The Perch at Twin Peaks

May 20 - 23, 2027

Distraction-free writing time with a yoga chaser! Join us 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.

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 — because we will take care of you as fully as possible. To rest. To eat amazing food that someone else has prepared for you (and cleaned up after!). To snack (the snack tables here are, shall we say, quite abundant). 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 plethora 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.

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