Stress Reset (75 Min)


What Is a Stress Reset?

When the noise, the expectations, and the weight of holding it all together have completely caught up with you — you need a space where you can actually exhale.

A Stress Reset is a structured, restorative session designed to help your nervous system shift out of overload and back into alignment, presence, and a deep connection to yourself.

This session combines:

• Practical nervous system calming techniques
• Guided body-based awareness practices
• Restorative energy alignment to support deep relaxation


How I Work

Three threads, woven together

What makes this session completely unique is the integration. Each Stress Reset draws from three distinct modalities, layered to meet exactly what your mind and body need that day:


1 – Mindfulness-Based Practices

Practical, evidence-informed nervous system regulation tools rooted in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) principles. These are functional skills you take home with you — so the calm doesn’t end when the session does.


2 – Energy Work

Gentle, hands-on (or distance) work that helps your physical body release what it’s been holding—chronic stress, stored emotions, or heavy past patterns—bringing your physiological system back into a beautiful, balanced state.


3 – Energetic Insight

As we work, I tune in to what is surfacing energetically—unhelpful patterns, messages, and quiet truths—and offer them gently for your reflection. This is always done in service of uncovering what your intuition already knows.



Who This Session Is For

This session is especially supportive if you’re experiencing:

  • Carrying chronic stress, deep fatigue, or a high mental load
  • Moving through a major life transition
  • Functioning well externally but feeling tired, tense, or overstimulated underneath the mask
  • Needing a safe, non-judgemental container to actually slow down and feel held
  • Wanting to stop overthinking and reconnect with your body and your own inner knowing

What Happens in a Session

Each session is calm, structured, and tailored to what your nervous system needs that day.

You can expect:

1. Somatic Stress Check-In

We begin with a grounded conversation to identify how stress and misalignment are currently showing up — mentally, physically, and emotionally.

2. Nervous System Regulation

You’ll be guided through restorative, body-based practices that signal safety to your nervous system and dramatically reduce cognitive overload.

3. Energy Alignment

Gentle energy work is woven in as a supportive layer to deepen relaxation, clear emotional blocks, and promote energetic balance while your body rests.

4. Integration & Intuitive Insight

We close with practical reflections, any insights that surfaced during the energy work and simple mind-body tools you can use between sessions to maintain regulation and recovery.


What You Might Notice

Many clients describe the experience as feeling spacious, safe, and beautifully liberating
— a place to finally let their guard down.
Over time, they tell me they:

  • Move through stress, grief, overwhelm, or transition with more ease
  • Reconnect with their body and trust its cues again
  • Sharpen their intuition, clear unhelpful thought patterns, and rebuild their self-trust
  • Release patterns and old hurts they’ve been carrying
  • Find a steadier, more sustainable baseline of physical and mental energy

What Clients Are Saying:

“After my sessions with Upinder, I felt calmer, clearer, and less overwhelmed. I have more energy, more peace, and I’m finally listening to myself again.”

-TARA

“The emotional weight I was carrying lifted. I’m calmer, clearer, and more steady and grounded in my decisions.”

-CORINA

“My distance session with Upinder was very relaxing and restorative. Her feedback after our session provided much reassurance and clarity. She has an open, giving spirit and is a talented energy practitioner.”

-Kate

“As someone who struggles with chronic pain from a car accident, I have tried many different healing modalities over the years. Upinder was able to pinpoint my areas of pain & discomfort, and after each session I left feeling lighter with my pain significantly diminished. Even though we were connecting remotely, I could feel the energy as she worked – it felt just as powerful as an in-person session.”

-Bri Taryn

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is a session?
Each private session lasts approximately 75 minutes — long enough for settling in, deep nervous system work, energy work, and integration. 40-minute and youth sessions are also available.

What happens during a session?
You’ll relax fully clothed while I guide nervous system regulation practices and offer gentle energy work to support deep relaxation and stress recovery.

What’s the difference between in-person and virtual sessions?
Both formats are equally supportive.
In-person offers a grounded, embodied experience in an intentionally-held space at The Way Holistic Collective in Calgary.
Virtual sessions are held via Zoom from the comfort of your own home — and distance energy work is just as effective. Many ongoing clients prefer virtual for the ease of receiving from their own space; first-time clients in Calgary often start in-person.

Do I need to prepare anything beforehand?
Simply come as you are. Comfortable clothing, a water bottle and a little quiet time afterward to integrate is all you need. For virtual sessions, you’ll also want a quiet room where you can rest undisturbed.

How will I feel afterward?
Most clients feel calmer, clearer, and more physically relaxed. Some notice improved sleep, reduced reactivity, or quiet shifts in the days that follow.

How often should I book a session?
That depends on what you need. Some clients come monthly for ongoing support, others as needed during times of transition or overwhelm. We can talk about what feels right for you.

Do I need to follow a certain belief system for this work?
No. This work is grounded in mindfulness-based principles. The energy work is offered as a complementary somatic relaxation modality to restore your physical vitality and doesn’t require any specific belief system.


Booking & Details

Are you ready to come home to yourself?

Choose the format that feels right for you:

[Book In-Person Session →] (Calgary, via Jane)
[Book Virtual Session →] (Anywhere, via Acuity)