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Transformation The Journal of Yoga Science as Holistic Mind/Body/Spirit Medicine September - October 2026

Celebrating 30 Years of Service (1996-2026)

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An Adventure in Creativity Is About To Begin!

Where Does Creativity Come From? The Mystery

The Space Where Creativity Enters Becoming Available

Who Are You Creating? Refining the Instrument

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CONTENTS September - OctOber 2026 Where Does Creativity Come From? The Mystery p. 3

The Space Where Creativity Enters Becoming Available p. 9

Who Are You Creating? Refining the Instrument p. 14

AMI Annual Appeal

Help AMI’s Teaching Endure p. 18

Craft

A Must for Every Artist p. 19

The Foundation Course for Life

Curriculum and Registration Information. p. 21-22

The Science of Creativity Course

Curriculum and Registration Information. p. 23

Additional Classes

Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Science Lab p. 24-25

Calendar of Events

September - November. p. 24

Cover Photograph Cortez Teaching Museum Opening, July 30, 2026

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WHERE DOES

CREATIVITY COME FROM?

“monet’s Willows at Giverny” © Jenness cortez

By Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) and Jenness Cortez Perlmutter Where does creativity come from? It’s a curious question. A painter stands before a blank canvas. A writer faces an empty page. A physician encounters a problem for which no familiar solution seems adequate. A parent searches for just the right words to reach a troubled child. And then something happens. An image appears. A sentence arrives. A new possibility is

recognized. A connection is made that, only moments before, did not seem to exist. We call such moments creative. Sometimes we say, “I had an idea.” But that familiar expression conceals a rather extraordinary mystery. Where was the idea before we had it? Did we manufacture it? Did we discover it? Or did we somehow become quiet, attentive, and receptive enough for 3

something previously unseen to enter our awareness? Perhaps creativity is not merely something we possess. perhaps creativity is something we become available to. This possibility dramatically expands our understanding of both creativity and the artist. We commonly reserve the word artist for someone who paints, writes, sculpts, composes, dances, or performs. Certainly these are artists. But what about a physician who suddenly recognizes a new approach to a difficult clinical problem? What about a teacher who discovers an unexpected way to reach a struggling student? A parent who finds the patience and words necessary to transform a moment of conflict into understanding? A business person who recognizes an opportunity where others see only an obstacle? Or two people who, in the midst of a difficult relationship, discover a response neither has ever made before? Are these not also creative acts? Perhaps the canvas is larger than we thought. Perhaps every human being is an artist, because every day each of us is participating in the creation of something through our thoughts, words, choices, relationships, and actions. 4

If that is true, another question naturally follows. What determines the quality of what we create? Yoga Science offers us an important clue: Where attention goes, energy flows. Attention is never neutral. Whatever receives our attention receives our energy. And because the amount of energy available to us at any particular moment is finite, where we direct our attention has consequences. Fear requires energy. Anger requires energy. Resentment requires energy. Worry requires energy. So do patience, courage, compassion, concentration, discernment, and love. The question is not whether we will use energy. We are always using energy. The question is how. This principle lies behind a simple formula taught in the Foundation Course for Life at the American Meditation Institute: TM

D=E+W+C Desire = Energy + Willpower + Creativity EVERY DESIRE CARRIES WITHIN IT

ENERGY + WILLPOWER + CREATIVITY These three are the forces that make manifestation possible. But what happens to that creative potential depends upon the

direction in which desire—and therefore attention—is sent. Science teaches us that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can, however, be transformed. Ice can become water. Water can become steam. The substance has not disappeared. Its form has changed. Something similar can be observed within our own lives: When attention continually serves fear, anger, attachment, resentment, expectation, judgment, or habitual reactivity, enormous amounts of energy can become bound up within those similar patterns. The creative force has not vanished. It has simply been reorganized. And when the same energy is consciously redirected toward patience, understanding, courage, compassion, service, or some other beneficial purpose, its expression changes. Yoga Science describes this daily choice through two ancient Sanskrit terms: preya and shreya. The preya is that which is immediately pleasant, comfortable, familiar, or gratifying. The shreya is that which leads toward our highest and greatest good. Every relationship presents us with some version of this choice. When we repeatedly serve the preya simply because it satisfies the personality’s immediate

