Engaging in modes of acceleration with body or head tilt can be beneficial for cultivating better physical balance by building vestibular system circuits.

“So for those of you that don't think of yourselves as very coordinated or with very good balance, getting into these modes of acceleration forward movement or lateral movement while getting tilted, even if you have to do it slowly, could be beneficial, I do believe, and the scientific literature points to the fact that it will be beneficial for cultivating better sense of physical balance.”

“Those modes of exercise seem to have an outsized effect both on our wellbeing and our ability to translate the vestibular balance that we achieve in those endeavors to our ability to balance while doing other things, and I don't mean psychological balance necessarily. I mean physical balance.”

“Activation of the cerebellum in this way of being tilted or the head being tilted and the body being tilted while in acceleration, typically forward acceleration, but sometimes side to side has a profound and positive effect on our sense of mood and wellbeing.”

“Anytime that we are rigidly upright, we aren't really exercising the vestibular system imbalance.”

“The head being tilted and the body being tilted while in acceleration, typically forward acceleration but sometimes side to side, has a profound and positive effect on our sense of mood and well-being. And as I talked about in a previous episode, it can also enhance our ability to learn information in the period after generating those tilts and the acceleration.”

“Those modes of exercise seem to have an outsized effect, both on our well-being and our ability to translate the vestibular balance that we achieve in those endeavors to our ability to balance while doing other things. So I encourage people to get into modes of acceleration while tilted every once in a while, provided you can do it safely.”