Hawayo Takata Usui Reiki Lineage

Accomplishments and Whereabouts of Hawayo Takata's Twenty-Two Reiki Initiates

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Updated on May 09, 2019

Hawayo Takata, the woman who has been attributed to spreading Reiki Healing globally, initiated twenty-two individuals to Usui Shiki Ryoho during her lifetime.

Takata taught Reiki in Hawaii, continental United States, and Canada. Through her students, and the students they have since attuned to this natural system of touch therapy, Reiki is now practiced world-wide.

Almost all Reiki healers in practice today are offsprings of the Usui-Hayashi-Takata Lineage.

In the table below are the names of the original 22, the dates they became Reiki Masters, and information about their accomplishments and contributions to the holistic healing community. Several of these individuals have since made their transition to spirit, but their Reiki legacies live on through their students.

Hawayo Takata's Twenty-Two Reiki Initiates

Name	Date Attuned	Current Status	Historical Notes
George Araki	1979	Deceased	Earned a doctorate in biological sciences from Stanford Univiersity. Prior to his Reiki initiation he founded The Institute for Holistic Healing Studies (IHHS). Died on June 29, 2006 at the age of 74.
Dorothy Baba	1976	Deceased	Worked as a social worker in California.
Ursula Baylow	Oct. 1979	Deceased	Practiced Reiki and reflexology. Noted for living the Reiki Principles daily. Died on October 21, 1996 at the age of 85.
Rick Bockner	Oct. 1980	Teaches Usui Reiki	Member of The Reiki Alliance. Resides in Canada.
Patricia Bowling	Sep. 1980	Unknown	Married name is Ewing. Previously taught non-traditional Reiki classes... her current teaching status is not known.
Barbara Brown	Oct. 1979	Deceased	Died on Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000.
Fran Brown	Jan. 1979	Deceased	Member of The Reiki Alliance. Published the book titled Living Reiki: Takata's Teachings. Died on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009.
Phyllis Lei Furumoto	Apr. 1979	Teaches Usui Reiki	Designated by members of The Reiki Alliance to be Reiki Grand Master and successor to her grandmother, Takata Hawayo.
Beth Gray	Oct. 1979	Deceased	Founder of the Trinity Metaphysical Center in Redwood City, CA. Best known for introducing Reiki to Australia. Died on May 13th, 2008
John Harvey Gray	Oct. 1976	Deceased	Previously married to Beth Gray. Later married Dr. Lourdes Gray. Died on January 12, 2011 at the age of 93. His legacy is The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing.
Iris Ishikuro	1979	Deceased	Cousin to Hawayo Takata. Died in 1984.
Harry M. Kuboi	Apr. 1977	Retired from teaching Reiki	Currently living in Hawaii. Works as a psychic healer and professional exorcist.
Ethel Lombardi	1976	Deceased	Hawayo Takata's second initiate. Taught MariEl system of Healing and The Next Step. Died on Oct. 14, 2009 at the age of 86.
Barbara McCullough	1977	Deceased	AKA Barbara Lincoln Mcullough.
Mary Alexandra McFayden	Sep. 1980	Teaches Usui Reiki	Founded Reiki Outreach International in 1990.
Paul Mitchell	Nov. 1979	Teaches Usui Reiki	Among the founding members of The Reiki Alliance. Author of Reiki manual titled The Usui System of Natural Healing.
Beth Phaigh	Oct. 1979	Deceased	Author of Gestalt and the Wisdom of the Kahunas and Journey into Consciousness. Died on January 3. 1986
Dr. Barbara (Weber) Ray	Sep. 1979	Teaches The Radiance Technique, Authentic Reiki	Co-Founded the American Reiki Association with Hawayo Takata. Author of The 'Reiki' Factor in The Radiance Technique and several other books.
Shinobu Saito	May 1980	Semi-retired from teaching Usui Reiki	Resides in Palo Alto, Callifornia.
Virginia Samdahl	1976	Deceased	Biography of V. Samdahl's Reiki journey titled Virgnian Samdahl: Reiki Healer written by Barbara Derrick Lugenbeel was published in 1984. Died on March 4, 1994.
Wanja Twan	1979	Teaches Usui Reiki	Member of The Reiki Alliance. Author of In the Light of a Distant Star: A Spiritual Journal Bringing the Unseen into the Seen. Lives in Canada.
Kay Yamashita	Prior to 1976	Deceased	Sister to Hawayo Takata, Kay was first person initiated to Master Level by Takata in Hawaii.

References

The Everything Guide to Reiki: Channel your positive energy to promote healling, reduce stress, and enhance your quality of life, written by Phylameana lila Desy. F+W Media, INC. 2012, Robert. N. Fueston, reikisystem.com.

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