How Would YOU Answer
This Enlightenment Quiz?
Human birth is not an accident. Each of us has been born to accomplish a purpose. The transformative goal is Enlightenment—the expansion of our spiritual awareness that enables us to recognize our unicity with the Supreme Reality, and to serve Its eternal wisdom as a loving instrument in every relationship.
The six-week AMI Foundation Course developed and taught by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev), founder of the American Meditation Institute, will give you the practical, scientific means to know Enlightenment and to joyfully fulfill the purpose of your life.
Namaste. (I pray to the Divinity in you.)
Thank you for visiting my Foundation Course page. I am a Yoga Scientist, Philosopher and Psychologist at the American Meditation Institute. My mission is to share practical, modern-day interpretations of time-tested, scientific, spiritual wisdom to help you more fully know yourSelf and others, and to live free from the bondage of stress, worry, fear and anger. I invite you now to watch my brief video about this Foundation Course.
— Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)
18 CMEs for Physicians, PAs & NPs
Taught continually since 1996 • For Mind, Body and Spirit
UPCOMING CLASSES
Attend IN-PERSON at the AMI Home Center or ONLINE via ZOOM
SUNDAYS: JAN 5 – FEB 9
6:30 – 8:30pm ET / 3:30 – 5:30pm PT
What is the AMI FOUNDATION COURSE?
The AMI FOUNDATION COURSE is a practical, scientific and spiritual approach to life. It is the only such program offered today.
For thousands of years, countless women and men have developed methods to optimize their minds and bodies and nurture spiritual awareness—with the goal of achieving happiness and fulfillment in their lifetimes. It presents practical, modern day interpretations of time-tested scientific wisdom contained in the world’s oldest spiritual and meditation tradition.
The term “Yoga Science” describes the AMI FOUNDATION COURSE. This curriculum was developed and is taught at AMI by educator, philosopher and scientist Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev). It is a holistic program that incorporates Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine, AMI Meditation, Meditation-in-Action, Easy-Gentle Hatha Yoga, breathing practices, Ayurveda, philosophy, and psychology. Each weekly lecture combines the best of ancient Eastern wisdom with the practicality of modern Western medical science.
— KELLEY APPLE
— NEAL MARTIN
About Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)
Leonard (Ram Lev) is an American spiritual teacher, a direct disciple of medical pioneer Swami Rama of the Himalayas, and a living link to the world’s oldest health and wisdom spiritual tradition. A noted educator, philosopher and Yoga Scientist, Leonard is the founder of the American Meditation Institute, developer the AMI Foundation Course curriculum, and originator of National Conscience Month. He is the author of the award-winning books The Heart and Science of Yoga and YOUR CONSCIENCE, and the Mind/Body/Spirit Journal, Transformation. A rare and gifted teacher, Leonard’s writings and classes are enlivened by his inspiring enthusiasm, vast experience, wisdom, humor and a clear, practical teaching style. Leonard has presented courses at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, numerous medical colleges, Kaiser Permanente, the Commonwealth Club of California, the U. S. Military Academy at West Point and The New York Times Yoga Forum with Dean Ornish MD.
Change Your Mind, Change Your Experience
Yoga Science begins with an understanding of the Four Functions of the Mind, as described in the book YOUR CONSCIENCE by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev). When you understand how your mind works, you can build new habits that lead to spiritual awakening, better health and more joy. You have unlimited wisdom and creativity at your core. To access these Divine gifts, you just need a few tools that will train the voices of the Ego, the Senses, and the Unconscious Mind to honor the Super Conscious Wisdom of your Conscience. Leonard shares his vast insights in every session of his AMI Foundation Course, and then supports you as you begin to employ this wisdom in your daily life.
Why take the AMI Foundation Course?
In modern life, you are expected to balance personal and professional responsibilities, where you face many expectations and challenges. The AMI Foundation Course provides a scientific spiritual perspective and teaches you to transform the debilitating energy associated with the stress and pressure we all encounter in life.
Since 2009, the AMI Foundation Course has been accredited by the American Medical Association for continuing medical education credits, a status awarded only to those educational programs that meet the highest standards of professional review.
