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You leave a session with Amy Nelms looking (and feeling) strong and invigorated—and swearing by the very-real powers of Pilates. The woman behind some of the city’s most graceful bodies—many of her clients are top models and actors—is a special combination of encouraging, kind, funny, and focused. She’s incredibly knowledgeable about the mechanics of the body, and sends clients away with “homework” to strengthen, elongate, and chisel at home. Her studio is gorgeous and atmospheric—gleamy wood floors, a pretty candle almost always burning in the corner, and a state of the art reformer and other Pilates equipment that’s so artful it could double as furniture in a sleek living room—and bathed in natural light on a top floor in the beautiful Flatiron district. She only offers one-on-ones.

You might come here for the airy, high-ceilinged, wide-plank-floored, beautifully tiled space, but the incredible Jivamukti-trained teachers who run the studio are an even more compelling reason to stay. You’ll get a great workout, chant, and deeply relax—and leave still thinking about the soulful dharma talks. Don’t miss classes with Rima, Monica, Yogeswari, and Ruth.

It’s not just the glossy nails you walk out with that makes us love this airy nail studio. There’s also the cute slippers they gift you, the red-light treatment that leaves your hands soft as silk…not to mention the service where the salon invites you to write yourself a letter as you wait for your nails to dry. (Write something nice—they mail it to you a few weeks later.) All five locations feel spalike in their serenity, and the Soho location’s lush balcony is perfect for luxuriating as you air-dry your nails.

The Fifth Avenue Hotel occupies a 1907 Renaissance-style mansion and a modern glass tower—the whole place strikes a balance between contemporary taste and gilded-age glamour. In the guest rooms, you’ll find plush beds, paisley drapes, blown-glass chandeliers, and dressers inlaid with mother-of-pear vines. If you want to get dressed up, the restaurant Café Carmellini is good for that; finish the night off in the wood-paneled, warmly-lit Portrait Bar.

Every facial from Madalaina Conti really delivers. The esthetician specializes in inflammatory skin conditions and integrated wellness, so her treatments incorporate modalities ranging from gua sha to radiofrequency, microcurrent, buccal massage, and more. She’s best known for the Synergistic Signature Qi Facial, a treatment that uses 24K gold-plated micro magnets to create an electromagnetic matrix that helps sculpt, depuff, and repair. It’s brilliant for all skin types, but especially fantastic if you’ve got sensitive or blemish-prone skin.

This Black- and woman-owned spa is known for its almost-unbelievable results, whether you’re getting a basic microdermabrasion or a more serious laser treatment. The secret? The staff personalizes a plan for every client, to tackle truly any skin issue. It’s sleek and modern and filled with high tech tools in a way that feels very French (the founder was inspired by her time living in Paris). You leave with clearer, smoother skin and more informed about skin than ever.

If you've visited Maman cafés, you're familiar with founders Benjamin Sormonte and Elisa Marshall's talent for creating utterly chic, French-inspired spaces you want to live in. Their Maman Nomad outpost checks all these boxes. The first uptown presence for the duo, the gorgeous café and restaurant serve up decadent lunch and brunch options, including healthy homemade soups and quiches, plus their famous nutty chocolate chip cookies. Go for a relaxed brunch or afternoon coffee–or, in a pinch, grab something to go.

Besides being a gifted intuitive who is particularly helpful around questions of life path and purpose, though he is very forthright about the fact that that life path might not have shortcuts. He does monthly group workshops in New York focused on everything from guided meditation to group intuitive work (often, each attendee emerges with a drawing of how Tony sees your energetic body that you may as well frame and hang), and he comes to Los Angeles about four times a year to deliver the same.

While this classic, family-owned company is based in France, they actually have three showrooms in the United States (New York, Los Angeles, and Washington). All of their gorgeous ranges are handmade in Burgundy, and completely customizable: Cooks can choose gas, electric, or convection ovens, customize the number of burners and width of the range, and pick between 24 different finishes. Art Culinaire is also known for unbelievable customer service; their doting staff tends to every need from the beginning of the design process through the end of installation.

Dig Inn’s philosophy is “farm to counter,” which means that they serve sustainably sourced, usually local food in a casual setting and in a price range that makes it a reasonable option for everyday lunch. The salads and the market plates are easy to take back to the office (or home for dinner), and the menu changes with the seasons, so you won't ever be bored with the offerings. There are locations in Morningside Heights, Union Square, Tribeca, and in Midtown on 52nd, Madison, and 55th, in Lower Manhattan on Pine, Liberty, and Broad St., in Nomad, and off Madison Square Park.