A soothing, floral-sweet drink that feels like a deep breath in a cup.
Lavender calms the mind, taro grounds the body, and the gentle rhythm of making it reminds you to slow down and simply be.

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✈️ Finding Balance After the Chaos

After traveling across the U.S. to Seattle, I’ve been slowly easing back into routine—unpacking bags, catching up on messages, and fighting that lingering fog of jet lag and exhaustion. My body felt like it was running on fumes, my mind scattered across time zones.

During my latest therapy session, my therapist gently reminded me that recovery doesn’t just mean rest—it means rebalancing. Take time to recenter yourself after the whirlwind, not just physically but emotionally. To breathe, reset, and remember that the world doesn’t fall apart when you pause to pour back into yourself.

So today’s recipe—this Lavender Taro Latte—became more than a drink. It became a little ritual of calm, a sweet reminder that I can rebuild rhythm from stillness.

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🌿 Ingredients

(Makes 1 large serving or 2 small ones)

For the drink:

• 1 ½ cups oat milk (or your preferred milk)
• 1 tbsp taro powder (or 2 tbsp mashed cooked taro root)
• ½ tsp culinary-grade dried lavender (or 1 drop food-safe lavender extract)
• 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup (adjust to taste)
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ cup brewed black tea (optional, for a stronger milk-tea flavor)

For the boba:

• ½ cup tapioca pearls
• 3 cups water for boiling
• 2 tbsp brown sugar or honey (for coating)

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🍵 Directions

1. Brew the base
   In a small saucepan, warm your milk over low heat. Add taro powder, lavender, and vanilla. Stir gently until smooth and aromatic — about 5 minutes.
   (If using real taro root, blend until creamy.)
2. Sweeten & strain
   Stir in honey or maple syrup. Strain out lavender buds if you prefer a smoother texture.
3. Prepare your boba
   Boil the tapioca pearls according to package instructions (usually 4–5 minutes for quick-cook). Drain, then toss in brown sugar or honey to coat and keep them soft.
4. Assemble
   Spoon the boba into the bottom of your glass. Pour your lavender-taro mixture over top. Add ice if desired. Swirl gently and watch the colors blend—a pastel dream of calm.
5. Serve & sip slowly
   Take your first sip as an invitation to breathe again. Let it center you.

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🌙 Calming & Centering Ritual

While your milk warms, take a deep breath in through your nose for a count of four, hold for two, and exhale through your mouth for six.
Visualize lavender light flowing from your heart outward—cool, soft, and luminous—clearing away the mental clutter.

As you stir your drink, let each circle of the spoon represent a priority being set back into balance.
Whisper quietly:

“I have time. I have space. I am allowed to pause.”

When you sip, close your eyes and feel the weight of the world soften—replaced by warmth, peace, and presence.

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🌾 Metaphysical Properties

✨ Lavender

Lavender is the herb of peace, purification, and healing. It clears the mind, soothes anxiety, and connects you to the energy of calm awareness. Spiritually, lavender works with the Third Eye and Crown Chakras, encouraging emotional release and divine clarity.
It teaches you that rest is sacred — not indulgent — and that peace comes when we allow ourselves to slow down.

Element: Air
Planet: Mercury
Vibration: Soothing, clearing, spiritual
Uses: Stress relief, clarity, dreamwork, and psychic protection

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🪶 Taro Root

Taro is an ancient food of grounding and stability — a root that nourishes both body and soul. In many traditions, it represents ancestral connection, fertility, and the sacred cycles of nourishment and return. It’s a Root Chakra ally, reminding us to stay rooted even as life pulls us in many directions.

Element: Earth
Planet: Saturn
Vibration: Grounding, nurturing, ancestral
Uses: Reconnection, centering, endurance, balance during transitions

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🌍 Deity Connection: Mother Jord

For this ritual, I call upon Mother Jord, the Norse personification of the Earth—the eternal nurturer and the quiet strength beneath our feet.
She reminds us to come home to ourselves, to honor our limits, and to find grace in stillness.

When you sip this lavender-taro blend, imagine Mother Jord wrapping you in the scent of soil after rain—that reminder that you, too, are made of earth and are allowed to rest.

Offer her a small piece of taro or a pinch of lavender as thanks, and speak from the heart:

“Mother Jord, help me to ground myself in peace.
Let the earth beneath me hold what I cannot carry today.”

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💜 Daily Affirmation

“In the middle of all that asks for my energy, I choose myself too.
I refill my cup—literally and spiritually—and from that fullness, I can pour into what matters most.”

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🫖 Recipe Card

Lavender Taro Latte (with Boba)

Category	Details
Prep Time	10 minutes
Cook Time	10 minutes
Total Time	20 minutes
Servings	1–2
Mood	Calm, Centered, Grounded
Best Enjoyed	During journaling, meditation, or post-travel recovery

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups oat milk
• 1 tbsp taro powder
• ½ tsp dried lavender
• 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ cup brewed black tea (optional)
• ½ cup boba pearls, cooked & sweetened

Instructions:

1. Warm milk with taro, lavender, and vanilla.
2. Sweeten with honey and strain.
3. Boil boba, coat in sugar or honey.
4. Layer boba in a glass, pour latte over top, and swirl.
5. Sip slowly, breathe deeply, and connect to Mother Jord’s grounding energy.

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✨ Tip: For a café-style twist, blend a few tablespoons of oat milk with honey and lavender syrup until frothy, then pour on top as lavender cold foam. Also, if you do not have lavender, you can pick up Starbucks Lavender Latte Creamer and use that instead.

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Much love and many blessings,
Mrs. B 🤍