The Fletcher Perspective
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2019-03-01 Blog: Fletcher Faculty Spotlight
Meet Adriano Bittar, the face of Fletcher Pilates in Brazil and organizer/featured presenter at the fifth Fletcher Pilates Biennial Conference, Every Body is Beautiful! to be held in Niterói, Brazil June 7-9, 2019. A former professional volleyball player, Adriano Bittar is a Pilates Teacher, university professor, researcher, Physiotherapist and a contemporary dancer. He first discovered…
Fletcher Pilates Student Spotlight: Julia Nichole Lopez
Julia Nichole Lopez attended her first Pilates Mat class in search of a way to actively ease back pain while attending college. She was smitten with the practice, signed up for private reformer lessons, and so began her Pilates journey. Explains Ms. Lopez, “Years spent in extreme spinal extension in dance, gymnastics and figure skating…
Running 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…
Deb’s Pilates Principle: Centering
Now, more than ever, it’s important to be and stay centered. Centering is at the “core” of what we do, literally! For some of you who have been around the Studio for a while, you may still have your Body Works t-shirts saying, “get to your core,” with an image of a green apple core.…
Staff Spotlight: Yarrow King Doumby
Straight roads do not make skillful drivers – Paulo Coelho This isn’t just your average tale of how a small-town girl changed her life with a one-way ticket to the Caribbean. It’s the story of how our very own Yarrow King followed an adventurous and winding path of discovery that landed her at Body Works…
Staff Spotlight: Claudia Casal
Shakespeare’s words, “And though she be but little, she is fierce” well describe Claudia, a 2013 graduate of the Fletcher Pilates Program of Study and instructor at Body Works Pilates. Born in Tucson and raised in Nogalas, Arizona, Claudia, the youngest of five siblings, returned here to attend college and study dance. She began practicing…
Client Spotlight: Richard Oseran
Third-generation Arizonan, litigator, and Hotel Congress owner, Richard Oseran earned his salt arguing before the US Supreme court, but there was no arguing his way out of making some changes so he could live his best life – pain free. Had he been asked five years ago if he would be a Body Works Pilates…
Kyria’s Corner
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about balance. As one of the core Pilates Movement Principles, the concept of “balance” is central focus in my personal and teaching Pilates practice. But I’ve been thinking of balance on a broader scale – balance in life and spirit as well as in the body. We practice Pilates…
Staff Spotlight: Alan Gonzalez
Born in Tucson and raised in Nogales, Mexico, Alan, the oldest of four children, was drawn to artistic endeavors from an early age. While in high school, he established extracurricular art classes while performing and choreographing for the EXNO Dance group. He has been lauded as a leading figure promoting art and dance in Nogales,…
Fletcher Pilates earns formal trademark approval
Fletcher Pilates® earns formal trademark approval The life work and teaching curriculum of Pilates Master Ron Fletcher — protégé and 20-year studentof Joseph and Clara Pilates — earns formal trademark recognition under the name Fletcher Pilates® TUCSON, AZ ~ October 2008 The Ron Fletcher Company® is pleased to announce that the US Patent and Trademark Office…