Dear Friend,

As we enter our 14th year of service, the American Meditation Institute needs your support to help reach our goal of raising $36,000 so that we can keep the important teaching of Yoga Science accessible to every individual and medical professional eager to learn.

This past year has marked significant milestones for the American Meditation Institute, enabling us to expand the teaching of Yoga Science and reaching more students than ever.

AMI's First Annual Mind-Body Medicine Health Care Practitioners Retreat was held in November, 2009, at the Cranwell Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts. The Computer Distance Learning initiative was launched in January, 2010, enabling people around the world to participate in AMI's Gita classes online. Thus far, students from as far away as India, California, Colorado, North Carolina and Georgia have attended via computer. In April, 2010, AMI hosted a standing-room-only lecture given by Dr. Bernie Siegel, renowned author, surgeon and pioneer of mind-body medicine. The 2nd Annual Health Care Practitioners Retreat will be held in November 2010, again at the Cranwell Resort. Dr. Bernie Siegel will join the faculty this year lecturing on "Healing a Life vs. Curing a Disease", a perfect complement to The Heart and Science of Yoga curriculum.

We could not have reached these milestones without your ongoing commitment. Since 1996, AMI has offered instruction to nearly 3,000 students in all aspects of Yoga Science as holistic mind-body medicine. As a non-profit educational organization, AMI is not financially self-sustaining. AMI has no salaried staff members, and neither Leonard nor Jenness receive any financial remuneration for any of their work or teaching, yet, our combined income from tuition and membership still falls far short of the necessary operating expenses to adequately serve our students.

Your financial support now will make it possible to continue offering all AMI classes, events and the bi-monthly publication of Transformation--Journal of Mind-Body Medicine.

Leonard and Jenness have a unique and highly practical understanding of Yoga's timeless traditions and have crafted a valuable program for implementing the principles of Yoga Science in everyday life. Their vision of building a spiritual community based on Yoga Science has become a vibrant, living reality. Your financial support for 2010-2011 is needed to ensure that this sacred, practical and holistic teaching will continue to grow and remain accessible for all interested individuals.

 
It has been said that giving is the secret to abundance. Your financial contribution will enable AMI to fulfill its mission in the world. Please be as generous as possible and return the enclosed pledge envelope today. Whatever level of contribution you can afford will help immensely.

Thank you for your contribution.

In service--with love,

Melanie Uma Gloeckner, Mary Helen Holloway, Doreen Howe, Peggy Jacob and Dave Miller
Board Members, The American Meditation Institute