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Hilaria Baldwin Can Do a Headstand in Stilettos

Hilaria Baldwin. Photo: Cindy Ord/Courtesy of Saks

If the goal of yoga is to find inner peace and distance yourself from the outer world, then doing yoga near a celebrity is probably not ideal. But if the goal of yoga is to find that inner peace no matter your surroundings, itโ€™s actually perfect.

Hilaria Baldwin likes to introduce herself as a yoga teacher. She founded Yoga Vida, a New York studio with several locations, has four children with her husband Alec (Baldwin), and co-hosts the Mom Brain podcast. But sheโ€™s teaching three yoga classes at Saks Fifth Avenue over a few months, starting with this morning.

What is it like taking a yoga class from Hilaria Baldwin? For me, it did not start well, as she had us do what felt like ten minutes of jumping jacks. But I was charmed, and inspired, when Baldwin went into a headstand while wearing five-inch Prada suede stiletto boots. Help me, Hilaria. How can I be that good at yoga?

โ€œPeople work so hard when theyโ€™re beginners and as you get better at it, you learn what muscles you donโ€™t have to use,โ€ she said. โ€œYou donโ€™t scrunch your face during an ab workout because you know it has nothing to do with your belly.โ€ In other words, know what muscles you need to use, and relax the ones that you donโ€™t.

As for the headstand with stilettos, she says itโ€™s really just a party trick (to be fair, she was a dancer and a gymnast before she was a yogi). โ€œThe feet have nothing to do with it, thatโ€™s all. Now if Iโ€™m balancing on one foot in heels, thatโ€™s more impressive. But with a handstand the feet are just in the air. Itโ€™s all a trick.โ€

In summation: You donโ€™t have to do a headstand. But if you do, may as well do it in heels.

Hilaria Baldwin Can Do a Headstand in Stilettos