The Pilates aficionados of New York City have a new “It” class in their wheelhouse — and getting a spot on the reformer might be harder than snagging a table at Torrisi. After teaching at Forma Pilates, the other in demand, referral-based Pilates studio in New York, 28-year-old Georgia Wood Murphy has opened Tera Studio & Pilates Club in downtown Manhattan. After an initial few months in a temporary space, Tera has officially opened its doors in its permanent studio, the address of which, just like the class spots, is invite-only. Wood Murphy, who was born in Australia and raised outside of Dallas, got into Pilates after college while living in Houston. “I became obsessed with the movement,” she says. All the while, Wood Murphy was working for Accenture; prior to the pandemic, she’d traveled Monday through Thursday each week, as is common for young consultants, and it wasn’t until she was grounded during the pandemic that she felt herself needing a creative outlet. She started teaching at her Houston studio before relocating to New York City, where she wanted to try teaching to meet new people. She completed the New York Pilates studio certification program and soon started teaching at Forma. Tera Studio and
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