Chicago - July 29, 2005

Take My Breath Away

Exhale Opens

The costly advice your therapist gave you this week: Be in the moment and breathe.

And while she’s doing a great job keeping your head in order, that hour on her couch is doing nothing for your behind.

Don’t worry, she was right. Just Exhale. Chicago’s newest mega-spa opens Monday. Known on the East Coast for butt-altering Core Fusion classes — an hour-long session developed by disciples of the Lotte Berk Method — it takes the best of Pilates, yoga, core conditioning, and stretching and puts them all together, so you’ll see results in no time.

Plus, there are mani and pedi stations and sixteen Zen-like treatment rooms to help you achieve a blissful state of nothingness. And though Exhale’s offerings come at a premium the rest of the year, the classes (and some services) are free for the first week. Just reserve a spot and show up.

Which sounds right in line with the doctor’s orders.


Exhale, 945 North State Street, at Oak Street (312-753-6500 or exhalespa.com).