Team-Building & Off-Site Activities

Cultivate belonging & lasting engagement at your next company off-site.

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Elevate your corporate off-site with tailored social wellness experiences, interactive games & icebreaker activities, as well as belonging-building talks and workshops.

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team building, corporate wellness, fun yoga
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team building, corporate wellness, fun yoga
wine and yoga, drunk yoga, corporate wellness, fun yoga
wine and yoga, drunk yoga, corporate wellness, fun yoga
team building, corporate wellness, fun yoga
wine and yoga, drunk yoga, corporate wellness, fun yoga

You care about creating meaningful, uplifting experiences for your employees.

Still, you struggle to find new ways to spice up your company off-site without going overboard on operations (or your budget).

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Enter: The Uplift Center - bringing belonging to the heart of your event.

Eli Walker, founder of The Uplift Center, along with her team of NYC yoga teachers, curate yoga, movement, meditation, and playful interactive experiences tailored to your team-building goals. Beyond the fun, Eli facilitates educational workshops that empower your people with tools to build both personal and professional belonging, ensuring your off-site leaves a lasting impact.

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“Thank you so much -
the whole team had such a great experience!”

- Ashish Reddy, Spotify

The Experiences Menu

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01:
[Social] Yoga & Movement

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  • The viral sensation that started it all. Our famous yoga drinking game with a beverage in hand — coffee, wine, juice, coconut water or whatever makes you feel like your cup is full.

    These bespoke, beginner-friendly interactive yoga drinking games turn a solo practice into a social one with games and laughter built in, so wellness and community building become a one-stop solution.

    Read the Drunk Yoga® story.

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  • All the fun of Drunk Yoga® with none of the drinking. Gentle stretching and partner games loosen the body and your people at the same time. It is the easy yes for groups that want movement and connection without the wellness intimidation factor or logistics of beverages. People leave looser, warmer and noticeably more comfortable with each other.

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  • This uplifting yoga session is paired with story and themed music playlists to unlock a deeper sense of belonging to yourself, your body and the present moment. It is intelligently sequenced for all levels, so a room of total beginners and seasoned practitioners can move through it together and feel equally welcome. Think less “performance” and more “permission.” A grounding, restorative way to open or close a day before the bigger group moments begin.

  • A playful, guided all-levels run through NYC with built-in stops for stretching, connection and optional power bursts, so every body moves at its own pace while the group stays together. Part workout, part walking conversation, part shared city adventure.

02:
[Non-cheesy] Play

  • The classic game night, redesigned to build belonging. Think charades but better, plus a rotating lineup of fast, interactive, lightly competitive games that get a whole room shouting, laughing and accidentally (but like, totally on-purpose) bonding.

    Teams form on the fly, the usual hierarchy goes out the window and people who would never chat at a mixer end up high-fiving over a ridiculous round. It is structured enough to never stall and loose enough to feel like recess for grown-ups. The kind of night people bring up for months.

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  • The cringe-free icebreaker. Playful, interactive and non-cheesy 30 to 45 minute sessions for facilitated networking at live events, designed to uplift, engage and spark radical belonging. No name tags read aloud and no forced fun that makes people reach for their phones. The perfect on-ramp before a keynote, a meal or a longer program.

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  • The intern and the executive spell the same impossible words, and the whole room is rooting for both. Competitive, hilarious and surprisingly humbling, this team spelling bee brings out everyone's inner overachiever and flattens the hierarchy in the most joyful way possible. Equal parts game show and bonding exercise, it is the kind of thing people are still quoting back at each other weeks later.

03:
[Chill] Connection

  • Networking with soul. A facilitated gathering of storytelling, intentional small groups and structured conversation that gets you past "let's connect on LinkedIn" and into the architecture of belonging.

    A host led story opens the room, breakout questions invite people in gently and a closing moment lets everyone offer one line back to the group. It is the antidote to the awkward mixer, designed so the introverts and the extroverts both leave having actually connected.

  • Breath sparks belonging. Breath Connection is breathwork reimagined as a social, collective experience. An expert facilitator guides your group through pranayama that settles your system and connects you to the people breathing beside you. No experience required.

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  • A facilitated story “campfire-style” circle built around a bowl of prompts. People take turns drawing one and have seven minutes to share, or simply bond through listening.

  • Dance Uplifted™ is where movement becomes belonging, a guided dance experience led by a wellness facilitator and epic DJ in one, designed to drop you out of your head and into the room. No wrong dance moves, no self-consciousness, just a shared beat and permission to let go.

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  • Guided meditation made ever-so-slightly social through light interactive moments, so stillness becomes something a group does together rather than alone in the same room.

    Beginner-friendly and connection forward, it cultivates the safety and centeredness that connection requires.

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Need a session that’s more insight than icebreaker? We’ve got you.

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“Eli was a major highlight of our event. Attendees raved about how fun and engaging she was—she even tailored her material to be crucially relevant to our specific audience. Eli was also super easy to work with—flexible, communicative and kind.”

-Stacy Heit, Founder, sassēvents

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Sample
Multi-Day
Itinerary

Day 1 - Evening Arrival

7:30pm - 8:30pm - Icebreakers Uplifted™

Day 2 - Morning

7:30am - 8:30am - Yoga Uplifted™

Day 2 - Afternoon

2:00pm - 5:00pm - Belonging Bootcamp Workshop

Day 2 - Evening

7:00pm - 9:30pm - Storytelling Open Mic Night

Day 3 - Morning

7:30am - 8:30am - Connect n’ Stretch

Day 3 - Afternoon Closing

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Happy Hour Yoga + Closing Reflections

“When it comes to community-building, Eli does not disappoint!”

- Rachel Abbate
Community Manager, WeWork

FAQs

  • Wherever you (our awesome client) tell us to go! Eli lives in the Hudson Valley, NY—(about an hour north of NYC)—so corporate retreats in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut are considered “local.” That said, Eli and her team of instructors often travel across the country as well as internationally to facilitate our social wellness experiences for off-sites and conferences upon request.

  • If your off-site is taking place in Upstate, New York, then yes! Since Eli lives in Beacon, NY, she partners with nearby retreat centers in the Catskills, Hudson, and neighboring local cities, as well as professional local event planners to help her corporate retreat clients find the perfect venues and vendors for their company off-sites.

  • We recommend booking at least 4-6 weeks in advance to ensure availability and allow time for customization. However, we’re happy to accommodate tighter timelines whenever possible.

  • Pricing varies based on the type of event and services required. All bookings include consultation, planning, and facilitation. Travel and accommodation costs (if applicable) are billed separately.

  • Yes! Many of our workshops and experiences can be delivered virtually, offering the same level of engagement and connection as in-person events.

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Hi! I’m Eli.

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After earning a BFA in Acting from NYU and teaching yoga globally, I discovered my superpower: helping people belong within live experiences. In 2017, I married storytelling and mindful movement to create Drunk Yoga®—breaking yogic convention by infusing it with happy hour energy. As it grew to international acclaim, I learned to translate those same theatrical devices into a methodology for authentic community-building and sustainable belonging.

The secret? Belonging is built through play. Play gets us off autopilot and into the present moment—the only place belonging can be sparked. Corporate retreats and off-sites are perfect for this transformation, creating ideal environments for teams to let go of old stories and strengthen trust through collective experience.

Ready to create some belonging-cultivating magic?

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