Get over yourself.
Engage community.
Spark belonging.
Welcome to
The Uplift Center
Designing and facilitating transformative (albeit playful) social wellness experiences for live events, retreats, and trainings, The Uplift Center empowers leaders, community-builders and individuals to foster engagement and build belonging in the modern world.
Eli Walker’s Social Wellness School
Learn Belonging
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Experience Belonging
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Practice Belonging
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Learn Belonging / Experience Belonging / Practice Belonging /
Team Retreats
Inspire lasting connection at company off-sites in Upstate, New York & beyond.
Wellness Activations
Bring your people together with interactive wellness activities at your live event.
Uplift Academy
Learn belonging-building tools to enhance engagement through play.
“A fitting response to these times.”
- Refinery29
Corporate Retreats & Off-sites
Upstate, New York & Beyond
Bring your team together with memorable off-site activities, designed to spark connection, foster belonging, and energize your people through interactive workshops, playful wellness experiences, and creative storytelling.
Team-Building
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Brand Collaborations
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Retreats
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Conferences
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Team-Building / Brand Collaborations / Retreats / Conferences /
Social Wellness Activations
Play is the gateway to connection & belonging.
Work with Eli to curate playful yoga experiences, wellness programming & icebreaker sessions to build belonging & cultivate lasting community engagement.
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Bespoke interactive yoga activities that make wellness, networking and team-building a one-stop solution.
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Conventional yoga experiences to recharge and reignite a passion for engaging in the world around you.
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Get uplifted sans the yoga with Eli's playfully curated icebreaker sessions.
Team-Building
Build belonging magic for your team.
Brand Awareness
Create organic brand awareness.
Conferences
Make networking fun.
Retreats
Elevate employee appreciation.
Street Cred.
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Street Cred. /
“Eli’s events are not just gatherings; they are experiences. Her ability to infuse each moment with energy and engagement ensured that every attendee felt valued and involved. I wholeheartedly recommend Eli and her team to anyone looking to elevate their event experience to new heights.”
- Jake Pereira, Experience Manager, Porsche
“Eli was a pleasure to work with--professional, kind, and creative in terms of customizing virtual sessions to suit our unique needs as an international team across multiple time zones.”
- Ahmed Sawan, Business Operations Manager, Intel
Talks & Workshops
Belonging is facilitated, not found.
Eli delivers talks and workshops on the structure of belonging that help leaders and teams elevate their organizational culture for engagement, retention and well-being.
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Discover fun, cost-effective strategies to enhance daily interactions, boosting engagement, productivity, and overall happiness. Through the power of play in live experiences—like meetings and team events—participants will learn how to foster a culture of belonging that naturally elevates the workplace.
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In a remote-first world where work-life boundaries blur, achieving balance can feel elusive. This workshop introduces a refreshing work-life balance game designed to make a real impact. Using her signature P.L.A.Y.™ method, Eli guides remote and hybrid teams in cultivating both personal and professional balance and belonging—through the art of play.
Community engagement is what happens when belonging is felt.
1:1 Advisement
For facilitators, event planners & community-builders
Work with Eli to optimize your next live experience for belonging & engagement on a budget.
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Whether you’re an entrepreneur or facilitator, this 3-week bootcamp offers the guidance, support and accountability you need to take your community engagement goals to the next level.
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90-min. strategy session with Eli to help you power through every touch point of your next live event to optimize them for belonging and lasting community engagement on a budget.
Hi! I’m Eli - Founder of The Uplift Center. I’m so glad you’re here.
I’ve always had a knack for two things: 1) breaking the rules and 2) making people feel like they belong.
After founding and scaling the internationally acclaimed social wellness brand Drunk Yoga®, I discovered that the key to creating engaging, memorable off-sites and live experiences is to harness the power of play. Enter: The Uplift Center—(Drunk Yoga® 2.0, if you will).
From facilitating workshops in boardrooms at Barclays to immersive yoga pop-ups for Porsche, my mission is to empower teams and community-builders to create connection in any environment through engaging, elevated, human-centered events.
