Conquer Your Fear of Water

TABLE OF CONTENTS, Partial

Introduction................................................................................................7

PART 1: The Urgency to Get Started.......................................................9

"I'm Afraid in the Deep, Not the Shallow"......................................10

"I just need to learn to breathe".......................................................11

"I just need to learn to tread"...........................................................11

PART 2: How to Know If You're Afraid In Water................................13

PART 3: What Happened?...........................................................................15

PART 4: What Didn't Happen?..................................................................17

PART 5: How to Fix It................................................................................21

Step 1: 2+2=4..........................................................................................22

Step 2: How to Stay in Control..........................................................27

Step 3: Permission to Go at Your Own Pace......................................40

Step 4: What Is Safety?.........................................................................41

Step 5: Going Slowly...........................................................................44

Step 6: Stay True to Yourself.............................................................45

Step 7: Have Fun....................................................................................47

Step 8: Your Goals and Wildest Dreams...........................................49

Step 9: Your Relationship to Your Goals.........................................51

Step 10: Impact and Benefits of Being Afraid in Water...................53

Step 11: Understanding Self-Consciousness.....................................55

Step 12: Warm Up to Getting in..........................................................56

Step 13: Set Yourself Up to Succeed.................................................57

Step 14: Starting from Calm...............................................................58

Step 15: Being in Your Body vs. Being in Your Head......................59

Step 18: Letter to the Water...............................................................65

Step 19: Miami to Seattle.....................................................................70

Step 21: Your Beliefs About Water....................................................75

Step 22: Being/Doing/Having...............................................................78

Step 23: Your Face................................................................................83

Step 24: The Necessity of Being in Control......................................88

Step 25: Putting Your Ears in.............................................................91

Step 26: Comparing Yourself to Others............................................94

Step 27: Opening Your Eyes Under Water.........................................95

Step 28: Make It Simple for Yourself................................................97

Step 30: Putting Your Face in Without Holding Your Nose.......102

Step 31: How to Keep Water Out of Your Nose.............................104

Step 33: Feel the Water Hold You Up: the Front Float...............108

Step 36: Practice While You're Calm..............................................130

Step 39: Feel the Water Hold You Up on Your Back....................132

Step 41: Unfloating from a Back Float..........................................142

Step 69: Common Misunderstandings..........................................234

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