Institute of OM Foundation · 501(c)(3)Live Zoom PanelA Live Conversation
Three Combat Veterans on Healing PTSD and Depression with OM
A live Zoom panel with three combat veterans on healing PTSD and depression through Orgasmic Meditation.
- Date
- Tue, May 19
- Time
- 8:00 PM ET
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Where
- Live on Zoom
About the panel
Three Combat Veterans on Healing PTSD and Depression with OM
On Tuesday, May 19 at 8 PM ET, the Institute of OM Foundation, a 501(c)(3), is hosting a live Zoom panel: Three Combat Veterans on Healing PTSD and Depression with Orgasmic Meditation (OM).
Join host Eli Block, Lead OM Instructor at the Institute of OM, as he sits down with three combat veterans: Andrew Garcia, a US Army Specialist who served as a combat engineer; John "Thorfin" Caldwell, former Canadian Special Forces with thirty-eight years across British and Canadian militaries; and Bob Sabado, a combat veteran whose convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq. They'll be joined by Dr. Dan Kriegman, the clinical psychologist who led the first peer-reviewed clinical trial of OM as a meditation practice for individuals with PTSD.
The conversation will look directly at what their service was like, what it left them with, and how Orgasmic Meditation has helped them feel again.
The Panel
Who you'll hear from
Host
Eli Block
Lead OM Instructor, Institute of OM
Panelist
Andrew Garcia
US Army Specialist, combat engineer
Panelist
John "Thorfin" Caldwell
Former Canadian Special Forces · 38 years of service
Panelist
Bob Sabado
Combat veteran, Iraq
Joined by
Dr. Dan Kriegman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Dan Kriegman is a clinical psychologist whose work integrates evolutionary biology with human experience, examining how biological imperatives shape behavior and meaning. He has held key clinical roles, including serving as Chief Psychologist at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Offenders and Clinical Director for a treatment program. He led the first peer-reviewed clinical trial of OM as a practice for PTSD.
Watch
Bob Sabado on his journey
A short preview of Bob's story — from a roadside bomb in Iraq to finding his way back through Orgasmic Meditation.
Why this matters
A practice built to restore the capacity to feel.
OM was developed specifically to restore and deepen the capacity to feel: not orgasm as a goal, but the practice of attention, presence, and connection.
For veterans whose nervous systems have spent years in combat zones, surviving roadside bombs and returning for deployment after deployment, that re-opening can be life-changing.
Dr. Kriegman's trial, published earlier this year in Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, found that OM may be safely taught to individuals with PTSD, with a 47% reduction in symptom scores after four weeks of practice and an average safety rating of 4.9 out of 5 from participants themselves.
47%
Reduction in PTSD symptom scores after four weeks of practice
4.9 / 5
Average safety rating reported by participants themselves
1st
Peer-reviewed clinical trial of OM as a practice for PTSD
Published in Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2026