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The Conversation

The Aloha Friday Conversation: Altered States and Psychedelic Therapies

By Noe Tanigawa
Published September 24, 2021 at 12:25 PM HST
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  • Dr. Thomas Cook discusses his use of psychedelic therapies in his psychiatrist practice; Clarity Project co-founder Ashley Lukens talks about the effort to legalize psilocybin in Hawaiʻi; Army Veteran Stephen Anderson shares his decades-long relationship to substances, from self-medicating to psilocybin therapy | Full Article
  • Steve Backinoff explores dance and movement as an avenue to elevated consciousness | Full Story
  • Curator Elizabeth Baxter walks us through the new exhibit "Altered States" at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum | Full Story
  • Artist Mayumi Oda offers daily meditation as the key to spiritual contentment | Full Story
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Noe Tanigawa
Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture and ideas for two decades at Hawaiʻi Public Radio.
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