Class planning
How to plan a balanced 45-minute mat Pilates class
A repeatable shape for warm-up, build, peak and wind-down - with a worked example you can adapt.
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Pilates class planning
Practical essays on planning, structuring and sequencing Pilates classes. From repeatable four-part shapes to modifications, props and finding a planning rhythm that holds.
Class planning
How to plan a reformer Pilates class
Spring settings, position clusters and footbar decisions: how to plan a session that moves with the machine.
Class planning
Build your exercise library before you need it
The teachers who plan fastest aren't faster planners - they've just saved the building blocks once.
Class planning
Modifications and progressions: planning for every body in the room
Every class has a range of bodies. Plan the full spectrum before you walk in - not after someone struggles.
Class planning
Props and equipment: using difficulty scaling in Pilates
A block, a band, a ring - each changes the difficulty equation without changing the exercise itself.
Class planning
Class planning for yoga and mobility teachers
The principles of good class planning don't change between Pilates, yoga and mobility. The vocabulary does.
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