The Production

AN ODE TO CRAFTMANSHIP

The further you trace back our production chain, the better it gets. All of our production partners share our values of sustainability and fair, honest and healthy working conditions. We value our personal relationships with each of them, inspired by a friendship that started it all:

In 2016 we traveled to Portugal to the cork oak farmers and joined the harvesting process. The second our founder stood under the old cork oak trees, she knew her vision and this natural material were meant to align. It was Alchemy. Alongside the cork farmer families, she developed a special technique to produce premium cork yoga mats, and their shared appreciation for the trees turned into deep trust and friendship.

The goal of every single MAATÏ MAATÏ Mat is to keep the natural structure of the cork and sustain its countless benefits. Unlike any other cork yoga mat, which are made of agglomerated cork, our premium cork yoga mats are made of hand-cut slices of cork with a traditional Portuguese machete. This way of harvesting cork is an ancient process. Cork is a sustainable material, that grows over 25 years on the cork oaks. Only the cork farmer families and their closest friends do the harvesting to protect the trees. No tree has to die, the same cork oak can be harvested for over 200 years. The pieces that are brought together per hand like a patchwork. That's why our mats are more flexible, have a better grip and create individual designs - drawn by nature itself. Every single MAATÏ MAATÏ yoga mat is unique.

The cork is selected by hand to ensure our Premium Champagne Cork Quality. But no gram cork is wasted: We use the remaining dust from THE MAT Production to create THE BLOCKS. Spiritual from start to finish.