A healthier and stronger vagina can be achieved by using the Energie just a few minutes each day, for about two weeks. The Energie is a weight resistance exerciser designed to improve your vaginal muscles. Strengthening these muscles increases sexual satisfaction and increased bladder control. You don't have to be in need of increasing either to use this. Women of any age can benefit from using this product from Natural Contours. It does however have more influential benefits for women who have given birth or are going through menopause. Using the Energie can help restore the vagina to its previous fitness and doing so before giving birth have help prevent a lose in tone. Menopause can weaken the vaginal muscles causing decreased bladder control. Use of the Energie on a regular basis can help alleviate the fear of laughing or sneezing in public and can increase sexual pleasure after menopause. I recommend this to any woman. I use it as a healthy 22 year old with no children and I noticed the effects within one week of using the Energie.

The Energie is casted out of iron-ore metal which weighs over a pound. The metal is encased in body safe, odorless, and phthalate free certified ABS plastic. The surface is smooth except for a very fine seam from the mold. It cannot be felt while inside the body. The color is gorgeous! It is more of a pistachio color than I have seen in pictures.

The design helps to facilitate a more efficient kegel muscle exercise (also known as a PC or pubococcygeus muscle). The heavy weighted design works with your body to naturally produce a contraction of the desired muscles, also known as resistance training. The Energie is two sided, one has a larger bulbed end than the other. Total length is 6 1/2" long. The curved double bulbed look, makes it resemble a dumb bell. The larger bulb is 4" in circumference and is about the size of a ping-pong ball. The other end is 3 1/4" in circumference about the size of a 25 cent gumball. Either of these is suitable for pretty much any woman, even those with narrow vaginal canals.

Its weight doesn't make it great for travel, but the packaging does, so if you would like to take this with you, you have a great travel case for it. Again, it is discreet because it looks like a futuristic dumbbell.

In order to increase the muscles you need to engage the correct ones just like when doing crunches. If you do not do them correctly, it is wasted energy. Results will only be achieved from correct and consistent use. To use correctly lie down on a bed or floor with your head elevated by a pillow. Bend your knees so that your feet lie flat. Make sure you are relaxed before attempting to insert the Energie. If you are just beginning use the large side. Most people think that larger is for the more advanced, but not in terms of this toy. The smaller side is harder to grip with the kegel muscles and therefor must be worked up to.

You may find that you need lubricant to insert either end. Only use a tiny bit because using too much may make the Energie too slippery and impossible to hold onto with the kegel muscles. When inserting, make sure that the curved end is facing up towards the ceiling. Only insert so that the bulb end rests just inside the vaginal canal. For me, I easily felt when the bulb was in place. Breathe in and then as you breathe out contract your kegel muscles as if you are trying to pull the Energie towards your belly button (the same contraction you would do if you are stopping a stream of urine). Hold this for 30 seconds or as long as you can if you cannot do it that long. I really liked to slightly pull on the Energie while pulling it in with my internal muscles. This created even more resistance to strengthen the area. Do 10 repetitions of this but make sure to relax between each rep. Doing this for 5-10 minutes a day for about 2 weeks should produce a result if you are doing it right; some people may need longer to notice results. After you notice a difference you can reduce the amount of use to once every other day.

To clean, wash the Energie with warm water and soap before and after use. You can use any kind of lubricant with the ABS plastic material. To store, place in the amazing case it comes in. It doesn't get any lower maintenance than that!

The packaging is just as sturdy and hefty as the Energie. A matte cardboard sleeve with images and descriptions of the Energie covers the case. The case is made of very thick white plastic with the following printed on it: "Natural Contours", "ENERGIE", and in very small lettering "Vaginal Muscle Trainer". Even though it says what this is on the top, it really is discreet and could lay on a night stand. Inside is another hard plastic piece that the Energie drops into keeping it in place and preventing it from knocking around. Inside is also a very informative pamphlet telling you everything you need to know about the Energie.

Any woman can really benefit from using the Energie. As a healthy 22 year old female with no children or vaginal problems needed fixing, I still felt a difference from using this after only a week. I was able to work to the smaller bulb during that time and can now control my orgasms even more than I previously was able to. I give this product 5 shining stars.