Welcome to the Uplift Academy
Where belonging is a practice, not a destination.
Harness the power of play, mindfulness, and breaking the "rules" to overcome invisible barriers to connection.
Learn the structure of belonging with interactive talks, workshops, advisement and digital resources. Using her P.L.A.Y. Method as a framework, Eli provides organizations, facilitators and individuals with innovative, uplifting tools to cultivate centeredness and belonging within any environment.
The result? Lasting engagement, purpose-fueled productivity and a sense of personal fulfillment that drives a deeper impact.
For Facilitators
1:1 consulting and digital resources to help you optimize every touch point of your next live event to for belonging on a budget.
For Individuals
Practice personal belonging to unlock authentic connection, find your people and cultivate a joyful, purposeful life.
For Organizations
Eli’s interactive talks and workshops help leaders and teams foster belonging, engagement and achieve work-life balance.
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"The whole experience was amazing!"
- Ashish Reddy
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"Eli was a pleasure to work with—professional, kind, and creative."
-Ahmed Sawan
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"As a direct result of Eli's workshop, we communicate more efficiently and are excited to work together. I’ve never seen my team so happy.”
- Yessica Osuna
Everboss
Why belonging?
With studies showing that nearly 60% of people feel lonely in our increasingly digital world, learning techniques to build belonging is essential to creating genuine connections and fostering a sense of community and support.
The Uplift Center believes belonging is facilitated, not found. Meaning, with the right tools, we can build it anywhere.
For Organizations
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For Organizations /
Belonging is facilitated, not found.
Eli delivers talks, trainings & workshops on the structure of belonging that help community-builders, leaders and teams optimize their organizational culture for engagement, retention and well-being.
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for Facilitators
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Eli’s advisement services & online course offer tangible tools to help facilitators, entrepreneurs and community-builders lead more engaging, impactful meetings and events.
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for Individuals
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Join Eli’s UplifTV digital membership to practice personal belonging embodiment through her yoga video library.
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 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)? On the flip side, what makes us feel the need to disengage and simply observe? After months of trialing a variety of strategies as well as developing a new *virtual* teacher training program for my instructors, I unlocked these three fundamental truths that remain consistent across all industries and demographics:
1) A feeling of belonging can only be sparked within live moments of human connection.
2) Belonging opens the doorway to community engagement. (In other words, community engagement occurs when belonging is felt.)
3) Breaking “the rules” sparks belonging; structured play deepens 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 organizational leaders hold in shaping a greater sense of belonging in our modern, isolated world, I created the Uplift Academy for forward-thinking leaders like you. I look forward to P.L.A.Y.-ing with you soon!
Learn belonging
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Ready to get started?
Choose from Eli’s digital course, consulting packages, speaking engagements, workshops or UplifTV membership to get started, or inquire below about which program is the best fit for you.