Quit Smoking the T'ai Chi Way: Help Yourself or Someone You Love

Help Yourself or Someone You Love Quit Smoking the T'ai Chi Way is a 3-stage program (pre-Quitting, Quitting, and post-Quitting) for the unready, the stubborn, and the scared. Emphasis is on severing the smoker's emotional link with tobacco by preparing the unready, persuading the stubborn, and calming the fears of the apprehensive. T'ai Chi is a very old Chinese method of reducing stress and maintaining health. Now the magic and mystery of this ancient art can be used to help the 45 million American smokers overcome their addiction to this paralyzing habit. The program has more exercises and strategies than similar systems. It contains video links to show you how to do the t'ai chi exercises which makes quitting easier. These practical exercises enable the reader to feel the internal energy that the Chinese call chi. This energy, and the ideas behind it, can unlock the door to freedom, better health, and happiness.

Dennis Beck lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He's written articles for a variety of publications, including World War II, Black Belt, Great Battles, and Experiments in Words. His book reviews and features have appeared in nearly two dozen newspapers around the country, including the Dallas Morning News, Milwaukee Journal, Kansas City Star, Oakland Tribune, Denver Post, Detroit News, Baltimore Sun, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Newsday, and many others. His novel Feather Duster, the tale of a spirited ball turret gunner who solves mysteries, was published in 2012 and is available in various electronic and a paper version. Mr. Beck is a professional t'ai chi instructor who has studied the Chinese art of stress reduction and exercise for the last twenty years. Emphasis in his classes is on general health benefits. A Navy veteran and graduate of Texas Tech University, he also teaches classes in creative writing and smoking cessation at Texas Christian University. In addition, he loves swing dancing and doesn't feel right unless he boogie-woogies at least once a week.