Eli Walker is a solo-performance artist, keynote speaker, and belonging expert who helps leaders and teams build the kind of connection that doesn't end when the event does.
Trained as an actor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Eli founded Drunk Yoga® — an internationally acclaimed wellness brand that turned a viral yoga drinking game into a global belonging movement. What started as social yoga events became a full methodology: the P.L.A.Y. Method, now the foundation of The Uplift Center, her school for belonging. Along the way, she pioneered what she calls belonging architecture — using immersive storytelling, live experience design, and the art of play to help people from different backgrounds actually feel like they're on the same team.
She has brought this work to tens of thousands of individuals and hundreds of institutions worldwide, including Google, Mastercard, Intel, Pinterest, eBay, Barclays, NYU, and Columbia University.
When you book Eli, expect to move, laugh, and leave with something you'll actually use. She has a gift for making belonging feel less like a buzzword and more like something that just happened to you.
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Eli Walker is a solo-performance artist, keynote speaker, and belonging expert who helps teams and audiences build real connection through play, movement, immersive storytelling, and legendary icebreakers.
Trained at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and founder of the internationally acclaimed Drunk Yoga® and The Uplift Center, Eli has brought her P.L.A.Y. Method to Google, Mastercard, Intel, Pinterest, eBay, Barclays, and hundreds of institutions worldwide. Her unique approach to social wellness has been featured in Forbes, the LA Times, Women's Health, Glamour, People, and CBS.
When you book Eli, your audience will move, laugh, and leave more connected than when they walked in, and they'll be talking about it long after the event ends.