Research is showing theat meditation has the power to change your brain! Meditation, done for as little as 5 minutes a day, has a profound effect on the mind. Practitioners of meditation report more mental clarity, patience and even happiness. Meditation has the power to help in rewriting thought patterns to aid in breaking old habits and ways of thinking about yourself and the world around you.
Can I Meditate?
Yes, everyone has the capacity to meditate and Hatchery Hill Yoga offers courses and guided meditation classes for you to get started!
Why should I meditate?
"It's a wonderful area of research because it shows that mediation is not just blissing out under a mango tree but it completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are."
~Matthieu Ricard, the "happiest" man in the world, on the research being done at UW's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
"​Big picture–meditators across all groups are less prone to feeling guilty for imaginary crimes (thinking erroneously that they’re responsible for someone else’s misery), less prone to depression and anxiety and higher in openness, general agreeableness, and altruism towards strangers. The personal benefits are obvious."​​​
​—Excerpt from "Meditation, Happiness, and Compassionate Altruism," by Lynn E. O'Connor
published in Psychology Today, July 2012​