Dear AMI Students and Friends.

Giving is the most potent action in the world. Giving is the one form of love that you can always and completely trust, because it is always a matter of your own best choice. At every moment and in every circumstance, it is within your power to give. And choosing to follow this Law of Love and Giving is a decision that makes us ever more available to receiving and amplifying its wonders.

When we open our eyes and look, without prejudice, and with unbiased interest, we see clearly that giving is the timeless order of all nature here on our beloved Earth, and of the workings of the vast Universe as well. And aligning one’s self with this wise, timeless, immutable Law of Love and sustenance inevitably and generously serves the giver, as well as the receivers of the gift.

Albert Einstein reminds us of transcendent cosmic laws greater than the individual, human generosities he cites, but as the American Meditation Institute begins its fundraising efforts for 2025, it is the pressing, inescapable everyday needs of mind, body and spirit that we earnestly address in this appeal.

Our world is in turmoil––and that external unrest further inflames the familiar internal disharmonies that can visit every life. AMI’s commitment to loving and time-proven alternatives to the world’s growing divisions, violence, uncertainties, falsehoods and fears remains a powerful antidote and inspired refuge. Since 1996, AMI’s clinically proven curriculum of Yoga Science as Holistic Mind/Body Medicine has made it possible for thousands of students and physicians to reduce the ravages of burnout and stress, while increasing their capacity to exhibit compassion for themselves and others. For over 6,000 years, these techniques for transforming and harnessing healing, creative energy through thought, word and deed, have offered reliable strategies for accessing and employing our God-given, intuitive wisdom that provides greater ease of being and physical wellness––all within the context of everyday life.

At this unprecedented, challenging and historic time, we humbly ask that you generously support our 28th Annual Appeal to keep AMI’s teaching alive and flourishing.

How Your Contribution Has Helped and Will Help AMI Serve Many More Students in 2025

• This past year the American Medical Association continued its approval of AMI to teach physicians, PAs and NPs thecomplete AMI Meditation Foundation Course curriculum which provides 18 credits for Continuing Medical Education
• The bi-monthly publishing of “Transformation” the Journal of Yoga Science as Holistic Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine
• The publication of two award-winning books—The Heart and Science of Yoga and YOUR CONSCIENCE
• An internationally acclaimed peer-reviewed clinical study that provides scientific validation of the benefits of the AMI Meditation Foundation Course
• Free Sunday morning guided meditation and satsang (in-person and online worldwide)
• National Conscience Month (now 6th Annual) observance and essay competition (with scholarship prize) for high school seniors each January
• A wide range of titles on Yoga Science, not readily available elsewhere, found in the AMI bookstore
• The AMI flowering gardens, Buddhi Yoga Labyrinth, walking trails, goldfish pond and waterfall are maintained (spring, summer and fall) to enhance your contemplation, rejuvenation and pleasure
• Lifelong support of your spiritual practice is always available to AMI Foundation Course graduates. 
• The construction of a beautiful new “Darshana” Home Center lookout and staircase that offer a welcoming place for contemplation or meditation, and connect the Buddhi Yoga Labyrinth to the woodland walking trails. 

In service—with love and gratitude,

Leonard and Jenness Perlmutter