Lineage
Most Reiki people in the world have a “Western style” ‘Mrs Takata’ Reiki lineage with teachings that have been amended and altered as they have been passed from one teacher to another and as Reiki has journeyed through the “New Age” movement. Hardly any Reiki people have a lineage that differs from this, though there are a few Japanese lineages.
My lineage has two strands, two sides to it: a ‘standard Western Reiki’ strand and an ‘original Usui Reiki’ strand. Here is my Western Reiki lineage:
My other important ‘lineage’ which is outside the usual Usui – Hayashi – Takata line, which passes on the energy of Usui Sensei through the intermediary of a Tendai Buddhist nun – Suzuki San – who trained with Usui and was over 100 years old when she was became known to Westerners in 2000. Here is the route that the information and techniques took:
Most Reiki people in the world have a “Western style” ‘Mrs Takata’ Reiki lineage with teachings that have been amended and altered as they have been passed from one teacher to another and as Reiki has journeyed through the “New Age” movement. Hardly any Reiki people have a lineage that differs from this, though there are a few Japanese lineages.
My lineage has two strands, two sides to it: a ‘standard Western Reiki’ strand and an ‘original Usui Reiki’ strand. Here is my Western Reiki lineage:
- Mikao Usui
- Chujiro Hayashi
- Hawayo Takata
- Phyllis LeiFurumoto
- Florence O’Neal
- Jerry Farley
- June Woods
- Simon Treselyan
- Marcus Hayward
- Diane Whittle
- Taggart King
- Louise Heseltine
- Sarah Berrisford
My other important ‘lineage’ which is outside the usual Usui – Hayashi – Takata line, which passes on the energy of Usui Sensei through the intermediary of a Tendai Buddhist nun – Suzuki San – who trained with Usui and was over 100 years old when she was became known to Westerners in 2000. Here is the route that the information and techniques took:
- Mikao Usui
- Suzuki San
- Chris Marsh
- Taggart King
- Louise Heseltine
- Sarah Berrisford