CLEARING UP MISINFORMATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There has been so much misleading and erroneous information regarding Tera Mai and myself that I am compelled to add this link to my site<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I NEVER took Usui Reiki! \u00a0 Margarette Shelton taught me the original Reiki system, which Takata brought back from Japan. \u00a0Takata’s organization was called Alliance Reiki. \u00a0 \u00a0Margarette Shelton’s lineage goes back to Iris Ishakuru, who was one of Takata’s original 22 Reiki Masters.<\/li>
Takata never trademarked the name ‘Reiki.’ \u00a0 To further confuse the matter, the heading on the Alliance Reiki certificates said, \u2018Usui Shiki Royoho.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 So, Margarette and others called themselves Usui Reiki Masters.\u00a0 Because of the lack of trademark protection, many, many people simply made up initiations and named them Usui Reiki or gave them other names.\u00a0\u00a0 There are some ‘Usui Reiki’ initiations where NOTHING remains of Takata’s original Alliance Reiki initiations.<\/li>
Margarette Shelton never studied with Iris Ishakuru. \u00a0Iris Ishakuru taught\u00a0Arthur Robertson, who taught exactly what he had learned from Iris after Iris’ death. \u00a0I know this to be true because Alliance Reiki Masters, who have studied Tera Mai with me, have confirmed this. \u00a0This includes the contractions, breathing and colors. \u00a0<\/li>
For example, Beth Sanders learned Reiki Mastership from me before I had the consciousness-raising experience with Buddha. \u00a0 The Monk, who was one of Takata\u2019s original 22 Reiki Masters, was flown into California to take Beth Sander’s Reiki Mastership class. \u00a0 The Monk confirmed that what Beth taught him was identical to that which Takata had taught him. \u00a0The Monk said that the only differences were: \u00a0\u00a0Takata taught the breathing but did not emphasize it. \u00a0Takata did not allow questions. \u00a0My manuals created an organized structure. \u00a0(I have 2 degrees, one of which is in education.)<\/em><\/li>
The symbol, JOHRE, is not used in the Tera Mai initiation procedure.\u00a0 Towards the end of Margarette\u2019s Reiki Mastership class, she hesitantly offered to initiate us into JOHRE down the spine.\u00a0 It did not feel right, and I did not receive this particular initiation.\u00a0 I learned later that this was NOT included in the Reiki initiations that Takata handed down.\u00a0 JOHRE is very effective in breaking up negativity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(JOHRE may be found in both\u00a0Reiki and Other Ways of Healing\u00a0and\u00a0Tera, My Journey Home.)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.kathleenmilner.com\/Books.htm<\/a><\/li>