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The Drunk Yoga® Method
Online Certification Program
For Multi-Passionate Yoga Teachers
Ready to ‘spice up’ your yoga teaching skills and take them to the next level? Challenge yogic convention and grow your experience as a teacher and practitioner with Drunk Yoga®’s first ever 1:1 coaching and certification program.
In this live 4-week program held via Zoom, you will learn the Drunk Yoga® signature method and how to apply it to your wildest wellness dream business idea as we work together to bring it to life, without feeling like you need to do it alone.
Learn powerful tools to become the most engaging, uplifting and influential yoga teacher you can be.
*Training hours qualify for continuing education credit approved by Yoga Alliance.
You’re a skilled, multi-passionate yoga teacher.
You’re great at what you do–whether it’s teaching yoga for corporate teams, elementary school students, or music festivals–and you’re ready to take your career to the next level by marrying your wide-ranging interests and expertise into one dreamy, interactive wellness brand or offering that feels like a “F*ck yes. This is who I am, and this is what I’m here to do. This is how I make my clients, students and audiences feel like they belong.”
But something is getting in your way: The rules.
Convention tells us to teach a certain way, to speak a certain way, and to facilitate from behind the 4th wall–that dreaded social contract that says, “Listen, you’re over there, I’m over here, so don’t talk to me.” We all know it—that feeling you get when you ask your yoga class, “Hey everyone! How ya doing?” …And nobody answers? It’s like…crickets? That’s the 4th wall.
As a result, you may be experiencing:
✔️ Burnout or lack of fun and engagement from teaching yoga (<—Which is weird, right? Because teaching used to totally fill your cup!)
✔️ Inauthenticity—like you’re reading someone else’s script, as a character in someone else’s story, sans the unique “you-ness” with which you crave to enliven the groups you facilitate
✔️ Stagnation in the rooms you teach—like you’re not making the meaningful difference you’d like
✔️ Eagerness to pave your own path (and earn extra revenue in the process!), but unsure about how to begin
👋 If you are screaming, "Heck yeah, that's me!" I created the Drunk Yoga® Teacher Training program just for you: to empower you with tools to bring your wildest, craziest and most purposeful wellness mission to life…and have so, so much fun in the process!
I cannot wait to show you how.
Learn to create gatherings that
shape joy.
How This Works
“Belonging” is a performance that can be artfully curated in group settings. As the performer, you make deliberate choices about what character you’re playing in the context in which you’re gathering, where you gather, and why.
As a yoga instructor, how do you help your students - your audience - feel more empowered and connected to those around them?
When we finesse our yoga teaching to break down the “4th wall” that typically serves to separate the audience from the performer, we get on the same page as our students, earn their trust and cultivate joy through shared belonging.
If you’re passionate about making yoga accessible to all, teaching the art of joy, and of course, having fun, this is the training for you. Come laugh, be yourself, and join our community.
What you’ll learn
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How to command an engaged, interactive yoga class with presence and ease
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Powerful performance techniques to inspire, engage and uplift your students on a deeper level
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Drunk Yoga®’s signature template for making yoga more interactive; a party where everyone is welcome
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A renewed sense of belonging for yourself and your purpose that feels like, “Oh yeah! This is why I love what I do.”
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A map to defy convention in your industry to spark revolutionary belonging with your people in a way that’s authentically YOU
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Tried-and-true entrepreneurship hacks to help you overcome marketing, sales and messaging obstacles and set you apart in the wellness space
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How to keep your students and audiences engaged long after your immersive events are over
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A community of like-minded wellness-loving rule-breakers to support you in your journey ahead
Hey Belonging-Builders!
I’m Eli.
I help wellness facilitators break the rules to spark radical belonging for themselves and their people by leading more playful and engaging live experiences, as well as merging their passions and skills to bring their most revolutionary classes to life.
I created Drunk Yoga® to help beginners experience yoga without fear, and to allow seasoned yogis to reconnect with the practice, sans pressure to be perfect. Now, I’ve designed my signature Drunk Yoga Teacher Training program to help you do the same: let go of delivering your knowledge and expertise in a conventional, low-impact way and embrace your authentic voice, vision and purpose to break the rules and spark radical belonging. And also? Have [so much] fun in the process.
Find your people.
Listen to Jennifer’s experience tapping into community throughout her Drunk Yoga® teacher training program.
Testimonial
More Happy Trainees
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“I found Eli’s training not knowing what to expect, and ended up gaining more than I could imagine. I'm a better teacher, host, entertainer, and peer because of it. Lifting community up in a totally original way is pretty fun too.”
-Annie Ellertson, 2018 Drunk Yoga® Trainee
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“This training has taught me a range of techniques on how to invite playfulness in a yoga practice. Plus, I learned how to conduct a number of icebreakers that have come in handy for several social settings beyond Drunk Yoga.”
