The first-ever National Conscience Month is being launched January 1, 2020 by The American Meditation Institute (AMI), a non-profit organization devoted to providing comprehensive training in Yoga Science—the world’s oldest holistic mind/body medicine. With the mission of encouraging individuals across the nation to practice using their conscience as a guide in thought, word and deed, this month-long observance is vital education—especially for those burdened by stress, burnout, fear, anger and the general discontent that pervades our society.

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The American Meditation Institute in Averill Park today announced that four regional high school students will be awarded the first-ever National Conscience Month scholarships totaling $2,000. Recipients will be selected through original artistic creations inspired by the use or denial of the Conscience. Submissions will be accepted in four categories: Creative Writing; Visual Art (two-dimensional); Music or Song; and Video.

Contest entries will be reviewed, and a winner from each category will be selected by a panel of judges from The American Meditation Institute, the New York State Writers Institute, and representatives from well-known arts organizations located in New York’s Capital Region. […]