Reiki Lineage Chart

John has been initiated by 5 masters through different schools/lineages  Additional names of offshoot from branched not identified in detail as the lineage becomes too complex knowing there millions of Reiki Practitioners in the world today.

The Practitioners
& Their Successors
 To enhance Reiki, John was certified through several advance Reiki lineage methods exploring multi-cultural healing techniques in certification beyond the "Usui Shiku Ryoho Reiki" system.
His lineage as follows: 1870s  Dr. Mikao Usui (Founder) 1900s  Dr. Chujiro Hayashi 1939  Mrs. Hawayo Takata ,1950's John Gray and Barbara Ray 1982  Diane Ruth Shewmaker, and in 1996 John A. Salat. John is also 4th generation under Dr Mikao Usui from branches of his other teachers. These generations branch from four other Reiki Masters training beyond the Usui System that he was trained. These international styles are "Karuna Reiki �", "Kwan Yin", Sekem-Sechim of SKHM � Reiki and lastly Reiki Holy Fire 11 of Advance Reiki Training with William Rand from the International Center for Training Reiki located in Japan where the Founder Dr. Mikao discovered the work.

From the last 30 years, John continued to study energy work by comparing variety of techniques of Tao energy with Reiki to further augment Chi.  Presently, his education embraces Reiki with Taoist energy in styles of Qigong with western models of awareness movement classes. His personal training includes the most well known names in the industry such as Donna Eden author of "Energy Medicine", 90 year old Qi-gong Tao Master "Share K. Lew", Dr George J. Leonard, PHD  Michael Mayer, Master Fu Wei Zhong, Yuanming Zhang,  Stepheno Sabetti, Jane Malek and many other famous international known authors as award winning achievements and masters in the healing or awareness moving science arts. He successfully integrates these mediums comprehensibly into mainstream Western Hemisphere and since then been teaching Tai Chi, Qi-gong, Reiki, meditation events and other Taoist modalities of work.