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    • Forestry + wildfire (my day job)
    • Yoga (my night job)
    • Our huskies
    • Recipes (cooking + baking)
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Week 3 of my Yoga Teacher Training program in Rishikesh, India (and a day off spent in town)

November 18, 2024 November 19, 2024 Randi

Let’s address the space-time continuum* for a quick second. In the real world, I wrapped up my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) program at Rishikesh Yogpeeth’s Abhayaranya ashram in the Himalayas of northern India’s Uttarakhand state on Saturday, but over here on the internet, I’m way behind on posting.

*I actually don’t really understand the space-time continuum, so please take this with a grain of salt

I originally planned on writing a post detailing my last two weeks at the ashram, but it started getting pretty lengthy and the photo uploads were taking forever, so I’m just here with a little recap of my third week at the ashram.

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It’s United States Election Day… GO VOTE!

November 5, 2024 November 5, 2024 Randi

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Happy Diwali! Celebrations at our Indian ashram

November 4, 2024 November 19, 2024 Randi

Happy (belated) Diwali from my ashram here in northern India!

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Check-in from India! Halfway through my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training program at House of Om’s Rishikesh Yogpeeth (Abhayaranya Ashram)

November 2, 2024 November 4, 2024 Randi

Time is flying!

It’s been about three weeks since I left the U.S., and a little more than two weeks since I started my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) program in northern India’s Uttarakhand state.

My program is four weeks long with graduation planned for Nov. 16, which means I’m just about halfway through.

Time feels like it’s flying by — but at the same time, it feels like it was years ago that I first hiked my way up the mountain to get here and caught my first glimpse of this little paradise hidden away in the Himalayas.

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Welcome to my ashram in the Himalayas of northern India! A week into my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Rishikesh Yogpeeth’s Abhayaranya

October 22, 2024 October 23, 2024 Randi2 comments

Namaste friends!

I can’t believe it’s already been a week since I arrived at my ashram in India’s Uttarakhand state.

I’m situated up in the Himalayan foothills, just outside of Rishikesh at Rishikesh Yogpeeth’s Abhayaranya ashram.

It’s such a gorgeous and spiritual and amazing place, and I’m so lucky I get to spend the next several weeks living and studying here as I work to obtain my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) certification.

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The last few days here in Rishikesh, India

October 17, 2024 October 23, 2024 Randi

Namaste friends!

I recently left Delhi after arriving at Indira Gandhi International Airport (and spending a night there) to make my way over to Rishikesh, which is where I’ll be spending the next five or so weeks for my Yoga Teacher Training program.

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Hello from India! (And happy birthday to me!)

October 13, 2024 October 13, 2024 Randi

Namaste! I’m in India, and I’m 35 years old here.

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A fall & winter gear wish list

October 4, 2024 October 3, 2024 Randi

When I first moved to Flagstaff, I had to severely limit myself when it came to hobbies.

There’s so damn much to do up here, which means theres also so damn much to buy.

I started “joking” about limiting myself to picking up (and outfitting myself for) one new hobby every season.

My first fall/winter here? Hiking. My first spring/summer here? Camping. My second fall/winter here? Snowshoeing. My second spring/summer here? Paddle boarding. My third fall/ winter here? Backpacking. My third spring/summer here? Trail running.

Flagstaff hobbies add up, y’all. And while I love ice skating, our local climbing gym and CycleBar spin classes, I haven’t even really gotten to skiing, outdoor climbing and biking yet.

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Impressive-looking (but easy-to-bake) apple pie cookies with latticework and caramel

October 3, 2024 October 2, 2024 Randi

Did you know that… if you want both a pie and a cookie as a fall dessert, there’s nothing saying you cannot have both.

There’s also nothing saying you can’t have both in one easy, convenient and very impressive-looking recipe.

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Sibling visit part 2 (with a Grand Canyon excursion and some Sedona hiking!)

September 26, 2024 September 26, 2024 Randi

I think we left off at a brewery (of course) but I’m back with the second part of yesterday’s post about my brother and sister visiting me (aka, I now return to your regularly-scheduled outdoors and hiking content).

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Randi M. Shaffer

Hi! I'm Randi. I spend my days working in forestry and wildfire information, my nights instructing yoga and my weekends exploring northern Arizona. I'm a former journalist, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a Midwest native. Welcome!

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