likes and dislikes, we strengthen habits that can limit us and consume our strategic reserves of energy, Willpower, and creativity. When we willingly sacrifice the preya in order to serve the shreya, something remarkable happens. The energy that might otherwise have been consumed by an old habit becomes available for a higher purpose. Nothing has been lost. energy has been transformed. And our reserves of energy, Willpower, and creativity can increase. This means that creativity is affected not merely by what happens when an artist enters a studio. It is affected by what happened at breakfast. By the argument we refused to prolong. By the resentment we chose not to rehearse. By the email we answered thoughtfully rather than reactively. By the fear we acknowledged, but didn’t permit to make our decision. By whether we listened when another person was speaking. by where we placed our attention. every relationship counts. This may be one of the least recognized dimensions of creativity. We tend to imagine that creative work begins when it’s time to create. But the instrument through which creativity must flow has been shaped by everything we 5

practiced before we arrived at the canvas, the keyboard, the examining room, the classroom, the office—or the next conversation. What we practice matters. When we practice distraction, distraction becomes easier. When we practice worry, worry becomes easier. When we practice anger, anger becomes easier. But when we practice attention, attention becomes stronger. When we practice patience, patience becomes more available. When we practice discrimination, discrimination becomes clearer. When we practice serving the shreya, our ability to serve it again becomes stronger. Slowly, slowly, we begin to purify and refine the instrument. And as the instrument becomes less encumbered by habitual noise, we may become increasingly receptive to possibilities that were always present but previously could not be recognized. Which returns us to our original mystery. Where does creativity come from? When Jenness and I first met in 1971, we began exploring that mystery together through the study and practical application of Yoga Science, Philosophy and Psychology. From the beginning of our relationship, we subscribed to a simple but far-reaching 6

understanding: All of life is sadhana—regardless of the field of action. Sadhana is the disciplined practice of using every relationship in life as an opportunity to transform our choices and to increasingly align our outer thoughts, words and deeds with the Inner Wisdom reflected by the Conscience. Our fields of action were often quite different. I was a businessman and philosopher. Jenness was a painter and philosopher. But business and painting were not separate from our sadhana. each became a laboratory for our sadhana. my business life was a laboratory. Jenness’s painting was a laboratory. Our marriage was a laboratory. Food, sleep, selfpreservation, sexuality, relationships, professional responsibilities—all provided laboratories in which Yoga Science could be studied, practiced, tested, and verified through personal experience. For Jenness, the laboratory of painting offered a particularly revealing field of experimentation. Through observation, imagination, technical mastery, onepointed attention and intuition, she discovered that the disciplined practice of Yoga Science

could refine the instrument through which creativity expresses itself. What was first perceived inwardly could eventually assume visible form on a canvas or panel. Over the years, I found myself continually asking: How does Inner Wisdom become outer action? And through her life as a painter, Jenness was living another expression of the same inquiry: How does the unseen become seen? Perhaps these are not two questions. Perhaps they are one. The word yoga means union. At AMI, the bridge of Yoga describes the practical process by which the Inner Wisdom reflected by the conscience (buddhi) is carried into the world through our thoughts, words, and deeds. Every time we successfully carry Inner Wisdom across that bridge into appropriate outer action, we practice union. And perhaps we also participate in a creative act. Something that existed first as possibility has entered manifestation. An inward recognition has become a word. A word has become an action. An action has changed a relationship. And the world, however slightly, is different because of it. The artist does something remarkably similar. Before the painting exists on canvas, there is

an interior recognition—a possibility, an image, an intuition, a relationship of form, light, color, meaning, or feeling. Then begins the work. Attention must be directed. Energy must be available. Willpower must be employed. Skill must serve the vision. Choices must continually be made. Something must frequently be sacrificed in favor of something more appropriate. And slowly, what was unseen becomes visible. This autumn, these two lifelong explorations will come together at the Jenness Cortez Teaching Museum in an inaugural six-week course entitled The Science of Creativity. The course begins with a proposition that may initially seem surprising: every one of us is an artist. Not because every one of us should paint a picture, compose a symphony, or write a novel. But because every one of us is continually participating in the creative process. We create relationships. We create consequences. We create habits. We create possibilities. And through the repeated choices we make, we participate in creating the personality 7

through which tomorrow’s choices will be made. The Science of Creativity therefore asks us to examine creativity not merely as artistic production, but as an available force whose expression is intimately related to attention, energy, willpower, discrimination, and the choices we make in everyday life. The inaugural course begins Wednesday, September 23rd, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern

Time. But whether or not we ever enter a painting studio—or a classroom devoted to creativity— the experiment is already underway. The canvas is before us now. It is this day. This relationship. This decision. This moment. And perhaps the most important question is not: Am I creative? You already are. Perhaps the more useful question is: What am I making myself available to?

