

The Future of Wellness
Field Dynamics
Welcome to The Future of Wellness - a podcast exploring energy healing, consciousness, trauma recovery, and somatic transformation with world-class experts. Hosted by Christabel Armsden and Keith Parker, founders of Field Dynamics, this series bridges science and spirit through meaningful conversations at the edge of subtle energetics, neuroscience, embodiment, and human potential. From Ayurveda to energy medicine, meditation to somatic therapies, we uncover timeless tools and emerging insights to support healing, presence, and inner growth.Whether you're a practitioner, seeker, or simply curious about how wellness is evolving, The Future of Wellness invites you into a deeper dialogue - one that reconnects you to the field of who you truly are.
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Jan 4, 2024 • 59min
The Keys to Emotional Healing for Healthy Relationships with Diana Richardson
Diana Richardson on Emotional Healing & Intimacy: Conscious Love, Awareness & the Inner Landscape of RelationshipIn this heartfelt episode, we welcome back Diana Richardson, author of Tantric Love: Feeling vs. Emotion and a pioneer of the Slow Sex movement, to explore how emotional awareness shapes the quality of our relationships.Diana shares how our emotional patterns - especially the unconscious ones - can block the intimacy we long for. She invites us to consider the subtle difference between feelings and emotions, how reactive emotional states like irritation or impatience arise, and how healing these responses leads to deeper connection and authentic love.We explore:The difference between emotional reactivity and conscious feelingHow low-grade emotions disrupt connectionPractical tools for emotional responsibility and repairHow presence and vulnerability open the heartThe link between emotional integration and sexual expressionHealing the past to free the presentDiana also speaks to the healing power of taking responsibility, resolving conflict from the inside out, and seeing love not as something we get, but as something we are. Her insights offer a grounded pathway toward emotional freedom, conscious communication, and soulful intimacy.About Diana Richardson: Diana is the author of The Heart of Tantric Sex, Tantric Orgasm for Women, and Tantric Sex for Men (co-authored with Michael Richardson). Her book Tantric Love: Feeling vs. Emotion directly informs this episode. She and her partner lead the Making Love Retreats in Switzerland and have shared their work internationally, including on TEDx.🌐 Learn more: livinglove.comWhy not check out Diana's other episode with us; How to Have Conscious Sex; Exploring Tantra & IntimacyTEDx talk by Diana RichardsonThe Power of Mindful Sex Enjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Dec 21, 2023 • 1h
Flower Essences as Vibrational Medicine for Healing The Soul with Patricia Kaminski
What if nature held the key to healing the soul?In this deeply nourishing conversation, we speak with Patricia Kaminski, co-director of the Flower Essence Society and co-creator of Flower Essence Services (FES). A global leader in vibrational healing, Patricia has dedicated over four decades to the study and practice of flower essence therapy, biodynamic gardening, and plant consciousness.Together we explore how flower essences act as energetic catalysts, helping to restore balance, emotional clarity, and connection to one’s authentic self. Drawing from the legacy of Dr. Edward Bach and her own pioneering work, Patricia shares how the vibrational intelligence of flowers can support deep transformation on both the energetic and soul levels.We explore:The origins of flower essence therapy and its spiritual foundationsHow flower essences work with the subtle body and emotional fieldThe four-element synergy needed to create a true vibrational remedyFoundational formulas for personal healing and soul awakeningThe role of affirmation, presence, and practitioner attunementReal-world case studies that reveal the power of subtle resonancePatricia also shares her early discovery of flower essences in supporting children and women in crisis, and her vision for a conscious awakening to nature’s healing intelligence.About Patricia Kaminski: Patricia is the author of Flowers That Heal and co-author of the bestselling Flower Essence Repertory. She co-founded the Flower Essence Society in 1980 with Richard Katz, and together they steward Terra Flora, a 27-acre biodynamic sanctuary in California where their healing work with plants continues to blossom.🔗 Learn more: flowersociety.org and fesflowers.comEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Dec 7, 2023 • 52min
Bridging Consciousness & Science: Unveiling Gene Expression, Vibrations & Energy Healing with Dr. Garret Yount
Can Science Explain Energy Healing? Dr. Garret Yount on Gene Expression, Consciousness & VibrationWhat if the key to understanding energy healing lies within molecular biology and the science of vibration?In this illuminating conversation, Dr. Garret Yount of the Institute of Noetic Sciences shares his groundbreaking research at the intersection of consciousness, gene regulation, and the human biofield. We explore how lucid dreaming can alter gene expression, what it means to study telepathy via the gut-brain axis, and why our environments hold emotional residue that may influence us more than we realize.Episode highlights:• Gene expression changes from lucid dreaming• Neural coupling & emotional residue in conditioned spaces• Three levels of vibration: conscious, subconscious & superconscious• The limits of materialism in modern science• Groundbreaking experiments on energy healing & psychokinesis• The role of intention, presence, and the observer effectWhether you’re a seeker, scientist, or practitioner, this episode offers profound insights into how consciousness and subtle energy are transforming the future of medicine.Learn more: The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)Enjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Nov 23, 2023 • 49min
