Welcome to The Reset
Your Space to Reset, Regulate & Reconnect
What is The Reset?
The Reset is a bespoke, 60-minute session (introductory session is 85 minutes) that blends two deeply therapeutic approaches:
30 minutes of integrative massage to relax the body and restore balance
30 minutes of guided NSDR (non-sleep deep rest) to soothe the mind and regulate the nervous system
Together, these therapies create a powerful reset - gently shifting you out of the stress response (fight, flight, or freeze) and into a state of grounded, embodied calm.
How It Works?
When you’re constantly “on,” your nervous system forgets what it feels like to be safe. You push through. You hold it all together. You stay high-functioning, but at what cost?
The Reset is designed to gently help you:
Step out of survival mode
Release stored tension and mental overload
Restore a sense of ease, clarity, and groundedness
Reconnect with your body and breath, without pressure or performance
Session Menu
All sessions are paid for at the time of booking.
Introductory Session
85 minutes – £130
A longer, spacious first session to help you settle in, explore your needs, and begin your journey with full support.
Single Follow-Up Session
65 minutes – £130
Ongoing support to deepen your rest, nervous system regulation, and emotional clarity.
Rest & Reset Package
3 sessions – £375
Three 65-minute sessions designed to support sustained change.
Ideal for those navigating stress, burnout, or long-standing patterns.
Save £15 when booked as a package
Benefits of NSDR
Calms the Nervous System
NSDR helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system (the “rest and digest” mode), calming the body’s stress response and lowering cortisol. This is especially important for those stuck in chronic fight-or-flight mode, supporting deep physiological relaxation and emotional regulation.
Supports Better Sleep
Even short sessions of NSDR can reduce cortisol, slow your heart rate, and prepare the brain and body for deeper, more restful sleep. It’s especially effective for people who struggle to “switch off” at night.
Improves Focus, Clarity & Cognitive Function
Helps to create a calm, alert state that’s ideal for productivity without overstimulation.
Releases Physical & Mental Tension
NSDR invites your body into deep stillness and safety, allowing muscular holding patterns and chronic tension to dissolve. It also helps quiet mental noise, making space for clarity and self-connection.
Builds Nervous System Resilience
Regular NSDR trains your system to recover more quickly from stress, enhancing emotional stability and capacity over time. It’s especially supportive for those with anxiety, burnout, or trauma-related fatigue.
Accessible & Gentle
NSDR doesn’t require effort, belief, or experience. You remain awake but deeply relaxed, making it suitable for beginners, high-performers, and those who find traditional meditation difficult.
Benefits of Integrative Massage
Activates the Parasympathetic Nervous System
Massage and gentle meridian work (acupressure & reflexology) stimulate vagus nerve pathways (particularly those that run through the neck, face, chest, and abdomen).
This can lower heart rate and blood pressure, reduce cortisol (stress hormone) & promote deep physical and emotional relaxation
Improves Vagal Tone
Consistent stimulation of the vagus nerve improves vagal tone (your body’s ability to shift out of stress and into calm efficiently). Better vagal tone is linked to greater resilience to stress, better digestion and immune function, & improved emotional regulation and mood stability
Releases Stored Physical Tension & Energy Blockages
Meridian points correspond to energetic pathways, when paired with massage, stimulating these points can unblock stagnant energy, ease muscular and fascial tension, & release emotional charge held in the body This creates space for nervous system reset and natural repair.
Alleviate muscle tension & pain
Encourages Slow, Rhythmic Breathing
Integrative massage and meridian work naturally deepen the breath, a key regulator of the vagus nerve. Using acupressure techniques combined with work around the neck & jaw, clients often begin to breathe more fully and slowly without effort.
Supports Recovery Gently
Many clients are stuck in chronic sympathetic (fight/flight) or dorsal vagal (shutdown) states. Gentle touch and acupressure offer safe, non-verbal co-regulation, encourage safety and reconnection with the body, build trust in rest, stillness, and receiving.
This makes it an ideal approach for nervous system healing without overwhelm.
Your Practitioners
Judi Quirke
Clinical Hypnotherapist
BSc, AAS (Hons), DSFH, ASFH, MNCH (Reg.), CNHC (Reg.)
Helen Roberts
Massage Therapist
Remedial Massage Therapist, Reflexologist VTCT
About Us
Reset sessions are led by two experienced practitioners who blend science, intuition, and deep care.
Judi Quirke is a clinical hypnotherapist with a calm, intuitive presence and a gift for working with high-achieving, highly sensitive individuals. She specialises in nervous system regulation, subconscious reset, and emotional clarity - helping you come home to yourself in a grounded, sustainable way.
Helen Roberts is a skilled massage therapist known for her warm, nurturing touch and deeply restorative treatments. With a background in body-based healing, she creates a safe space where your body can let go, soften, and begin to repair itself naturally. Helen is trained in aspects of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine), Chi Medics Energy & the Spine, & Reiki.
Together, we bring a unique, bespoke, integrated approach to rest and regulation, combining guided NSDR, and therapeutic bodywork to support your whole system in slowing down, recalibrating, and gently restoring balance.
On The Day
Location:
Your session will take place at:
Vintage Therapies
Trafalgar House
Manchester Road
Altrincham
WA14 1NU
There is free parking available just outside the door.
Please park in Bay 6, which is clearly marked Vintage Therapies.
Use the side entrance, you will see the sign for Vintage Therapies.
Once through the door you will see Cheshire Yoga, turn right and we will be the first door on your right (studio 8).
Your Session
Each session is tailored to support your unique needs on the day. We’ll begin with a brief check-in to understand how you’re arriving and shape the treatment accordingly.
You’ll then have a few quiet moments to unwind, allowing your system to begin softening before we begin.
The treatment itself takes place fully clothed and lying comfortably back in a supine position. You’ll be gently guided through the session, with a light, seamless transition between modalities.
You can expect to feel balanced, deeply relaxed, and subtly re-energised, calm yet clear, restored and ready to re-enter your day with ease.