Meet Lori Snyder & The Writer’s Happiness Movement

Apr 8

Last year, when the summer SCBWI conference added daily yoga sessions to their virtual slate of events I had the pleasure of meeting (virtually) Lori Snyder. As engaging as the conference was, Lori’s daily movement sessions were a welcome break from sitting in front of a screen. They were also a chance to process all that I was learning and free my mind to welcome the weekend’s inspiration.

As a writer, I know that care for body and soul is critical. Keeping your butt in the chair gets the work done, but it kills your back. I try (though often fail) to be deliberate about exercise and stretching.

For all these reasons and more, I really resonate with the organization Lori founded. The Writers Happiness Movement is based on two unwavering beliefs: that kindness, inclusion, and joy matter, and that the written word is one of the most powerful ways to promote courage, empathy, and ferocity of the heart.

With this in mind, the Writers Happiness Movement offers free happiness tools for writers such as free weekly online yoga, breathwork, and meditation; free online retreats every other month; and micro-grants for writers, along with a long-term goal of building co-living spaces and retirement homes for writers that are completely funded by the movement, all funded by an alternative, open-handed economic structure designed to be and do good for humans and the entire planet.

What a great organization!

Not only has Lori been a yoga teacher for over 18 years, but she is also a writer herself. She’s also a former marine biologist, a freelance editor specializing in yoga and academic books, and the creator of Splendid Mola Writing Retreats. Her debut MG fantasy, The Circus at the End of the Sea—which is her love letter to Venice, CA, delight, magic, and chosen families—is out with Harper Collins in Fall 2021.

You’ll get a chance to see Lori on April 28th at the book launch for Heroic Care: 35 Writers & Artists Show Us What It Means to Care. Learn more and register here.

To sign up for the free tools The Writers Happiness Movement offers or to learn more, check out www.writershappiness.com.