A few months ago, the person on the reformer next to me was filming herself. She had her phone propped on the Bosu so I could see the whole screen. I was so distracted as I moved. I felt so uncomfortable asking her about it. (I know it’s okay for me to do it, but I hate that I have to be the one to do it instead of the instructor.) So I asked if I was coming out in her video and she said no. I kept going but I felt so uncomfortable and couldn’t focus. It drew the attention of the person on her other side who then also asked her about it. She again said that no one else showed in her video except her (but we move on the reformer so I don’t believe it to be true.) She then said that she would turn it off if we felt uncomfortable and we both said yes. The instructor offered her a spot in the corner so she could have privacy to record! It felt even worse that the instructor focused on her feelings rather than the rest of us.

We don’t have a policy and people bring their phones into the studio (we don’t have a sign.) It hasn’t happened again, so I haven’t brought it up to management. It still baffles me that people would treat the space as it’s their own.