B YOGA Inc, Markham, ON

For B Yoga founder Andrea Morris, yoga has always been more than just a hobby; it’s been a ritual, a sanctuary and an abiding passion. Morris developed her vision for B Yoga at The Stewart Group, her family’s fifth-generation manufacturing and technology company. She was working with an innovative type of rubber, originally created for carpet pads, when she realized that the material’s distinctive qualities – its exceptionally grippy texture, its eco-friendliness and its durability – could make it the perfect yoga mat. And so, after endless prototyping and fine-tuning, the B MAT™ was born.