Dr. Mikao Usui (pictured) was a scholar of many philosophies and teachings.
Searching for a deeper knowledge about the mysteries of life and the use of healing energies he rediscovered Reiki in the mid-nineteenth century.

The original Seven Reiki Symbols are a language of energy are neither Chinese, traditional Japanese, Kanji, they are light and activate universal energy,
Dr Mikao Usui kept the authentic symbols completely intact and respected their true form.

After working with the formula found in ancient sutras and perfecting them through his meditation, Dr Usui then passed on his work to others including his successor,
who was Japanese Dr. Chujiro Hayashi continued the Reiki tradition
keeping Reiki symbols sacred and complete.

Dr. Chujiro Hayashi (pictured), a member of the Japanese aristocracy,
who was a young medical surgeon and Dr Usui's successor had his own private Reiki clinic in Tokyo where he treated many patients.

In the late 1930's a Hawaiian female patient Hawayo Takata who,
was very ill and expected to die found herself completely healed within eight months through Reiki treatments in Dr Hayashi's clinic.

Her experience with Reiki transformed her life and gave her the desire to learn Reiki and to help others. By 1940 she was trained by Dr Hayashi in the complete formula of the Seven level System of Reiki.

Hawayo Takata (pictured) practised and taught Reiki for the next thirty years mainly on the Hawaiian Islands. During her seventies Mrs Takata felt it was time to instruct people as Reiki teachers.
She had trained twenty-two Reiki teachers altogether, most of whom where trained up to the first teacher level, Reiki 3B, to attune students to Reiki Degree Levels 1 & 2 only,
and only one of whom, Dr Barbara Weber Ray, was trained to the highest teacher level, Reiki 7B.
At a formal reception in front of over two hundred invited guests witnessed Dr. Barbara Ray announce Hawayo Takata as her successor to the complete Seven Degree's of Reiki including all the teacher levels.

Thus, Barbara Ray was the only one of Hawayo Takata’s students who was empowered to make and initiate other teachers and teach the complete Reiki system.
Dez Dalton's teacher trained with Dr Ray and then passed on the entire system to Dez,
who is now a Reiki Grand Master Teacher.

Gary Samer (pictured) was trained by Barbara Ray as a Reiki Master Teacher,
and taught Reiki throughout Europe and North America before emigrating to Australia,
where he was responsible for introducing and popularizing
the authentic Seven Level System of Reiki,
as rediscovered by Dr Usui.

He has taught Reiki to over 10,000 people in 12 countries.

In 2001 Gary became the Australian distributor of Sir Jason Winters Products
administering a free naturopathic help service from his home in Coffs Harbour.