Why I Do This Work

In 2020, the world shut down and I found myself choosing between coming back to Hong Kong or staying in Bali.

I chose Bali. The rice fields, the air, the sea. On so many levels it was exactly what I needed.

But something surprised me. Even there, even in that quiet, there was still an anxiousness I couldn't shake. I was having trouble sleeping. The smallness of a sound in the night would pull me straight out of rest.

That's when someone recommended I go and see a woman who worked with the nervous system. I kept going back.

The first thing I noticed was my sleep. Suddenly I was sleeping through the night. Waking up rested. I hadn't realized how long it had been.

Then the other things. The lower back pain that had followed me for years quietly disappeared. That constant sense that something was physically wrong with me, that I was broken in some way no test could confirm, started to lift. I could sit on a beach and actually be there.

I came back to Hong Kong. The city I had been trying to escape. And I found I didn't need to anymore.

The crowds didn't disappear. The pace didn't slow. But something in me had settled. I stopped moving from practitioner to practitioner looking for someone to fix me. I took up skiing. I felt present with my children, with my partner. I stopped dreading being around people.

I just felt good. In my body. In my life.

I realized: Peace isn't a place. It's a state your body learns is safe to return to.

I was so blown away by what shifted, I had to understand how. I trained in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. Then Somatic Experiencing. Then breathwork. Because once you experience this kind of change, you can't unknow it.

After my own transformation, I deepened my understanding through the work of Dr. William Garner Sutherland (osteopath, founder of cranial osteopathy), Franklyn Sills (biodynamic craniosacral teacher), Bessel van der Kolk, MD (psychiatrist), Stephen Porges, PhD (neuroscientist), Deb Dana, LCSW (polyvagal clinician), Dr. Peter Levine, PhD (psychologist), Pat Ogden, PhD (psychologist) and Dr. John Upledger (osteopath).

Now I do for others what someone did for me: listen to what the body is holding, and wait for what it's ready to release.

Outside of sessions, you'll find me hiking with my dog, enjoying life with my husband and two children, and sharing what I'm learning about the nervous system on Instagram at @byfaithlantz. I practice Qi Gong (Nei Gong) and genuinely enjoy calling Hong Kong home.

Somatic Training & Credentials

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (2 years)
Subtle, nervous system-oriented work with the body's natural rhythms and fluid systems.

Upledger CranioSacral Therapy®
Structural approach addressing cranial restrictions, dural tension, and fascia.

Somatic Experiencing® (3 years, completing April 2028)
Body-based trauma resolution working with the nervous system's capacity to complete survival responses. Developed by Dr. Peter Levine.

Rebirthing Breathwork
Gentle, conscious connected breathing from the lineage of Leonard Orr, taught by Daniel Coates. A soft, circular practice. This is not intense or cathartic breathwork like Holotropic Breathwork.

Core Centering™ Practitioner (Somatic Coaching Academy)
Trauma-informed breathwork, gentle movement, self-massage, and meditation techniques integrating bioenergetics and vagus nerve regulation.