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Photos: SurThrival NY, Daniel Vitalis rocks the house

This past weekend our good friend Vanessa Barg hosted alchemist, herbalist and spring water king, Daniel Vitalis, at the first ever SurThrival NYC lecture and Chocolate Party.

SurThirval is the art and science of "thriving through all circumstances" and at this lecture Daniel Vitalis went deep into some of the ideas he covered in our joint venture ElixirCraft Master Course.

The event featured amazing food, lots of recognizable faces, tons of chocolate, dope elixirs and a commemorative chocolate bar.

Rawtographer Jeff Skeirik was in full force at SurThival and took some of the best event photos I've ever seen taken at an event. I've posted a few of my favorites here, but be sure to check out the entire photo album here.

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Check out all the photos here.

Related
  • Photos from our NYC Chocolate Party
  • Raw Spirit Memories by Jeff Skeirik

Posted by Dhrumil on July 01, 2009 | Permalink

Two Amazing Retreats by Two Amazing Female Entrepreneurs: Yafa & Vanessa

I got a special place in my heart for people who make community happen. But I got an extra special place in my heart for females who make community happen.

This post features two woman who are doing just that with two must check out retreats:

Yafa

Say hello to Yafa Sakkejha, founder of the House of Verona, a retreat center just outside of Toronto, Ontario.

Yafa is a holistic health educator and a master business woman. Yafa is queen when it comes to creating a space that encourages the healing, cleansing and rejuvenation process. And this summer you'll have an opportunity to experience this gift that she has first hand.

From Friday, Sept 27th to Sunday, 29th Yafa will be hosting the Blue Mountain Raw Food Retreat in conjunction with Angus Crawford, owner of Rawlicious. The retreat will feature a 100% raw, organic, gourmet menu, waterfall hikes, raw "loot bags" and plenty of time in the hot tubs, saunas and private pools. The retreat will cap out at 25 peeps so be sure to holla at Yafa today if you are interested. Full details here.

Even if you can't make it our to her retreat, I highly recommend you follow Yafa on Twitter and Facebook so you can keep up with all the cool things she's up to.

Vanessa-barg
I feel like this lovely lady needs no introduction on We Like It Raw. But being the gentleman I am I'll do it anyway!

Vanessa Barg is the founder of Gnosis Chocolate. One of the hottest raw chocolate lines out there anywhere. But chill yall, she's not just a female willy wonka (willy wonkette?) Vanessa is also deeply passioante about bringing community together. And this September 2nd to 9th she'll be doing just that at her first annual Raw Island Retreat.

Hold up, side note really quickly: Damn, is it me or are raw food retreats getting a little sexy? First Yafa with her House of Verona + saunas + private pools, and now Vanessa all up on an Island? A young raw food male that had an appreciation for the finer things in life could get use to this!

Okay back to Vanessa...

Vanessa's Raw Island Retreat is a celebration of community, health, and oneness with Nature. The retreat will be hosted on the Lake George Islands and I have a feeling you'll see a lot of our local NYC community there. In fact, rumor is that Philip McCluskey is working on getting a bunch of folk to head up to Vanessa's retreat together right after the Raw Spirit Festival East.

Same deal with Vanessa, even if you can't make it out to her retreat you need to follow her on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with all the bad ass things she's up to.

This is your home boy Dhrumil with another raw food community update. You can catch me on Twitter and Facebook too you know!

Posted by Dhrumil on June 26, 2009 | Permalink

Dr. Robert Young: You are What You Eat and What You Think

This guest article comes to us via Dr Robert Young, author of the pH Miracle, and our friends at Organic Ave, NYC's number one spot for cleansing and natural living education.

Dr Robert Young and Organic Ave have teamed up together to bring NYC its first ever pH Miracle weekend retreat. On Saturday June 27th & Sunday June 28th, at Lighthouse International, Dr Young and Denise Mari from Organic Ave will take you on a journey that will empower you to revolutionize your health, gain unstoppable energy, lose weight, increase mental clarity, boost your immune system, prevent and reverse illness.

To give you a little taste of some of the topics Dr Young and Denise will be covering, they've graciously shared the following article. Hope you enjoy!

You are What You Eat and What You Think
By: Dr. Robert O. Young, Author of the pH Miracle

Ranges of emotions from love to anger to joy to sadness profoundly affect your body's physical, mental and spiritual health.  Skeptics take note: laughter is one powerful drug.

