Beatrice Mattaway, ERYT500, YACEP, received her 500 hour Yoga Alliance certification through Yoga Mountain in New City, NY. She took her first yoga class and began meditating when she was 5 years old, living in Japan. She has continued practicing and studying yoga and meditation with a wide variety of teachers from many different traditions including two years living in an ashram in India, where she practiced yoga, meditation and chanting (Kirtan) daily. For Beatrice, Yoga contains the principles and practices that guide every aspect of her life. She feels honored and blessed to have the fortune of sharing this incredible practice with others. Beatrice is the owner and manager of Willow Tree Yoga Studios in Rockland County, NY, where she has been teaching yoga and meditation classes and workshops for the past ten years.