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Everything you need to know about ben-wa balls

Although recent erotic novels have popularized ben-wa balls, the storylines are often so salaciously unrealistic that many women are left incredulously impressed at the time and then in the cold light of day find themselves wondering whether these nifty little toys actually do work and if it really would be worth their while finding ways to introduce them into their daily lives and relationships.
 
In short, yes and yes.

Firstly, gynecologists encourage women to start with a set of lighter silicone balls, like the Fun Factory Smartballs Teneo Uno or Duo or the Delicious Pleasure Silicone Ben-balls from the Fifty Shades of Grey Official Collection.

By using these balls for 15 min a day while sitting at a desk or while going about our daily chores really does help to keep our Kegel muscles in tip top shape, particularly after childbirth, and this is hugely advantageous to our present and future health and wellbeing.

After about 2 weeks, one will start to feel the difference and as one’s Kegel muscles get stronger, one can move on to smaller, heavier set of ben-wa balls and eventually move on to the metal set from the Fifty Shades of Grey Official Collection that became so popular from the trilogy.

Secondly, as if that’s not enough, love balls enhance our sexual experiences both directly and indirectly if they’re inserted as part of foreplay and are kept in place during intercourse.

No other muscle strengthening enhancers offer quite so complete and delicious a reward!

Over the years ben-was have been known by many names such as smart balls, orgasm balls and Venus balls amongst other.

According to legend, Geisha balls were first used around 500AD. At that time a single ball would be inserted into the vagina by women of the Orient with the sole purpose of enhancing their male partner’s pleasure during the act of coitus.

This practice became so commonplace that by the end of the sixteenth century European males, having grown accustomed to this delight while travelling in Burma and Thailand, brought some of these weighted marbled-sized balls home for the local ladies to utilize.

Although not quite as advanced as the heavier Inner Goddess Silver metal Ben-wa Ball of today, when their partners used them, these men were thrilled to report that they were now undoubtedly experiencing the same extra stimulation to the penis and intense orgasms in their own beds as they had during their travels in the exotic East.

Then, after the age of enlightenment, when female hysteria was finally acknowledged as perfectly natural sexual frustration and the women’s right to arousal became acceptable, the ladies were quick to admit that they too felt the advantages of inserting these balls before intercourse. And the same holds true today.
 
What’s so great is that the warm and sexy sensations that one feels deep inside the vagina when the balls are in place, subtly teases all the senses including the biggest sex organ of all, the brain; and then during penetration, both party’s genitalia are gently titillated by the balls and the mutual climax is explosive.

Practitioners of Tantra sex and Chinese Taoism have long espoused the virtues of these sensations as helpful tools in exercising control amongst those couples who wish to explore and improve their sensual side.

And, as the woman needs to clench her muscles to help keep the balls in place, this again has the added advantage of strengthening our Kegel muscles which over time will assist in intensifying the sexual pleasure enjoyed by both parties even further.

For a slight variation try a set of Lelo Luna Beads which have inter-changeable weighted balls or the Je Joue Ami, a progressive three-step set of soft and smooth weights. Again these will enhance your pleasure as your Kegel muscles get stronger.

Which style or design tickles your fancy, we suggest that you choose body-safe silicone or stainless steel as the most hygienic options on the market and that you use something like the pH balanced Nature Fresh Cleansers to clean them.

And always make sure that you have plenty of water based lubricant so that they insert easily.
 
For more information and toys, visit Lady Fay's Boudoir.

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