My theory of one sickness, one disease and one health, set forth in what I call "The New Biology," not only considers how our diet affects our physiology, but also how our psychology affects our physiology and how our psychology affects our spirituality. 

Imagine the fish in the tank are your cells and organ systems bathed in fluids, which transport food and remove wastes. Now imagine we back up a car and put the tailpipe up against the air intake filter that supplies the oxygen for the water in the tank. The water becomes filled with carbon monoxide, lowering the alkaline pH, creating and acidic pH environment, and threatening the health of the "fish," your cells and organs. 

What if we throw in too much food or the wrong kind of food (acid-producing food like dairy, sugar, and animal protein) and the fish are unable to consume or digest it all, and it starts to decompose and putrefy? Toxic acid waste and chemicals build up as the food breaks down, creating more acidic byproducts, altering the optimum alkaline pH. 
  
Basically, this is a small example of what we may be doing to our internal fluids every day. We are fouling them with pollution, smoking, drugs, excessive intake of food, over-consumption of acid-forming foods, and any number of transgressions which compromise the delicate balance of our internal alkaline fluids.

Some of us have fish tanks (bodies) that are barely able to support life, yet we somehow manage to struggle from day to day, building more severe imbalances until there is the inevitable crash and debilitating chronic, disturbing and disorganizing symptoms to deal with.

The pH level (the acid-alkaline measurement) of our internal fluids affects every cell in our bodies. Extended acid imbalances of any kind are not well tolerated by the body. Indeed, the entire metabolic process depends on a balanced internal alkaline environment. A chronically over-acidic pH corrodes body tissue, slowly eating into the 60,000 miles of veins and arteries like acid eating into marble. If left unchecked, it will interrupt all cellular activities and functions, from the beating of your heart to the neural firing of your brain. In summary, over-acidification interferes with life itself leading to all sickness and disease!

For over 20 years, I have conducted scientific research pertaining to blood cells.  I developed a specialty in cellular nutrition seeking to find out the root causes of why and how disease enters in the body.  My findings were astounding, having discerned that a pH balanced Alkaline lifestyle create healthy cells. Through live and dry blood cell analysis, I could see diabetes, cancer, AIDS, hypertension changing the look and shapes of the cells.

My wife Shelley and I have written numerous books about how you can cleanse your body regardless of age, gender, or state of health.  For example, my work with the epidemic of Type I and II diabetes has improved millions of lives.  By balancing the body’s pH, controlling acidity, a diabetes diagnosis can be reversed or never appear, despite a family history of the disease.

Being obese or over weight is such a strain on the body.  It’s really not about being fat, but more about being acidic.  So many people have lost weight and gained self-esteem back by learning how to eat, drink think, and exercise in easy to follow steps.   

CASE IN POINT
 
My collaboration with New York's Organic Avenue

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My protégé, Nutritional Microscopist and Founder of Organic Avenue, Denise Mari, advises some of the most affluent, famous, intelligent and powerful people in Manhattan and the tri-state area.  When Mari executes live & dry blood cell via a Nutritional Microscopy Education session, she gets to the core of how their diet, emotions and lifestyle impact their health.

Given the current recession, some clients have been more stressed, fearful, and even in deep despair. Bottom line: a negative state of mind can create more metabolic acids than the acidic food that you're eating.

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After Mari and I analyze the live & dry blood, we devise complete diet and lifestyle detoxification recommendations.  In New York City, Organic Avenue addresses the emotional and physical toxicity of its clients with Mari's targeted LOVE (Live Organic Vegan Experience) cleanses.  These cleanses run the gamut from gentle to potent, for as long we see fit.  The most recent addition to Mari's offerings is "YOUNG LOVE", and this particular program is based on my theories and science of The New Biology and the principals of the pH Miracle Lifestyle & Diet. Usually, our clients feel so good that they continue on the program because of their newfound energy and mental clarity.

If a happy, robust life is the objective, than a delicate balance of the pH of the blood should be a constant 7.365 to remain healthy.  This takes a keen awareness of your thoughts and words, in addition to your food & drinks.  Negative thoughts and harsh words can upset the delicate pH and produce biological waste and acid.  Gone unchecked overtime, this can lead to fatigue, numerous cancers, arthritis, heart attacks (really thought-attacks), dementia, autism, and other life threatening diseases.

