Comments on: 10 Zen Lessons I Learned From 10 Years Without Cigarettes

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:58:51 +0000

Sifu, Can Qi gong repair a Lung damage? Cause by smoking (enfisema)

By: Daniel Halley

Daniel Halley — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 01:57:59 +0000

In reply to Seth.

Thanks and, Congratulations!!! I’ll be joining you soon! I’m so glad I found you at this juncture of my life, 64. Your experience with smoking is very similar to mine except for the fact that I have your guidance to use, instead of discovering this n my own! Your wisdom is my advantage! I’ll forever be in your debt!
You rock!!!
Happy New Year, 2019! Day One!
Coincidence? I don’t believe in them!

By: Thordur Bergmann

Thordur Bergmann — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:24:40 +0000

Before I was finally able to quit smoking being chain smoker for more than 20 years, I do admit that I enjoyed my morning cigarette with my coffee and then the evening cigarette after the meal.

But I do not miss smoking at all as I see what it is and what smoking does do to people.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 03:29:43 +0000

I’ve just bookmarked this page to keep it for me as a reminder as I believe that it is quite beneficial to keep remembering the reasons why we decided to quit.
Thank you very much.

By: Niamh Evans

Niamh Evans — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:56:30 +0000

I really enjoyed this article. I have no doubt that I will start your mindfulness 14 deep breaths every time I am craving a smoke. It’s about time I quit and hopefully I have now got the will-power to do so.

Thanks Again. Just to add, I stumbled across this article and I think it has helped hugely.

Niamh Evans

By: Sifu Anthony Korahais

Sifu Anthony Korahais — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 16:02:56 +0000

In reply to Sarah.

Thanks Sarah! If you haven’t see it, this course is all about habits and willpower. Honestly, it’s perfect for people who are quitting smoking: https://flowingzen.mykajabi.com/p/2-minute-qigong-for-healthy-habits

Best of luck to you. You can do it!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 01:53:38 +0000

Hi Anthony.
My name is Sarah and I am 20 yrs old. I have been smoking a pack a day or more since age 15. I can relate and understand so many points you made about why people love smoking and why it’s so weird or scary to let them go. Thank you for writing this. I feel as though I understand myself better now. I am now on day 2 and tomorrow will be day 3 of absolutely no smoking. More water and mindful eating habits have followed suit. Congratulations on 11 years!

P.eace L.ove U.nity R.espect –
Sarah

By: Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:37:27 +0000

Jolly good day to you all. Pat ourselves on the back for quitting, kick our own asses for smoking. I am told I quit approx. 8 years ago. I was smoking a pack and a half a day. Capri Menthol’s. I cant imagine that smoke in my space now. I too have heightened senses, all senses. Mostly from a brain surgery a year and a half ago. We lady’s would get together on Tuesday nights, Ladies night. We’d share yummy healthy organic offerings, drink whatever we drank, and we all chain smoked cigarettes. By the end of each eve we all felt a combination of Hell and Joy. We all ended up feeling like crap in the end and for me the obsession of an attachment like cigarettes, was just that. Another obsession, and with other smokers feeling we were the cool kids that stepped over the line and too a cooler and riskier road somehow. Of course we were just speeding up whatever suffering was to be had from our Freedom to spend so so so much money on our addictions. I remember the immediate change in income. Had no idea what I spent everyday til I quit and the change was immediate and a shock. I too, will never EVER tell another what path they should take. We all are on our own path with options and choices for each area of our lives. When I quit I walked away and never looked back, Somehow it was a piece of cake simple because I was done, that very long season was over. It became an over the top discussion for many in my social circle that Peggy quit smoking. The shift took place. In the end, my own forward shift inspired many others to follow suit. We were all strong women, we talked about it all the time as we chain smoked. Hmmmm. Saying it and doing it are two different planets. Peace of cake when your time is right. I smoked so often I had no idea what I’d fill my time with. Another surprise, more time for life and less time on rabid fixation. There it is. Be well to all, have a beautiful day and let there be no suffering.

By: Sifu Anthony Korahais

Sifu Anthony Korahais — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 22:46:50 +0000

In reply to Luanne. Oh I'm so glad I'm able to help you somehow, Luanne! Work on that shame (try Brene Brown's books), and keep at it. You can do this!

By: Luanne

Luanne — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 22:41:06 +0000

Hello , I am almost there. Your blog articles have been more effective for me in a common sense reality way then anything I have read. And, I have read alot. See, I am 48, I have smoked since my teens. It was glamorous, cool. Now it isnt. I seem to be the last one left. It is shameful. I am embarassed by it. My children are embarassed by it. It is ruining my health and my looks. But I am very afraid. I cant imagine what it will be like in the absence of it. I know I will have to reinvent myself. It is all l know. The thought of being free is exciting though. Its as if I have been in prison all this time. Sneaking, hiding, planning, plotting. All for that cigarette. I am ashamed. I am excited to begin this journey. Thank you for being REAL, not some unattainable lecture from a non, never, smoker. Luanne