It started out like many wellness programs with the promise of deeper connection and transformative healing. For years, One Taste, a wellness brand offering “orgasmic meditation ”—OM—as a gateway to mindfulness , intimacy , and self-growth, was featured in major media outlets like The New York Times . Then, in June 2025, One Taste’s leaders were found guilty of forced labor, after prosecutors argued that employees were pressured into unpaid work and unwanted experiences. Their defense? Everything was about consent and personal transformation. Members were free to leave at any time. (NPR, 2025).

If you’ve read headlines or dipped into Ellen Huet’s new exposé Empire of Orgasm , you know this story isn’t simple. One Taste’s courses drew in thousands of participants, some of whom

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