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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
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Merry Christmas (& happy everything!)

December 24, 2024 December 20, 2024 Randi

Merry Christmas!

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Life lately: Fall 2024

December 21, 2024 February 9, 2025 Randi

Fall was full of days that were really long, but the entire season itself was very short.

And, this is a very short post!

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Our annual forest Christmas tree cutting adventure: Out to the Kaibab!

December 19, 2024 December 20, 2024 Randi

We’re home for the holidays!

Ryan and I returned from India last weekend and went straight into Christmas mode.

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Agra, India (aka: the Taj Mahal)

December 16, 2024 January 20, 2025 Randi

Who flies to the other side of the planet and comes within an hour of seeing the Taj Mahal, and doesn’t see the Taj Mahal?

Nobody. Especially not me.

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The Pink City: Jaipur, India

December 10, 2024 January 20, 2025 Randi

Namaste! I’m back with another post to talk about the second-to-last destination we visited during our recent trip to India: Jaipur.

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An extended weekend in Puducherry (Pondicherry), India

December 2, 2024 January 20, 2025 Randi

When I asked Ryan if there was anywhere he wanted to check out during our India trip, he didn’t hesitate at all to request a few days in Puducherry (Pondicherry).

*A quick note: The town is now formally called Puducherry, but is still widely known as Pondicherry and is known to locals as “Pondy,” so I’ll refer to it as all three interchangeably in the following post.

After we wrapped up our time in Anjuna, Goa, Ryan and I caught a flight to Chennai, and then took a taxi ride to Pondicherry.

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The shortest and laziest two days in Anjuna (Goa, India)

November 27, 2024 January 20, 2025 Randi

So… if you haven’t been following along, I just wrapped up four incredible weeks at my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) program in Rishikesh, India.

It was a wonderful experience, but it was intense! It was basically non-stop 16-hour days of learning, which my middle-aged brain hasn’t really had to do in quite some time.

Which led me to a beach. In Goa.

But only after the worst airport layover experience I have ever had in my entire life.

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RYT 500! Graduation from my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training program in Rishikesh, India

November 25, 2024 January 27, 2025 Randi

And just like that, my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) program in Rishikesh, India, is over.

I’m an Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) 500 now!

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One last week at the ashram: Finishing my 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training program in Rishikesh, India

November 21, 2024 January 25, 2025 Randi

The days have been long, but the month has been so, so short.

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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 January 20, 2025 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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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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