Advanced Courses
The Chakra System: February 25 – March 11
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesTHE CHAKRA SYSTEM: Balancing the Body’s Subtle Energies Monday Evenings: February 25 - March 11 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: This course provides a detailed understanding of the meaning, anatomy and function of the seven major chakras. When knowledge of the subtler aspects of the chakras is understood and incorporated into your daily practice, consciousness is freed from the downward inertia of fear-filled, animal nature and allowed to rise to the higher centers of consciousness. When the energy of the chakras is balanced, you are freed from the debilitating power of fear, anger and greed [...]
Yoga Psychology: March 18 – April 29
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom Monday Evenings, March 18 - April 29 Chapter 2 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, 53 percent of all illness is attributable to lifestyle choice. This in-depth Bhagavad Gita study will deepen your understanding of how skillful actions and wise choices can effect your entire well-being. The Bhagavad Gita is a practical spiritual handbook for Self-Realization and daily life that teaches you how to be creative and confident in every circumstance. It describes two paths in life — an upward path that [...]
Yoga Psychology: May 6 – June 17
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom Monday Evenings, May 6 - June 17 (excluding May 27) Chapter 3 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, 53 percent of all illness is attributable to lifestyle choice. This in-depth Bhagavad Gita study will deepen your understanding of how skillful actions and wise choices can effect your entire well-being. The Bhagavad Gita is a practical spiritual handbook for Self-Realization and daily life that teaches you how to be creative and confident in every circumstance. It describes two paths in life — an [...]
The Compassionate Buddha
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesTHE COMPASSIONATE BUDDHA: The Healing Power of Thoughts Saturday Afternoon: May 11, 2019 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: The Compassionate Buddha is one of our most practical teachers of mind/body medicine. From the very first line of the Dhammapada—“our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think”—the Buddha explains what leads to joy and health and what leads to dis-ease and sorrow. Then he explains how to take our lives into our own hands. Without esoterica or metaphysics, without appeal to anything superhuman, the Compassionate Buddha encourages us to experiment with our [...]
Yoga Science Lab
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA SCIENCE LAB: How to Practice Meditation-in-Action Presented by Valerie Chakedis, Bob Iwaniec DC, Doreen Howe, Mary Holloway MT and André Tremblay Thursday evenings • June 6 & 13, 2019 • 6:30 - 8:30pm LEVEL II: In this new, interactive workshop you’ll take all the tools and knowledge you learned in the AMI Meditation course and put them into practice by conducting your own “Meditation-in-Action” experiments. Using a game board to facilitate learning, you’ll discover how easy, rewarding and fun this process can be. This is a supportive environment where you’ll receive continual, positive feedback from [...]
Sacred Journey: July 1 – August 5
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesSACRED JOURNEY: Living Purposefully & Dying Gracefully Monday Evenings: July 1 - August 5 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: To understand the purpose of life, we must try to understand the relationship between life and death. The two are partners––each providing a context for the other. Death is not the end, but merely a pause in an eternal journey. When both birth and death are understood and accepted as parts of the human journey, then the fear of death subsides and life can be lived more fully and joyfully. Based on the ancient Katha Upanishad, [...]
Yoga Psychology: August 12 – September 16
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom Monday Evenings, August 12 - September 16 Chapter 4 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, 53 percent of all illness is attributable to lifestyle choice. This in-depth Bhagavad Gita study will deepen your understanding of how skillful actions and wise choices can effect your entire well-being. The Bhagavad Gita is a practical spiritual handbook for Self-Realization and daily life that teaches you how to be creative and confident in every circumstance. It describes two paths in life — an upward path that [...]
Yoga Science Lab
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA SCIENCE LAB: How to Practice Meditation-in-Action Presented by Valerie Chakedis, Bob Iwaniec DC, Doreen Howe, Mary Holloway MT and André Tremblay Thursday evenings • September 12 & 19, 2019 • 6:30 - 8:30pm LEVEL II: In this new, interactive workshop you’ll take all the tools and knowledge you learned in the AMI Meditation course and put them into practice by conducting your own “Meditation-in-Action” experiments. Using a game board to facilitate learning, you’ll discover how easy, rewarding and fun this process can be. This is a supportive environment where you’ll receive continual, positive feedback from [...]
Yoga Psychology: Sept. 23 – Nov. 4 (excl. Oct. 21)
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom Monday Evenings, September 23 - November 4 (excluding Oct. 21) Chapter 5 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, 53 percent of all illness is attributable to lifestyle choice. This in-depth Bhagavad Gita study will deepen your understanding of how skillful actions and wise choices can effect your entire well-being. The Bhagavad Gita is a practical spiritual handbook for Self-Realization and daily life that teaches you how to be creative and confident in every circumstance. It describes two paths in life — an [...]
Best Choices: October 3 – 17
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesBEST CHOICES: 10 Keys for Inspired Decision-Making Thursday Evenings: October 3 - October 17 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: The ancient Yoga Sutras offer a practical system of 10 guidelines for decision-making known as the Yamas and Niyamas. When you learn to employ these concepts in daily living, you will be able to reliably access your own intuitive wisdom that will guide you to resolve every issue skillfully. These time-honored guidelines will teach you how to transform the contractive power of unhelpful, stress-provoking, negative emotions and habits into an expansive, creative and dynamic force. [...]