Tips for new (and some not-so-new) healers

[BinaryJack]

[*]Use Lustrate 3 times per minute. It is not an emergency heal. Avoid Sacred Soil unless you are expecting 1 massive hit. Lustrate is better.

Thanks for the tips. I am always looking at improving myself as a healer and player in general.
Can you please elaborate more on this comment?
Did you perhaps mean Sacred Soil 3 times per minute and avoid Lustrate unless you expect 1 massive hit?

As a Scholar I consider my role to be damage prevention by using my "shield spells" Sacred Soil, Adloquium and Succor.
Using Sacred Soil, Succor and Whispering Dawn (depending on AOE, gear etc) to minimize damage to tank and melee DPS.

If I see my range DPS need cover during Aurum Vale or other mob based dungeons because the tank is not able to keep aggro, I've cast Sacred Soil to cover them.