Social Wellness Experiences
that spark belonging at your live events
Curated immersive wellness events that marry mindfulness, play and community-building for brands, conferences and teams
From Drunk Yoga® to Building Belonging through P.L.A.Y.
The Uplift Center emerged from Eli's internationally acclaimed Drunk Yoga® - the world's first "yoga drinking game" that proved making wellness fun creates profound connection. What started as a social experiment became a global phenomenon, teaching us that the gateway to belonging is play.
Now, we bring that same magic to diverse event environments, whether corporate gatherings, conferences, brand experiences, company retreats or entrepreneur communities, with the strategic intention your success demands.
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Our Services
We specialize in facilitating belonging-building experiences for corporate retreats, off-sites, brand activations, and wellness activities for conferences. We have a long history of working with NY and NYC based teams in the Hudson Valley, but Eli and her team are also happy to travel for your event.
Looking for something virtual? We offer virtual wellness activities that build belonging, as well.
Team-Building
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We design interactive games and wellness experiences that turn coworkers into collaborators…(no trust falls required).
Brand Activations
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Luxury brands, event producers and organizations hire us to curate unique, immersive pop-up experiences for their communities.
Conference Activities
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We bring both energy and relaxation through interactive wellness experiences to conferences so your attendees leave feeling rejuvenated.
Company Retreats
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Our programs actually shift how people show up for each other, including icebreakers for community-building and intelligent yoga sequences for rejuvenation. *Also available: Professional development talks & workshops on community engagement.
The Uplift Experiences
Research shows that when people feel a sense of belonging, they engage more deeply, collaborate with curiosity, and develop loyalty to your brand and community.
Which is why with a unique blend of wellness expertise and performance artistry, we design yoga sessions, games, and storytelling activities that strategically (+ playfully) harness the art of live experience design to foster that sense of belonging at your conferences, festivals, brand activations, retreats, or team off-sites.
Choose from:
Yoga & Meditation
Drunk Yoga® / Lift Your Spirit(s)™ Yoga
The viral sensation that started it all: our yoga drinking game with beverage in hand (coffee, wine, juice, coconut water…whatever makes you feel like your “cup is full!”). These bespoke, beginner-friendly interactive yoga sessions make wellness and community-building a one-stop solution.
Connect n’ Stretch
All the fun of Drunk Yoga® with none of the drinking. These experiences use the P.L.A.Y. Method and gentle yoga to foster camaraderie and recharge your people while reigniting a passion for engaging the collective.
Yoga Uplifted™
Slightly more conventional, this intelligent yoga class is paired with story and curated music playlists to unlock a deeper sense of belonging to yourself, your body and the present moment.
Meditation Uplifted™
Guided meditation with storytelling and light interactive moments. Beginner-friendly, connection-forward.
Beyond the Yoga Mat
Icebreakers Uplifted™
Get uplifted sans the yoga with Eli's curated icebreaker. Playful, interactive and non-cheesy 30-45 min. sessions for facilitated networking at live events designed to uplift, engage & spark radical belonging.
Fun Run
An uplifting guided group jog with built-in social stretch stops and low-key icebreakers. Friend-making meets cardio. #bestworkoutever
Storytelling Open Mic
A short storytelling workshop followed by a Moth-style open mic sharing sesh. for folks to share personal, comedic stories. Bring your people together through shared laughter and uncommon honesty.
Adult Spelling Bee
Competitive, hilarious, and surprisingly humbling. A team spelling bee that brings out everyone's inner overachiever.
Why Yoga, Play & Everything In Between
Yoga is where this all started. Yoga is belonging embodied, where we learn to orient ourselves in time and space, calm our nervous systems and develop a better relationship with presence and what's around us. It's belonging with self, which is where all belonging begins.
Then came Drunk Yoga®, which taught Eli something new: play is just as powerful a pathway to belonging (but with each other). Adding structure and games to yoga turned a solo practice into a social experience, and suddenly people who'd never connected before were laughing, moving, and actually talking to one another.
So now? We offer it all. Traditional yoga and meditation because it's the embodiment of self-belonging. Drunk Yoga® because hi, it's awesome. And play-forward experiences with no yoga required. Because we've learned that mindfulness, movement, play, and storytelling are all ingredients to the same belonging recipe.
Pick your ingredients. Let's play.
“I wholeheartedly recommend Eli and her team to anyone looking to elevate their event experience to new heights.”
- Jake Pereira
Experience Manager, Porsche
How it works
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Tell us about your people, your event, and what you're hoping to create. We'll listen.
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We'll send you a custom proposal with experience options, pricing, and recommendations tailored to your goals.
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Together, we'll design the perfect mix of yoga or other movement, meditation, storytelling, games, [non-cheesy] icebreakers, throwback playlists, optional beverages. Whatever fits your vision.
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Show up with your team, your attendees, your community. We'll handle the rest.
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Your people leave feeling connected, engaged, and wondering why every event isn't like this.
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People who feel like they belong.
You get a team that's more engaged, a culture that's more cohesive, and an event people won't stop talking about.How? Because our P.L.A.Y. Book is inspired by Eli's original Drunk Yoga® phenomenon and proven method for designing out-of-the-box social wellness activities that optimize your gatherings for belonging, engagement, and retention (while having so much fun in the process.)
“We knew this experience for our team would be fun, but we were thrilled to discover that it far exceeded our expectations for community-building. From the organizer side, everything was easy, and I could tell Eli’s team really cared about making our event a success. I absolutely recommend it!”
- Elina Striznak
Director of People, Ceros
“Eli Walker’s curated wellness experiences have been key to our corporate event activities and brand activations – one of the first we opted to work with and now, our go-to for community-building and yoga.”
- Amy Ramskill
Sales & Marketing Director, Hotel Erwin
FAQ
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Wherever you (our awesome clients) send Eli! While we don’t have a physical studio space, Eli is based in New York and travels all over the world to host immersive yoga activities for corporate events.
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While beverages and yoga mats are not included in our pricing, we offer discount codes to our favorite partnering beverage brands and co-branded yoga mats alto order via drop-shipping.
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Nope! Her signature experience includes a beverage of some kind in-hand (wine, coffee, juice, etc.), as the experience plays much like a drinking game. However, she can also curate a fun beverage-less class that still offers icebreakers and partner games for camaraderie-building.
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Yes! Eli is frequently hired by organizations, festivals and brands to curate large-scale, long-term programming. Eli handles the creative design of your social wellness experiences, scheduling and facilitator/contractor coordination.
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Eli and most of her senior teachers are in NYC and the Hudson Valley area. We also have teachers in LA and Dallas. However, for corporate events, we send our teachers wherever your experience takes place!
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While customizable upon request, our signature experience is 90-minutes in length, allowing 15 minutes for participants to mingle before class begins. Once settled, Eli or one of our certified instructors explains the rules for safety and yoga drinking games for fun. (Think, “If you lose your balance, take a sip. If you’re mix up your left and right, say something you’re grateful for.) The interactive yoga experience culminates in a group game, followed by a relaxing “sip n’ stretch” for optimum joy and belonging.
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Research shows that when people feel a sense of belonging, they engage more deeply, collaborate with curiosity, and develop loyalty to your brand and community.
Which is why we harness the art of live experience design and the power of play to foster that sense of belonging in memorable, meaningful ways at your live events.