We all have moments that quietly shift the course of our lives. For me, one of those moments came in the form of a Reiki training I hadn’t planned on taking—but deeply needed. This is the story of how I began again, from burnout to reconnection, and how Reiki became the doorway back to myself.

Reiki offers many people a profound sense of calm. If you’re reading this, you probably already have some sense of what Reiki is. One of...