Free Pilates lesson plans
Proper Pilates class plans. Completely free.
Open a ready-made Pilates plan, inspect the teaching detail and use the downloadable versions that suit you. No membership required. No card details lurking behind a pot plant.
Choose a starting point
What are you teaching?
Pick the plan that is closest to the class in front of you. Use it as written, borrow the useful bits or quietly disagree with it and make it better.
45-minute Intermediate Reformer
A complete full-body Reformer class with free Short, Long and Stream versions.
Stott-style Reformer
An Essential and Intermediate repertoire plan to teach, study or adapt with your own notes.
Beginner Matwork
A gentle 15-minute starting point built around mobility, flexibility and coordination.
Balance with Props
A 15-to-30-minute balance class with useful teaching themes and equipment ideas.
Foam Roller
A focused 15-minute plan for introducing variety, balance and mobility work.
Chair Challenge
A short Gentle Pilates Chair plan with downloadable teaching and practice versions.
More equipment and ideas
Still not your particular flavour of Pilates?
Mini Ball
A 15-minute plan that builds towards Teaser using the mini ball.
Resistance Band
A short resistance-band challenge with Long, Short and Stream versions.
Cadillac and Arc
A compact Cadillac and Arc challenge for apparatus-based inspiration.
What you get
See what a Planner-made lesson plan actually looks like.
Many of the free examples include more than one version of the same class:
- Short Plan: a compact reference for teaching
- Long Plan: teaching steps, benefits, modifications and precautions
- Stream Plan: a video-based version for practice or teaching support
The exact downloads vary by plan, so each page tells you clearly what is included.
How to use them
Three steps. Very little ceremony.
Choose
Open a plan that matches your equipment, class level or available time.
Check
Read the sequence and teaching detail, then decide what suits the people you teach.
Teach
Open it online or use the available PDF. Add your own judgement, cues and sensible adaptations.
Free plans or membership?
Start free. Join when you want the useful buttons.
Best for trying the output
- Open selected finished plans
- Use the downloads provided on each page
- Explore several Pilates styles and equipment types
- No Planner account required
Best for making plans your own
- Create a plan with Ask Genie
- Copy and edit 10,000+ shared plans
- Build from 3,000+ exercises
- Save, organise, merge, print and share your plans
Useful questions
Before you liberate a lesson plan.
Do I need to create an account?
No. These are public lesson-plan examples. Open the plan page and use the versions supplied there.
Can I teach from a free plan?
Yes, provided it is appropriate for your class and within your professional scope. Review the full sequence first and make any changes needed for the people in front of you.
Can students use the free plans?
Students can use suitable plans for general reference or home practice. Choose exercises appropriate to your experience and health, and seek guidance from a qualified professional when needed.
Can I edit a free plan?
You can annotate or adapt a downloaded copy for your own teaching. To copy, edit, save and reorganise plans inside the online Planner, you need a membership.
Are all free plans available in Short, Long and Stream versions?
No. Many include all three, while some older examples offer only the versions shown on that plan’s page.
Ready when you are
Take a plan. Teach a class. Tame the blank page.
Begin with a free example today, or compare membership when you are ready to create, customise and organise your own plans.