Pilates in Malta

Pilates is everywhere in Malta, but you’ll rarely find it on its own. Most of it happens in yoga studios, gyms and hotel health clubs, which is why it shows up on this site’s live timetable next to the yoga. The timetable on this page shows only real Pilates sessions, read from each provider’s own booking system or website, with the drop-in price where the booking system gives one.

Reformer, mat or heated?

Mat Pilates is the version you can do anywhere: slow, controlled exercises for your core, back and hips, done on a mat with your own body weight and sometimes small props such as balls or bands. Classes are usually open to all levels.

Reformer Pilates uses a sliding carriage with springs and straps. The springs can make a movement harder or help you through it, so a reformer class can be tough or gentle depending on the level. Rooms have a fixed number of machines, so classes are small and need booking.

Hot or infrared Pilates is mat Pilates in a heated room. It feels much harder than the same class at room temperature, so treat it like hot yoga and build up slowly.

Where to go

In Sliema, Freemyme has the most Pilates sessions on our timetable, with reformer foundation, flow and fit classes alongside Pilates at open, foundation and intermediate levels, plus a spinal health class. Island Yoga mixes reformer classes, mat and dynamic mat Pilates and infrared Pilates into its yoga week. The Breathing Space holds small pre-booked Pilates classes.

In St Julian’s, the choice leans towards gyms and hotels. LivingWell at the Hilton has Pilates and classical mat Pilates on its members’ timetable, Cynergi includes Pilates in membership, and the Westin Dragonara and the Hard Rock Hotel both list Pilates on their fitness timetables.

Further out, Feel at Harmony in Msida teaches mixed-level Pilates in small groups, Tropical Temple in San Ġwann runs hot Pilates, and Anna Aerial Yoga and Pilates in Buġibba offers mat and power Pilates as well as Pilates for over-55s and for mums with babies. RaYoga mixes Pilates with yoga and Qigong in Attard and Żebbuġ. In Naxxar, The Seven Senses runs Pilates at two levels alongside its yoga classes.

Before your first class

Wear fitted clothes so the teacher can see your alignment, and grip socks if the studio asks for them, which many reformer studios do. Tell the teacher about any injury, pregnancy or back problem before the class starts. If you’re not sure which to choose, a foundation or open-level class is the safest place to begin, and our Pilates vs yoga guide explains how the two compare.