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THE SPACE WHERE

CREATIVITY

ENTERS “the tranquil Hudson at West point” © Jenness cortez

By Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) and Jenness Cortez Perlmutter Sometimes the most creative thing we can do is stop trying to create. Anyone who has ever struggled to solve a problem knows the experience. We think harder. We search longer. We revisit the same possibilities. We push and push, convinced that greater effort must eventually produce the answer.

And sometimes it does. But sometimes, something very different happens. We stop. We take a walk. Wash the dishes. Look out a window. Sit quietly. Meditate. And then, the answer appears unexpectedly. Where did it come from? Perhaps this familiar experience offers another clue to the mystery of creativity. 9

We live in a culture that places enormous value on activity. We are encouraged to produce, accomplish, respond, communicate—and increasingly, to do several things at once. But every object of our attention requires energy. The telephone rings. A text arrives. An email appears. A memory surfaces. A desire asks to be fulfilled. A worry demands consideration. Each competes for a portion of our attention. And where attention goes, energy flows. When our attention is continually divided among competing objects, our energy becomes fragmented as well. Yoga Science offers a different experiment. One-pointed attention. Consider the extraordinary power contained within an atom. Under appropriate conditions, a single neutron can interact with the nucleus of certain atoms, causing the nucleus to split and release an enormous amount of energy. The analogy is imperfect, but instructive. Concentrated attention also has consequences. One-pointed attention does not create energy. Rather, it can help us conserve and direct the energy that is already available to us. This is one of the important lessons of mantra-based AMI 10

Meditation®. At the beginning of Seated Silent Meditation, the mind may be quite active. Thoughts arise. Memories appear. Plans for the day present themselves. Sensations in the body request attention. Amid all this activity, the meditator follows the mantra. Attention wanders. We recognize that it has wandered. And gently, without condemnation, we return our attention to the mantra. Again. And again. And again. Something is being practiced. Attention is becoming increasingly one-pointed. As meditation deepens, the meditator can experience progressively quieter and more refined levels of thinking. Eventually, the mantra itself may lead us beyond the familiar boundaries of thinking and feeling—into silence. And here something extraordinary can occur. Consciousness observes Consciousness without an object. No thought to analyze. No desire to satisfy. No emotion to pursue. No physical entity requiring our attention. For a precious interval, the meditator rests in the sacred silence that Yoga Science identifies as the very ground of our existence. Perhaps St. Paul's enigmatic

words, “I die daily,” point toward something of this mystery: a temporary relinquishment of our habitual identification with the changing contents of body, mind, and personality. We have not disappeared. We have simply become still. From the perspective of Mind/Body Medicine, this inward journey has another dimension. Mind and body are two aspects of the same process. Every state of excitation in the mind corresponds to a state of excitation in the physiology. As the mind moves from active thinking toward quieter and increasingly refined levels, the physiology can become correspondingly quieter. And when the meditator rests in the fullness of silence—in a least excited state of mind—the body can experience a corresponding least excited state of physiology. In this deep stillness, energy, that might otherwise be consumed by the everyday activity and fragmentation of body and mind, becomes increasingly available to support the body’s natural healing processes. And perhaps something else becomes more available as well. Creativity. Not because we have manufactured it. Not because we

have demanded it. And not because silence is some magical technique for producing ideas. Something much simpler may have occurred. We have become available. Silence, then, is not merely the absence of noise. Nor is it simply a pause between thoughts. It is an opportunity to experience the ground beneath the ceaseless activity of thinking and feeling. And as habitual noise becomes less commanding, we may become increasingly receptive to possibilities that were present all along but previously could not be recognized. Wisdom is never absent, but we may need to become quiet enough to hear it. This is why Seated Silent Meditation is practice for life. We do not meditate simply to have a peaceful meditation. We return to relationship. Someone says something we don't like. An expectation is disappointed. A fear arises. An old habit prepares its familiar response—and habit is remarkably fast. But because we have practiced one-pointed attention and stillness, perhaps something different is now possible. We pause. For one precious moment, the old response has not yet been 11

