Lineage - A Connection to our Teachers

Below are the lineages of David Gleekel, the primary instructor at the Reiki Center of Greater Washington. To find the lineage, click on the healing type below:

Usui Reiki

Our classes begin with traditional Usui Reiki, the Western version of Reiki as brought to the West by Hawayo Takata. It is called Usui Shiki Ryoho in Japanese. The Eastern Version is called Usui Reiki Ryoho in Japanese. David Gleekel has been trained in both styles.

David Gleekel’s teacher lineage for Usui Shiki Ryoho (the Western style of Reiki) is as follows:

Mikao Usui
Chujiro Hayashi
Hawayo Takata
Iris Ishikuro
Arthur Robertson
Karen Cameron
Karen Fox
Marie Ciociola
David Gleekel

David Gleekel’s teacher lineage for Usui Reiki Ryoho (the Eastern style of Reiki) is as follows:

Mikao Usui
Kan’ichi Taketomi
Kimiko Koyama
Hiroshi Doi
Amy Rowland
David Gleekel

David Gleekel’s teacher lineage for Gendai Reiki (a modern Eastern style of Reiki) is as follows:

Mikao Usui
Kan’ichi Taketomi
Kimiko Koyama
Hiroshi Doi
Tom Rigler
Amy Rowland
David Gleekel

David Gleekel’s teacher lineage for Komyo Reiki (a Japanese style of Reiki in the way of Chujiro Hayashi) is as follows:

Mikao Usui
Chujiro Hayashi
Wasaburu Yamaguchi
Hyakuten Inamoto
David Gleekel

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Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki

After you have had Usui Reiki I, you can take Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki (also known as SSR), a version of Reiki developed by Diane Ruth Shewmaker in conjunction with Patrick Zeigler, based on his experiences in the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. We strongly suggest having taken Usui Reiki I before taking the SSR I-II class, however, if you have already taken other energy healing modalities, you may take this class as your first Reiki training.

David Gleekel’s teacher lineage for Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki is as follows (to follow Patrick Zeigler’s lineage, please see Diane Ruth Shewmaker’s book, ALL LOVE):

Patrick Zeigler
Diane Ruth Shewmaker
Brenda Offert
Carol Wright
David Gleekel

David Gleekel’s teacher lineage for All Love/SKHM (another version) is as follows:

Patrick Zeigler
Diane Ruth Shewmaker
David Gleekel

and

Patrick Zeigler
David Gleekel

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Karuna Reiki

After you have completed your Master training in either Usui Reiki or Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki and have six months practical experience (a year’s practical experience for the Master training), you become eligible to take Karuna Reiki ®, a system developed by William Rand and the International Center for Reiki Training in Southfield, Michigan.

David Gleekel’s Karuna Reiki (R) lineage is as follows (to find William Rand’s lineage, please see the International Center for Reiki Training website at www.reiki.org):

William Rand
Laurelle Gaia
David Gleekel

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Lightarian ™

The Lightarian Institute for Global Human Transformation (LIGHT) in Sedona, Arizona began to offer training in its Lightarian modalities in the late 1990’s. RCGW has been offering training in them since 2005.

There are three possible lineages in this training:

Lightarian Reiki (TM)
Lightarian Rays (TM)
Lightarian AngelLinks (TM)

You may take a Lightarian Reiki ™ training after doing any Master class.

The lineage of David Gleekel for Lightarian Reiki levels 1 through 4 is:

Jeanine Jelm
Tom Rigler
Diane Ruth Shewmaker
Mary Ruth Van Landingham
David Gleekel

The lineage of David Gleekel for Lightarian Reiki levels 5 and 6 is:

Jeanine Jelm
Tom Rigler
Diane Ruth Shewmaker
David Gleekel

You may also take Lightarian Rays (TM) trainings with RCGW.

The lineage of David Gleekel for all Lightarian Rays is:

Christopher Jelm
Eric Fang
David Gleekel

The last Lightarian modality that you may study is the Lightarian AngelLinks (TM) . This is the feminine or yin energy modality that helps you with your personal relationship with yourself at a soul level. There are five AngelLink attunements, beginning with Seraph Rose Aura and then continuing in any order with Archangel Michael, Archangel Uriel, Archangel Raphael, and Archangel Gabriel.

The lineage of David Gleekel for all Lightarian AngelLinks is:

Jeanine Jelm
Mary Ruth Van Landingham
Delores Burrus
David Gleekel

Lightarian training is by appointment. To register online, click here.

Integrated Energy Therapy (R)

David Gleekel did his training for IET Basic (2005), Intermediate (2008), Advanced (2008), Pets (2009), and Angels of the Energy Field (2008) with Diane Ruth Shewmaker. She studied with Maria Peterson who studied with Stevan Thayer, the originator of the system.

David did his training for the IET Master/Instructor level with Karen Puglia in 2009. She studied with Stevan Thayer, the orginator of the system. He repeated the class with Stevan Thayer, Leon Peltier, and Phoenix Risingstar in 2011 and again in 2013 and 2015 with Maria Kramer.

To learn more about IET, please click here.

Shamanic Healing with Crystals lineage

David Gleekel did his training with Herb Stevenson. Herb has studied with numerous shamanic healers. 

Shamanic Reiki

David Gleekel studied the Shamanic Reiki modality with Llyn Cedar Roberts and Shamanic Reiki Worldwide faculty. It combines non-traditional Reiki energies with Shamanic techniques from around the globe. The modality specifically incorporates techniques from the Maya of Guatemala, the Inca, the Shuar of Siberia, and Tibetan Shamans. RCGW offers the first two practitioner levels of the system. For more information on Master/Practitioner and Teacher levels please see www.shamanicreikiworldwide.com.