These are all the steps of overcoming fear of water, shallow and deep, proven with six thousand afraid-in-water adults since 1983. It is a breakthrough system that will someday be applied to every fear. Humane. Gentle. Fun. If only you'd known these steps long ago! Learning to swim begins with overcoming fear. Overcoming fear begins with staying true to yourself and listening to your body. You can't possibly fail if you understand the actual goal, explained with a diagram and the message of the book.

The unique system portrayed and explained for adult swimming students and their instructors has been proven in thousands of classes. It has never once failed. It cannot fail. Based on the ideas that 1) each person is a spirit in a body, 2) you must be in your body to control it, and 3) if you panic, you're out of it, this 300 page text of fun, answers, and surprises reveals the simple path that makes a reader successful in water for the first time, no matter how many lessons s/he has previously taken.

Learning to swim requires comfort in deep water. Once you are no longer afraid-when you're at ease in water over your head-you'll have attention to spare for swimming efficiently: the purpose of strokes. They are not part of this book. First become safe. Then become efficient. This book is every single step you need to heal your fear and become safe.