To expect a private space for private Pilates class?

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Hi all, completely prepared to be told I'm BU - not quite sure how this all normally works. I've been doing 1-on-1 pilates classes with an instructor for a few months now. The classes are really expensive, but the privacy is worth it for me as I have body image issues, binge eating disorder and social anxiety. The instructor and I always have the small studio to ourselves and if the privacy wasn't available, to be totally honest my mental health is so bad I wouldn't go.

It's a small business and the owner of the studio has previously said the arrangement is fine, but I have to slot in around the studio schedule. That's fine, I've been really flexible.

However, my original instructor's moved and the new instructor doesn't really "get it". She's said a couple of times things like "you'd be totally fine keeping up in a group class now" "You should book into some group classes over the Christmas break".

She's just let me know there'll be other people in the studio at the same time as our next lesson.

The thought of it is causing me stress. AIBU to expect a private space to exercise in when paying for a private class?

Maybe the arrangement's not working for them anymore and I should find a private provider that teaches from home or something. Or am I throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

If the instructor can longer accommodate you I would find someone else who can.

Tell her that you are only paying for 1:1 classes as you need the privacy and if the private space isn't available then your class needs to be rescheduled for a time when it can be private. You are under no obligation to pay money for something that isn't meeting your needs.

I have private 1:1 pilates sessions in a room that theoretically could have 3 different 1:1 classes going on simultaneously as there are 3 equipment stations but I wouldn't pay for such an experience. Being just 2 people in a room focusing on your body's flexibility, control and wellbeing is worth the premium price. Being in a crowded room with other classes going on simultaneously really wouldn't be.

You don't have to discuss all your reasons. It doesn't matter. Just say you book on the basis of private sessions in a private room. You don't need to say why. Say if that no longer works then you'll not be continuing and thank them for their work to date and stop going there. It's not a big conversation.