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How it works

Contrast therapy

Key Features

Breathwork

Calms nervous system, balances hormones, stimulates amygdala.

Hot Immersion

Relaxes the muscles, widens blood vessels and raises the pulse.

Cold Immersion

Reduces inflammation, increases dopamine, boosts nervous system.

Post plunge

Hydrate, eat well and use your breath as a tool to re-centre.

Growth Starts with a Challenge

Create Lasting Change

Contrast therapy is the intentional alteration of heat and cold in a controlled setting.

This evidence-based practice resets the body’s nervous system and activates it’s natural ability to react, accelerating recovery and building resilience.

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Breathwork

Designed for rest, energy or balance.

Our breathwork sessions use the world’s most well evidenced techniques, focusing on specific muscles, rhythms and holds. These can release trauma, unblock pathways and create an intermittent hypoxic state. We implement curated beats and unique isochronic tones to help you drop deeper than ever.

This combination produces stem cells, stimulates the amygdala and intensifies the experience.

Start with intention. This is where reconditioning begins.

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Rapid shifts in temperature train your blood vessels — improving flow, recovery, and overall vitality.
Cold exposure activates your immune system, increasing white blood cell production and enhancing your body's natural defenses against illness.
The controlled stress of cold exposure builds mental resilience, improves focus, and enhances cognitive function through increased norepinephrine.
Regular cold exposure helps regulate cortisol levels and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, leading to reduced stress and anxiety.
Cold therapy helps regulate circadian rhythms and promotes deeper, more restorative sleep by naturally lowering core body temperature.
Morning cold exposure triggers a natural release of adrenaline and dopamine, providing sustained energy and mental clarity throughout the day.
Lasting change

The Full Reset Experience

Our classes are designed to help you feel the impact from just one session. Our memberships and courses produce lasting change. Our contrast social club connect you with the community.

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Our PhilosophyThe Experience
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FAQs

Reset is London's only dedicated contrast therapy and breathwork studio, located just two minutes from Highbury & Islington. We combine ice baths, a 25-person sauna, and guided breathwork to help you recharge, recover, and reset your mind and body.
Not at all. Our sessions are designed for all levels, from first-timers to seasoned wellness seekers. Our trained facilitators will guide you safely through each step.
We have six ice baths set at different temperatures: 2°C, 5°C, and 8°C. You choose your level of challenge.
Just bring: Swimwear

We provide everything else, including towels, hydration stations and complimentary teas.
Yes. All sessions have a facilitator to help guide and supervise. However, if you have certain medical conditions (e.g., heart issues, high blood pressure, Raynaud's disease), we recommend consulting your doctor first.

Please read the waiver during checkout for more information before booking.
Absolutely. Many clients come solo, and our studio is designed to feel welcoming, and reconnect with yourself and if you feel like it, to connect with others.
That depends on your goals. Many find two or three times a week is ideal for recovery, while others come more often for stress management and resilience training.
Yes. We offer private group bookings and corporate wellness packages — perfect for teams seeking stress relief, recovery, or a healthy social experience.

Please contact us by email - contact@resetsauna.com.
We recommend not eating a heavy meal just before. A light snack is fine.
Yes — it's completely safe and many women actually find the sauna helps with cramps and relaxation.
Yes. We have limited spaces per session, so we recommend booking online to secure your spot.
We'll do our best to accommodate you, but once a session has started, especially if its a breathwork session, entry may not be possible. Please arrive 10–15 minutes early.
• Arrive 10 minutes early.
• Come with an intention (recovery, stress release, mental clarity, reconditioning etc).
• Remember to use your breath as a tool, as a place of focus and grounding.
• Go at your own pace and ability then a little more. You will surprise yourself.
• Stay hydrated.
• Allow integration after your session, try not to go straight to your phone.
• Eat well.