Changes in the Brain

Alterations in cerebral glucose metabolism measured by FDG PET in subjects performing a meditation practice based on clitoral stimulation

9/11/2022
Andrew Newberg, MD

Mystical Experience

Both partners practicing orgasmic meditation report having a mystical-type experience: results using the Mystical Experience Questionnaire

F1000 Research, 04/01/2022
Vivian Siegel, PhD of MIT

OM and Hypersexual concerns

Sex film viewing, but not hypersexual concerns, are associated with more sexual arousal in anticipation of an intimate partner experience

Sexual Health, 11/5/2021
Nicole Prause, PhD of UCLA

Intense positive affect without arousal

Intense positive affect without arousal is possible: Subjective and physiological reactivity during a partnered sexual meditative experience. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

International Journal of Psychophysiology, 06/28/2022
Greg Siegle , PhD of University of Pittsburgh

OM is not Sex

Is Orgasmic Meditation a form of sex?

F1000 Research, 03/20/2022
Vivian Siegel, PhD of MIT

Connection

Partner intimate touch is associated with increased interpersonal closeness, especially in non-romantic partners

PLOS One, 03/10/2021
Nicole Prause, PhD of UCLA