12/05/2025
Reasons Women Over 50 Should Practice playing with the ground! Getting up and down, pushing, kneeling, moving on all 4s, rolling, twisting - all the variations.
You know that feeling when your feet feel heavy, like you’re just plodding along?
That bounce, that spring in your step — it’s not gone, it’s just waiting to be reawakened.
One of the simplest and most effective ways to keep your vitality, energy, and confidence as you age?
Practice changing positions — especially moving to and from the ground.
These ground-to-stand transitions aren’t just “functional fitness” — they:
✅ Help preserve the elasticity of your fascia, your body’s connective tissue web that thrives on movement variation.
✅ Re-train your nervous system to respond instinctively and confidently, so you’re not stuck in fear if you do lose balance.
✅ Build that subtle strength, coordination, and awareness that makes your movement feel light, responsive, and full of life force.
When you regularly explore different ways of getting up and down — from twisting, rolling, kneeling, lunging, crawling, to using your hands and feet in new combinations — you’re training your resilience.
You’re also training your autonomy, adaptability, and instinctual responses — things no gym machine can give you.
This is the type of practice that keeps you feeling ready, springy, agile, alive.
So when life trips you up (literally or metaphorically), your body doesn’t freeze —
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✨ If this resonates, you’ll love my upcoming free 4 Day MovementSnacks Challenge and how to integrate them into your daily life, and how small, smart, sustainable practices help you age with more confidence and vitality.
👇 Comment Snacks to get the details and join us.
We start on Monday December 15th!
Julie Angel PhD
Artist * Author * Movement Coach
