When I first began this journey I was very clear, I wanted to educate and teach the benefits of using living foods to help people with cancer and other chronic diseases. This was 20 years ago, the early days. Joseph and I were members of the Albuquerque Raw Food Meet-Up when they advertised for co-hosts for the group. We jumped at the opportunity and we began having pot-luck dinners. Now we had access to a list of curious people that we could advertise to.
Next we invested in 4 Omega Juicers, one Vitamix Blender, one Excalibur Dehydrator, 2 six foot restaurant tables, ten stools, and ten green aprons. We created a website and business facebook page.
We ordered business cards. We were now in business.
In the beginning we taught two hour classes on Saturday that consisted of a short film we made on the health dangers of the American Food System over the last 65 years and provided simple handouts on the healing benefits of living foods and detoxification. We then taught the group the basics: hands-on juicing and how to add wheatgrass to it. I then demo-ed how to make fresh almond milk and vegan nut cheese in our one Vitamix. Together we made hands on wheat-free Rainbow Raw Crackers. At the end of class I passed around a tray of Raw Cacao Temple Balls. Upon leaving I gifted them Rainbow Raw Crackers with our card and coaching services stapled to the bag. Price for the class was $60.00 X 10 students. From those early classes, some students contacted me for one-on-one coaching.
After Class: The equipment to make the foods like the Omega Juicer and the Vitamix blender was then hard to find, so Joseph became an Omega Juicer affiliate back before the company even had a website. It was still just a small family business in in a small warehouse in Ohio. You called the order in by phone!
Vitamix juicer was sold by William Grover “Papa” Barnard in Cleveland, Ohio. He went door to door demonstrating how its power could grind a block of wood, selling it for $13.95. The rest is history.
When we began a Certified School, some of those same students from that small class took the larger program. Many people from those classes are still reading my weekly newsletter.
Joseph and I grew our ABQ Raw Food MeetUp group from 25 to 850 members. A heartfelt thank-you to everyones support….
READY FOR A FULL FLEDGED SCHOOL
Once we got our water-wings we were ready to grow our vision of a global school. Time to get lots more equipment, fill out the program, write a few workbooks, create more recipes…..All along Joseph kept building his computer skills. Along the way we kept taking pictures of students in their green aprons and posting them on FB to build trust in who we are and what we’re doing.
We are located 1 mile from an international airport and 4 blocks from a variety of motels. Our first training we had 10 beautiful, willing students (since then people have traveled from Canada, England, Argentina, Virgin Islands, Dubai, Australia and beyond).
After many years of on site trainings, it was time to make it into a three month web training, go deeper into the topic of ‘Food As Medicine as a healing tool. And here we are…..
I’m sharing all this to help you understand that everything has a beginning. You begin where you can, then you grow it from there. There is no one way to do it. There are still plenty of discoveries to be made as each person takes their place in this exciting field of Health.
Becoming a Holistic Cancer Coach is probably the most fulfilling job you can offer. You get to teach people about the most powerful food on planet Earth, build something real, and wake up every morning, knowing your work actually matters.
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