Green Smoothie Raw Blog 1/27/09

1/27/09
One thing I’m very excited about is that I’ve been adding raw solid foods to my cooked meals lately, and for the first time in months. I bought plum tomatoes and ripe avocadoes, and ate them together as a meal by themselves. I bought radishes (One of David Wolfe’s avowed “most beautifying foods” from his book “Eating for Beauty”).
I’ve also been telling myself that I can have the raw vegan life I want and I don’t have to be afraid of it. I don’t have to be afraid of health, radiance, and an abundance of love and financial freedom and flexibility, which all seem to be what comes with this lifechoice and commitment.


Raw inspiration:
Matt Monarch’s weblogs. They’re daily and feature him and very often his fiancé, Brit raw “goddess” (as he calls her) Angela Stokes. Watching these two teaches me a lot about being raw, wo/manifesting abundance and the kind of love I hope to be in someday soon when I’m all raw all the time (again)! But enough about those two wacky kids and beautiful lovebirds… On to my adventurous journey to raw…

From my journal:
1/22/09
Consistently drinking Green Smoothie. Considering preparing at least some of them with non-sweet fruit (avocado, tomato, zucchini, etc.) instead of sweet fruit. The sugar’s too much for me – I’m peein’ all the time. Well, not all the time like I used to before I cut out dates as extra sweetener, but still more than I’d like to be, and more than is convenient for this girl-on-the [yes,pun intended]-“go”.
If I’m at home or office all day, I don’t mind so much, but if I’m busking or traveling, it’s too much.
I’m still meeting regularly and working with Judi Alloway, the co-founder of the raw vegan support and transformation group I’m starting. Hopefully we will have an announcement for you soon.
I’ve got some other exciting raw food-related projects in development, but I’m waiting until they’re set before I release the news.

No yoga since I left NYC in November 2008. Very little meditaccione. Running regularly, though. Progress, not perfeccione, as it were. (If you will.)



c) Copyright 2009 by Cassendre Xavier a.k.a. Amethyste Rah. All rights reserved.Cassendre Xavier is a self-described “renaissance negresse”. Although she also enjoys acting and making visual art, this first generation American-born citizen of Haitian and Chinese heritage is mainly a musician and a writer. As a singer-songwriter/guitarist, Cassendre has released 8 albums of music described as “a cross between Tracy Chapman, Sade, and Enya” (Borders Music Expert Steven M. Wilson). Her sound has also often been compared to that of Roberta Flack, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Pheobe Snow, and India.Arie, among others. Her latest musical recording, “Live at Tin Angel” was honorably mentioned as #9 of “Top 21 Local LPs of 2007” (M.J. Fine, Philadelphia City Paper). Under her self-assigned soul name Amethyste Rah and featuring music of light by Thaddeus (Sanaya Roman), she has a growing line of spoken word guided meditation recordings called “Affirmations for Survivors”, the first two being “Spirituality” and “Self-Love”. Her “snappy and redeeming” (Karen Gross, Philadelphia City Paper) multi-genre writing has been published nationally in various literary anthologies and periodicals, as well as previously self-published chapbooks “secrets & lies: poetry and other words” and “Making of a Woman/Artist: a book for every black girl and every black woman who has ever wanted to be an artist”. She wrote, directed, and starred in a 5-actor play called “Sex for Survivors” which ran for three days in the Philly Fringe Festival 2003. An award-winning cultural arts advocate, Cassendre is the founder and former director of several arts initiatives in Philadelphia including the Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series (Robin’s Bookstore, 2002-2006) and the Black Women’s Arts Festival (The Rotunda and other venues, 2003-present). She received a $15,000 Leeway Transformation Award in 2005 for her work in art and change. A New York City native who has made her home in Philadelphia since 1990, Cassendre enjoys an active, raw vegan lifestyle, writing/composing/recording/performing, and getting as many naps and hot dates in as possible. Visit often at www.cassEndrExavier.com.



All CX bloggery (a.k.a. “bloggational devices”): ME! ME! ME! The Cassendre Xavier Newsletter, Green Smoothie Raw Blog, One Lucky Girl Blog, and Runner’s Log, all viewable at www.myspace.com/cassEndrExavier or http://cassEndrE.livejournal.com.