Distraction-free writing time with a yoga chaser!

Thursday, September 11 - September 14, 2025

Join me for 3 nights/4 days of writing time in a beautiful wooded setting,
with an amazing private chef, daily writer-centric yoga and meditation,
and a fabulous community of other writers.

Food & lodging: $795-$1595
Tuition: $495

** For special sale pricing please email Lori: splendidmola@gmail.com **

The idea behind these retreats is simple: time. Time to write, to brainstorm, to clear your psychic space from distractions. To sit with your manuscript. To revise. To remember why you love this. To finish something. To start something. To remind yourself how good you are. To feel refreshed. To be supported. To not have to think about anything else. To rest. To eat amazing food that someone else has prepared for you (and cleaned up after!). To read. To hike. To simply be. 

There are no critiques, no readings, no workshops, no cooking, no cleaning, no distractions. Just you and the incredible spaciousness of uninterrupted time in a supportive community of other writers. There are daily optional yoga classes and guided meditations, both geared specifically for writers. Our private chef for the retreat, the extraordinary Chef Dan, cooks fresh, organic meals and desserts prepared with everyone’s dietary needs taken into account, and there are a plethera of snacks and things to nosh. The surroundings are quiet and beautiful, and Lake Arrowhead is only a fifteen minute drive away. All writers of anything are welcome, whether it’s a book or a blog, a dissertation or a business plan, poetry or screenplays, articles or songs, or anything else.  

Likewise, all levels of physicality and yoga experience are welcome. All yoga is optional, and you do not have to have a current yoga practice to join in. I lead two yoga classes each day: one intermediate and one beginning. You may come to either, both, or neither, whichever serves you best. The yoga is there to help you get out of your mind (in the best possible way) and let the body unwind from hours at a laptop or notebook.

Our location is The Perch at Twin Peaks, a gorgeously refurbished retreat center near Lake Arrowhead in Southern California. It offers a wide variety of accommodation choices and costs, from sharing a twin bunk bed with a friend to having your own private king bed suite, and we have the entire place to ourselves. There are hiking trails nearby, and shops and restaurants a 15-minute drive away. Twin Peaks is at an elevation of about 5800 feet, and winter is gorgeous. There is often snow, so think hot cocoa and fireplaces!   

GETTING HERE: The Perch at Twin Peaks is about a two-hour drive from Los Angeles. If you are flying, LAX is the nearest main airport, while Ontario is by far the closest. For winter, roads can get icy and snowy, and sometimes chains are required, so there will be a shuttle option to take you up the hill so you don’t have to drive it yourself.

If you are a writer who identifies with any group that is historically under-represented in traditional publishing and who has some financial need, consider applying for an All Voices Fellowship! These cover the entire cost of the retreat other than travel.

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