I didn't know what I knew until I began teaching - and part of what I did discover was that the core of what I was teaching was about connecting intuitively to crystals... Learning to connect energetically to the intuitive aspect of "listening" to them, asking them what they were for and how and where they wanted to be placed on the physical body - what information it was they wanted to share... Much of what I "heard" intuitively, was the same information I found in books about crystals - and this intuitive practise formed the core practise of what I found myself teaching - alongside with the practise of confirming intuitions through reference to the books.
What I also learnt in listening intuitively to the crystals in this way was about crystal healing.  Healing the crystals themselves and how this directed healing energy into the earth.  A great many of the crystals we have acess to at this time have been dynamited out, baked to change their colour, and mined extensively.   learnt - and taught - about how to conne

, to work with them from this perspective - and how to use them in energetic healing practises.  Not just for the client I was working with, but also focussing around healing