On the other hand, positive emotions, such as love, peace, hope, faith, joy, forgiveness and charity can be alkalizing to the blood and tissues.  These emotions require far less energy and can cause you to be in a relaxed state and cease re-playing the acidic mind-movie over and over in your head.  Students of higher consciousness know that you can even enter into a state of bliss wherein you have no thoughts at all and wherein you are producing no metabolic acid.

Mari and I constantly see this shift in our clients and coach them through any setbacks with follow-up consults, strategies and newsletters. Hope, love, positive expectations, confidence in what you are doing, and trust in your own good intentions is the key, and that's what the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet will do for you.  It will give you results you've always desired.  

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For myself, I have decided to call this wonderful place "Young Love."  That's because I exercise and meditate every day.  It raises my level of consciousness and positive connection with the world.  The connections between "Young" and "Love" are numerous.  My name is Young, of course, but more importantly, being young is a term we normally associate with being youthful, energetic, open, optimistic, and filled with excitement.  And the ultimate purpose of life is Love.  And Love is the sweetest expression of life.  So Young and Love go together.

I Love to have my friends and guests work out with me at the pH Miracle Center in Valley Center, California or around the world where I lead medically supervised healing retreats.  I lead them through the steps of the New Biology and The pH Miracle Program.  I teach them the Young version of Yoga.  It's been cleverly and affectionately titled "Younga Yoga".  It incorporates proper breathing, stretching, toning, meditation, relaxation, and of course some sweating to remove yesterday's dietary and metabolic acid and to help bring all into an alkaline state of happiness and bliss.

When you start The pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet program, you are making a conscious decision to try to do a little better.  And, when you get on this healing path that leads to Young Living, Young Energy, and Young Love this gradual alkalizing process, you start experiencing those little and then those big pH miracles.

These changes come about because you feel so good.  You are rewriting your genetics with your positive emotions.  You are taking your alkalizing eraser and erasing all your past life's negative emotions.  On the pH Miracle Lifestyle and Diet your emotions or energy in motion will finally be under your control.  You will become the master of your mind, body and spirit.  You will be living an alkaline lifestyle and diet full of energy, happiness, bliss and love.

To learn more about the affect of negative and positive (e)motions on the brain and body and to learn more about "Young Living" "Young Energy" and "Young Love" read, The pH Miracle, The pH Miracle for Diabetes and The pH Miracle for Weight Loss, visit phmiracleliving.com

To learn more about the LOVE cleanses & Organic Avenue or Dr. Young's first NY Retreat held on June 27th and June 28th in NYC visit organicavenue.com or call 212.334.4593.

Dr. Young's New York City Weekend Seminar: Saturday June 27th & Sunday 28th June, 9am-5:30pm.

Packages:
  • $500 general: 2 day seminar, 3 inspirational alkaline meals-daily.
  • $750 diamond: Center front seating, 2 day seminar, 3 inspirational alkaline meals, pre-seminar private dinner (Friday,June 26th).
  • $1000 platinum: Priority seating, pre-seminar private dinner (Friday, June 26th), personal question & answer session, book & product gift pack, 15min private consultation one-on-on with Dr. Young, 3 inspirational alkaline meals daily.
More details here

Dr Robert Young is the author of the best selling book, the pH Miracle. Denise Mari is the founder of one of NYC's most respected organic and natural living centers, Organic Ave.

Posted by Dhrumil on June 18, 2009 | Permalink

[Events] From a Chocolate Party in New York to a Juice Fast in Portland

A few fantastic happenings in the raw food community.
  • New York, NY
  • Portland, Oregon,  
  • Brooklyn, NY  
  • and Temple, NH
SurThivial in the 21st Century
  • Location: New York, NY 
  • Date: Saturday June 27th, 2009
Overview: A 2 hour lecture by Daniel Vitalis on building Invincible Immunity and powerful hormonal production. After Party: After the lecture, there will be a special 4 hour Chocolate and Elixir Party by Gnosis Chocolate.
  • Investment: $40 for the lecture, $20 party or $50 for both
  • More details: www.nychocolateparty.com
A Seven Day Juice Fast to Stop Global Warming
  • Location: Portland, Oregon
  • Date: August 22 to August 29, 2009
Overview: Rabbi Gabriel Cousens MD takes you on a week-long fasting journey that includes: 5-hour daily schedule of juices, classes, meditation, yoga and Q&A. It will include special guest speakers as well.
  • Investment: $799.00  
  • More details: juicefastforpeace.com
Raw Food for Beginners, 1-Day Class
  • Location: Brooklyn, NY
  • Date: Saturday July 11, 2009.
Overview: My friend Alina Vladimirova is hosting a dope class that will take a person from knowing very little about the raw food diet to having tons of practical information to get started and do it right from the start. Also include: 15 easy to make recipes to make the transition easy to do and enjoyable (all that accompanied with a big colorful booklet to take home with them).
  • Investment: $127 
  • More details: radiantonraw.com/classes.html
Foraging Wild Edibles at Herban Living Farm
  • Location: Temple, NH
  • Date: Sunday, June 22 and July 27, 2-6 pm
Overview: Learn to identify many of the wild edible plants that grow in this region. The day will include a slide show of common edible plants. Discussion of the psychology, ecology and spiritual aspects of foraging for food and a co-operative potluck meal and celebration of the food we've gathered that day.
  • Investment: $30
  • More details: (603) 878-0459 or herbanlivingbandb.com
Got an event? Hit us up at blog [at] welikeitraw [dot] com