Energetic Evolution & Shiatsu - How to Release Stress & Recover Life Force with Saul Goodman
What if the key to health, vitality, and evolution lies in your life force? 🌿In this fascinating conversation, Saul Goodman—author, teacher, and founder of the International School of Shiatsu—shares over four decades of insight into the body’s energetic intelligence. As the creator of Shin Tai (Source Body), an evolutionary approach to Shiatsu, Saul explains how stress compresses the energy field and how releasing these blockages restores harmony and life flow.Highlights include: • How stress and trauma restrict the flow of life force • The interconnection between chakras, meridians, and kundalini • How the physical and energetic bodies mirror each other • The role of intuition in identifying energetic priorities • The meaning of the light body and our energetic evolution • Conscious vs. subconscious development in healingSaul’s work reveals how regulating our subtle energy allows for deeper integration with self, others, and environment—and how every moment of life can become a ritual of healing.www.shintaiinternational.comEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Nov 9, 2023 • 56min
Harnessing the Power of Energetic Herbalism & Vitalism with Kat Maier
What if plants carry not only medicine—but consciousness, energy, and deep ancestral wisdom? In this rich and expansive conversation, Kat Maier, author of Energetic Herbalism: A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions and founder of Sacred Plant Traditions, invites us into the heart of vitalism and the living intelligence of nature. With over 30 years of clinical herbal practice, Kat shares how plants communicate, how remedies choose us, and how reconnecting with the natural world restores balance on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels.Drawing from her early work in the Peace Corps in Chile, her training as a Physician’s Assistant, and her lifelong study of global healing traditions, Kat weaves together biomedicine, intuition, vitalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, and indigenous teachings.Highlights include: • What energetic herbalism really is and why it matters now • How to choose remedies using intuition and energetic readings • The vitalist principle of “one remedy at a time” • How plants guide emotional and spiritual healing • Acute vs. constitutional treatment in herbalism • The role of sacred reciprocity and ecological stewardship • What Kat sees as the future of vitalist herbal practiceA master herbalist, teacher, intuitive, and steward of the plant world, Kat offers a grounded and sacred approach to healing—one that reconnects us with the living field of nature.www.sacredplanttraditions.comEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Oct 26, 2023 • 53min
The Magic of Maya Medicine: Traditional Healing, Spiritual Baths & Herbal Wisdom with Rosita Arvigo
What can ancient Maya healing teach us about modern wellness?In this rich conversation, we sit down with Rosita Arvigo, naprapathic doctor, herbalist, and founder of Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapy. For over a decade, Rosita apprenticed with the revered Maya shaman Don Elijio Panti of Belize. Together, they preserved and evolved a lineage of healing that blends abdominal massage, plant spirit medicine, and energetic cleansing.Rosita shares how this ancestral knowledge supports reproductive, digestive, and emotional health—and why these practices matter more than ever.Highlights include: The therapeutic power of abdominal massage for women’s healthHow Maya healing supports prolapse, infertility, menstrual pain, and IBSThe role of spiritual “lustration baths” and cleansing ritualsEnergetic intelligence in plants, prayer, and healing intentionRosita’s apprenticeship with Don Elijio Panti in BelizeFood, forgiveness, and emotional equilibrium as pathways to wellnessThe importance of preserving indigenous healing traditionsRosita is the author of Rainforest Remedies and Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer, and has worked for decades to protect and share Maya plant medicine through clinical work, community education, and international training.Learn more at:www.rositaarvigo.comwww.abdominaltherapycollective.comEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Oct 12, 2023 • 53min
Psychic Psychology: Navigating the Personal Aura & Energetic Boundaries with John Friedlander
What is the aura really — and how can we work with it consciously?In this profound and practical conversation, we’re joined by John Friedlander, clairvoyant teacher and co-author of Psychic Psychology, for an illuminating exploration of subtle energy, psychic boundaries, and personal transformation. A direct student of Jane Roberts (Seth Material) and Lewis Bostwick, John shares decades of experience guiding people through energetic awareness, intuitive development, and field-level healing.Together, we explore:How to develop your energetic awareness and read the aura with neutralityThe difference between emotional reactivity and energetic integrityPractical tools to clear psychic clutter and strengthen your fieldThe relationship between subtle perception and personal growthHow energy hygiene impacts intimacy, communication, and life path clarityWhy conscious