Semi-Private Pilates in London

The 2-to-1 Private Session — the Duet on our Private Sessions page — is two people with one coach: a partner, a friend, a parent and grown-up child. It is sold online at Chelsea and Victoria and arranged on enquiry at Kensington.

The 3-to-1 and 4-to-1 Private Sessions are three or four people with one coach, sold online at all three studios. The Private Group Class is for eight or more and is also online at all three — a KARVE class run privately for your group rather than the public timetable.

Each shared format is priced per session for the whole group, so one person buys and the group splits it however it likes. For a group size that is not listed, send an enquiry and the studio will tell you what it can do.

What makes it semi-private rather than a small class is that nobody else is on the floor. Sessions take place in a dedicated private room or during selected quieter studio hours. Your group has the coach and the machines to itself, so the session can be pitched at your group — a steady first session for people who have never been on a reformer, or something harder for a group of regulars.

With two to four people the coach still sets each machine individually and corrects each person, so the format keeps most of what a one-to-one gives while sharing the cost. With eight or more it runs as a class — one plan, coached to the room — but a room made up entirely of people you know.

Friends who want to try the Transformer together before committing to classes. Couples who train together and bring a third for the 3-to-1. Teams and small companies who want a private session as a shared hour rather than a drinks reception. Hen parties and birthday groups who would rather do something than sit down for another meal — the group class for eight or more is built for exactly that.

If your group is all beginners, the new-to-KARVE page explains what the first time on the machine feels like. If you are one person who simply wants undivided coaching, the one-to-one guide is the better read.

One person buys the session for the group on private-sessions/buy, choosing the studio first and then the 2-to-1, 3-to-1, 4-to-1 or Private Group Class. The price shown is live and covers the whole group for that session.

After checkout the buyer is given a WhatsApp link to the studio. Send the dates and times that work for everyone, tell the team how many of you there are and whether anyone is new to the machine, and they confirm the appointment. The session is not on the public class schedule, so your group does not need to book individually.