The Ottawa–Gatineau Journal

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Kaivalya's approach to hypnosis

Relaxation was central to the way Kaivalya introduced hypnosis. Its explanation linked a calm setting with suggestions intended to influence habitual thoughts and responses.

Water lilies stretching in a line across a perfectly still lake at dusk, with smooth stones in the foreground

The page connected hypnosis with its wider writing on personal change and included accounts from clients. Those accounts described how participants interpreted their sessions. They were part of the centre's own presentation of its work, rather than evidence that the same result would occur for everyone.

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