

September 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the September 2009 Newsletter here.

photo: GETTY

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth
as much as the evolution of a vegetarian diet." - Albert Einstein

August 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the August 2009 Newsletter here.

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” -Lao Tzu

July 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the July 2009 Newsletter here.

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucius

Contents:

• July Workshops
• Kitchen Tips - Raw Food Conversion Chart
• Vitamix Affiliate Program
• Recipe of the month - Granola

June 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the June 2009 Newsletter here.

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.”
- Helen Keller

Contents:

• Raw food for purchase
• Brunch on Salt Spring workshop
• Products/Kitchen Aids
• Benefits and Side Effects of a Raw Food Diet
• Vitamix Blenders
• Kitchen Tips
• Recipe of the month -Orange Cranberry Cookies

May 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the May 2009 Newsletter here.

Contents:

• Raw in Japan
• Photo links to Japan
• Vitamix Affliate Program
• Kitchen Tips - Types of Kitchen Knives
• Workshops
• Recipe of the Month - Vegetable Teriyaki

 

 

April 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the April Newsletter here.

Contents:

• How to do Hanami
• Our plans for April
• April Workshops and Demos
• Research/News
• Overview of Raw Food Preparation Methods
• Recipe of the Month #1 - Indian Vegetable Curry
• Recipe of the Month #2 - Hot Chocolate Brownies

March 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the March Newsletter here.

Contents:

• Our Trip to Japan
• March Workshops
• Juice Fasting
• Research/Links of Interest
• Recipe of the Month - Chocolate Mousse

February 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the February Newsletter here.

Contents:

• Making the move to Raw - Setting up your kitchen
• Culinary News - Sprouts are alive!
• February Workshops
• Recipe of the Month - Malini’s Pesto Pizza

January 2009 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the January 2009 Newsletter here.

Contents:

• Going Raw
• Living Food Facts
• Simple Steps to Adding Raw Foods to Your Diet
• Research/Links of Interest
• Recipe of the Month - Cilantro Miso Soup

December 2008 Newsletter

Download the printable version of the December newsletter here.

Contents:

• Website launch
• Going Raw in a Cold Climate
• Research/Links of Interest
• Recipe of the Month - Chili San Carne

top