Belonging Bootcamp
Leverage live experience design to ignite belonging through play.
Unlock the power of belonging to transform your community.
Belonging Bootcamp
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, community leader or facilitator, this 3-week bootcamp offers the guidance, support and accountability you need to take your community-engagement goals to the next level.
Power Hour(s)
Need a belonging-boost for your next event but don’t have 4 weeks to do it? Book a 90-min. Power Hour(s) with Eli instead.
If you facilitate live gatherings, retreats, coaching sessions or meetings professionally, you know how vital creating a sense of belonging is for your success.
Yet, creating a true sense of belonging can feel elusive. As a leader, you might be experiencing:
Lack of engagement from those you lead—especially virtually. You want more than just attendance—you want people to feel deeply connected and engaged during and after your live events.
Difficulty building brand loyalty. If your event attendees, community and team members leave their interactions with you feeling disconnected, they won’t feel invested in your brand or organization.
Wasted resources on event experiences that don’t deliver. You spend significant time and money planning events and frivolous perks; still, retention remains low.
That’s where my Belonging Bootcamp comes in—a hands-on, immersive program that teaches you the art of live experience design through my P.L.A.Y.™ Method. You’ll discover how to leverage the art of play to transform your events into meaningful spaces where people feel welcomed and engaged. Discover how belonging isn’t just a buzzword but the missing ingredient to boosting engagement and deepening connection, helping you build communities that feel like a collective—and yield remarkable results.
Begin your belonging journey.
Get over yourself, engage your community & cultivate belonging that lasts.
Hello, Belonging-Builders!
I'm Eli, founder/author of the original Drunk Yoga® phenomenon. I pioneered the wellness entertainment movement to bridge the gap between #selfcare and #communitycare, and now I help social impact-driven revolutionaries like you do the same: break the rules to spark radical belonging for yourself and your people by leading more playful and engaging live experiences.
My Belonging Bootcamp is designed to help you go from delivering your knowledge and expertise in the conventional, low-impact way to embracing your authentic voice, vision and purpose to engage your community, do more good, and have so much fun in the process.
What you'll learn
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Crafting Intentional Spaces
Design gatherings, both online and in-person, that make attendees feel welcomed, valued, and excited to participate. -
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Building Digital Belonging
Master techniques to create a strong sense of community on digital platforms like Zoom, making virtual gatherings just as impactful as in-person events. -
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Effective Icebreakers & Connection-Building Activities
Learn icebreakers and group activities that foster safety, connection, and warmth right from the start. -
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Creating a Culture of Belonging
Integrate belonging as a core element in retreats and live experiences, ensuring everyone feels like part of the collective. -
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The Art of Engagement
Discover strategies to move attendees from passive attendance to active engagement that energizes your gatherings. -
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The Business of Belonging
Understand how belonging directly impacts engagement, retention, and the success of your community-driven goals. -
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Practical Tips, Tools, & Tangible Examples
Take away tried-and-true methods, tangible examples, and real-life applications to implement belonging in your community spaces. -
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Your Very Own P.L.A.Y. Plan
Bootcampers will walk away with their own personalized P.L.A.Y.™ Plan Guide—a reusable, step-by-step toolkit designed to help them recreate the magic of belonging and connection in any setting, time and time again.
“My experience with Eli was tremendously helpful and insightful, especially in terms of my of productivity. I was struggling to manage and juggle my client responsibilities while maintaining my own sense of health and well-being and couldn't quite pinpoint where I was going wrong. Something within my client interactions just felt off. On top of that, I just felt drained and exhausted after a long day. She was able to articulate, so fluidly, my experience and offer tangible advice and resources to get ‘unstuck.’ Moreover, I just loved talking to her. She listens—actually listens!!! It's so easy to get caught up in a sea of go, go, go, but, Eli has such a calm presence and asks such thoughtful questions, you're able to relax and really consider your dilemma, envision a new reality, and put it into action. Can't recommend her enough! Do yourself a favor, book her bootcamp yesterday!”
- Beth Houlihan, Interior Designer/Founder of The Stage
“Working with Eli is true magic. She hones into your vision and then uses her special skill set to introduce new and fun aspects that were likely never on your radar. I had people dancing in the kitchen while we simmered tomatoes; this never would have happened without her.”
