Happy (belated) Diwali from my ashram here in northern India!
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.
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.
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.
Namaste! I’m in India, and I’m 35 years old here.
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.
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.
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).
So, the Detroit Lions are finally good.
Well, this was not the season for gardening, and I’m calling it early.
