1. Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique® Training at
Buffalo State College
January 7, 2009

2. Outline
1. Introductions
2. About Meditation
3. The IAM Technique

3. 1. Introductions Dr. Bharat Jayaraman
Prof & Chair, Computer Science & Engineering
University at Buffalo
Padma Jayaraman
Senior Software Analyst
Clientlogic, Inc.
Vivek Menon
Faculty Associate
Amrita School of Business

4. Manager, Training & Consulting
Acknowledgments
Paul Reynolds
Manager, Training & Consulting
Buffalo State College

5. Non Disclosure Agreement

6. IAMT Training Agenda 9:30 – 10:00 am Introduction and Overview
IAMT Part I: Relaxation Exercises
10:40 – 10:50 am
Break
10:50 – 11:10 am
IAMT Part II: Guided Meditation
11:10 – 11:30 am
Conclusion and Certificates

7. Amma - Founder of IAMT Born in South India. Overcame great
personal hardships in early life.
Has become a world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader.
Extensive charitable service – including
relief work for the tsunami, etc.
Devised the IAM Technique to help
people gain inner peace and live more
fulfilled lives.

8. Amma, the Hugging Saint
Visits Toronto in
July each year.

9. Gandhi-King Award, U.N. (2002)

10. 2. About Meditation
Meditation is focusing the mind in a relaxed way on a single point of concentration.
“I think, therefore I AM!” René Descartes, 17th century mathematician and philosopher.
But we must stop thinking to know who we really are!
Amma: “Our mind is like a non-stop TV program and
we have lost the remote control! The goal of
meditation is to re-gain that control.”

11. Forms of Meditation There are many forms of meditation, including:
- focusing on one’s breath
- focusing on a word (“mantra”)
- focusing on an image
- focusing on a point in the body
etc.
Generally, meditation is practiced:
- at a fixed time in the day (morning or evening)
- at a fixed place (a quiet room), and
- for a fixed duration (about 20 minutes)

12. Research on Meditation
Since the 1960’s, the benefits of meditation have been
validated by a variety of studies:
- By universities such as Harvard, Stanford,
Berkeley, …
- In journals such as Science, Scientific
American, American Heart Association, …
- In magazines such as Time, Newsweek, …
Two main benefits:
- Psychological
- Physiological

13. Benefits - Psychological
More Alert and Attentive
Improved
Learning,
Creativity
Reduced
Anxiety,
Depression
benefits
More
Productive at Work
Greater
Emotional
Stability
Greater Peace
and Joy

14. Benefits - Physiological
Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Levels
Greater
Energy and
Youthfulness
Beneficial for
Arthritis, Asthma
benefits
Speeds up
Post-Operative
Recovery
Great for
Women’s Health
Higher Disease
Resistance

15. 3. Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique
Visualization
Sound
Movement
Breathing
IAMT consists of two parts:
- Relaxation (10 minutes)
- Meditation (10 minutes)

16. Some Details of IAMT
* IAMT can be practiced in about 20 minutes, either in the morning or the evening.
* IAMT does not involve any religious symbolism, sound, or
imagery nor does it require faith in god or any person.
* Allow about 2 hours after a meal before starting IAMT. Allow about 15 minutes after IAMT before having a meal.
* Those with a medical condition should not do some (or all) of the exercises.

17. IAMT Practitioners
IAMT has been taught to thousands of people around the globe – Asia, Australia, Europe, U.S. and Canada.
Several organizations, both corporate and government, in the US and other countries are bringing IAMT to their employees for its benefits.
Buffalo State College is among the first few universities to introduce IAMT to their employees!
IAMT is also being to taught in prisons in New Mexico!

18. Conclusion a state of restless effort to effortless rest.”
In our fast-paced society, with its demands and
stresses, meditation helps us to relax deeply
and find true peace and joy within ourselves.
Amma says, “Meditation takes us from
a state of restless effort to effortless rest.”

19. IAMT Training Agenda 9:30 – 10:00 am Introduction and Overview
IAMT Part I: Relaxation Exercises
10:40 – 10:50 am
Break
10:50 – 11:10 am
IAMT Part II: Guided Meditation
11:10 – 11:30 am
Conclusion and Certificates