Touched by the financial crisis of 2008, Lauren Imparato resigned from her job as a 20-something Vice President at Morgan Stanley to launch Retox, a lifestyle company and yoga studio in New York City. Since opening, Lauren has become revered as one of the globe’s top yoga, wellness and lifestyle experts, uniting the ancient Tibetan and Indian Hindu philosophies of yoga with modern day life as the basis of her teachings and writings in yoga, self-help, nutrition, and more. She has lead classes for 3,000 people outdoors in Barcelona, Madrid, Panama, and New York City, as well as for opening weekend in Ibiza and at the Cannes Film Festival. In February 2016 Lauren introduced her first book, RETOX: Healthy Solutions for Real Life. In RETOX Lauren shares common sense nutrition, practical mindset skills, and a brand of yoga she personally designed for her hundreds of devoted clients.

• Things Lauren shares in our Inspired Conversation:
• How do we keep it together in the context of modern life?
• How are we healthy without breaking our bank account or time schedule?
• Retox is a toolkit of solutions so you can go in and get what you need, when you need it
• She opens the perspective so you can find what’s right for you
• We can be real, strong and healthy together
• Be the voice of other to, she’s real and she wants you to be real with her
• When your shifting while enhancing your values, integrity and your ethics along with it is where you stay in alignment
• How are you holding true to your family and personal values?

Inspired Round Q&A:

• Most Inspiring Book- Always constantly reading – any book on any topic
  • Retox ( A resource for your real life)
  • Whatever calls her is her inspiration, no one book!
• Favorite Song-
  • Flamenco Music
  • Electronic Techno Music
  • Old School Rock n Roll, from Tom Petty and on
• Best Resource-
  • Her husband, letting her husband be her teacher and guide.
• Surprising Fact About Lauren- 
  • She’s a tomboy
  • She’s cried during her wellness entrepreneur journey more than you think. She has feelings just life everyone else.
• Most Important Thing to Know About Lauren-
  • That she’s me, she’s not going to lie to you. She’s here to help inspire you and have success in your life everyday and everyone’s success is different.
• BONUS- Lauren’s Daily Practice:
  • Although she doesn’t think she’s disciplined her friends all tell her she is. She doesn’t force herself to do the same thing, at the same time everyday, she switches it up but she always does the following:
    • Wakes up and connects with husband, no matter if they are together or not
    • Let’s the rest of the day take on itself
    • Connect with husband
    • Takes time to sweat
    • Drinks a few liters of water
    • Speaks to somebody she loves everyday besides her husband, most likely a family member
    • Share a meal with somebody she loves everyday – a sandwich on the street, a meal over Skype
    • Thanks life for everything in some way

Interview Links:

• Book:
  • Retox, Lauren Imparto
• Website:
  • retoxnow.com
• Facebook:
  • www.facebook.com/retoxnow/
• twitter:
  • @IAMYOUstudio
• Instagram:
  • www.instagram.com/iamyoustudio/

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