American Meditation provides an extraordinary opportunity to transform the debilitating energy of anger, fear, expectation and disappointment into a powerful and beneficent force. Through a sincere willingness to use the principles and tools of yoga science and meditation, physical, mental and emotional dis-ease begins to melt away.

Each Student Will Learn:
The meaning of mantra science; how to employ their own personal mantra from the tradition of their choice; a comfortable method for sitting in meditation; an easy, systematic procedure for meditation; how breath effects our physical, mental and emotional well-being; the major functions of the mind; Ayurvedic principles of health; and exercises to benefit joints, glands and internal organs.

Each Student Receives:
A "Guided Meditation" CD and a free subscription to the AMI newsletter "Transformation."

Required texts:
The Heart and Science of Yoga, by Leonard Perlmutter and The Art of Joyful Living, by Swami Rama.

Recommended text:
Dialogue with Death, by Eknath Easwaran.

Summary of Topics:

Week 1: Overview of mantra, yoga science and the mind

Week 2: Systematic procedure for meditation

Week 3: Establishing a healthy breath

Week 4: Four functions of the mind, Introduction to Ayurveda

Week 5: Easy-gentle yoga (physical postures)

Week 6: Detachment, contemplation and prayer

Directions to AMI

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