I read a great quote in Oxygen magazine the other day that went something like this:

“The only thing that ever sat it’s way to success was a hen.”

I thought it was brilliant! When people email me advice on getting in shape I think it all
comes down to this simple quote….get off your butt and move! It’s so rewarding and really
so easy. Try this simple Pilates workout from a Health spread a did a few years ago.

http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20307047_1,00.html

It won’t take you more than 15 minutes and you will automatically feel better.
Just 10 minutes a day will get you on your way. Do anything you like, turn on music and dance, go
for a walk, stretch, lift a few weights, do some jumping jacks or work your abs with Pilates
and ease your mind and body with some yoga.

I’m here for you if you need anything and I will continue to find ways to inspire you to be your
very best and to feel good about yourself. Movement is one of the easiest, inexpensive ways to
start.

eck out this awesome clip from earlier this summer of Bethenny and I doing rooftop yoga in NYC! Let me know what you think-would you like to see a rooftop yoga or pilates class near you? Gorgeous weather inspired me to post this:

Best selling author Bethenny Frankel, now star of her first fitness DVD, “Body by Bethenny,” invited Access to Spa Chakra with celebrity trainer Kristin McGee to show how yoga has kept her healthy and fit for 20 years.

Click Here to see the clip!

Last summer, I volunteered teaching yoga classes for the Live Light Live Right foundation.  I had so much fun and grew so close to all the kids.

I am leading a really fun class at the Soho Yoga Works on October 8th and all of the proceeds go to the Live Light Foundation. I would love for you to join me for a fun-filled yoga class that not only will help you reconnect to your inner child, but help many inner city children discover yoga and live happier, healthier lives.

Live Light!

October 8th, 7:45pm,  2010

Location: Soho Studio

Price: $25 Suggested Donation, Benefitting the Live Light Live Right Foundation

Come join us for a Vinyasa class led by Manduka Ambassador Kristin McGee, benefitting the Live Light Live Right Foundation.

Come find your inner child in a playful Vinyasa Flow led by YogaWorks teacher Kristin McGee to benefit the work of the Live Light Live Right Foundation, a community-based partnership that empowers children and their families to make healthy choices to last a lifetime! We’ll have Manduka Ambassadors available to help you choose the perfect mat for your practice, and you can enter to win a free mat!

When the brain says “NO”, the body says “GO” or vice versa
When the body says “NO”, the brain says “GO”.

Yoga teaches you to connect your body and your mind through your
breath. When one or the other is making you feel stuck, you can take a deep
breath and find a way to keep going.

Here’s a fun clip I did for a start up company soon to be launched– Collaborative Health (http://collaborativehealth.net) , showing how sometimes the brain or our mind gets in our own way.

You can train your brain to be on your side and help you be your best.

My husband took me to Coney Island this weekend and to the Circus. It was so much fun. I felt like a big kid again. I loved riding the Cyclone roller coaster the best. The Circus was awesome too! Circus performers definitely have to be fully present when doing their acts. Each one requires so much skill in action and one little misstep could actually be fatal. I kept thinking how much they could benefit from yoga if they aren’t already doing it to supplement their lifestyles.

On my actual birthday day, I am going to spend the day at my favorite yoga teacher’s house in Westchester area. I am giving my self the gift of a yoga private! I give so many and I love them so much–I wanted to have one for myself. I always cherish memories more than physical gifts and experiences more than presents.

I’d love to hear from you all about some of your most meaningful birthday memories.

Namaste!

Kristin McGee
www.kristinmcgee.com

Checkout pictures from my birthday weekend!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52142342@N08/sets/72157624834047594/

Dear Kristin,

I write this message only to say thank you very much for creating a fun Pilates workout that benefits me with strength, cardio, and flexibility. I’m talking about DVD Weight Loss Pilates with instructor Kristin Mcgee.

I likes Pilates because of its uniqueness. It strengthens and also stretches my whole body with emphasizing on stabilizing muscles. However, I never purchased any Pilates DVDs due to its serious lack of cardiovascular aspect. Weight Loss Pilates is the first Pilates DVD I own because it is a wonderful interval-training Pilates workout. I like it so much that I bought Fit in 5: Ultimate Body Blitz. Certainly, I only do Strength and Pilates workouts because they are interval ones. Actually, Pilates section is the reason I bought the DVD. It is a same old brand new cardio Pilates workout. It’s the old Weight Loss pilates, but it’s shorter and somewhat different.
I’m very happy with my purchases.

I hope in the future your company can produce more interval workouts featuring Pilates inspired exercises. Also I hope they are not too long. Your Ultimate Body Blitz Pilates is quite ideal in length. I wish there would be a 10 minute cardio Pilates workout which I can do right after I wake up in the morning. My schedule is hectic. I have to exercise in the evening when I’m home.

Again, thank you for your creation.

-M.N.

I just tried to get 200 for an event I’m doing for Health Magazine in September and they didn’t
have any in stock!
CLICK HERE to get yours while you can on my website!

Check out this stellar review on Social Workout below:

http://www.socialworkout.com/2010/06/03/bust-gut-body-bethenny-kristin

For all the men who see my retreat to Bali and secretly want to come…read my great friend and fellow yogi’s blog. He highly recommends men should go on a yoga retreat and you will see why. I always have a beautiful group of women who join me on my Escapes so come on men join me too! Or go on one of Yeah Daves. I did his retreat in Sedona last year before my wedding and it was an awesome experience.

CLICK HERE to read more on Yeah Dave’s awesome programs…

I’m so happy to announce I am a Health’s new contributing editor.

Check out page 95 for my Magic Yoga Move in Health’s September issue on newsstands now. Molly Sims, who is a fan of the Pilates Power Gym I represent on
HSN, is on the cover. She and I met last time I was in Tampa and she is the sweetest. She does my DVDs and has a Pilates Power Gym
at her home in California.

In the meantime check out this link on www.health.com on Forward Hangs.

http://living.health.com/category/natural-living/yoga-natural-living/

Hey check out my most recent mention in Cooking Light September and hopefully if you don’t already have my Weight Loss Pilates dvd…this will encourage you to get it!