75 minutes · Drop-in · Restorative somatic
The Settling
For people whose body is louder than the day they've just had.
For anyone arriving with a body that's still in the meeting that ended four hours ago. Or the flight. Or the week.
For people whose body is louder than the day they've just had.
For anyone arriving with a body that's still in the meeting that ended four hours ago. Or the flight. Or the week.
You know the difference between tired and wired. Most rest doesn't touch the second one.
75 minutes. Drop-in. No prior experience needed.
Honest notes for first-timers, so you arrive knowing what The Settling is and isn't.
That's actually most people in their first session. The body resists at first. We work with that. By the second half you'll likely notice the resistance has softened on its own. The room holds it, and the science backs it up: one regulated nervous system settles the others. That's polyvagal, not metaphor.
That's fine too. If your body was tired enough to sleep through the session, it needed to. Nothing is wasted. You'll wake up settled.
Nothing is asked of you. No technique to follow. No breath work to perform. You'll be guided gently. The body knows what to do with rest. The session just makes the conditions for it.
The work is somatic. The frame is nervous system. The voice is mine.
I'm Faith Lantz, a somatic wellness practitioner based in Central, Hong Kong. I'm a certified Biodynamic and Upledger Craniosacral Therapist, a certified Rebirthing Breathwork practitioner, and I'm completing a 3-year professional training in Somatic Experiencing, the gold standard in trauma resolution, developed by Dr. Peter Levine.
I built The Settling for the version of myself who used to land in Hong Kong after fourteen hours in the air, get into bed at 1am, and lie there with a body that was both wired and exhausted. There was nothing in the city that touched that specific kind of stuck. So I made it.
The Settling works for jet-lagged hotel guests. It works for parents who have been on duty all day. It works for people whose week has been louder than their nervous system can hold. The science behind it is polyvagal theory — the research of Bessel van der Kolk, Stephen Porges, and Gabor Maté on how the nervous system finds safety and rest. It works because the body knows how to rest. It just needs the conditions, and a room that knows how to hold them.
75 minutes. Drop-in. Nothing required from you.
One 75-minute session, in person in Central, Hong Kong. Eight to fifteen people. Bolsters, blankets, eye pillows provided. Wear comfortable clothes. Designed for end of day.
Sessions run periodically through the year. Register your interest below to be first told when the next one opens.
Hotel guests dealing with jet lag. Parents at the end of a long stretch. People who arrive at the end of the week with nothing left. People who don't think they can rest. Especially people who don't think they can rest.
Drop your email below and I'll be in touch when the next 75-minute session opens. No newsletter. Just the announcement when there are dates to share.
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