Why Reiki Is Taught Differently Depending on Lineage Reiki historically was an oral teaching, passed from Master Teacher to student, who becomes a practitioner and perhaps a Master Teacher, who passes the teachings down to more students and so on. Each time Reiki was passed from Master Teacher to student, the teachings evolved. Even from our modern founders, the way Dr. Chujiro Hayashi both offered Reiki and taught Reiki evolved from the way he was taught by Mikao Usui. Reiki