Winter warm ups | hot yoga, warming spa treatments and more

Red Square

Photo: Andrew Nawrocki

You knew it was only a matter of days, hours really, until the temperature returned to normal (aka freezing). That doesn't mean you have to suffer through it for the next four months. Here are three easy ways to warm up this week. 

• Take a schvitz at the just-opened Red Square spa, the former home to Division Street Russian and Turkish Baths. Or, if you're up for an adventure, head west to Chicago Sweat Lodge. This sauna is for guys only; sorry ladies. You can always go to the Korean King Spa instead. 
• Sign up for a hot yoga class. Our skeptical art director got hooked on CorePower.
• Or let someone else do the work for you and treat yourself to a warming spa service, such as a hot-rock massage or a body wrap at Eshe Day Spa. 

You can thank us later.