- Antonella Aguilera-Ruiz, ND, Creator/Host of Dr and the Chef
How this works
A week-by-week curriculum overview of what you can expect from your Belonging Bootcamp experience:
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Mapping Your Belonging Baseline
Where does your community stand when it comes to belonging? In this first week, we’ll assess your current engagement and retention strategies, explore your biggest challenges, and identify opportunities to create a deeper sense of connection in your live events and interactions. -
Designing Your P.L.A.Y. Plan
Through self-study with my P.L.A.Y. Method online course, you’ll dive into proven techniques for facilitating belonging. You’ll work step-by-step to craft your own personalized P.L.A.Y. plan, designed to boost engagement and retention in your community.
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Refining & Implementing Your Strategy
We’ll come together to workshop your P.L.A.Y. plan, troubleshoot any challenges, and fine-tune your approach. You’ll leave with a clear, actionable strategy to foster belonging in your community. -
Beyond Bootcamp: Ongoing Support & Coaching
Belonging isn’t a one-and-done effort—it’s a practice. After completing the bootcamp, you’re welcome to book a free 60-minute follow-up call anytime. Whether you need help fine-tuning your strategy, troubleshooting challenges, or getting facilitation coaching, I’m here to support you as you continue building a thriving, connected community.
FAQ
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Nope! But you do need to be ready to create one. If you’re a facilitator at heart but you’ve yet to “find your people,” this program will help you jump start that process.
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Yes! Whether you facilitate 1:1 meetings or large group gatherings, the principles of belonging remain true, and the material you’ll hone during this bootcamp will not only help you optimize your meetings and gatherings for engagement, but also personal fulfillment. (I’m here to help you bring joy back into your facilitation work, whatever shape that may be!)
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In short, yes. As soon as you begin your program start date (any date you choose!), the program must be completed in 3 weeks and follow the step-by-step timeline listed above. This bootcamp is designed to be both time-sensitive and time-intensive. I have found the 3 weeks is the perfect container for you to not only learn these new concepts and integrate them into your life and work, but also just enough runway to put together the best community-building gathering of your life.
*Don’t need a 3-week bootcamp, but could use a belonging-building boost for your next event? Book a 90-min. Power Hour(s) session with Eli instead.
Investment: $1,000
3 weekly 1:1 strategy sessions via 90-minute Zoom calls (*recorded and shared within 48 hours)
Unlimited email support Monday-Friday
Free P.L.A.Y. Book and unlimited, lifetime access to online P.L.A.Y. Course
One free year of Eli’s UplifTV digital yoga platform
One free 60-minute follow-up Zoom call with Eli for belonging maintenance
A more engaged, authentic and purpose-fueled community awaits you.
A Note from Eli
Ever since the pandemic, I’ve been mildly…(okay majorly) obsessed with the structure of belonging. See, when quarantine began, I was full-time CEO-ing Drunk Yoga®, and needed to quickly pivot all of our corporate events to virtual. Of course, because the nature of our interactive yoga party game is just that…a game, in order for us to play, it was vital for participants to turn on their Zoom cameras. This was a problem. Doing yoga—especially in front of coworkers virtually from their living room—can feel vulnerable. Unfortunately, at the time, my livelihood (literally) depended on it.
So, I got to researching. What are the essential components of community engagement? What makes humans want to participate within a collective experience (i.e. turn on their Zoom cameras)? After months of reading, inquiring, and trialing a variety of strategies, I unlocked these four fundamental truths:
1) A feeling of belonging is best sparked within live moments of human connection.
2) Community engagement occurs when belonging is felt.
3) Breaking “the rules” sparks belonging; structured play deepens it.
4) The event facilitator is responsible for all of it.
After I discovered the above, I started developing my P.L.A.Y. Method as a recipe to help all facilitators (not just yoga teachers!), lead more engaging gatherings. And, with a newfound appreciation for the incredible power social impact driven leaders and entrepreneurs (like you!) hold in shaping a greater sense of belonging in our modern, isolated world, I created this Bootcamp. Now let’s P.L.A.Y.