Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki

Hawayo Takata was born in Hawaii to Japanese immigrant parents in 1900. In 1936 she traveled to Japan to visit her parents and also prepared to receive medical care for her deteriorating health. Through this journey she was led to Dr Hayashi and became a patient at his clinic for the next few months. During this time she regained her health fully and decided to learn Reiki. Over the next few years she practiced and studied as Dr Hayashi's apprentice, and in 1938 was initiated as a Master and permitted to teach and continue spreading Reiki in the West.​​​ Takata committed the next 40+ years of her life to spreading Reiki through her teachings and practice. She taught 22 masters before her passing in 1980 to ensure the spreading of Reiki would continue on.

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After her death a number of her Masters came together to establish a formal structure to continue her teachings. In 1982 her granddaughter Phyllis Lei Furumoto was recognized as her successor. The Reiki Alliance was established in 1983 to preserve the teachings of Takata Sensei. This caused some division between several of her Masters, one being Barbara Ray who claimed Takata named her as her successor. Barbara Ray went on to create “The Radiance Technique”and subsequently several of the original Masters of Takata also began to develop their own independent branches of Reiki according to their own understanding and experiences. This has gradually led to the many newer systems of Reiki that are available today.​ This system honours the ever evolving spirit of Reiki and the essence of Takata Sensei's teachings.