Knowledge and Time Are Precious Assets

A journey that brings together professional experience, family, purpose, and Reiki as a path to holistic care.

My name is Adriana Santos. I graduated in Accounting in 1998 and spent many years working in the corporate world, preparing inventory and product cost reports, recording expenses and revenues, performing financial analyses, and preparing financial statements and balance sheets that served as the basis for corporate tax calculations. It was a world of numbers, calculations, and financial analysis.

I can honestly say that my career provided me with a good financial return. I have always been a responsible, committed, and dedicated professional, striving to give my very best through my knowledge and my time. I also found it easy to build meaningful relationships, creating friendships that I still cherish today.

At a certain point in my life, however, I realized that I needed to devote more attention to my daughters. I made a decision that allowed me to be present throughout every stage of their lives: moving to new cities, changing schools, making new friends, adolescence, university entrance exams, and higher education.

Today, I feel immense joy seeing the women they have become—women of character, respect, empathy, integrity, responsibility, discernment, and professional accomplishment. They are a great source of pride for both Marcelo and me.

During those years dedicated to my home and family, I gradually stepped away from the accounting profession and the corporate environment. I also left behind the financial rewards my career had provided.

In 2016, I decided to put into practice what I had already been applying to myself and my family. I prepared a treatment room in my home to welcome people seeking alternatives to relieve stress, exhaustion, anxiety, and the emotional challenges of everyday life.

As they attended the sessions, many began to describe feeling lighter and more hopeful. They gradually discovered new ways of caring for themselves by changing eating habits and daily behaviors that contributed to their overall well-being.

In 2017, I became a Reiki Master. By then, I had already completed several courses in complementary integrative therapies, including aromatherapy with essential oils, crystal therapy, herbal teas, and studies related to quantum physics.

I also began teaching Reiki in a simple and accessible way, using educational materials, practical training, and ongoing support for my students.

Today, more than seventy people have benefited from this knowledge, including four Reiki Masters who continue sharing this practice with others.

Throughout more than twenty years of studying and practicing Reiki, I had the opportunity to learn from respected teachers who helped me build a solid educational program, combining strong foundations with the experience gained from accompanying many personal stories of transformation.

Meanwhile, accounting gradually became a smaller part of my professional life, although it has never ceased to be part of who I am.

Today I understand that purpose and financial sustainability can walk together. Every session and every course represent a significant investment of years of study, books, professional training, preparation of the therapeutic environment, educational materials, attentive listening, knowledge, and time.

Looking back on my journey fills me with emotion.

During the years devoted to my family, I also learned to care for myself. I grew as a human being, as a daughter, wife, mother, and professional. Perhaps that is the greatest achievement of my life. Perhaps it is also one of the greatest gifts Reiki has given me.

And, as an accountant, I thank God for strengthening me through every step of this journey.

I am deeply grateful to my family, especially my husband Marcelo, whose encouragement and support have always inspired me. He continually invests in materials and equipment that help me improve my work and share my purpose through social media.

I am also grateful to the friends who are always willing to exchange ideas, encourage new projects, and help more people discover the benefits of integrative therapies.

And so, I continue growing.

About the Author

Adriana Santos is an integrative therapist, Reiki Master, and dedicated practitioner of integrative therapies since 2006. She discovered Reiki during a period of profound personal transformation and, through that experience, found a path of self-care, personal development, and holistic care that has guided both her life and her professional work.

Trained in Usui Tibetan Reiki, Traditional Japanese Reiki, and Usui Reiki, she works in Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil, where she provides Reiki sessions, teaches courses, and shares her experience through lectures and articles. In her writing, she values empathy, attentive listening, compassionate care, and each person’s responsibility in their own journey of transformation.