-Angelica Wilson, 2017 Drunk Yoga® Trainee
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Get paid to do your own thing.
Apply today!
Weekly 1:1 coaching with Eli for 4 weeks via Zoom
Lifetime access to the Drunk Yoga® Method online course
$997 paid in full (or 3 payments of $400 within 3 months)
🤝Commitment:
What's Inside the Program
What's Inside the Program
Part 1
The Performance of Yoga Teaching
(…or as I like to call it, “The Art of Getting Over Yourself)
As you integrate your voice, teaching style and brand, we’ll be practicing my own teaching techniques I’ve designed to help you step into the next level of your work and self-concept, such as:
How to break through the 4th wall to deepen your connection with your students
How to create a physical container for your experiences that inherently set up the conditions to spark belonging
My signature P.L.A.Y. Method as a guide to help you create your “experience script” for consistent success
Part 2
Break the Rules: Spark Belonging
Now that we’re midway through the training, we’ll dive into your specific goals for your immersive yoga offering and work together to bring them to life in real time. Here, we’ll address critical questions such as:
What makes a live experience immersive vs. 2-dimensional?
Which non-yoga passions will you bring into your wellness offering(s) and which industry “rules” do you need to break in order to do so?
What’s the most economical way for you to market this experience to your new or existing audience to get the most “bang for your buck"?
Part 3
The Business of Multi-Preneurial-Yoga-Teaching
Final stretch! (Pun absolutely intended🧘♀️) It’s time to put theory into practice. Now that you’ve created your most authentic immersive wellness experience…
What’s the optimal business model for you as you begin to integrate and prepare to launch your immersive wellness experience into your existing offerings?
Create a free trial offering for friends and family to try it out for feedback and practice and start gathering marketing material.
Let’s talk about how to keep your people engaged n’ belonging after your events have ended so you can keep the [yoga] party going!
BONUS
This program also includes:
Eli’s Drunk Yoga® book as a special gift shipped to you
Optional 20-minute follow-up call with Eli to be used within 6 months of your program for additional support
AND 3 months of access to the private Uplift Academy Slack channel for access to a like-minded community of wellness facilitators, teaching materials and Q&A with Eli for FREE
FAQs
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Great question! So, “Drunk Yoga®” is actually our trademarked brand name–not the name of the class itself. And, because we own the trademark, trainees cannot use the name “Drunk Yoga®” in their class offerings. However, you can absolutely say that you’re “Drunk Yoga trained and certified”, and that your offer is inspired by “the original Drunk Yoga®”, for example.
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Yes! We’ll meet on Zoom weekly. Unfortunately, there are no in-person trainings scheduled at this time.
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No, but experience teaching a yoga or mindful movement class is required.
A Note from Eli
What people don’t know about Drunk Yoga® is that when it went viral, it was an accident; more importantly: I didn’t know what I was doing.
It was quickly covered in IBTimes, NYPost and Refinery29, CBS, GLAMOUR, ELLE, POPSUGAR, LATimes, PeopleTV & more…I even got a book deal. As it continued to grow through media attention, some folks got pretty upset. “Drunk Yoga? ...Is Eli just…getting people drunk and doing yoga?” (Obviously it was more nuanced than that🤌) I panicked, and saw a small window for me to say, “Actually? Just kidding! Drunk Yoga was a joke! Hah!” & take it all back, carrying on with life as per usual…playing small n’ safe. Alas, I needed to make a choice so that I could move forward with unwavering deliberation. Say “yes” to stepping into the role of “accidental” CEO or just…let Drunk Yoga fade away as a passing trend. To make this choice, I went to Central Park and sat on my fav rock, turned my phone off, closed my eyes and dug deep.
It didn’t take long for me to realize that the only reason I wouldn’t say “yes” to this challenge was because I’d be afraid of what others might think. That wasn’t a good enough reason for me to say “no.” I made a deal with myself. I’d say “yes” to full speed ahead as long as my north star was this: every day, I wanted to feel proud of myself for my work. So I said, “We’re doing this.”
This journey has been a steady & simultaneous combo of “omg this is amazing” + “omg this sucks so f*cking hard.” (<--#entrepreneurlife amiright?) That said, I couldn’t have weathered it without having a firm compass rooted in “belonging” to my core value statement: work with integrity such that I feel proud of myself.
You, too, have come to this training opportunity having made a choice: to step into a more authentic version of who you are so that you can bring your fullest, truest and most eccentric self to your work in order to achieve your most positive impact on the world while you’re in it.
Because of this, I just want to say: You’re a badass. I honor your commitment and the sacrifices it takes to bravely live, work and dream with integrity. And, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you everything I’ve learned in the last 7 years of my Drunk Yoga® journey to help you bring your vision to life.
With love,
-Eli
