Kyria Sabin

Director of the Fletcher Pilates School — carrying a lineage that traces directly back to Clara and Joseph Pilates themselves

Form has an order. Breath has a direction. Beauty has a structure.

The Fletcher work was the lineage I knew least. And that is exactly why I was drawn to it.

Ron Fletcher was among the first of Joseph Pilates' students to take the method and carve his own distinct voice within it — a voice defined by breath, verticality, and the sculpted precision of form. His lineage traces directly back not only to Joseph, but to Clara Pilates — the teacher behind the genius, whose contribution has never received the recognition it deserves. Kyria carries that full lineage today with discipline, clarity, and a quiet sovereignty that honors both of them.

An unexpected encounter

The voice I didn't know I was missing.

My encounter with Kyria was unexpected. The Fletcher work sits outside the lineages I had spent years immersed in, and I came to it with genuine curiosity rather than familiarity. What I found was a way of working with the body that has its own unmistakable logic — an emphasis on breath as structure, on vertical organization as power, on form and aesthetics not as decoration but as function.
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What drew me first was the woman herself. Her discipline is visible. Her intelligence is precise. She doesn't overstate or perform — she simply stands in mastery, and that kind of grounded authority speaks for itself. There is heart and bravery in how she shows up and shares this work. Meeting her made me want to understand not just the technique she carries, but the depth and the devotion behind it.
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"She showed me that control, mastery, and dedication can take a different turn — that reshaping the body has an order, a form, a direction that is its own kind of poetry."
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What the Fletcher work gave me was a new relationship with breath as an organizing principle, and with verticality as a genuine source of strength. It is a different texture, a different voice — and it completed something in my understanding of what this method can be across all its expressions.
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I came to know the teacher because I wanted to know the woman. And in knowing both, I found a dimension of the work I would not want any serious Pilates teacher to miss.

Is this for you?

For the teacher ready to hear the full spectrum of the method.

You want to deepen your relationship with breath as a structural and organizing principle in the body
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You are drawn to the power of vertical alignment and the aesthetics of long, intentional, graceful form
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You want to understand all the textures and colors of the Pilates heritage — not only the lineage you were trained in
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You are inspired by women who lead with quiet sovereignty, precision, and complete dedication to their work
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You feel that completing your exploration of the method's full spectrum is part of your responsibility as a serious teacher

Now it's your turn

Complete your exploration.

Inside IVA you will find Kyria's recorded workshops — the Fletcher breath work, the vertical principles, the precise and beautiful discipline of a lineage that has its own completely distinct voice within the larger story of Pilates. You will hear her teach with the clarity and control that defines everything she does.
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This is not about replacing anything you already know. It is about filling in what might still be missing — a voice that will add a new dimension to how you understand breath, form, and the full inheritance of what Joseph and Clara Pilates set in motion together.
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I came to this work as an outsider to it and left with a deep and lasting respect — for the lineage, for the woman who carries it, and for what it means to honor Clara Pilates by keeping her teaching alive and visible. I wish you the same encounter.
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Kyria continues to lead the Fletcher Pilates School and share this lineage with teachers around the world. If what you find here calls you further, reach out to her directly. Get in touch →

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