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Building Raw Community

Written by Lisa on July 14, 2009 – -

lief-likes-my-chocolate-cake No one wants to live in a vacuum isolated from community- but that is what it may feel like when one initially goes Raw. You feel soooo different, and it can be lonely until you find other people who are on the same page as you. For me, when we first went raw, we were living out in the country with mostly only cows and horses as neighbours, so there weren’t many people around, raw or otherwise! My girlfriend Gaia gave me my first raw recipe book by Nomi Shannon and I just read it and used it constantly as my only source of support and inspiration. I also called my friend Wayne Gendel who was the only raw friend I had. Then about a year later I bought Juliano’s book. It wasn’t until years after that that we bought a computer and I started to find new raw friends online.

Through sites like GIVE IT TO ME RAW, and JUICE FEASTING, I encountered so many raw folks to find camaraderie with.

sitting-in-the-forest Nadine Artemis is someone I had actually met about 20 years ago in her essential oils store called Osmosis long before either of us were raw, and then I met her again at a David Wolfe event. She is a Goddess of truth and beauty who is raising her son Lief raw, with her partner Ron while living in EDEN on their nearly 200 acre land, making chocolate and elixirs which you can see here www.livinglibations.com.

My family loves to visit them to frolic in the lake or go raspberry picking. Nadine also gave a beautiful interview for the Raw Mom Summit which was full of wisdom and raw mama guidance.

giant-dehydrated-ginger-snaps My sons and husband helped build some of their garden beds on one visit. There were so many raw folks there helping. It is so good to see people living anywhere and everywhere building community around them. playing-in-the-earth If you invite people, and have raw pot lucks and just share what you love, people will be attracted to you, and soon you will create your own community too. Go online, search out what interests you, and through the LAW OF ATTRACTION you will magnetize everything you desire!