Sandra worked in corporate in the field of I.T. before having her children. She began her healing journey after her children “birthed” her. Whilst raising her family she studied Meditation & Yoga, and enjoyed teaching for over ten years. During that time, she also studied Reiki, Hypnotherapy, Shamanic Medicine, and Psychic Mediumship. She practiced her modalities in various locations, including dedicated yoga spaces, corporate venues, community centres, and schools.
Sandra lives with her husband, their two sons, and their beloved labradoodle. Her passion to help others realise they have the power and the ability to heal themselves, has birthed la Papessa.
Sandra is first generation Australian, and both her parents and lineage derive from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Sandra is passionate in acknowledging her lineage and ancestors for their sacrifice, wisdom, craft, magick, and medicine, that she is blessed to receive, with grace and reverence.
Sandra recognises and acknowledges we are part of a whole, we are all connected, nothing and no-one is separate, and compassion is the only way forward to relieve individual and collective suffering. We actively engage in paying it forward to honour our humanity. May all beings experience the magnificence of their own light.
Sandra is owner and custodian of Eucalypt Place, a healing sanctuary located in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, with spaces available for practitioners.
“i love being in the energy of readings/healings, where we allow a higher intelligence and benevolence, where we weave and allow the alchemical process of something magickal, of possibilities that are not always accessible outside of this space, and to the thinking mind it is like accessing a broader perspective, more support, an outcome that could not previously be perceived. and i’m drawn to Einstein’s quote about not solving a problem in the same consciousness where it was created. it’s a living, breathing space filled with potential and possibility” ~ Sandra
Bio
Monash University Bachelor of Computing, 2001
Vipassana Meditation Retreats, dhamma Bhumi 1997, dhamma Aloka 2003, 2010 & 2022
Gita International Hatha Yoga Gold Diploma of Teaching with Lucille Wood & Di Lucas, (900+ hours in person training over two years), 2008 & 2009
Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki I, II and III with Julie Moorfoot, (in person training), 2010 to 2013
HeartEnergetix Hypnotherapy & Past Life Regression with Colleen Dooley, (700+ hours in person training over two years), 2015 & 2016
John of God Spiritual Retreat with Nicole Rigato, (Brazil, 14 day in person immersion), September 2017
Gawler Foundation Teacher Training MBSM, Mindfulness Based Stillness Meditation, with Paul & Maia Bedson, (80+ hours in person training), Foundation 2019 & Advanced 2023
Shamanic Energy Training® Sacred Space Weaver Program with Sharon Bolt, (Bali, 7 day in person immersion), October 2019
Psychic Foundations Level I, Level II & Level III Mediumship with Eloise Fielke, 2021 to 2023
Infinite Flow Program with Andrew Pearce, 2023
Mary Magdalene Spiritual Retreat with Nicola Amadora, (France, 8 day in person immersion), September 2023, & the Red Rose of Mary Magdalene Initiation 2024
Sadhguru Inner Engineering Program & Initiation 2024
Shamanic Energy Training® Ascension Shamanism Spirit Weaver Program & Initiation with Joseph Callender 2023, & Avalon Pilgrimage 2024