The “Online Nervous System Reset” Via Zoom

What do you do when you don’t have time for a massage, but desperately need to re-set your nervous system?

You book an ‘Online Nervous System Reset’ session with me 🙂

The Story of the ‘Online Nervous System Reset’


At the start of the pandemic in 2020, when massage therapists couldn’t work due to lockdowns, we were reeling of course, because we couldn’t do what we love or earn a living. I went into overdrive, thinking of ways to continue to work, because I consider my work a big part of what makes my life fulfilling and wonderful.

So we were all asking the question ‘how can we continue to help our clients without seeing them in-person?”

When Anthea, my Kahuna massage teacher in Johannesburg said, “Let’s create an online version of our massage, and offer that to people”, I said YES, and attended her first few ‘practice’ sessions via zoom. (I was in Seattle.)

What surprised me the most about these sessions, was the effectiveness of the online format.  

Being guided by the voice of a person I trusted, knowing that she was intuitively watching my body with great care and guiding me to do gentle movements according to what she sensed I needed in each moment, was a big relief.

It allowed me to rest into the knowing that I was ‘being held’ energetically across the internet (and the oceans – I am in Seattle) in exactly the same way that I felt held in a physical massage by her.   

During these online sessions, there were moments I felt emotional because of the beauty and richness of this experience, as I felt myself connecting to my body again and my nervous system slowly coming down from being ‘frazzled’ toward a calmer state.

At the end of it, I felt deeply restful, calm and grounded.
My busy thoughts had slowed down, the worries taking a back seat for a while, and my breathing returned to a deep and even pace.
I felt centered and relaxed, and ready to move through the rest of whatever the strangeness of those days held for me with a sense of inner peace and clarity.
I had more energy too that lasted into the next few days – real energy, without the exhaustion.
And I could get things done in my life with more ease.

I knew that what we had created would be a “beauty-full”, meaningful, helpful and calming experience for anyone who experienced it.

Although we couldn’t touch our beloved clients with our hands, we could still touch them with our voice, our intention and our hearts.

So I started to offer my clients what I first called “Online Kahuna Massage” – and then changed it to  “Nervous System Reset” – because in essence that is what it does for us.  It resets our nervous systems.

I practiced on my daughters first. They were isolated at home on their own in South Africa, as their Dad was marooned in Egypt for 50 days due to the pandemic.

Jamie (25) saidIt is the closest to calm one can get in this strange time. I went in feeling tense and tired, in my body and mind, and left the session feeling rebooted yet calm. It is pure magic! Thanks, Mom.” 

And my then 20- year- old Tori said “The day after, I woke up feeling like my mind had stopped spinning around and thinking of millions of things at once. I woke up in a good mood, my body didn’t feel tense, and my energy levels were higher than they have been since lockdown started. I felt like I could take in more air throughout the day.” 

Sue, a long-time massage client from Johannesburg, told me, “My intention was to open my heart and my hope was to ease the achiness in my body. After the session I felt wonderful – open, relaxed, happy and less achy. And I had a smile on my face as I sat and reflected after the session.”

It’s now 2022, and we are ‘getting back to ‘normal” – well, a ‘new normal’.

I re-opened Aloha Flow for in-person massage in July last year, and let the online offering subside.

But recently, I’ve had clients ask me to work online with them because they live thousands of miles away from me (mostly in South Africa), they are still not comfortable with in-person close contact for long periods, they are not well enough to leave their home, or they just need a quick and simple way to recharge and get back to their center, without the fuss of travel and a whole long appointment.

Katrina, (a healing facilitator in Johannesburg) who has journeyed with me for fifteen years in person and now online – wrote to me the day after her second session, “I started off very frazzled and discombobulated. Then throughout the guided mindful presencing, breathing and movement I became more relaxed, focused and at ease…a ble to let go of the stress of the week and be present in my body.  Thank you for the lovely session and for facilitating me to get back into alignment with myself.  The next day I felt more solid and capable too – such a pleasure to have that continue. For me you have such a gift of being present to and an awareness of what I am needing in that moment.  No matter if it’s in person or remotely via Zoom. “

It gives me so much pleasure to know that I am able to help others, who can then help others to help others and so on, and then we all make the world a better place.

This is why I am inviting you to experience the Online Nervous System Reset.

(See the offer below).

Brenda and Sue online after the session.


The Beauty and Importance of Connection

Of course – you can do this on your own at home. There are many techniques and online apps out there to choose from that offer meditations, yoga and movement practices. And they are wonderful and helpful. (In fact, you can find some wonderful exercises and tips on my “In Flow Project” Youtube Channel here.)

But I know from the online sessions I take from other facilitators how much I gain from having the personal connection live in real time.

And in this case, a session that is created just for me, giving me exactly what I need in the moment.

More importantly, I believe in the power of intention, and when two or more are gathered with a shared intent, magic happens. Healing is more effective.

The truth is we all benefit from CONNECTION with other humans.

So when you book an Online Nervous System Reset session with me, I benefit too. My nervous system gets a chance to calm down, and I get to connect deeply with another wonderful being, soul to soul. My health improves too.

If I have learnt anything from this pandemic and the last six months of navigating the healing of my back – it’s that I (we) need movement, creative outlets and heart-to-heart connection to thrive and support our own healing.

And this is what the Online Nervous System Reset will give you…. live access and connection to a caring human being on the screen ( ie. moi 🙂 ) who is witnessing your every move with gentleness and caring (no judgment) and responding in real time to guide you . (You won’t receive this from online apps and videos.)


These time-efficient, 75 minute online individual sessions will leave you feeling more connected to yourself and your breath. You will feel deeply relaxed and re-set so that you can function with more efficiency in your life.

It’s a combination of bodywork, energy work, physical movement and visualisation related to your intention.
Just like the in-person Lomi massage that you experience (or have experienced) on my (or any Kahuna massage therapist’s) massage table – this is heart and body work filled with the spirit of Aloha.

I’ll meet you wherever you are at, and take you on a journey to deep rest so that you can get back to thriving in your day-to-day life.

I’d love you to try it out, so I’ve devised a win-win special offer for my birthday month.

Special Offer for the Month of July

July is my birthday month. And I want to give you a gift.

Book an online nervous system reset session, and receive a second one free.
That’s two for the price of one, really. 🙂
This way you get to feel the benefit of the sessions.

Like any healing modality – the more you receive, the more you benefit.

You can book your first session here and then we’ll set up your second one after that.

What can you expect in the session?

During the session, you will be guided by my voice back to a state of calm, to re-establish flow in your body using your breath, gentle stretches and self-massage techniques.

Watch the video to get a feel for what to expect.

On the booking page, scroll down to select the service “Online Nervous System Reset”

I believe it is our responsibility to the world, and to our families, and to ourselves to stay as calm as we can, so that we can be healthy , and behave in healthy ways too.

Resetting your nervous system needs to be a daily practice for good health to be maintained.

Book for one session here . And get your second one FREE (for the month of July).

Or chat to me about creating your ongoing personalised package to commit to a regular practice with my help.

Let’s chat. Get in touch: brenda(@)alohaflow.net .

PS. I’ve made it affordable for everyone by offering a Pay What You Can honesty system.
Pay $37 / $57 / $97

Brenda Loukes-Johnson LMT
Lic # MA60998375