The Belonging
P.L.A.Y. Book
Eli’s 50-page e-book to help you crush loneliness, design connection, and build the community of your dreams one playful, mindful moment at a time.
The Belonging Manual You Didn’t Know You Needed
Written by Eli Walker, creator of Drunk Yoga® and founder of The Uplift Center, this interactive e-book gives you the tools to build belonging from the inside out.
Eli’s Belonging P.L.A.Y. Book blends storytelling, mindfulness and a step-by-step guide to applying the P.L.A.Y. Method to your work, life and building the community of your dreams to help you cultivate the kind of connection that lasts longer than a networking event. Also? It’s super funny.
Learn the Framework for Real, Lasting Belonging
Belonging doesn’t happen by accident, it happens by design. The P.L.A.Y. Method™ breaks it down into four simple, soul-level steps:
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Place: Shape environments where people feel creative and inspired.
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Language: Use words that invite inclusion, commitment, and safety.
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Acknowledgment: Leverage play to get people out of their heads and into connection.
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You: Through mindfulness techniques, embody the presence and curiosity that make belonging contagious.
Together, these four pillars turn “meh” moments into magic—the kind that builds trust, creativity, and authentic connection anywhere you go.
“The P.L.A.Y. Book teaches you how to make belonging happen on purpose—and have fun doing it.”
Because We’re
All Over “Fine.”
The world doesn’t need another self-help book. It needs a practical, playful field guide for showing up like you actually want to be there.
That’s what the P.L.A.Y. Book offers: real strategies to help you feel seen, safe, and inspired to connect. Because joy is serious business, and belonging is not something you find, it’s something you build.
This Book Is for Anyone Who’s Ready to:
Crush loneliness (gently, with compassion and humor)
Build meaningful relationships at work and beyond
Turn mindfulness into a social superpower
Lead gatherings, events, and communities that don’t feel awkward
Start creating the culture—slash-community you’ve always wanted
Whether you’re a leader, team-builder, event organizer, or someone who’s just craving more real human connection IRL, this book is your permission slip to play your way back to belonging.
Meet the Mind Behind the Method
Eli Walker is a belonging expert, speaker, solo-performance artist and the creator of Drunk Yoga®, the viral social wellness movement that turned yoga into a drinking game. Now, through The Uplift Center, she helps organizations and individuals learn how to design belonging through play, mindfulness, and storytelling.