This study aims to evaluate OM practitioners’ journals and the link to eudaimonic well-being. We conducted an analysis of journal entries by OM practitioners. Summative content analysis followed by latent content analysis identified common themes. Fifty-five participants completed 1,506 journal entries. Nine distinct themes were identified (in no particular order). The strokers had five themes including: 1) connected with partner, 2) took control of the process, 3) conscious of the act and process, 4) post-OM experiences, and 5) struggled with the OM process. The strokees had four themes consisting of: 1) opened oneself to the sensation, 2) lost oneself, 3) a sense of security, and 4) felt freed. The qualitative results of this content analysis study show OM practitioners access eudaimonic well-being through flow, connection, and intimacy. This suggests Orgasmic Meditation may be a practice to enhance eudaimonic well-being, access states of flow, increase connection, and create experiences of intimacy. These results have implications for the practice and how it may be applied to well-being interventions.
Publications
- An Analysis of Practitioners Journaled Experiences of Orgasmic Meditation| Sexual and Relationship Therapy | 05/25/2025
