The Fletcher Perspective
Articles, Media Features, and Official Announcements from Fletcher Pilates
Discover insights from our community, explore Fletcher Pilates in the news, and stay informed through official press releases and international updates.
Fletcher Movement Encyclopedia
Over the years we’ve received numerous requests for a detailed video overview of the 100’s of movements and variations taught in the Fletcher Pilates Comprehensive Program. We also recognize that timing, travel and the demands of work/home life may prohibit teachers from taking refresher courses. During the last five months, Fletcher Pilates Faculty took to…
Fletcher Pilates Online
Fletcher Pilates Online is our new online learning platform designed for Pilates Teachers, Physical Therapists and movement professionals to learn aspects of Fletcher Pilates while earning continuing education credits online. Fletcher Faculty member and contributor, David McMahan, B.F.A, NCPT, NASM®-CPT is at the helm of this flagship project. He said of this undertaking, “Several other…
FP on Demand
FP on Demand is a living, breathing offering available to clients, teachers, and the Fletcher-curious alike looking to take online Fletcher Pilates classes. There are currently over 170 recorded classes available with more added each week. Express 20-30-minute and full 50-minute classes featuring Pilates Matwork, Fletcher Towelwork, Floorwork and Barrework, as well as fitCORE, Magic…
Body Works Pilates Zoom Room
Part of our pivot at the Fletcher Pilates international headquarters at Body Works Pilates Studio in Tucson was the creation of our Zoom Room. We essentially converted the classroom into a film studio with professional audio-video, lighting and recording equipment. From here we teach the University of Arizona Pilates classes, workshops and our Comprehensive Program.…
Letter From Kyria – Pilates Pivot
As we enter each new season, the change in nature encourages a fresh outlook and focus. Lately, it seems the only constant in our world is change. With this installment, I’m excited to share with you how we’ve embraced the changes at hand to undertake a monumental Pilates Pivot to create progressive new offerings. When pandemic quarantine…
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…
Confinement and Pandemic in 1918 – The Contrology Crucible
As the world finds itself in the grasp of the current pandemic, we should recall the great influenza pandemic of 1918. The world was still engulfed in the first World War at that time. Having moved to England in the pre-war years, Joseph Pilates earned a living as a professional boxer, a circus-performer, and a…
Fletcher Pilates Around the World
2019 was an amazing Fletcher Pilates adventure! We had the honor of continuing the legacy of Joseph Pilates via Ron Fletcher’s methodology around the world. We held our first TWO international Fletcher Pilates conferences in Brazil and South Korea. Hosted by Adriano Bittar and Karla Relvas, our June Brazil event proved to be a spectacular…
Fletcher Faculty Spotlight – Jacqueline Ethier, NCPT
Jacqueline Ethier (Et-yay) is a Fletcher Faculty member, having completed the Fletcher Program of Study in 2006. She is founder and co-owner of Pilates Space, the Fletcher Pilates® movement studio and Teacher Training Educational Centre of Ottawa, Canada as well as a working professional dancer. She began dancing as a toddler in her home-town of…
Fletcher Pilates Around the World
Fletcher Pilates Around the World 2019 was an amazing Fletcher Pilates adventure! We had the honor of continuing the legacy of Joseph Pilates via Ron Fletcher’s methodology around the world. We held our first TWO international Fletcher Pilates conferences in Brazil and South Korea. Hosted by Adriano Bittar and Karla Relvas, our June Brazil event…