Hilaria Baldwin On Living Clearly & Getting Zen In The City

As a teacher, I still struggled with my eating disorder and bad self esteem. I knew that it shouldn't be that way. I knew I shouldn't think that way, feel that way...I had bulimia and I knew it was silly that I would throw up. I would talk to my therapist and say, "Yeah, I know I shouldn't do it." But it's like telling someone who smokes they shouldn't smoke - they still do it anyway. I kept asking myself, "Why do I know this isn't good for me but I still keep doing it anyway?" I didn't know how to do it any other way. I knew the key was that this was lost in the body, it was muscle memory to live that way. Muscle memory isn't just learning dance moves, it's also how we eat, sleep. Everything is muscular because we are in our bodies. Through my yoga, I found that identifying with the mind what's going on, then connecting to the body is important. For my method, I came up with these five parts, which is perspective, breathing, grounding, balance, and letting go.