Advanced Courses
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 • November 14 & 21, 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 [...]
Advanced Tantric Healing: Dec. 5 & Dec. 12
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesADVANCED TANTRIC HEALING: “Yoga Nidra” Practices to Benefit Mind and Body Thursday Evenings: December 5 & December 12 Presented by Leonard (Ram Lev) & Jenness Perlmutter LEVEL II: This course provides important instruction on employing the subtle energy healing of Tantra, a system of powerfully effective tools for self-care and stress management. Each week you will be taught new skills that reduce the effects of stress, illness and physical exhaustion by purifying the mind and body. These deeply therapeutic yogic practices minimize tension, facilitate energy flow, calm and train the mind, awaken creativity, enhance memory and retard the aging [...]
Yoga Psychology: Jan. 6 – Feb. 10
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, January 6 - February 10 Chapters 7 & 8 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 [...]
The Chakra System: February 24 – March 9
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesTHE CHAKRA SYSTEM: Balancing the Body’s Subtle Energies Monday Evenings: February 24 - March 9 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: Mar. 16 – Apr. 20
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesIMPORTANT CLASS INFORMATION The health and well-being of our AMI community is of the utmost importance. Out of an abundance of caution, AMI is taking a proactive approach regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and will be limiting class participation to online only. We are monitoring the situation closely and following the guidelines from the Center of Disease Control (CDC) to reduce the spread of the virus. Until further notice, the Yoga Psychology class will be offered online only. No one will be permitted to attend in person. YOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom [...]
Yoga Psychology: April 27 – June 8
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom Monday Evenings, April 27 - June 8 (excluding May 25) Chapters 11 & 12 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 [...]
Yoga Science Lab
ZOOM Online Your LocationYOGA SCIENCE LAB: How to Practice Meditation-in-Action Presented by Valerie Chakedis & Mary Holloway MT Thursday evenings • May 7 & 14 • 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 group leaders and participants. As you experiment with [...]
The Compassionate Buddha
ZOOM Online Your LocationTHE COMPASSIONATE BUDDHA: The Healing Power of Thoughts Saturday Afternoon — May 16, 2020 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 [...]
Sacred Journey: Jun 15 – Jul 20
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesSACRED JOURNEY: Living Purposefully & Dying Gracefully Monday Evenings • 6:30 - 8:30 PM EST • 6 Weeks June 15 - July 20, 2020 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 [...]
Yoga Psychology: July 27 – August 31
ZOOM Online Your LocationYOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom Monday Evenings, July 27 - August 31 Chapters 13 & 14 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 [...]