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The late Ron Fletcher By Rebecca Cook The late Ron Fletcher, Master Pilates Teacher and visionary extraordinaire, once urged, “Movement should be approached like life — with enthusiasm, joy, and gratitude — for movement is life, and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put into it.” According to Kyria…
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Fit to Be Tried
Fletcher Pilates instructor Kimberly Schmitz reports on some of the trends in the world of fitness. This article was by published by Tucson Lifestyle March 2020 Vibrating belts, hula hoops, Thigh-masters, Sweatin’ to the Oldies, shaker weights, Jazzercize — the list of fitness fads is long and distinguished. Sometime in the 1980s our favorite celebs…
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Tucson’s fitness world leans on technology and the internet
Kyria Sabin, pilates instructor at Body Works in Tucson, thanks her members for joining one of her online workout class at Body Works, 1980 E. River Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 17, 2020. In addition to online workout classes, Sabin, is creating an online video library for members to access 24/7 as well as…
Read MoreRunning Head: The Benefits And Development Of The Fletcher Pilates Method
In a modern world where technology constrains people’s work lifestyles to sitting all day in front of a computer, the practice of Pilates emphasizes movement. As Ron Fletcher states, “Movement should be approached like life – with enthusiasm, joy and gratitude – for movement is life, and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put…
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Dedicated To The Core
KYRIA SABIN’S VISIT TO TUCSON A FEW DECADES AGO WAS TO BE TEMPORARY — three or four months at most. She already had made plans to attend law school on the east coast and initiate a practice focused on the arts. But her passion project became a calling, then an international phenomenon, the world renown…
Read MoreBecoming a Licensed Pilates School: 10 Years Later
Like many ventures based on belief and passion, when we initiated the Fletcher Pilates Program of Study, we dove in head-first. Our vision was crystal clear, but we had yet to identify the steps and processes involved in creating a true vocational school. Our unified vision was to create a school based on the Fletcher…
Read MoreDOES PILATES BREATH INSPIRE DANCE?
Following on the exciting and intriguing postsfrom Christine Bergeron (“How effective is Pilates as an additional training program for dancers?”), and Jennifer Deckert (“Breath: A Back-To-School Basic”), the focus here is also on PILATES and BREATH,specifically touching upon HOW THEY INFLUENCE BALLET. The basis for any assumption made is a quasi-experimental study, that investigated the effects of Fletcher Pilates® in the…
Read MoreEvery Body is Beautiful Goes Digital
Way ahead of its time, Ron Fletcher’s book on his life’s work remains a classic 40 years later. In 1972, Ron Fletcher opened the first Pilates studio on the west coast, in Los Angeles. He had studied directly under Joe and Clara Pilates since 1948, and with Clara’s permission, Ron set out to spread the…
Read MoreRefine your Spine
If you’re not integrating the Spine Corrector into your workouts, your missing out on nurturing one of the most foundational aspects of Pilates: your spinal articulation. Kyria Sabin, the program director of Fletcher Pilates, shares some of the most valuable work for helping the spine become stronger, more flexible and more articulate, as taught by…
Read MoreShifting Into High Gear
WHEN THE TEENAGERS IN EL GRUPO, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN TUCSON THAT INTRODUCES YOUNG PEOPLE TO CYCLING, ENROLLED IN CLASSES AT FLETCHER PILATES, they got a lot more than increased strength and flexibility to help them power through grueling training rides and competitions. El Grupo was founded more than 10 years ago by Daniela Diamente…
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