The Original Twenty Two

Between 1970 and her transition on December 11, 1980, Mrs. Takata initiated 22 Reiki Masters. This is the list she gave to her sister before she passed through transition.

1. George Araki
2. Barbara McCullough
3. Beth Grey
4. Ursula Baylow
5. Paul Mitchell
6. Iris Ishikura
7. Fran Brown
8. Barbara Weber Ray
9. Ethel Lombardi
10. Wanja Twan
11. Virginia Samdahl
12. Phyllis Lei Furumoto
13. Dorothy Baba
14. Mary McFaden
15. John Gray
16. Rick Bockner
17. Bethel Phaigh
18. Harry Kuboi
19. Patricia Ewing
20. Shinobu Saito
21. Kay Yamashita
22. Barbara Brown

The original 22 teachers have taught others. In the decade since Mrs. Takata experienced transition, Reiki has spread rapidly in the West. It is now practiced throughout North and South America, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and other parts of the world. There are now (at the time of this writing) an extimated 50,000 Reiki Masters with as many as 1,000,000 people practicing Reiki throughout the world.

Every Reiki Master should be able to trace their lineage back through time to the original Reiki Master, Dr. Usui Sensei.