Thanks-Giving Dinner Fundraiser and Concert
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesThanks-Giving Dinner Fundraiser and Chamber Music Concert Celebrate AMI’s 22nd Anniversary Every day we are grateful for the teaching of Yoga Science. It’s very practical and commonsensical, and can be applied in every relationship. As Thanksgiving approaches, please join us in celebrating our 22nd Anniversary with a special, festive meeting of gratitude for the teaching. We’ll enjoy a delicious gourmet vegetarian meal, listen to a beautiful chamber music concert and visit with like-minded seekers.
Morning Yoga for 50 Plus: December 5 – 26
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesMORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS: Yoga for Healthy Aging Wednesday Mornings: December 5 - 26 (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, [...]
Advanced Tantric Healing: Dec. 6 & Dec. 13
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesADVANCED TANTRIC HEALING: “Yoga Nidra” Practices to Benefit Mind and Body Thursday Evenings: December 6 & December 13 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 [...]
New Year’s Eve Celebration
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesNew Year's Eve Celebration Pitch-In Vegetarian Dinner, Movie, Group Meditation and Fire Ceremony Join us as we celebrate the beginning of the new year at AMI. Enjoy a delicious pitch-in vegetarian dinner followed by the movie "Samadhi Part 2: It's Not What You Think" directed by Daniel Schmidt. Samadhi is the ancient Sanskrit word which points toward the mystical or transcendent union that is at the root of all spirituality and self inquiry. View the trailer The evening will conclude with a group meditation and fire ceremony. Please bring a delicious vegetarian dish to share. Kindly RSVP by December 29th. [...]
Morning Yoga for 50 Plus: January 2 – 30
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesMORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS: Yoga for Healthy Aging Wednesday Mornings: January 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, [...]
AMI MEDITATION: Jan 5 – Feb 9
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 Saturday mornings, 9:00 - 11:30am January 5 - February 9 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 [...]
Yoga Psychology: January 7 – February 11
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesYOGA PSYCHOLOGY: The Bhagavad Gita’s Mind/Body Connection & Perennial Wisdom Monday Evenings, January 7 - February 11 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 [...]
Movie & Satsang: “The Bill Murray Stories”
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesMOVIE & SATSANG Thursday night, 6:30 – 8:30pm AMI – 60 Garner Road, Averill Park NY AMI presents entertaining and thought-provoking films reflecting practical Yoga Science. Each Thursday night program begins at 6:30pm with a movie and philosophical discussion (satsang). A group meditation will conclude the evening. $10 per person All reservations must be received no later than the Tuesday before the event. “THE BILL MURRAY STORIES” Starring Bill Murray In this unusual docudrama about "Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man," Americans recount their random and unexpected encounters with actor Bill Murray. View the movie trailer [...]
Morning Yoga for 50 Plus: February 6 – 27
American Meditation Institute 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY, United StatesMORNING YOGA FOR 50 PLUS: Yoga for Healthy Aging Wednesday Mornings: February 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, [...]
Intro to AMI MEDITATION: February 16 & 23
AMI North 108 Old Coach Road, Clifton Park, NY, United StatesINTRO TO AMI MEDITATION: The Basics for Getting Started Saturday mornings, 9:30 - 11:00am February 16 & 23 Presented by AMI Faculty (Mary Holloway, Bob Iwaniec DC, Doreen Howe & André Tremblay) 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, [...]