Wondering about yoni eggs and how to use them?

Yoni eggs are great for strengthening and toning your your pelvic floor muscles. Yes…your vagina can get a workout to improve it’s vitality. Yoni eggs also have the added benefit of providing gentle pleasure experiences. These tools should be used with awareness, education, and precautions.

Sometimes referred to as jade eggs, because of the stone material they can be made from, yoni eggs originated as a Chinese medicine practice. Yoni eggs are one of the lesser intimidating tools available for strengthening and toning your pelvic floor muscles. Basic kegels are like elementary school compared to the nuance that an egg-practice can provide. They are a great resource for women seeking to restore the vitality of their pelvic floor muscles after giving birth, trauma, numbness, libido challenges, menstrual cramps, hormonal imbalances, pain with sex, and more. They can also be an incredible support for someone looking for more pleasure, even if there’s no “symptom” to be managed.

Yoni eggs are smaller and easier to navigate than some other pelvic floor massage tools. They offer a gentle way to induce the release of tension in the muscles surrounding the vaginal canal and on the cervix. People often feel pleasure as they continue to practice with the egg as a beginner tool.

Other benefits include:
– vitality and well-being improvement
– a deeper relationship with your body and sexuality
– increased libido and natural lubrication
– gaining control over the pelvic floor muscles
– a more varied sensation level with orgasm
– increased sensitivity and pleasure with intercourse
– reduction in reproductive-related challenges

Should you try out a yoni egg?

Absolutely! But please do so with caution and proper guidance. Having a teacher guide your through the first time experience is the best gift you can give yourself. It will help take the stress off around insertion and help you make the most of the practice. A specialist who understands anatomy and soft tissue in your body can give you helpful tips to make the most of the practice and help you increase your results. Working with a teacher through the first experience is helpful and important for those with bodily circumstances like an IUD, history of hemorrhoids, injury, prolapse, and other specific physiological pelvic health challenges. Please consult and receive support before you go exploring, especially if there is something going on with your body that may possibly contradict with certain techniques, sizes of eggs, or practices.

Ready to purchase a therapy tool?

Yoni eggs are available in different sizes and offer a variety of uses based on the intention of your practice and experience level. Beginning your practice under the direction of a trained therapist is helpful to understanding the uses for yoni eggs, helping to select the right size and material, and guiding you through insertion, practice, and removal. Diving into practicing without any kind of guidance can lead to confusion, lack of motivation, or emotional or physical challenges.

I recommend purchasing tools that are made of high-quality, ethically sourced stones like Jade or Obsidian. Eggs and massage wands come in the form of these stones. A sturdy, stable stone is more reliable than a stone that could possibly chip and is more delicate like quartz (you don’t want an infection). I recommend the small extra investment for a good stone. If your body cannot handle the heaviness of a stone (for example, it can aggravate hemorrhoids), there are body-safe silicone options available for some tools. The highest quality stone available is called Nephrite Jade. The less expensive option is to use the Obsidian or black volcanic glass which is still reliable in strength but less pricey than Jade.

How to care for your yoni eggs:

Taking proper care of your yoni egg is vital to your well-being and the longevity of your tool. The better you care for your egg, the longer it will last and bring you pleasure. I like to clean my tools with Betadine (a medical grade cleansing solution), but you can also use gentle soap and water. It’s also good to “clear” the stone if you have energetic sensitivities with something like sage or palo santo. Part of the reasoning behind using a naturally-sourced element like a stone is that it will resonate with what’s happening in your body. If you are releasing old pain, trauma, grief, rage, and shame through any of your work with a stone, it is helpful to keep it clear and clean. Treat it like you would a living thing. Keeping it unclean, leaving it laying, dropping it on the floor and other poor treatment will lead to the tool eventually breaking or chipping.

Getting started with an egg practice can seem intriguing and possibly confusing at first. Seek out support. There are practitioners all over and we all deserve to work with someone who can safely guide us into embodiment.