Silke Kleemann's first contact with Reiki in 1999 was in a Western-style lineage going back to Hawayo Takata, but from 2004 onwards she became a student of Tadao Yamaguchi, head of the Jikiden Reiki Institute. Today, Silke provides treatments and teaches Jikiden Reiki and meditation. She lives in Munich where she also works as a freelance writer, editor and literary translator.
Amanda Jayne learned Jikiden Reiki directly from Chiyoko Yamaguchi in 2002 while she was living in Japan. In 2006, she became a full teacher and since then has travelled and taught all over the world. She gained a masters in Spiritual Psychology in the USA in 2009 and now lives in the UK where she teaches and gives Jikiden Reiki treatments, provides one-to-one Heart Circle sessions and writes books for children and adults.