The skills taught in the AMI Foundation Course are essential survival skills. You will learn a comprehensive set of daily self-care practices to immediately help you reduce stress and enhance your short and long-term physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health and well being. By using the tools you receive, you can:
- Identify and manage challenges that lead to stress, burnout or interpersonal difficulties
- Enhance your problem-solving abilities
- Achieve a healthier, more spiritual balance in life by learning to actualize your intuitive Super Conscious Wisdom
- Strengthen physical health, including boosting your immune system and reducing pain
- Honor emotional and spiritual needs
- Nurture loving relationships, including those with yourself
- Deepen and revitalize your spiritual journey
- Find inner peace, happiness, purpose and security
What will you learn in the AMI Foundation Course?
The AMI Foundation Course offers an introduction to the key elements of the comprehensive system of Yoga Science, including:
YOGA SCIENCE & MANTRA SCIENCE
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- An educational body of knowledge for health & healing
- How to access the “Super-Conscious” mind
- Understanding pain as an agent for healing
- Increasing energy, will power and creativity
- The power of desire & attention
- Creative actions rather than reactionary responses
- Antidotes for worry, stress and depression
- Introduction to Mantra Science
AMI MEDITATION(Seated Silent Meditation and “Meditation-in-Action”)
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- Systematic procedure for seated meditation
- How to diminish distractions
- Training one-pointed attention for creativity
- The One-Minute-Meditation
- Meditation-in-Action: using what you’ve learned to respond skillfully when you’re emotionally triggered
- The world’s greatest mantras and how to use them
- How mantra vibrations promote health
BREATHING
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- The meaning of prana (life force)
- How breathing irregularities foster dis-ease
- Diaphragmatic breathing for pulmonary health
- Complete (three-part) yogic breath
- The health promoting powers of the Vagus Nerve
- Yogic postures for healthy breathing
- Alternate nostril breathing for energy & psychological balance, and access to higher consciousness
YOGA PSYCHOLOGY
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- Coordinating the Four Functions of the Mind
- Managing thoughts, desires and emotions
- How to experience freedom from fear
- The power of the present moment
- Balancing the four primitive urges
- Anatomy of your real being
- Building and healing relationships
- How to deal with internal weather patterns
EASY-GENTLE YOGA & AYURVEDA
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- Understanding the physiology of Easy-Gentle Yoga
- Two sets of Easy-Gentle Yoga stretches & exercises offered in Videos provide long-term support
- Introduction to Ayurveda, the sister science of Yoga – including the three doshas (body constitutions): Vata, Pitta, and Kapha — and how to support each one
MIND/ BODY/ SPIRIT CARE PLAN
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- The practical benefit of contemplation
- Creating a personal therapeutic care plan
- Learning to budget your time
- Integrating spiritual beliefs
- The healing power of prayer
- How to keep a meditation practice going & working for you
- Ways to keep a meditation practice regular, productive and rewarding
During this class Leonard will guide you to answer these important questions for yourself:
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- Who am I?
- From where have I come?
- Why am I here?
- What’s to be done?
- Where will I go when the body is no more?
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What Participants are Saying About
This Scientific Spiritual Approach
YOU WILL RECEIVE “THE SCIENTIFIC FORMULA FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS”
By attending the AMI Foundation Course, you will learn how to use the scientific formula D = E + W + C in your daily life. This formula will enable you to transform the contracting and debilitating power of FEAR, WORRY, ANGER and SELF-WILLED DESIRE into positive and expansive reserves of HEALING ENERGY, WILL POWER AND CREATIVITY!
POSITIVE RESULTS FROM FORMER STUDENTS
Participants who recently completed the AMI Foundation Course report many life-enhancing changes, including:
UPCOMING CLASSES
Attend IN-PERSON at the AMI Home Center or ONLINE via ZOOM
SUNDAYS: JAN 5 – FEB 9
6:30 – 8:30pm ET / 3:30 – 5:30pm PT
REGISTRATION
Registration includes:
- Lifetime support for your well-being
- FREE Guided AMI Meditationdigital recording
- FREE access to “Transformation” AMI’s Journal of Yoga Science as Holistic Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine
- FREE informative guidebook on the Physiology of Easy-Gentle Yoga
Required texts:
The Heart and Science of Yoga®, by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)
Your Conscience, by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)
Recommended texts:
- The Art of Joyful Living, by Swami Rama
- Essence of the Upanishads, by Eknath Easwaran
REFUND POLICY
Cancellation notification must be received three days prior to the first class for a refund to be granted. No refunds will be given after this date. A 5% administrative fee will be deducted from all refunds.
DISCLOSURE POLICY: The American Meditation Institute (AMI) adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards and Policies. It is AMI’s policy that those in a position to influence the content of a CME activity (such as planners, faculty, authors and reviewers) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data presented.