1:1 Consulting
for Community-Cultivators
Leverage live experience design to ignite belonging through play at your events.
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, coaching sessions or meetings professionally, you know how vital creating a sense of belonging is for engagement, retention and joy…and subsequently? Your success.
Yet, creating a true sense of belonging can feel elusive. You might be experiencing:
Lack of true engagement—especially virtually—which is costing you repeat attendance. You want more than just attendance—you want people to feel deeply connected and engaged.
Difficulty building brand loyalty and sustainable community. If attendees leave 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, but without engaging design, these gatherings may fall flat.
Uncertainty about how to stand out in a crowded market. Without a distinct, engaging event experience, it’s hard to differentiate your offerings and create the impact you desire.
That’s where my Belonging Bootcamp comes in—a hands-on, immersive program that teaches you the art of live experience design through the P.L.A.Y.™ method. You’ll discover how to use 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 piece that boosts engagement and deepens 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.
In this Bootcamp, you’ll learn how to:
Master the principles of live experience design to foster human connection and create intentional, welcoming spaces that draw people in, whether it’s a retreat, live online course, or networking event.
Build belonging through Zoom and digital platforms with powerful icebreakers and group activities that spark safety and connection.
Make belonging the “secret ingredient” in your gatherings, turning engagement from passive attendance into active participation.
Use practical tools, tips, and real-life examples to ensure participants feel engaged, invested, and inspired to contribute.
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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The Art of Getting Over Yourself: Belonging 101
It’s time to get real about your vision, both personal and professional, and examine how you’re showing up for it. This week, you’ll dive into personalized exercises tailored to your facilitation goals, including self-reflection prompts like, Who are your people, and are they aligned with your purpose? More importantly, are you aligned with theirs?
You’ll also rehearse your upcoming facilitation “performance” solo and explore additional prompts, tips, and marketing best practices. This is your opportunity to integrate your relationship with the outer world (your people) and your inner world (yourself), asking, Does my work feel authentic, or am I stretched thin by “should’s?”
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Setting the Stage: P.L.A.Y. Plan
Using my P.L.A.Y. Method as a guide, we’ll map out a new “Belonging Plan” for yourself with various recipes to help you get over yourself and get uplifted.
Here’s where we decide what your “practice” gathering event will look like, and map the course to get there. Understanding the touch points of your community, we’ll work together to optimize them for belonging-sparking in live moments of human connection. -
Performance of Belonging
Connection occurs in your facilitation of it. During week #3, we’ll rehearse your upcoming gathering step-by-step for a real audience of your community members.
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After you facilitate your live experience, you’re welcome to book one free additional call to talk about what worked, what didn’t, and how we can refine for the future. Additionally, we’ll address best strategies for you to follow up with attendees to ensure continued engagement and sustained belonging.
Investment: $750
For 3 weeks of 1:1 strategy sessions, accountability and facilitation coaching
Weekly 90-minute Zoom calls (*recorded and shared within 48 hours)
Unlimited email support Monday-Friday
Free P.L.A.Y. Book to reuse for future gatherings
Personalized live experience script provided by Eli to streamline your success
A more engaged, authentic and purpose-fueled community awaits you.
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 4 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 4 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.
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.