AMI to teach physicians Yoga Science at CME conference

According to The American Meditation Institute (AMI) founderLeonard Perlmutter, Yoga Science techniques known to relieve and prevent commonphysician burnout symptoms, will be taught at the 11th annual CME conferencefor physicians and other health care providers. Taking place October 22-26,2019, at the Cranwell Resort and Spa in Lenox, Massachusetts, The Heart andScience of Yoga comprehensive training in Yoga Science as holistic mind/bodymedicine is accredited through the American Medical Association and AmericanNurses Association.

A May 2019, article in the Annals of Internal Medicinereported that physician burnout symptoms are currently costing the U. S.economy $4.6 billion annually. "Everybody who goes into medicine knowsthat it's a stressful career and that it's a lot of hard work," says LotteDyrbye, a physician and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,Minnesota, who co-authored the study.

Acknowledging the current national crisis in medicine,Leonard Perlmutter says, “Physicians and other healthcare providers can learnpractical strategies – such as AMI MEDITATION and its allied disciplines – totransform their stress into creativity and strength.” Then he adds, The ‘Heartand Science of Yoga’ curriculum represents the world’s oldest and mosteffective holistic mind/body medicine to relieve and prevent burnout, healdisease, manage addictive habits, alleviate stress and inflammation, andbalance life-work responsibilities.”

In support of The American Meditation Institute’s continuingmedical education accreditation for physicians (through the Albany MedicalCollege and the American Medical Association), AMI conducted a 2009retrospective case study of participants who completed Leonard Perlmutter’s“Heart and Science of Yoga” curriculum. The findings included these positive,reproducible, long-term health-promoting changes: significant reductions instress and fear, decreased anxiety and depression, lowered blood pressure,lowered heart rate, improved restorative sleep, improved energy levels,increased creative capacity, diminishment of migraine headaches, elimination ofirritable bowel syndrome, enhanced happiness and optimism, reduced cholesterollevels, diminished or extinguished acute and chronic pain, weight loss andincreased breathing capacity.

Upon completion of this 31-credit CME conference, allparticipants will be able to: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of how Yoga Science asmind/body medicine can help heal disease, manage addictive habits, alleviatestress, inflammation and physician burnout; 2. Develop equanimity,discrimination, will power, creativity and energy with a daily practice of AMI MEDITATION& diaphragmatic breathing; 3. Incorporate long-term strategies for healthylifestyle choices using Yoga Psychology; 4. Demonstrate knowledge of theprinciples of both Ayurveda and Epigenetics; 5. Utilize Yoga Science practicesto transform trauma and increase resilience; 6. Utilize Food as Medicine tomaximize personal wellbeing; 7. Demonstrate knowledge of the research andtherapeutic modalities of yoga and meditation as mind/body medicine; 8.Reimagine a medical practice that incorporates Yoga Science tools; 9. Recognizethe physiological benefits of Easy-Gentle Yoga, and identify and disablechronic pain mechanisms for improved exercise, health and pain relief; 10. Helpthemselves and their patients reduce conditioned habits of negative thinkingand other symptoms of burnout through the healing powers of AMI MEDITATION andmantra science; 11. Use Chakra Psychology (subtle emotional/mental causes ofstress) to assist in diagnosing and treating dis-ease; 12. Recognize howAMI MEDITATION and meditation-in-action change neural pathways in the brain tohelp manage pain and increase creativity; 13. Identify altered pathways in thebrain due to stress or trauma, and recognize the capacity of Yoga Science andAMI MEDITATION to assist brain chemistryand circuitry to heal and rebuild itself; and 14. Use the tools of YogaScience to create a personal and medical culture of health and wellbeing.

The dedication, enthusiasm, and teaching methodology of theentire AMI faculty create a dynamic and interactive course for their students.Each faculty member is committed to the advancement and training of YogaScience as holistic mind/body medicine. This year’s faculty includes LeonardPerlmutter, AMI founder and conference director; Dr. Robert Schneider MD, deanof the College of Integrative Medicine and director of the Institute forNatural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University; Anthony Santilli MD,board certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Sat Bir Singh Khalsa,PhD, director of Research for the Kundalini Research Institute, and assistant professorof Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Renee Rodriguez-Goodemote, MD, medical directorof the Saratoga Hospital Community Health Center; Susan Lord MD, a privatepractice holistic physician focusing on prevention and treatment, and formercourse director for the The Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s “Food As Medicine”program in Washington, DC; Jesse Ritvo MD, assistant medical director,Inpatient Psychiatry, University of Vermont Health Center; Joshua Zamer, MD, medicaldirector for Addiction Medicine at Saratoga Hospital Community Health Centerand chairman of the Department of Family Practice; Anita Burock-Stotts, MD,board certified in Internal Medicine; Kristin Kaelber MD, PhD, board certifiedin Internal Medicine and Pediatrics; Janine Pardo MD, board certified inInternal Medicine; Gustavo Grodnitzky PhD, chair of the AMI PsychologicalEducation Committee; Jenness Cortez Perlmutter, faculty member of The AmericanMeditation Institute; and Lee Albert, NMT, acclaimed neuromuscular therapistand gentle yoga instructor.

According to Karenga Lemmons MD, a 2017 conference attendeeand Internal Medicine physician, “This is the only CME course I’ve everattended that reminds me that in order to be a better doctor I need to takecare of myself.”