He created his own regimen of bibliotherapy to deal with avoidance issues and stress.
He said he followed his own regimen without a coach, overcoming leg, back and stomach injuries.
Here, he offers tips for amateurs, and a glimpse of his own regimen.
Abdul Khadir, 52, who was waiting for a train at Queensboro Plaza, said he had his own regimen: He showers after riding the subway.
But it is not particularly important to Stevens, who has no political wisdom, and who is, in any case, preoccupied with enforcing his own regimen of emotional repression.
He'd had his own regimen for his children, he said, spreading things out; if people followed his advice, "I think you're going to see a big impact on autism".
The convolutions of the Japanese transit system — various private and public railways stacked atop one another, each with its own fare regimen — were like the early subterranean screens of a Super Mario game.
But the problem, public health authorities argue, is that a framework must be flexible enough to be deployed against a spectrum of known and unknown diseases, each with its own treatment regimen, incubation period, mode of transmission and degree of infectiousness.
"You have to develop your own regimen.
My own regimen will be posted in due course on the Web site of the Pink Lotus Breast Center.
