soft ideas: learn a completely new language and pour your heart into it. learn a new field from scratch. draw stick figures and write love poems. learn all the names of the plants in your city. completely change your habits. read about all the constellations. make people happier than they make you. tell people they inspire you. wake up earlier and start your day with a relaxing routine. look in the mirror and fall in love with every inch of your body. fall in love with strangers on the train. make people feel loved. read a book and light a scented candle before sleeping. put your photos in a photo album and write in a diary. pick flowers for your friend.
happy full moon in aries! today i am showing you guys how to make lavender milk ♡ lavender has been prized for centuries for its gentle healing properties & soothing fragrance. as most of you already know, every year i grow lavender in my garden. throughout the season i harvest the plant (when the purple flowers are bright and young), tie the branches together, and hang in a cool dark place to dry. the dried lavender can be used in beauty products, aromatherapy, baking, tea, herbal remedies, spiritual rituals, and in drinks! when ingested, lavender can help promote relaxation and sleep.
lavender milk is floral, pretty, and comforting. the flavour is at once fragrant and light from the flowers, but full, warm, and sweet from the milk and honey. i use nut milk (almond or cashew), because i think the nuttiness pairs well with the slightly bitter lavender, complimented by the addition of raw honey and pure vanilla extract. raw honey, ideally ethically and locally produced, still carries a range of health benefits that processed honey does not. it is antibacterial, antiviral, and soothing. give this recipe a try & experience the healing powers of drinking lavender ♡
ingredients:
♡ 1 cup nut milk (cashew or almond tastes best. if you’re allergic, you can use soy, rice, flax, or oat milk. you could also use a flavoured alternative milk- try vanilla!)
♡ 2-3 tablespoons of lavender, more or less depending on how strong you want the lavender flavour to be.
♡ 1 tsp of raw honey or more to taste
♡ ¼ tsp vanilla extract
directions:
in a small pot, combine milk and dried lavender. let simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes (do not boil- the goal is to achieve a nice infusion of lavender, which involves a longer, slower heating process. you don’t want to scorch the milk or flowers!), longer if you desire a stronger flavour. you’ll notice the lavender beginning to lose its colour. remove pot from heat, strain, and compost the flowers. while it’s still hot, dissolve a teaspoon or more of raw honey to taste, and add the ¼ teaspoon of vanilla extract. and there you have it, your own lavender milk! fragrant, soft, and delicate. let it lull you to sleep or incorporate it into your relaxation routine. you can try this recipe with a variety of other edible flowers, like rose, chamomile or borage, or a blend of flowers! nothing will make you feel more like a princess ♡
Imagine working in a local village bakery and you’re part of a book club with the library full of elderly ladies who have interesting stories to tell, and you spend your days delivering bread loaves to them, writing stories and eating apples from the tree that grows outside your window and you cycle around with a book and a flask of tea in your basket, always ready to stop under a nice tree and read
i have some few!! i love hearing about other people’s resolutions and goals; it makes me more motivated to achieve my own! 😊💗
— meditate more and practice the law of attraction while meditating, concentrate on what i want to manifest and, note to self, don’t get attached to it! i get attached to things pretty easily. 😖
— workout every morning. so far i am mastering working out in the mornings and it makes me very tired but it’s so worth it!
— keep a journal and make it work. i have a bullet journal but i’m so caught up in my own dreams that i forget to journal everyday, even if it means setting an intention everyday.
— take more walks. i live in the city so i don’t have nature around (i’d love to) so maybe taking walks can help get more in touch with reality.
— go to sleep earlier. pretty self explanatory.
— set routines and stick to them, i really need to get my life together. 😭
— share more on tumblr and instagram.
— control my rage and try to be as soft as i want to be, don’t let my impulses take over my body and stay with my feet on the ground.
i know this is short but i don’t have any other resolutions in mind. maybe i shall do a post talking about them more in depth since now it’s 1am and I’m very very tired. (இ﹏இ`｡)
keep in mind that this is how many calories you would have to eat more than you burn in a day. the average person burns 1500 – 2000 naturally. if you ate 3000 calories today, you won’t gain even half a pound. remember that the next time you binge and the scale says you gained 4 pounds. it’s not real weight, just breathe. start fresh tomorrow ♥
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