repeated and the next action has not yet been chosen. Possibility remains open. Perhaps this is one of the spaces where creativity enters. Not necessarily as an inspired melody, a brilliant idea, or an image destined for a canvas. Sometimes creativity enters as patience where there had been impatience. As understanding where there had been judgment. As courage where fear had previously made the decision. As silence where we once would have spoken. As a new response in a relationship that had seemed condemned to repeat the same conversation forever. These, too, are creative acts. Something previously invisible has become visible. An Inner Wisdom has been recognized. Now attention must remain onepointed. Energy must be available. Willpower must be employed. And that Inner Wisdom must be carried across

the Bridge of Yoga into an appropriate outer thought, word, or deed. This is Meditation-inAction. Silence has become expression. Wisdom has become action. Possibility has become manifestation. What was invisible has become visible. Perhaps this is why so many creative discoveries seem to arrive when we stop demanding them. We did not become empty. We became available. So the next time we find ourselves desperately searching for an answer, struggling to solve a problem, or trying to force something new into existence, Yoga Science invites us to conduct a simple experiment. Stop for a moment. Gather the scattered rays of attention. Become quiet. Listen. And make a little space—for your waiting creativity to enter.

Go within. Seek within. Find within. then be that Light for all to see. 12

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Who Are You

CREATING?

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By Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) and Jenness Cortez Perlmutter You are already creating something today. You. That statement may initially sound strange. After all, you already exist. But consider what happens each time you think a thought, speak a word, make a choice, or perform an action. Something is practiced. And what we repeatedly practice becomes easier to repeat. Practice patience, and patience becomes increasingly available. Practice attentive listening, and listening becomes increasingly natural. Practice courage, and the capacity to 14

act courageously becomes stronger. But the principle works equally well in the opposite direction. Practice resentment, and resentment becomes easier. Practice worry, and the mind becomes increasingly accustomed to worrying. Practice anger, and anger develops a well-traveled pathway through which it can quickly move. Practice distraction, and sustained attention becomes increasingly difficult. practice is never neutral. Whatever we repeatedly practice, we strengthen. This means that

throughout every ordinary day, whether consciously or unconsciously, we are participating in the continuing creation of the personality through which we experience and respond to life. But here we must make an important distinction. We do not create the Self. The Self—our Essential Nature, pure Consciousness—is not something we manufacture, acquire, improve, or perfect. The Self already is. What we continually create and recreate is the personality—the conditioned instrument through which the Self (consciousness) can find expression in the world. And that changes the question. Instead of asking only: What am I practicing? We might also ask: Who am I creating through what I practice? Every relationship provides an answer. Imagine that someone says something that displeases us. Immediately, an old habit may present itself. Defend. Attack. Withdraw. Judge. Rehearse the injury. The habit is familiar because we have practiced it before. But another possibility is also present. We can pause. We can consult the Inner Wisdom reflected by the Conscience. We can discriminate between the preya—what is immediately pleasant, familiar, or gratifying—and the shreya—what will lead toward our highest and greatest good. Then we can choose. If we serve the familiar habit, we practice that habit again. If we sacrifice the preya

and serve the shreya, we practice something else. Perhaps patience. Perhaps courage. Perhaps compassion. Perhaps silence. Perhaps speaking a difficult truth with kindness rather than anger. The outer action may appear small. But inwardly, something significant has occurred. We have strengthened the personality’s capacity to serve Inner Wisdom. And the next time a similar relationship appears, that capacity is a little more available. This is why there are no insignificant moments. Each relationship offers another opportunity either to strengthen a habit that limits us, or to deepen our union with Inner Wisdom and the freedom that naturally follows. We are always practicing something. And therefore, we are always creating something. The Artist and the Instrument A musician understands that a magnificent composition requires an instrument capable of expressing it. The music may be beautiful, but if the instrument is badly out of tune, its expression will be distorted. The same is true of a painter. Vision alone is not sufficient. The hand must be educated. The eye must learn to see. Technical skills must be practiced repeatedly until the instrument becomes increasingly capable of serving what the artist inwardly recognizes. Yoga Science asks us to consider a similar possibility about ourselves. the personality is an instrument. Our thoughts, emotions, senses, 15