permission is key to healthy energetic boundariesJohn’s grounded and often humorous insights make this a powerful resource for empaths, healers, and anyone seeking a clearer relationship with their own energy body. If you’ve ever struggled with overwhelm, boundary issues, or emotional projection — this episode offers real tools to shift your field.About John Friedlander John is a former lawyer turned clairvoyant teacher and co-author of Psychic Psychology, The Practical Psychic, and Basic Psychic Development. Trained in the lineage of Lewis Bostwick and the Berkeley Psychic Institute, he brings decades of direct experience in subtle energy fields, psychic training, and transpersonal growth. John teaches internationally and offers online programs focused on personal liberation through energetic mastery.More from John: www.psychicpsychology.orgEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Sep 28, 2023 • 56min
Embodiment in Yoga, Tantra & Self-Realization with Tara Judelle
Embodiment, Yoga & Awakening with Tara Judelle | The Future of WellnessTara Judelle - international yoga teacher and co-founder of Embodied Flow - joins us for a rich and reflective conversation on embodiment, yoga, tantra, and the healing path.Tara shares how asana can be used as a vehicle for self-realization, and how true embodiment requires healing, presence, and connection to our original essence. Drawing from Kashmir Shaivism, somatics, and embryological memory, Tara offers a multidimensional lens into the body as consciousness itself.In this episode, we explore:The difference between doing yoga and being yogaEmbodied anatomy and the "ground of being"How early embryological patterns inform our awarenessWhy healing is a prerequisite to true embodimentThe influence of teachers like Sally Kempton and Bonnie Bainbridge CohenHow universal energies flow through the body-mind systemWhether you're a yogi, healer, or seeker of deeper presence, this is a beautifully resonant dialogue on returning to wholeness through the body.Learn more:www.tarajudelle.comwww.embodiedflow.comEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Sep 14, 2023 • 60min
Ancient-Future Medicine: Psilocybin Mushrooms and Psychedelic Therapy with Jahan Khamsehzadeh
In this fascinating conversation, psychedelic researcher Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD guides us through the ancient–future world of psilocybin mushrooms, exploring how these powerful medicines may support emotional healing, expanded awareness, and the evolution of consciousness.Drawing from two decades of research and his own pivotal mystical experience, Jahan breaks down the science, history, and therapeutic potential of psilocybin. We explore why psychedelics have been suppressed in modern Western culture, how they’re re-emerging through clinical research, and what actually happens in the brain during a psychedelic journey.Jahan also explains:The difference between microdosing, ceremonial use & clinical psychedelic-assisted therapyWhy psilocybin may help with depression, trauma & existential distressHow ancient shamanic lineages understood mushrooms as teachersThe importance of preparation, intention & integrationHow psychedelics connect to the evolution of human consciousnessThis episode offers a rich blend of science, psychology, and spirituality — perfect for anyone curious about psychedelics as tools for growth, healing, and self-realization.About Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhDJahan earned his doctorate in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at CIIS, where his dissertation on psychedelics later became the book The Psilocybin Connection (North Atlantic Books, 2022). With training in Hakomi somatic psychotherapy, Mazatec mushroom traditions, and psychedelic-assisted therapy education, he now facilitates legal psilocybin ceremonies in Jamaica.www.psychedelicevolution.orgEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.

Aug 31, 2023 • 35min
The Wisdom of Herbs for Healing & Wellness with Matthew Wood
Herbal Wisdom & Energetic Healing with Matthew WoodMatthew Wood is a master herbalist, teacher, and author with over 40 years of experience in Western herbal medicine. In this insightful conversation, we explore the vital intelligence of nature, plant spirit medicine, and the energetics of herbal healing.Discover how Matthew works with clients by “following the energy,” and how constitutional types and holistic diagnostics shape his approach. We explore key concepts like:The extracellular matrix & whole-organism communicationVitalism and the green life force of ViriditasHow herbs like Reishi, Chaga, and tonic plants act as energetic alliesIndigenous and European roots of traditional herbalismNavigating wellness in an era of experimentation & complexityMatthew shares his lifelong commitment to preserving the Western herbal tradition while honoring the spiritual essence of healing and our sacred connection to the Earth.Learn more at www.matthewwoodinstituteofherbalism.comEnjoyed the episode? Rate & review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify or YouTube Train in Energy Healing Step into your mastery. Learn to facilitate deep, precise, and truly transformative healing experiences. Registration now open - our next EHT-100 Training begins March 2026, live and online. Discover the training → Find Your Energetic Blueprint Not sure where to start? Take the quiz: What’s Your Field Type? Reveal your strengths and learn how your energy field shapes your life and relationships. 💌 info@fielddynamicshealing.com | Website We’d love to hear your thoughts — reply or reach out anytime. Thanks for tuning in and connecting to the field.


