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you'll naturally want to do it."
Mastering yoga takes time,
Mr. Egrin said. It took him a
good year before he learned to
really be able to relax. Unlike
riding a bike, if you don't prac-
tice yoga, you can lose the skill.

Hypnotherapy.
Hypnosis tends to conjure up
images of the on-stage hypno-
tists who get an entire audience
to bark or make chicken noises,
said Joe Bavonese, a Royal Oak
psychologist.
"People have a misconception
about hypnotherapy," he said.
"A trance state is normal. We go
in and out of trance states all the
time. The difference is that with
hypnosis we use that state for a
specific purpose, such as to cope
with the stresses in life."
Hypnotherapy, which is often
used interchangeably with the
words "guided imagery" and "vi-
sualization," elicits a state of
calm that is a deeper form of re-
laxation. Research shows it's
deeper than a deep sleep.
"Guided imagery helps an in-
dividual access his or her own
resources for serenity and gives
them an internal anchor," Dr.
Bavonese said.
After determining whether a
patient prefers visual or audi-
tory images, Dr. Bavonese takes

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that person in and out of a
trance-like state by creating ei-
ther a visual or auditory image.
A patient can come out of the
state at any time they chose to
do so. When the session is over,
the individual leaves with a tape
recording so he or she can return
to that state.
The best time to try a method
of hypnosis is when normal cop-
ing mechanisms are not work-
ing well, according to Dr.
Bavonese.
Dr. Bavonese also uses the
latest form of stress reduction,
a sound-light machine. The de-
vice, through goggles and head-
phones, uses flashes of light and
sound to put brain waves in
sync. What the patient is try-
ing to achieve will determine
how the sound-light machine is
programmed. Changing brain
waves when a person experi-
ences stress, for example, can
produce a calming effect.
Brain waves return to their
non-altered state after a few
hours.
"Stress management, wheth-
er its hypnosis or another tech-
nique, needs to be practiced on
a regular basis," Dr. Bavonese
said. "We're talking about men-
tal hygiene. It should be like
brushing your teeth, something
you don't think twice about." ❑

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