habits, memories, desires, and physical body all participate in translating an inward intention into outward expression. The question is: How well tuned is the instrument? When the personality is dominated by habitual fear, anger, attachment, resentment, or distraction, Inner Wisdom may still be present, but its expression can become distorted. The Conscience may say: Be patient. Habit says: Answer now. The conscience may say: Listen. Habit says: Interrupt. The conscience may say: Let it go. Habit says: Think about it for another three hours. The conscience may say: Do what is necessary. Habit says: Do what is comfortable. There is nothing abstract about this conflict. It happens every day. And every time it happens, we are given another opportunity to tune the instrument. The Creative Power of Sacrifice This is why sacrifice occupies such an important place in Yoga Science. To sacrifice the preya does not mean that something valuable has been taken away from us. Quite the contrary. When we decline to spend energy serving an unhelpful habit, that energy becomes available for another purpose. The energy that might have fueled anger can serve understanding. The energy that might have fueled fear can serve courage. The energy that might have fueled resentment can serve forgiveness. 16

The energy that might have been scattered through distraction can become one-pointed attention. Nothing has disappeared. Energy has been redirected. And each successful redirection helps create a personality increasingly capable of doing it again. Here, practice and creativity become inseparable. We ordinarily think of creativity as bringing something new into existence. But isn’t that precisely what occurs when an old stimulus produces a new response? Yesterday, criticism produced anger. Today, the same criticism produces reflection. Yesterday, fear prevented action. Today, fear is present, but courage makes the decision. Yesterday, habit dictated the response. Today, Inner Wisdom crosses the bridge of Yoga and becomes outer action. Something new has entered the world. And we participated in creating it. Meditation Is Practice This helps explain why AMI Meditation® is not confined to the period when we sit silently with the mantra. Seated Silent Meditation is essential practice. We practice onepointed attention. We practice withdrawing attention from the endless demands of thoughts, sensations, memories, desires, and emotions. We practice returning. Again. And again. And again. But eventually, we rise from our meditation seat. And life begins presenting the day’s curriculum.

this is known as meditation-inAction. The telephone rings. The traffic slows. Someone disagrees with us. An expectation is disappointed. A temptation appears. A person needs our attention when we would rather be doing something else. the laboratory is open. Now we discover what we have actually been practicing. Can we carry the one-pointed attention cultivated in Seated Silent Meditation into this relationship? Can we pause long enough to consult the conscience? Can we recognize the preya without automatically serving it? Can we direct energy, Willpower, and creativity toward the shreya? Can Inner Wisdom cross the bridge of Yoga and become our outer action? Each time the answer is yes, we practice union. And something else happens. the instrument is refined. You Are Not Creating Your Self This brings us back to our original statement. You are already creating something today. You. But now we can be more precise. You are not creating your Self. The Self does not need our improvement. It does not become wiser because we meditate. It does not become more complete because we serve the shreya. It does not become more perfect because the personality behaves perfectly. Our Essential Nature already is what it is. What changes is the instrument, the personality, through which that

Essential Nature is expressed. A window does not create sunlight. But a window can become so covered with dust that very little light passes through it. Cleaning the window does not improve the sun. It allows more of the light already present to become visible. Perhaps practice works in much the same way. Every time we sacrifice an unhelpful habit, every time we direct our attention one-pointedly toward the shreya, every time we allow Inner Wisdom to become outer action, we clean the window a little. Not to create the Self. But to become a clearer instrument through which the Self can be expressed. And this may be one of the most profound forms of creativity available to a human being. Not merely creating a painting. Not merely writing a book. Not merely inventing something that has never existed before. But consciously participating in the refinement of the personality through which we meet the world. Moment by moment. Relationship by relationship. Practice by practice. So perhaps the question is not simply: What am I practicing? Perhaps there is another Question Worth Asking: Who am I creating right now through what I practice? Because whatever the answer may be––we are practicing it right now.

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CRAFT

“madison’s Vision” © Jenness cortez

By Jenness Cortez Perlmutter Creativity and the artist’s craft—how does this essential, magic marriage happen? The answer begins with a concept arising in Mind. Not yet in your mind, nor in mine, but in that great, universal Intelligence that is our source, wisdom, and sustenance. The concept arises. Perhaps it was called into being by your previous action. Perhaps it arrived through Grace. However it appears, it is received by a quiet, open and prepared mind. You have an idea.

