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Science Studied Orgasmic Meditation. I Was One of the Researchers.

The OneTaste founder is in prison. 7 studies took the practice she sold into the lab. What they found, what it means for the female nervous system, and what the conviction buried.

Jul 26, 2026
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Sara Szal MD

She was 42, a physician, and sitting on the floor of her bedroom surrounded by pillows with a timer set for 15 minutes. By then, she had already seen what it did to her heart, brain, and nervous system.

The New York Times put her onto it. [1] The author of the article entitled The Pleasure Principle, Patricia Leigh Brown, an acquaintance, had described …

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