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Open to the Penn Community, and Free to All Penn Students

WholeBreath™ Smoking Cessation Program

Are you a smoker?  Would you like to quit?  The Office of Health Education is offering WholeBreath Smoking Cessation™, a new, holistic program to assist smokers in quitting their habit.  This unique program combines behavioral counseling with other healing modalities, including meditation, guided imagery, and energy work.  Participants will not only receive the personalized attention necessary to support their decision to quit, but also learn techniques for reducing their stress and facing life’s many challenges with calm and balance.   The seven-session program, which includes individual weekly sessions of one-hour each, is open to anyone in the Penn community. The program is provided free to any Penn student.  For all others, the first session is free, and the remaining sessions are $40 each.  Sign up for the first session, and see whether the program is you.

Sandi Herman, Wellness Educator
Sandi has developed and offers the WholeBreath™ smoking cessation program.  Sandi’s background is in social work and health education.  Before entering the field of smoking cessation, she worked for 21 years at the Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center for Women, as the director of Counseling, Training and Education.   During this time, she studied various healing modalities, including reiki, mindfulness meditation, guided visualization, qigong, and the use of art as a means of self-discovery.  In 2001, she moved to the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where she spent six years counseling individuals and groups on smoking cessation.   In addition to offering the WholeBreath™ program to members of the Penn community, she facilitates group sessions for smoking cessation at medical offices and other work places. At OHE, Sandi also offers Reiki sessions and stress reduction counseling.