When it is received, we call that event “inspiration.” This embryonic message, this inspiration, does not belong solely to the artist. Yet its flowering does depend upon the sensitivity and capabilities and courage of the artist who receives it. The artist serves the message. The artist gives it a form through which it may be seen, heard, felt, and understood by others. But, to accomplish that task, inspiration alone is not enough. 19

The artist needs reliable skills. Methods. Experience. Confidence. Courage. Discrimination. Steadiness. In one simple word, the artist needs craft. craft is the means by which inspiration becomes communication. Every age develops new tools and technologies, but the essential equation remains unchanged: Spirit –– craft –– Art The message arrives. The artist’s craft gives it form. And the resulting art delivers it to the world. So, making art, in this sense, is both the receiving and giving of gifts. I remember reading a letter written by the novelist Émile Zola to his friend, the painter Paul Cézanne. In that letter, Zola reminds the artistically blocked Cézanne that every artist is both poet and Worker. One is born the poet, Zola wrote. One becomes the Worker. And no real art comes into existence without the service of both. There are many more potential artists born than there are artists who make art. Why is that? It is because: Inspiration must be joined by devotion. Vision must be joined by discipline. The gift must be nurtured through dedicated practice. That practice eventually becomes mastery. And that mastery, offered in service to something higher, is achieved by what we call craft. The working artist becomes a

living link in the blessed transmission—between a once-formless idea and the universe of its yet unknown receivers. Some receivers may encounter the artist’s work today. Others may encounter it many years from now. And what they receive, in every case, will depend upon their own readiness. Nevertheless, the artist’s responsibility always remains the same: to receive faithfully. To work diligently. to offer generously. And ultimately, to return both the labor and the completed work back to its Source—for the pleasure and the good of all. There is great fulfillment in that service. To achieve real artistic success, artists (of every discipline) must serve something larger than themselves. Our work, every artist’s work, gives inspiration a form. With open heart and hands, we offer that form back to the mystery from which it came. As a painting artist, I humbly urge every artist of every discipline to bless the world with the offering of your creativity and craft. And as you work, please forget about “art.” Instead, let the offering be your earnest, honest, well-honed craft. Then, art will have a sure path into the waiting world.

Why choose to live your life without a creative vision when your own intuitive wisdom can empower you to manifest the artistry already within you? 20

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LIVE on ZOOM and at the AMI Home Center SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 2026 SEP 13 & 20: YOGA SCIENCE LAB see p.25 Sun. Night, 6:30-8:30 PM ET (2 wks) Live on ZOOM

SEP 23 - OCT 28: SCIENCE OF CREATIVITY see p. 23 Wed. Nights, 6:30-8:30 PM ET (6 wks) Live at AMI & ZOOM

SEP 27 - NOV 1: AMI FOUNDATION COURSE see p. 21-22 Sun. Nights, 6:30-8:30 PM ET (6 wks) Live at AMI & ZOOM

SEP 28 - NOV 2: GITA/YOGA PSYCHOLOGY (6 wks) p.25 Mon. Nights, 6:30-8:30 PM ET Live at AMI & ZOOM

NOV 4 - NOV 18: ENLIGHTENED CHOICES (3 wks) p.24 Wed. Night, 6:30-8:30 PM ET Live at AMI & ZOOM

Level II: This course offers 10 practical guidelines for better decision-making. Known as the Yamas: ahimsa (non-harming), satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacharya (conservation of energy), aparigraha (non-possessiveness) and Niyamas: saucha (purity), santosha (contentment), tapas (selfdiscipline), svadhyaya (self-study), Ishvara pranidhana (self-surrender). These principles will help you reliably access your intuitive wisdom to resolve every issue skillfully. You’ll learn how to quickly recognize emotional triggers and transform the contractive power of those unhelpful, stress-provoking, negative emotions and habits into an expansive, creative and dynamic force. This annual course is highly recommended. WEDNESDAYS, 6:30 - 8:30PM ET $175. (3 WKS) NOV 4 - NOV 18 LIVE ON ZOOM & AMI HOME CENTER

NOV 8 - DEC 13: AMI FOUNDATION COURSE see p. 21-22 Sun. Nights, 6:30-8:30 PM ET (6 wks) Live at AMI & ZOOM

DEC 5 & 12: TANTRIC HEALING (2 wks) p. 24 Saturdays, 1:30-3:30 PM ET Live on ZOOM

DEC 20 : JESUS’S SECRET LIFE IN INDIA Sunday, 9:30-11:00 AM Live at AMI & ZOOM

American Meditation Institute

Education for Enlightenment® September-October, 2026 • Vol. XXIX No. 6 60 Garner Road, Averill Park, NY 12018

americanmeditation.org \ Tel. (518) 674-8714 ami@americanmeditation.org CortezTeachingMuseum.org Tel. (518) 674-8713 AMI is a tax exempt, non-profit 501(c)3 educational organization. Donations are fully tax deductible.

