119 BE ENCHANTED – A Gippsland haven

BE ENCHANTED

SANDEY LANDERS WAS WATCHING HER MOTHER MAKE A GEM TREE. SHE NEEDED A GIFT FOR A FRIEND, SO THOUGHT TO OBSERVE AND THEN GIVE MAKING ONE A TRY. WHAT SHE DIDN’T REALISE AT THE TIME WAS THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW, PURPOSEFUL LIFE PATH.

TREE OF LIFE…

Sandey Landers was watching her mother make a gem tree. She needed a gift for a friend, so thought to observe and then give making one a try. What she didn’t realise at the time was this was the beginning of a new, purposeful life path.

“Six months later I had 300 of these trees”, she recalls. “When I was making them, I felt calmer. I felt more at peace. So, I started researching more and in time completed courses in Reiki, Crystal Healing and Massage Therapy.”

Rocks have always a passion of Sandey’s parents. They have been members of a lapidary group, digging across Australia in search of rock gems, for as long as she can remember. What you find at Be Enchanted, Sandey’s crystal business in Foster, has largely been sourced by her family.

“Mother Earth provides everything we need, and she produces these crystals. Science has proven that crystals have energy. Every crystal has its own vibration and resonance, just like every cell in our body has a vibration resonance. So, Mother Earth is helping us to vibrate how we need to vibrate to heal,” Sandey explains.

She is open in sharing her own personal need to go through intense healing to overcome the challenges in her life. Without doing so, she wouldn’t have the family, business, and life she has today. “Situations brought about me going off the rails very young. I wasn't a very happy kid. I was very angry. The older I got, the angry I got,” she reflects. “I got married and had three amazing children, so I can't have regrets from that. But the marriage wasn't the best thing for me.” Her marriage ended in the year 2000 and Sandey read a book “The Celestine Prophecy” by James Redfield. “That book changed my life. It was like this light switch went on and I thought, I have got to fix this. This is not how life is supposed to be. I was suffering severe depression at the time. I also had a lot of health issues. After reading this book, I started paying attention to synchronicities. I learned to heal the traumas and heal myself on every level.”

A GIPPSLAND HAVEN…

In 2012, Sandey and her family found their safe place in Gippsland with a property she suitably called Be Enchanted. “It's absolutely heaven here,” she says with a proud smile. “The beautiful energy on this property is amazing.”

A crystal grid circulates the Be Enchanted property. “It's a protection grid so that only pure light can come in our shed. It is a multipurpose grid to promote love, peace, and harmony. So, anybody who comes in will be surrounded by that energy. That's what we all need to feel,” she says.

“Some people walk into the shed not understanding why they'll just start crying. The energy helps them bring up and release what they need to release. People come in and they feel that it's a safe space. We get all demographics of people visiting, from kids to grandparents of all genders. Some people just want some soaps, others have specific crystals they are after.”

BE ENCHANTED

BY DANIELLE RALPH

“I STARTED THE WORKSHOPS THINKING IF I CAN HELP ONE PERSON OVERCOME EVEN HALF OF WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH, THEN THAT'S HOW I CAN PAY IT FORWARD. I NOW FEEL I’VE HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE.”

Be Enchanted exists to offer visitors the tools to assist on their individual spiritual journeys with an abundance of natural gemstones and crystals available for purchase, many of which are in their natural state. The meditation garden is a vision that is close to Sandey’s heart, inspired by her late Grandfather and guarding angel. Her healing room houses individual sessions and group meditations. Sandey’s daughter Kaycie Jade also has her talents on display in a showroom, with various art also for sale.

Sandey values her weekly meditation gatherings with like-minded individuals. Filled with a desire to share what she has learned, she also runs various healing workshops. “I started the workshops thinking if I can help one person overcome even half of what I've been through, then that's how I can pay it forward. I now feel I’ve helped a lot of people,” she says.

OPEN HEART AND MIND…

Wanting to gain a personal insight into how energy healing through Reiki works, I am welcomed into the Be Enchanted meditation room for a healing session. Crystals are placed in my hands, and I close my eyes. I feel comfortable and warm, hugged by a blanket. The session is completely non-invasive. Sandey asks that I just notice the thoughts that enter my mind over the next 20 minutes. I am to notice them, but then let them go.

At the end of the session, she shares with me that she feels my heart chakra is open. There wasn’t resistance in this energy field, which can be a common blockage area with people that come forward to experience Reiki. The root chakra, located at the base of the spine, that links to a sense of safety and security, is my area giving some push-back. She suggests I spend more time by the ocean, with my feet in the water to connect myself with Mother Earth. This makes sense to me, given that sense of place and belonging was largely on my mind.

Sandey explains that all forms of natural healing must begin with wanting to heal yourself. “I believe that we have the capabilities to heal ourselves on every single level. I can kickstart your journey to open those channels to allow that energy to come through, but you need to take control of your own journey. Everybody needs to take responsibility for their own healing.”