Posted by Dhrumil on June 12, 2009 | Permalink

Tweeting the Raw Spirit Festival

I'm a big twitter fan. When used purposefully and intentionally, like any social media technology, it has the ability keep you connected and inspired. Twitter has done wonders for the raw food and holistic health community. It makes me smile ear to ear to know that there are so many folks keeping in touch with each other on a daily basis via Twitter (facebook, gi2mr, rawfu and other sites are great too).

Of course, nothing beats in person interaction and the presence of a physical community. That's why this weekend I'm so happy to see many the folks that follow each other online meet together at the Raw Spirit Festival in Santa Barbra.

Since I can't be there in person to share in the physical manifestation of community, I'm doing the next best thing. Following the daily happenings of the festival via Twitter. If you want to do the same, I highly suggest you follow the following people to see how their lovely festival experience is going.

Tweeting the Raw Spirit Festival

  • Philip McCluskey
  • Rawbin
  • Debbie
  • Revvell
  • Jenny
  • Jeff

P.S. If you are a healer, coach or just someone looking for a dope headshot, I highly recommend you contact Jeff aka Rawtographer. He'll be at the Rawspirit festival this week and he's doing his thing!

Posted by Dhrumil on June 05, 2009 | Permalink

NYC this Saturday: Get Crazy Sexy and Turn Your Dreams Into Reality

Two of my good friends are hosting workshops in NYC this Saturday May 9th, 2009.

The events do slightly overlap, but hopefully you can at least make one - who knows, maybe even both!

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Kris Carr’s Crazy Sexy Wellness Posse Workshop

  • Saturday, May 9, 2009, 1pm-5pm
  • Location: Urban Zen Foundation, 705 Greenwich St
  • Tickets: $50
  • Register Here

Join Kris Carr and your fellow NYC posse members on Saturday, May 9th from 1pm-5pm at The Urban Zen Foundation for a detox and cleansing workshop. We’ll start off by breaking into small groups, so that you can begin to build your wellness posses. Next Michael Perrine will guide us through an in-depth look at detox and cleansing, followed by Donna Perrone who will share her colon hydrotherapy expertise. Our good friend, Denise Mari from Organic Avenue will pop in to talk with us about her LOVE fast. And of course, Kris will be talking about her favorite subject, JUICE! At the end of day, you’ll have a chance to ask Kris, Donna, and Michael your burning questions during the Q & A panel. We’ll also have all the Crazy Sexy schwag with us!

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Kevin Giannia's Turn Your Dreams Into A Financial Reality

  • Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11am-2pm
  • Location: Bonobos, 18 E. 23rd Street at Madison Avenue
  • Tickets: $90
  • Register Here

In this intimate setting, you will have the chance to have some of your most pressing questions addressed as Kevin presents a systematic approach to turning your dreams into reality. He will reveal how you can become a maven in your niche, as long as you have passion. During this talk, Kevin will also share with you a detailed, step-by-step approach to building a raving fan base, building trust with followers, and generating revenue while doing what you love. Join us at Bonobos restaurant in NYC for this informative workshop, followed by an amazing 4-course, raw, organic meal.This event is limited to only 35 participants! More Details.

Posted by Dhrumil on May 05, 2009 | Permalink

Springtime Superhero Seminar: David Wolfe and Daniel Vitalis, April 25 & 26th

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Attention East Coasters and Raw Superhero's in training:

Aimee's Livin' Magic is hosting a fantastic workshop with David Wolfe and Daniel Vitalis in York, Maine on April 25th the 26th.

