Maha Taylor, the founder of Psychosomatic Recovery, describes what they do as a combination of emotional coaching and trauma-informed bodywork that is nervous-system led rather than muscle-led. Taylor told me it’s like couples counseling for the mind and body, with the ultimate goal of a reset. Here's how my sessions went.

KKRU Pilates Studio & Wellness opened its doors in September 2025, steps from West End fixtures Portrait Coffee and The Wren’s Nest. KKRU, which stands for “Keep Reaching Up,” is the neighborhood’s first Pilates studio. For founder Khetanya Henderson, choosing the West End is a homecoming.

“Qigong is a mind-body wellness practice that focuses on holistic wellness,” says Brian Huff, the regional director for Atlanta of Body & Brain, the largest qigong and tai chi company in the country that offers in-person and online instruction. “It’s about cultivating your energy or your inner scape, and bringing your body, breath, and focus into alignment.”

Project Runway fans rejoice: Mood Fabrics, the 35-year-old fabric store made famous by the show, is debuting a new concept at Ponce City Market this spring.

In an era of fast fashion, Guilty Party moves slow. Champ Hammett and Heath Ladnier launched the Grant Park boutique in 2023 based on a shared belief that clothes should get better with time. That guiding principle underscores every aspect of the store’s inventory, especially its cornerstone good: selvedge denim, the heavyweight jean fabric largely produced in Japan and long revered in denim cult circles.

On the CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates, cousins Chelsea and Kat launch a line of luxury handbags. In real life, those ChelseaKat handbags are designed by Atlanta's own Alexandria Alli and are available from her F&W Style brand. Alli credits the support she's received in Atlanta to being pivotal to her success.

Boden, the United Kingdom-based women’s and children’s brand, launched its first U.S. concept store this week at Avalon. While the brand has been in the U.S. via its online direct-to-consumer sales for many years, this is its first brick-and-mortar in the country.

In the vintage clothing world, there’s a moment when one day you’ll find your childhood wardrobe on sales hangers. About five years ago, CC Indivero and Mike Huddleston of GVG Events started seeing clothes that they wore as kids in the summer of 1996. “At first, I laughed, like they think what I wore when I was 11 is cool, but now, it’s everywhere.”

For its 12th year, Shaky Knees Music Festival moved both its location (from Central Park to Piedmont Park) and its season (from spring to fall). But there was no shortage of talent thanks to headliners like Blink-182, Deftones, Cage the Elephant, Lenny Kravitz, My Chemical Romance, and Vampire Weekend, and certainly no shortage of creative concertgoer outfits. Here, a small sampling of some of the looks we saw while out and about at the festival.

Atlanta native Jonathan Fitch has managed his Type 1 diabetes for 15 years successfully, including during his time as an undergrad majoring in computer science at Georgia Tech—except for one fateful night. An all-nighter before finals stressed his body out a little too much, which made his body insulin resistant. He had a seizure and ended up in the emergency room. It was scary, but the incident sparked a business idea.