Eli Walker
- Sought-After Speaker & Experiential Facilitator – Brings transformative energy to conferences, retreats, and team events.
- Expert in Belonging, Connection & Human-Centered Culture – Helps teams break down walls and build trust.
- Helps Companies Reimagine Workplace Wellness & Culture – Especially relevant for hybrid and remote teams.
Eli Walker Speaker Biography
Eli Walker is the founder/CEO of the internationally-acclaimed Drunk Yoga®, (Now The Uplift Experience) the first-of-its-kind interactive yoga company that infuses the social ritual of a happy hour or morning coffee into a beginner-friendly yoga practice using games and icebreakers to create a sense of belonging for corporate team-building and private events. She has a passion for helping leaders build strong, conscious communities by helping them tap into the intersection of mindfulness and storytelling–the entry point to self-empowerment.
As a keynote speaker, she uses wellness, meditation, yoga, storytelling (and sometimes wine!) to make kindness, joy and empathy easy for business leaders to foster within their teams. Eli’s interactive corporate offerings are unparalleled. She’s more than just a speaker – she’s an engaging and seasoned storyteller who unites her audiences with talks grounded in what’s real. Eli marries her comedic approach to personal experiences with data-driven insight, leaving her audiences illuminated with empathy, electrified with joy and, most importantly, inspired to create change.
Before founding Drunk Yoga®, Eli earned a BFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, with an emphasis on both experimental theater and sociology–particularly as it pertains to community-based theater.
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The P.L.A.Y. Method : Scripts for rewriting your rule book
After leading hundreds of Drunk Yoga® events for communities & organizations worldwide, I discovered how to use the very same performance devices that turn yoga into a party to help leaders break through 4th walls that prevent them from truly connecting with their people within gatherings.
I breakdown these concepts in my recipe for belonging that I call the P.L.A.Y. method.
Why do I call it the P.L.A.Y. method? Because the most effective way to break the 4th wall is through play.
The Uplift Experience™”: Immersive Wellness to Spark Belonging
Highly curated [and highly fun] yoga experiences to help you get over yourself and into community.
As the creator of the original, internationally-acclaimed Drunk Yoga®, Eli is an expert in leading wellness events that bring people together.
Event planners across the globe turn to Eli and her team to create premiere wellness experiences seamlessly, playfully designed to foster camaraderie. Whether for a conference, offsite or team-building activity, when you book Eli, you hire more than “just” a yoga instructor; you co-create an hour of pure joy via the power authentic human connection.
