Maty ezraty yogaworks back

Maty Ezraty was an Israeli-born American, yoga teacher, and co-founder of YogaWorks. Born September 2,1963 in Israel^[1] to parents Yossi and Miriam Ezraty.^[2] In 1974 at the age of 11 years old Maty Erzaty, her sister Haggit, and their mother Miriam left Israel and moved to California.^[2] In 1987 before opening YogaWorks opened Maty met her long term partner Chuck Miller.^[3] Ezraty died at the age of 55 on July 9, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan in her sleep.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Born in Israel, Ezraty moved to California in 1974 with her family.^[4][2] She began practicing yoga after graduating from Beverly Hills High School, inspired by her ballet classmates.^[4]

Career

Maty Ezraty began taking yoga classes at the early age of 13 years old at the Center for Yoga in Larchmont Village.^[3] She originally started working at the front desk of the yoga studio in exch