Summary: REAL Raw Life--Founded by raw vegan musician/author Cassendre Xavier and raw vegan life coach Judi Rhee Alloway in February 2009, REAL Raw Life began as a short-lived vegan live foods support & transformation group and online resource for people who have particular challenges in remaining raw. Some of these challenges include: food addiction/emotional eating, healing from trauma, fear of change/the unknown/a shrinking body, fear of power and abundance, tendency to self-sabotage, etc. REAL stands for "Radiance, Empowerment, Abundance, and Love", all of which increase significantly with a raw vegan/live food diet and lifestyle. Cassendre Xaviers is the author of Expanding Your Capacity for Joy: a Raw Vegan Comfort Book, Sourcebook & Journal, 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 9 albums of music described as “a cross between Tracy Chapman, Sade, and Enya” (Borders Music Expert Steven M. Wilson). 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).
