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    • Travel
    • India (Yoga Teacher Training)
    • Peace Corps Ukraine
  • Lifestyle
    • Forestry + wildfire (my day job)
    • Yoga (my night job)
    • Our house + renovation work
    • Wedding planning
    • Our huskies
    • Sustainability
    • Books + movies + music
    • Skincare + haircare + physical self-care
    • DIY + decor
    • Odds and Ends
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2024 ins and outs

January 5, 2024 January 4, 2024 Randi

I saw this trend on Instagram, and I thought it was fun, so here I am!

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Some trendy themed yoga class ideas (and playlists!)

January 4, 2024 April 22, 2025 Randi

One of my favorite things about teaching for a modern fitness-focused yoga studio is being able to teach themed classes.

Not only does YogaSix allow for it — our lead teacher encourages it!

Since I started teaching at YogaSix about two years ago, I’ve had the opportunity to host several fun classes with matching playlists.

I just wanted to take a second to share some of those themes and playlists with you.

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Hello 2024

January 1, 2024 January 1, 2024 Randi

Happy new year!

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Annual reading recap (and the best books I read): 2023

December 31, 2023 January 1, 2024 Randi

2023 has come to an end, and so has my Goodreads annual reading challenge.

I was able to finish 51 books this year, which is two more than last year and more than any other year since I started using Goodreads to keep track of my reading.

I get more excited about my Goodreads year-in-review than my Spotify Wrapped, to be honest.

My Goodreads year-in-review says I read about 17,000 pages this year, and while some of them were duds, I was easily able to list nine books that I really, really loved over the course of this past year.

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Goodbye 2023: Some highlights from the past year

December 31, 2023 December 27, 2023 Randi

2023 was a pretty chill year compared with more recent years.

Zero complaints. None at all.

Of course, after an absolutely insane 2020 full of unexpected (and unwanted) transitions — such as being involuntarily terminated from the Peace Corps, evacuated from Ukraine, unemployed for half a year, moving to Flagstaff and starting a new job — everything seems pretty chill in comparison.

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What I read: December 2023

December 31, 2023 December 29, 2023 Randi

Goodbye 2023! I’ll be sharing my annual list of the best books I’ve read this year shortly, but for now, just a quick post to recap what I read this holiday month.

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Merry Christmas and happy everything

December 24, 2023 December 26, 2023 Randi

Merry Christmas from Flagstaff, Ariz.!

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What I packed: Five nights (and one backpack!) for a winter Minnesota trip

December 21, 2023 June 13, 2024 Randi

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a “what I packed” post, but my post about what I packed during a Europe trip several years ago has been getting a lot of traction lately, so I figured I’d do a similar post to recap my recent trip to Minnesota!

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Life lately, fall 2023

December 20, 2023 March 13, 2024 Randi

This year is flying by!

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An extended holiday weekend in Rochester, Minn.

December 19, 2023 December 19, 2023 Randi

Oh, hey dere! /Midwestern accent

Ryan and I just got back from an extended weekend in Rochester, Minn., where we visited some family for a little pre-Christmas celebration.

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HELLO!

Randi with an i

Randi M. Shaffer

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

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