Fletcher Percussive Breathing
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Fletcher Percussive Breathing™

Fletcher Percussive Breathing™ is a specific technique that stems from over fifty years of careful teaching and observation. Ron defines Percussive Breathing as “breath with sound and rhythm.”  His emphasis and insistence on breathing as a part of movement was in response to working with Joseph and Clara Pilates as well as with Martha Graham.  While Joseph Pilates emphasized the importance of breathing, he did not fully develop a structured technique that could be taught, nor one in which changes in the breath patterns could be observed.  All Fletcher Work® employs Percussive Breathing to activate the muscles of inspiration and expiration within the movement pattern.  There is no Fletcher Work® on floor or on equipment without Fletcher Percussive Breathing™. It is taught and appreciated by Fletcher students and teachers as an integral part of an intelligent movement program.

The Fletcher Work® has been received and praised enthusiastically within the osteopathic and medical communities in part due to the emphasis of Percussive Breathing as a technique unique to this body of work.

Benefits of Fletcher Percussive Breathing™…

  • Enhances the efficiency of gaseous exchange in respiration;
  • Assists in the restoration of proper posture by restoring normal lung function;
  • Restores the mechanics of the thoracic spine through increased motion of the muscles and bones of the "breathing apparatus";
  • Strengthens trunk muscles.

Incorporation of Fletcher Percussive Breathing™ into a movement class is an art. It is viewed by professionals as supportive and necessary to the implementation of core posture. With care and close attention, the breathing patterns support the organic flow of the movement. A skilled teacher of the Ron Fletcher Work is able to use the breath to add richer quality, greater dimension and varied dynamics to the movement.