This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with meditation teacher Carli Michelle Wright . It has been edited for length and clarity. During my second year of law school in Chicago in 2018, I discovered meditation, breathwork, and yoga as a way to help me be productive and study; I believe it helped cure my anxiety and depression. I started my job as a lawyer in January 2021. I went to work at what was, at the time, one of the largest law firms in the entire world. It was a very