Things to Do in Artondale

Simply Hot Yoga Wellness Center uses a combination of yoga and wellness treatments to help individuals achieve and maintain optimal health. Vinyasa- and Hatha-style yoga classes take place in 105-degree rooms to allow for a greater range of movement. Hot yoga also helps students burn fat more effectively, reduce anxiety, and enhance athletic ability and the ability to drink hot tea near an erupting volcano. Additionally, wellness services such as massage therapy, a forthcoming infrared-sauna, and body wraps show muscles some TLC after intense yoga sessions.

Bathed in the intense light of its blazing furnaces, the industrial brick walls and naked concrete floors of the hot shop at Area 253 Glassblowing belie the delicacy and beauty of their creations. Experienced artisans instruct students of all skill levels, manipulating glowing gobs of molten glass on the ends of rods to produce floating balls, bowls, and decorative shards. Pointed blue-tip flame-working torches coax glass into shiny beads and borosilicate into baubles such as pendants and swizzle sticks. The shop also rents out its amenities for visiting artists, including furnaces, torches, and garage space.