From Boardrooms to Healing Rooms — My Journey Back to Myself
From years in corporate life to becoming a Reiki Master Teacher — this is how healing found me, and why I now guide others home.
Where it all started…
I’m Shefali Nath, founder of Anahata Healing Studio — an India-born, Taipei-based Reiki practitioner specialising in energy healing and chakra balancing.
Before Reiki became part of my life, I was working in the corporate world while silently struggling with anxiety, panic, emotional discomfort, lack of focus, and a deep sense of disconnection from myself. I was constantly searching for answers — something that could help me feel whole again.
Deep down, I always felt a spiritual calling since childhood, but I never truly paid attention to it.
Life eventually guided me to Rishikesh, India, where I met my guru and began my Reiki healing journey. From that moment, everything slowly began to shift. Through Reiki, I experienced peace, clarity, balance, and a deeper connection with myself.
That transformation became the foundation of Anahata Healing Studio — a gentle space for healing, release, and reconnection. My happiest work is guiding others back into their hearts: helping them heal old wounds, build self-awareness, and rediscover self-love and inner growth.
I currently run a private practice in Xinyi, Taipei, where I offer in-person and online sessions. If you feel called, you can begin your journey by booking a consultation with me.
I’ve come to believe that our unresolved emotions don’t just live in the mind — they live in the body too. The tension we hold, the sleep we lose, the heaviness we can’t quite shake — so much of it traces back to emotions that never had space to be felt and released. When we heal from that level, something shifts that no amount of managing or coping ever quite reaches.
There was a time in my life when I didn’t fully understand what my body was trying to tell me.
On the outside, everything looked fine. I was functioning, meeting expectations, and moving through life like most people do. But inside, something felt different — there was a quiet heaviness I couldn’t explain.
Along with that, I often experienced persistent discomfort and pain in my neck, shoulders, and back, and sometimes even in my knees. I also lived in a constant state of overthinking, something that had quietly followed me for most of my life. I tried to manage it all, but never truly understood where it was coming from.
I used to think healing meant fixing what was visible. If I felt anxious, I tried to calm my mind. If I felt tired, I tried to rest more. If something felt off, I pushed through it and carried on.
But over time, I began to notice something deeper.
My body was speaking in a language I had never learned to listen to.
The more I ignored certain emotions — stress, fear, unprocessed experiences, unspoken pain — the more they seemed to show up in other ways. The physical discomfort, the mental noise, the emotional heaviness… it all felt connected.
It was only through my own healing journey, especially through Reiki, that I began to understand something simple yet life-changing:
Unresolved emotions don’t disappear — they settle.
They settle into the body, into the mind, and into our energy system. And over time, they can show up as physical discomfort, emotional overwhelm, or a persistent sense of imbalance.
I also realized something important:
Healing is not just about managing symptoms — it is about gently returning to the root.
When we begin to acknowledge and release the emotional layers we’ve been carrying, something begins to shift. The body softens, the mind becomes quieter, and the energy within us starts to flow more freely again.
This understanding changed the way I see healing completely.
Today, in my work as a Reiki practitioner and healer, I hold space for this process — a space where people can slow down, feel, release, and reconnect with themselves at a deeper level.
Because I believe healing is not about becoming someone new.
It is about coming home to the version of you that was never broken — only waiting to be heard again.
How I practice
A few things you should know about how I work:
- Sessions are 1:1, in person, unhurried. I don't stack clients back-to-back. There is room to talk before, work quietly during, and integrate after.
- I don't make medical claims. Reiki is a complementary practice. If you're under medical care, please keep that going.
- I work with what shows up. Some sessions are about deep rest. Some are about emotional release. Some are about becoming able to feel things you've been avoiding feeling. I follow what's in the room.
- You don't need to believe in anything. Reiki does its work whether you believe in chakras and energy fields or not. Skepticism is welcome. Curiosity is enough.
The clearest way to understand whether this is for you is to come for a single session.