303: Interview with Co-Founder of Equinox Fitness & Founder of MoveJoy, Lavinia Errico
Release Date: 03/07/2025
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info_outlineLavinia Errico, co-founder of Equinox Fitness, founder of the Inside/Out Movement, Principle in First Point Partners and pioneering MoveJoy creator, has spent a lifetime helping women find their voices and expand their potential to lead more authentic, empowered and joyful lives. As a successful and passionate entrepreneur and brand innovator, Lavinia is a highly sought-after speaker who has appeared on numerous podcasts, served on panels at thought-leader conferences throughout the county and delivered keynote addresses at several business/entrepreneurial seminars and summits. She has inspired countless women of all ages to move forward with their vision and create successful businesses across fitness, wellness, technology and the sciences.
Lavinia is curious, open, and a deeply intuitive and discerning curator of the many physical, mental and spiritual practices that transform lives, bring us closer to our essential selves and unlock the meaning and purpose we all seek. Her belief in the interconnectedness of our minds, bodies, emotions and spirits is visceral and based on years of experience. At Equinox, she disrupted and revolutionized the fitness industry by introducing the concept of wellness and seeding their clubs with eastern practices like Reiki and acupuncture, and bringing meditation and yoga classes to the masses. A visionary who always sees around the curve, Lavinia’s track record for identifying the best and most impactful innovations is exemplary. She has personally mentored several of today’s groundbreaking young female entrepreneurs and continues, through First Point Partners, to invest in new technologies and scientific breakthroughs that improve our health and wellbeing, and strengthen families and communities.
Today, her signature MoveJoy Method is creating another new paradigm and introducing people everywhere to a physical and spiritual practice that empowers, elevates and transforms through joy.