Product Details

• Actors: M. Ellen Dash, Students: Mike, Brenda, Sanjiv
• Directors: M. Ellen (Melon) Dash
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Transpersonal Swimming Institute
• DVD Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001S0TES
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,829 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

S. Long, Ohio

If I can achieve that much after watching the tape twice, think what others less afraid than I can attain.

Well the video is wonderful. I'm more confident. I'm sure now that I will get there IN MY OWN TIME.

It is by far the most valuable teaching tool/information about learn to swim that I have ever received.

Product Description

Classes on video as seen on NBC's TODAY Show and CNN's Headline News. Want to swim? Afraid to? Believe it or not, you can. Whether or not you have taken swimming lessons before, there's nothing that can stop you from freedom in the water if you start at the beginning and skip no steps. If you're afraid in deep water, you haven't experienced these steps yet.

What is swimming? It's confidence in water. It's not just strokes. Once a person can swim (be confident in water), then he or she can learn strokes easily. Afraid students typically don't learn to swim because they are focused on survival. You can turn that around.

You must be in control to learn to swim. The nuts and bolts of being in control in the water is the key to learning to swim that has freed our 2200 students at Transpersonal Swimming Institute since 1983.

The nuts and bolts are uniquely depicted in this videotape. Watch two unrehearsed classes of afraid students learning the same way you would if you were in class.

Once you're in control, you can learn mechanics. (Strokes are not part of this tape.) This is the answer to reaching your swimming goals. First things first. It cannot and does not fail. Learn to prevent panic: go straight to the heart of the problem of "losing it."

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What I achieved is just short of miraculous., March 26, 2002

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Melon Dash "Author of Conquer Your Fear of Water" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Miracle Swimmer: How To Overcome Fear and Discomfort in Water, Shallow and Deep [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If I could give advice to someone who really has a deep desire to learn to swim, I would tell them to first watch your video.......watch it several times. Then, get in the water and attempt to do the simplest of things the video teaches, such as putting your face in the water. It may seem too elementary to the average non-swimmer to be of any value, but it's not. It's extremely important as your video demonstrates. Actually, the one woman in the video who was deathly afraid of deep water was quite an inspiration to me.

After four swim lessons at the Y I knew that I would never learn how to swim if I used their methods. They were not addressing my fear of water. In my frustration, I got on the Internet and discovered the Transpersonal Swimming Institute's web page. Hooray! There it was, an answer to my prayers.

After watching your video, I found that I actually liked the feeling of the water holding me up. It felt relaxing. Your video demonstrates that people float at different levels. My instructor at the Y had taught us that floating perfectly horizontally was the only correct way. Floating at my natural level enabled me to relax in the water for the first time. Plus, it's reassuring knowing that my body's fat content is somewhat average!

What I achieved after watching the video twice is just short of miraculous. In two weeks I went from being a non-swimmer to a floater to an actual swimmer. The video gave me information on how to conquer my fear of water but also provided me with the confidence to try.

I think most non-swimmers believe that nearly everyone else in the world knows how to swim except for them. I certainly did. Knowing how to swim contributes to a sense of normalcy, self-assurance and self-reliance. For anyone that loves being in water (and I always have), knowing how to swim adds a dimension to life that seems unattainable for non-swimmers.
Thank you again. Sharry

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MIRACLE, October 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Miracle Swimmer: How To Overcome Fear and Discomfort in Water, Shallow and Deep [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Miracle Swimmer was instrumental in helping me to overcome a lifelong fear of water. Prior to viewing the video, I felt panic in knee deep water. In just one week after viewing this video several times, I made significant progress. I became comfortable in neck deep water. I was able to put my face in, glide, float front and back, practice strokes amd techniques front and back, totally without fear. It was so simple. Once I internalized that "the water will hold me up" and "only try what I am ready to try" the miracle unfolded.

My former attempts to learn to swim all ended in failure. But thanks to "The Miracle Swimmer", now I am a competent swimmer.

The "Miracle Swimmer" method should be mandatory training for all swim instructors. This would enable them to spot a student who is afraid and needs to begin with the miracle method rather than the mechanics. It must be difficult for instructors who have never experienced the fear to understand the impact it has on learning.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful thoughts to put into practice, July 9, 2005

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LovinAmazon - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Miracle Swimmer: How To Overcome Fear and Discomfort in Water, Shallow and Deep [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The tape addressed issues that no one has ever tried to address with me during swim lessons. I've tried for over 30 years to learn to swim but have never lost my fear of the water. I actually tried to float on my back in the shallow end (1-1/2 feet) of the pool on our vacation. I've NEVER floated on my back before but I did after watching this tape. I still have a long way to go - practicing what was mentioned on the tape. I found it very inspiring, like a light bulb finally turned on.