The Violet Flame School of Crystal Healing provides an excellent environment for quality education in Crystal Healing Therapy, offering Crystal Healing Courses from beginner to professional Diploma level.

The school offers five levels of training, all tutor-led:

1. Intermediate Course

An introduction to crystal therapy at a level suitable for working with family and friends, continuing professional development (CPD) and as a taster leading on to the professional Diploma course. This course would also suit therapists of other healing disciplines wishing to incorporate crystals safely into their work. This is a three day course, usually one Sunday a month.

Contents of the course include:-

• Choosing Crystals - Looking at the various ways crystals may be chosen for healing and meditation
• Cleansing Crystals - Exploring the theory behind the need for the cleansing of crystals, discovering various methods of cleansing and understanding the difficulties of using uncleansed crystals
• Chakra Theory - Research into the positions and correspondences of the main chakras, exploring their functions and dysfunctions
• Crystals and Chakras - Methods and techniques of using crystals with chakras
• Crystals and Subtle Bodies - The study of a subtle body system and its importance to general wellbeing, techniques for balancing the subtle bodies with crystals
• Crystal and the Aura - Cleansing and protection of the auric field, methods and techniques
• Energy Management - Discover the benefits of earthing and grounding someone, understanding the body language that shows when an individual is earthed or not, methods and techniques

Cost £300 all three days.

2. Crystal Healing Therapy Certificate Course

The first year of the VFSCH Diploma course is known as the Certificate Course. It contains the core curriculum of ACHO/BCH, which can be externally accredited and validated by the Open College Network (West Midlands region). The course is either taught over four 3-day sessions per year and the second year follows the same format or is taught one day per month for the first and second year. The certificate is awarded on successful completion of all coursework, homework, case studies, journal and evidence of studying Anatomy & Physiology (A&P correspondence courses of 35 hours self-directed learning are available through VFSCH).

The Courses are presented in modules with workbooks and information books.

Contents of Year 1 include:-

• Crystallography - Crystal systems, hardness scale, mining, ecological implications, treatment and enhancement
• Working with Crystals - Choosing crystals for healing, meditation and self-healing, why crystals need to be cleansed, attuning to crystals, dedicating crystals
• Subtle Anatomy - Chakras their positions and correspondence, functions and dysfunctions, crystal healing techniques working on the chakras, balancing a subtle body system, placement and correspondences of the main meridians, protection of the auric field, cleansing the aura
• Crystal Healing - Prepare a person to receive crystal healing, prepare self prior to working as a crystal healer, handling of crystals, concluding a healing session, keeping accurate records and case histories, distant healing, self healing
• Practicalities of Healing - Methods of earthing the energy field, knowing the signs that show an individual is earthed, techniques to centre the energies of an individual, strategies of dealing with healing crises, relaxation techniques, introducing a visualisation technique to a client, restoring everyday consciousness and awareness to an individual after a healing session

Cost £865 per year plus £75 Anatomy and Physiology Manual.

3. Crystal Healing Therapy Diploma Course

Following the Certificate course there is an option for a further 12 days tutor-led study, via four 3-day sessions a year or one day a month, leading to a Diploma qualification on completion of the coursework, homework and assignment (Dip. VFSCH).

The second year subject content includes:-

• Calling back Soul Fragments - An enriching process that builds over several days and culminates in a powerful crystal healing
• Study of rarer minerals and gemstones - An experiential study of how crystals we are drawn to may assist us on our path back to wholeness
• Crystal Mandalas - A highly creative, liberating and uplifting experience working with crystals and colour
• Animal Healing with crystals - An introduction into working soul to soul with the animal kingdom. This is class based and does not involve live animals.
• Advanced chakra clearing - Advanced work employing dowsing as the medium to discover imbalances within the chakras and auric fields. These are then balanced with crystals
• Further crystal meridian work - Advanced work involving specific types of quartz crystal
• Running a Crystal Healing Practice - An inspirational subject area covering advertising and marketing, business plans, professional ethics
• Crystal resonance therapy - This is an exciting healing technique. It illustrates so clearly that energies of herbs and plants do not necessarily need to be absorbed and ingested by mouth.
• Advanced crystal meditations and visualisations - An opportunity to delve deeper with healing meditations and visualisations to encourage self-healing and re-establish balance and wholeness
• Crystal Regression Therapy - Learning how to draw the lessons from previous lives to assist us with our lives today

Cost £865 per year.

4. Violet Flame School Post Graduate Diploma in Energy Healing

Open to all with an ACHO Diploma. The course comprises of 12 training days, usually one Sunday per month.  The focus is upon deepening further into working with energy.  Cost £865.  For more information please call 01905 745070.

5. Violet Flame School Animal Healing Certificate Course

6. Workshops

The Path of Crystal - Journey to Wholeness

A series of three workshops held one day a month designed to introduce 'The Path of Crystal' at an enjoyable pace. 'The Path of Crystal' is a blissful remembering of our origin leading to a strong knowing and renewed vigour by clearly seeing the open way ahead free of any obstacles on the pathway.

The course is open to everyone and no previous crystal healing or other healing experience is required. Promote right conditions in your life, increase your intuitive faculties manifold and boost your confidence with ease as you embrace the mineral kingdom and the gifts it brings.

These workshops are packed with hands-on practical exercises, crystal meditations and visualisations. Cost £75 each or all three at £200.

The Path of Crystal - Part 1 Release

A day dedicated to letting go of old, unwanted or out-moded ways of thinking, feeling, being and acting. An opportunity to truly surrender all that no longer serves you in a gentle, non-invasive, safe environment with crystals, deeply relaxing meditations, releasing visualisations and many hands-on practical exercises.

The Path of Crystal - Part 2 Re-Pattern

A powerful day of healing, packed full of exercises and techniques to identify imbalances within the physical and subtle body systems and then bring about balance with the use of crystals. Deep meditations and healing visualisations encourage a re-patterning at the core of ones being. By altering ones resonance, it becomes plain to see that if you don't want something in your life you can change so that you stop attracting it!

The Path of Crystal - Part 3 Re-Launch

A day dedicated to recharging and energising the physical and subtle bodies. Sound healing features largely with the use of singing bowls, drums, rattles and chanting together with crystals. An inspirational day spent filling up with light and sound in preparation to step out.

Power Crystals – 3 day Training

Part 1 Clear Quartz, Part 2 Amethyst, Part 3 Rose Quartz

Power Crystals is suitable for beginners and those with crystal experience.  The course involves 3 day’s training to explore the ancient and modern healing uses of Rose Quartz, Amethyst and Clear Quartz for use on self, friends and family.  These workshops offer a healing, grounded but fun, hands-on approach in a relaxed, friendly environment.  Also includes deeply relaxing meditations and visualisations.  Cost £200 for all three days.

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