ADVANCED TANTRIC HEALING “Yoga Nidra” Practices To Benefit Mind and Body Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) –– AMI Founder

Level II: This advanced 2-week course provides instruction on the subtle energy healing of Tantra, a system of powerfully effective tools for self-care and stress management. These therapeutic practices minimize tension, facilitate energy flow, calm the mind, awaken creativity, enhance memory and retard the aging and disease processes. You’ll receive instruction in the practices of yoga nidra, shitali karana, shavayatra, and tantric visualization. SATURDAYS, 1:30- 3:30PM ET $150. (2 WKS) DEC 5 & 12 LIVE ON ZOOM

americanmeditation.org • Tel. (518) 674-8714

YOGA SCIENCE LAB ®

YOGA PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisite: Foundation Course for Life

Leonard (Ram Lev) and Jenness (Devi)

How to Practice Meditation-in-Action Amy Laskowitz (Ananda Mata)

Level II: In the AMI Meditation® Foundation Course, you learned that your thoughts are your most valuable asset. The Yoga Science Lab® will help you examine your thoughts and expand your ability to focus your attention. The techniques learned in seated AMI Meditation® are applied in every duty and responsibility throughout the day. This process is called Meditation-in-Action. As you experiment with the Truth reflected by your Conscience, you’ll develop decisionmaking skills that will enhance your confidence in all relationships. As you have already learned, to experience real freedom you must be centered in the present moment, know who you are, and follow your Inner Wisdom. The Yoga Science Lab® can help you achieve that freedom! SUNDAYS, 6:30-8:30 PM ET, $75. (2 WKS) SEP 13 & 20 LIVE ON ZOOM

BHAGAVAD GITA STUDY Level II: In continuous six week installments this course presents the profound teachings of the Bhagavad Gita as a handbook on the science of life and the art of living. If you are seeking a manual or guide for the supreme task of living a fulfilling and purposeful life in the world today, this ongoing study will provide you the practical wisdom, tools, meaning, courage and confidence you need. Each week Leonard and Jenness will teach you how to reduce stress and enhance your health and creative abilities, while offering you a fresh, positive perspective on all your personal and business relationships. This course provides the practical blueprint to resolve all of life’s challenges. MONDAYS, 6:30 - 8:30 PM ET, $150. (6 WKS) SEP 28 - NOV 2 LIVE ON ZOOM & AMI HOME CENTER

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FOuNdAtION cOurSe FOr LIFe

January 2027 will mark the 8th Annual observance of National Conscience Month. Throughout the month Americans from all walks of life will be imagining new ways to celebrate the benefits of experimenting with their Conscience to guide their thoughts, words and deeds. Here’s a special opportunity for high school seniors across the nation! You’re now invited to participate in a unique and creative way––by writing a short essay about using your Conscience instead of old habits. Think of a real situation in your life––or create an imaginary scenario––in which you allowed (or chose not to allow) your Conscience to guide your thoughts, words and actions. What were the results? What were the benefits? Did you experience any unexpected consequences? What did you learn from your experiment?

One talented student will receive a $2,795. scholarship,* awarded for an original essay of 1,000 words or less.

*$2,000 scholarship for Higher Education, and $795 scholarship for the AMI Meditation Foundation Course Submission Instructions: No membership or purchase of any kind is required to take part in the National Conscience Month Essay Contest. Essay submissions should be completed online at AmericanMeditation.org/contest. Submissions must be received no later than Sunday, February 7, 2027. The contest winner will be notified by email. Submissions may be featured by the American Meditation Institute either online or in print in connection with National Conscience Month programming and promotions, and the right to reproduce submissions is reserved by AMI.

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LIFE LIBERTY HAPPINESS Why They Can Never Be Taken From You Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) with Jenness Cortez Perlmutter Founders of The American Meditation Institute

the Search continues For Life. For Liberty. For Happiness. For meaning. For peace. For freedom. For fulfillment. What if what we’ve been searching for has never been absent? Available Now

AmericanMeditation.org/LLH tel. 518.674.8714 • 60 Garner road, Averill park, NY 27

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