Morning Yoga for 50 Plus: May 2 – 30
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesMORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS: Yoga for Healthy Aging Wednesday Mornings: May 2 - 30 (Drop-ins welcome: $15) Instructor: Melanie (Uma) Gloeckner, RYT LEVEL I: Yoga for healthy aging focuses on developing awareness and skills for daily living. Increase flexibility and strength, improve balance and build endurance, breath awareness, reduce stress, relax and re-energize. Without difficulty or pain, you’ll learn the simple, therapeutic pleasures of focusing and stilling the mind, expanding your breathing capacity, relieving stiffness and stress, and stretching muscles. Most students feel less stress and inflexibility after the very first class. You’ll move with more ease, [...]
Intro to AMI MEDITATION: May 12 & 19
AMI North 108 Old Coach Road, Clifton Park, NY, United StatesINTRO TO AMI MEDITATION: The Basics for Getting Started May 12 & 19 Presented by AMI Faculty (Mary Holloway, Bob Iwaniec DC, Doreen Howe, Beth Netter MD, André Tremblay & Sandy Vo) Have you ever thought about trying meditation, but didn’t know how to get started? In AMI’s two-session course, you’ll receive a complete introduction on how to start—and stick with—a daily practice of AMI MEDITATION. It’s easy to learn the basics: how to deal with distractions, reduce stress, enhance your body’s immune system and become more focused, creative and content. What is Meditation? In meditation you are fully alert, [...]
Yoga Psychology: May 14 – June 25
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesRequired Reading
Dinner, Movie & Satsang: “The Post”
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesDINNER, MOVIE & SATSANG Friday night, 5:30 – 10:00pm AMI – 60 Garner Road, Averill Park NY AMI presents entertaining and thought-provoking films reflecting practical Yoga Science. Each Friday night program begins at 5:30pm with a gourmet vegetarian dinner followed by a movie and philosophical discussion (satsang). A group meditation will conclude the evening. $20 per person (dinner & complementary film). All reservations must be received no later than the Wednesday before the event. “THE POST” Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks A timely re-examination by director/producer Steven Spielberg of what it takes to risk one's own career and very freedom [...]
Compassionate Buddha: May 19
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesTHE COMPASSIONATE BUDDHA: The Healing Power of Thoughts Saturday Afternoon: May 19, 2018 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 [...]
AMI MEDITATION: May 22 – June 26
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesAMI MEDITATION THE FOUNDATION COURSE OF YOGA SCIENCE The Heart and Science of Yoga® • Complete Self-Care Preview of AMI MEDITATION Course May 22, 29 & June 5, 12, 19, 26 Presented by Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev), AMI Founder AMI MEDITATION teaches the essential principles and tools of Yoga Science to empower you to relieve stress and burnout, reduce pain, boost your immune system, heal relationships, enhance your problem solving ability, deepen your spiritual journey, and find inner peace, happiness and security. View Full Course Information Required Reading [...]
Morning Yoga for 50 Plus: June 6 – 27
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesMORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS: Yoga for Healthy Aging Wednesday Mornings: June 6 - 27 (Drop-ins welcome: $15) Instructor: Melanie (Uma) Gloeckner, RYT LEVEL I: Yoga for healthy aging focuses on developing awareness and skills for daily living. Increase flexibility and strength, improve balance and build endurance, breath awareness, reduce stress, relax and re-energize. Without difficulty or pain, you’ll learn the simple, therapeutic pleasures of focusing and stilling the mind, expanding your breathing capacity, relieving stiffness and stress, and stretching muscles. Most students feel less stress and inflexibility after the very first class. You’ll move with more ease, [...]
A Women’s Wellness Evening
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesA Women’s Wellness Evening It’s All About You The American Meditation Institute (AMI) in Averill Park, NY invites you to join us for a FREE evening designed especially for you — to nourish and reconnect with your entire self — Body, Mind and Spirit. True wellness begins with self-care. This evening provides a unique opportunity for women to gather and share their experiences, to learn simple and practical self-care tools and to encourage one another to incorporate what you learn into your every day lives. Learn self-care tools to become a healthier, happier you. Activities will include: A walk in the beautiful gardens and [...]
Dinner, Movie & Satsang: “Darkest Hour”
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesDINNER, MOVIE & SATSANG Friday night, 5:30 – 10:00pm AMI – 60 Garner Road, Averill Park NY AMI presents entertaining and thought-provoking films reflecting practical Yoga Science. Each Friday night program begins at 5:30pm with a gourmet vegetarian dinner followed by a movie and philosophical discussion (satsang). A group meditation will conclude the evening. $20 per person (dinner & complementary film). All reservations must be received no later than the Wednesday before the event. “DARKEST HOUR” Starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James Pitted against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill must withstand his own self-doubt in order to rally a [...]
Sacred Journey: July 2 – August 6
American Meditation Institute or on ZOOM 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesSACRED JOURNEY: Living Purposefully & Dying Gracefully Monday Evenings: July 2 - August 6 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, [...]