The focus of the workshop will be "superherbs, superfoods, chocolate and SurThrival - making a total commitment to surviving and thriving no matter what."

In addition to the lectures and presentations by David and Daniel there will be a Saturday dance party and a Sunday Chocolate frenzy.

David Wolfe and Daniel Vitalis are two of the most engaging speakers out there on the topic of raw foods and superfoods. If you've never seen them speak before live this is def an event to check out.

$197 includes access to all the events and meals prepared by Chef Aimme Perrin. Full event details here.

You can book your tickets by calling 619-219-0727 or emailing Camille at superheroseminar [at] gmail [dot] com

Related
  • Interview with David Wolfe
  • ElixirCraft Mastery with Daniel Vitalis

Posted by Dhrumil on April 05, 2009 | Permalink

[Video] March Community Meetup

Posted by Dhrumil on March 11, 2009 | Permalink

Juice Fasting for Peace with Gabriel Cousens & Michael Beckwith

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My friends Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, MD and Reverend Michael Beckwith have teamed up together to bring the Los Angeles area something very special: Juice Fasting for Peace - March 1st to March 8th, 2009.

Juice Fasting for Peace is a eight day spiritual and holistic-health community experience. The fast will be hosted at the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City and hundreds of people are expected to partake.

Juice Fasting for Peace is not only an opportunity to cleanse internally, but it's also an opportunity to fast with liked spirited individuals for the well-being of the planet.

The fasting program will include fresh juice, spiritual talks, health talks, inspirational music jam sessions.

Juice Fasting for Peace is a fantastic opportunity for those who are interested in:

  • Embracing non-attachment to physical food and opening to spiritual nourishment
  • Becoming aligned with the purpose (dharma) of healing themselves and the planet
  • Transitioning to the plant-source lifestyle
  • Awakening to the Truth of who you really area

And here are some of the specific course highlights

  • 7 Days of Organic Fresh Pressed Green Juice
  • Daily Check in Sessions with Gabriel and Shanti Cousens
  • Inspirational daily talks with Rev Michael Beckwith
  • Inspirational daily music with Rickie Byars Beckwith
  • How to Fast - Class with Gabriel Cousens
  • Breaking the Fast - Class with Gabriel Cousens
  • Special Zero Point Session with Gabriel Cousens
  • Why Live Vegan Diet - Lecture with Gabriel Cousens
  • Live Food Preparation Demos with Tim & Michela Casey
  • Daily Yoga with Shanti Cousens
  • Daily Shakitpat Meditation with Gabriel Cousens

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Gabriel Cousnes MD needs no introduction on this blog and, because our readers are also deeply spiritual, many of you have probably heard of Reverend Michael Beckwith too. In case you haven't, here is a little about him:

Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith is a world leader and teacher in the New Thought–Ancient Wisdom tradition of spirituality. He is the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, co-founder of the Association for Global New Thought, and the Season for Nonviolence, which are extensions of his vision of one human family united on a foundation of peace, based on the spiritual origin of every man, woman, and child.

If Rev Michael Beckwith seems familiar, it's probably because you've seen him in The Secret or on Larry King Live or on Oprah.

If this program sounds like something you'd like to partake in, I encourage you to check out juicefastforpeace.com for more info on the hosts, the schedule, and registration.

Posted by Dhrumil on January 21, 2009 | Permalink

GI2MR and Raw Model Meetup in LA, this Saturday

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Raw Food Community Connections: Anthony and Lenette

Anthony Anderson, aka the Raw Model, is hosting a GI2MR Meetup this Saturday and he wants you to join him!

What: Give It To Me Raw / Raw Model Meetup
Where: Au Lac
When: 1/10/2009 at 1pm

From the Raw Model

The stars have aligned... after waiting days and days to find out if this could happen, everything just fell into place.

Anthony Anderson will be hosting a get-together at Au Lac in Fountain Valley this Saturday at 1pm. Chef Ito will continue to amaze with his innovative raw dishes and unparalleled kindness and generosity.

If you are in the LA and would love to join, please email anthony [at] rawmodel [dot] com. Please RSVP only if you are certain you can attend. The sooner the better so we can accommodate you!

See you Saturday!

Related
  • Past Meet Up: Philip's GI2MR Sexy LA Party
  • Anthony on Twitter

Posted by Dhrumil on January 07, 2009 | Permalink

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