All teachers who have been properly trained and attuned (activated) within the intact science of Reiki as taught by Hawayo Takata use specific service marks. The license to use these service marks is your guarantee that you will receive the intact, real, authentic activations to the original, whole Reiki system rediscovered by Dr. Mikao Usui, brought to the United States by Hawayo Takata and passed intact to Dr. Barbara Ray. The service marks to look for as your guarantee are:
Real Reiki®
Authentic Reiki®
The Radiance Technique®
TRT®
The Official Reiki Program®
Radiant Touch®
If a teacher is not using any of these terms to advertise his/her classes, you will not be learning the real thing.