About George

Yoga & Pilates Lesson Planning Made Easy

Hi there! I’m George Watts, the creator of the Online Yoga Lesson Planner and Online Pilates Lesson Planner. That’s me in the photo, giving Crow Pose my best shot.

When I first started teaching, yoga lesson planning and pilates lesson planning felt overwhelming. I’d spend hours putting together just one class, and honestly, I nearly gave up teaching because of it. Something had to change.

Back in 2010, I created a super simple Word document for myself where I could copy and paste poses into a plan. A few fellow teachers tried it and loved it. Before long, I started getting emails from teachers I’d never even met, asking if they could use it too. That’s when I realised—I wasn’t the only one struggling.

Fast forward to today, and that little Word doc has grown into a full online platform, used by over 3,000 yoga and Pilates teachers worldwide, with more than 100,000 shared lesson plans. In 2020, we also added a free Pose Directory with over 5,000 poses to make planning even easier.

My mission has always been simple: help teachers spend less time planning and more time teaching (and enjoying life off the mat too!).