For more than 20 years, Sharon L. McAllister has been working as a holistic therapist and developing and teaching both crystal healing and reflexology diploma courses for the Hope Healing Clinics in Manchester and Yorkshire, UK. A passionate teacher who emphasizes the practical everyday applications of crystal energy, she lives with her three children, husband, and dog between mountain and sea in the Scottish Highlands.

Awakening your crystals
Common questions asked about crystals
Let’s get started

Cleansing crystals
Cleansing crystals for personal use
Cleansing crystals for professional therapist use
Good spiritual housekeeping
The hands-on cleansing method
Storing crystals

Crystals and the three states of being
A rose quartz journey
A pyrite journey

Crystals and the human energy field
How big is each energy band?
Preparing yourself for crystal energy work
Alignment of the self
Alignment of the room
Personal use of crystals
Taking a crystal treatment

Programming crystals What does “programming” or “igniting” crystals mean?
Templates for creating your own crystal program

Crystal toolkit

Rose quartz
Healing qualities
The rose quartz “Heart of Light”
Carry a rose quartz
Rose quartz meditation
Rose quartz to aid peaceful sleep
Crystal portals
Crystals and bathing
Rose quartz to create a peaceful home and garden
Programming rose quartz

Amethyst
Healing qualities
Wearing amethyst
Amethyst as a cleansing protector
Amethyst to strengthen spiritual connection
Amethyst: the stone of transmutation
Programming amethyst

Pyrite
Healing qualities
Electrical appliances
Television Computers Pyrite for personal use Programming pyrite

Celestite
Healing qualities
Celestite to draw angelic consciousness to your home
Celestite to protect a person traveling
Celestite to create a sanctuary space
Programming celestite

Smoky quartz
Healing qualities
The smoky quartz orb
The rutilated smoky quartz orb
Smoky quartz eggs
Absorbing negative energy emissions from your car
Using smoky quartz to heal yourself
Programming smoky quartz

Citrine
Healing qualities
A cleansing drink (citrine)
To facilitate a revitalizing and joyous energy
Programming citrine

Fluorite
Healing qualities
Using fluorite for spiritual connection
Releasing karma in the home positively
The fluorite octahedron crystal and the difficult teenager
Using a fluorite octahedron to improve harmony at work
Programming fluorite

Unakite
Healing qualities
Team meditation with unakite
Programming unakite

A–Z of important crystals

Glossary of terms

About the author

Acknowledgments