University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 29, 1975
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Non-drug method used to alter state of consciousness
By TRICIALYNCH Kansan Staff Reporter
The room is dark. Four or five persons are lying on the floor doing relaxation and breathing exercises. A voice begins a story, and the room is filled with objects through a field, a house, a riverside.
Headquarters Inc. is now offering Guided Affective imagery (GAI), a non-drug method of achieving altered states of emotion, to the community liked so participate.
Jim Supica, Headquarters director, said Monday that GAI sessions were begun last fall as part of the first offenders Court ProGRAM.
First offenders is a Headquarters program that offers an alternative to institutionalization for persons convicted of first-time drug offenses.
This spring GAI was made available to all interested people in Lawrence.
"It's something we want to offer to the community at large," Supica said.
GAI is a recognized technique which has been used extensively by Carriage
House in Topeka, which is run by Menninger foundation. It is also used in some east coast clinics with LSD therapy for terminal cancer patients.
GAI is an experience in which the participant is conducted through guided "daydreaming" sessions with music and verbal stimuli.
Each session has two parts, one verbally and one musically guided experience.
In the verbal section, simple images are in the text and the subject explores these images as an example.
The music section is more free-form than the story section. The guide begins the session with a short directed story. "You are lying in a meadow." You are aware of a variety of smells and sounds surrounding you. You feel the ground beneath you. Your subject is then left to explore his surroundings while listening to taped music.
The story used in the verbal portion of the session is a standard story used by many teachers.
Material for the musical portion was chosen because the piece had a smooth introduction, a substantial body and a lively impression brings people back into the room. he said.
Supica said the reaction to GAI varied with participants but didn't seem to be dependent on the subject's previous experience or nonexperience with drugs.
"Response has been really good," he said. "Most people find really rewarding."
Supica said the people who found GAI had trust in themselves and in the guild.
"Letting yourself do what comes naturally instead of something you have to do is helpful in the sessions," he said. "You have to be able to let go."
There are currently two groups of subjects involved in GAH. Each group meets at least three times a month.
About 100 persons have participated in the program. About 40 persons have participated in the program.
--program. The Headquarters staff and about
additional persons also have experience.
They are available to visit you.
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--program. The Headquarters staff and about
additional persons also have experience.
They are available to visit you.
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"Punding looks scary right now," sapica said, "mainly because cuts from Student Aid are running."
A limited session will be offered May 10 in
Supica, who has been involved with GAI for five years, said it was an easy, safe method of achieving altered states of consciousness.
There is a waiting list for the sessions, but interested persons can sign up for sessions by calling Headquarters at 841-2345.
Supici said that although he would like to make GAI available to all interested persons, plans for expansion and training of GAI staff were indefinite because of a lack of money.
"Besides," he said, "It's fun."
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