Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American teacher and master practitioner of Reiki (died 1980)

Hawayo Takata

Hawayo Hiromi Takata was a Japanese-American woman born in Hanamaulu, Territory of Hawaii, who helped introduce the spiritual practice of Reiki to the Western World.

Reiki

Pseudoscientific healing technique

Reiki is a pseudoscientific form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine originating in Japan. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which, according to practitioners, a "universal energy" is transferred through the palms…