

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 5, 2023 • 58min
The Layers & Levels of the Cosmos! with Steven Forrest
Steven Forrest on Evolutionary Astrology, Soul Purpose & the Cosmic JourneyIn this illuminating conversation, legendary astrologer Steven Forrest—author of The Inner Sky and founder of Evolutionary Astrology—joins us to explore astrology as a profound tool for self-understanding, transformation, and soul-level guidance.We discuss:Astrology as a map for karmic patterns and past-life conditioningHow a person’s astrological imprint might relate to the energy fieldThe role of Pluto, the “shamanic planet,” in soul growthWhat citta-santāna (the stream of consciousness) teaches us about incarnationAstrology as a method of conscious co-creation with the cosmosSteven also shares his personal journey with astrology and reflects on how his birth chart continues to guide his evolution.“...language that is as intelligent and cogent as it is poetic.” — Sting “The most brilliant astrologer alive.” — Rob Brezny Steven Forrest’s WebsiteEnjoyed 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 18, 2022 • 56min
Electrical Engineering for the Body with Dr. Dan Keown
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Daniel Keown—medical doctor, acupuncturist, and author of The Spark in the Machine—to explore the science behind qi, fascia, and the body’s energetic architecture.Dr. Keown shares his vision of acupuncture as electrical engineering for the body, where meridians correspond to fascial planes and disease stems from disrupted qi flow. He discusses how fascia conducts energy, why shen (spirit) is key to well-being, and how embryology explains the energetic blueprint of the human form.In this conversation, we explore:Why acupuncture works and how it maps to Western anatomyQi as bioelectric flow—and fascia as its conductorEmbryology, morphogenetic fields, and the six divisionsChakras as mini-brains: a new view of subtle anatomyWhat’s broken in Western medicine (and where it works)Dan’s vision for acupuncture in global healthcareLearn more about Dr. Keown: drdankeown.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 28, 2022 • 46min
You Open Your Heart and You Honor Your Parents with Susan Ulfelder
Family Constellation Therapy & Intergenerational Healing with Susan UlfelderExplore the deeper layers of energetic inheritance with Susan Ulfelder, Director of the Hellinger Institute of DC and former Dean at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. With a background in Polarity Therapy, Brennan Healing Science, and high-sense perception, Susan shares powerful insights into how unresolved ancestral patterns live on in the family field.In this episode, we discuss:What makes Family Constellation Therapy such a profound tool for healingThe role of energetic cords and entanglements between generationsHow "representation" works in constellation setupsThe flow of love and why honoring your parents mattersSusan’s experience training directly with Bert HellingerWhy simple healing phrases can catalyze deep resolutionThe difference between individual and systemic perception in healingWhether you’re new to Family Constellations or a long-time practitioner, Susan brings clarity and heart to the complexities of this field.Learn more about Susan: www.hellingerdc.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 7, 2022 • 52min
Connecting to Who You Are with Michael Oruch
Zero Balancing with Michael Oruch: Connecting to Who You AreIn this episode, we sit down with Michael Oruch, President Emeritus of the Zero Balancing Board of Directors, to explore the subtle yet profound healing system of Zero Balancing (ZB). Michael shares how ZB works with both structure and energy—bridging the physical and the energetic through focused touch on bone and joints to clear tension and facilitate transformation.Discover how Zero Balancing:Connects us to our core essence and ancestral patternsUses “fulcrums” to shift held vibrations in the body-fieldNavigates the interface between structure and energyCan be practiced remotely through surrogatesInduces expanded states of consciousness for self-reorganizationWe explore how trauma, healing, and embodiment intersect within ZB—and why “hurting good” can sometimes be the sign of deep release. Whether you're a practitioner, seeker, or someone curious about the energetic anatomy, this is a rich dive into subtle touch and profound presence.Michael has studied with ZB founder Dr. Fritz Smith and taught extensively across the U.S. and internationally. He is also trained in Qigong and Tai Chi and brings decades of experience to the subtle healing arts.www.mozbnyc.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 16, 2022 • 49min
Hindered by Fear and Helped by Love with Jim Gilkeson
From Bodywork to Energy Work — Jim Gilkeson on Subtle Healing, Fear & LoveJim Gilkeson, craniosacral therapist, teacher, and author of A Pilgrim in Your Body and Energy Healing: A Pathway to Inner Growth, joins us for a thoughtful exploration of subtle energy work and the inner process it initiates. Jim shares the story of his early healing experiences, the turning points that led him into energy work, and how he helps students transition from a purely physical paradigm into an energetic one.We explore fear and love as organizing forces within the energy field, how awareness becomes the primary tool of the practitioner, and why the most powerful healing often involves only the smallest shift. Jim also speaks about his passion for mentoring practitioners and supporting those who feel called into deeper levels of sensing, listening, and tracking.In this episode: • How Jim discovered subtle energy work • Moving from physical manipulation to energetic awareness • The psycho-spiritual dimensions of healing • Working with fear, love, and emotional blocks • How to track energy without effort • Mentoring bodyworkers transitioning to energy healing • Self-practice, inner listening, and elegant interventionswww.jimgilkeson.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.

Aug 26, 2022 • 56min
Our Body is an Electroacoustic Instrument! with Eileen McKusick
Discover how sound can tune your energy field and restore balance—Eileen McKusick reveals the science behind Biofield Tuning.Can sound really heal us? In this episode, we explore how your body is an electroacoustic instrument—one that can be “retuned” for greater health and harmony.Our guest, Eileen McKusick, is a pioneering researcher and founder of Biofield Tuning, a therapeutic sound method grounded in physics and subtle energy science. She shares how the human biofield—our electrical system—can store emotional memories as wave patterns, and how trauma and unprocessed emotions create distortions in this field that shape how we experience life.We explore:What the biofield is—and how it impacts healthHow tuning forks can detect and resolve dissonanceThe role of sonic resonance in emotional healingVoltage, pH, and the electric nature of the bodyWhy “the body is in the mind,” not the other way aroundThe Biofield Tuning Map and how it organizes memoryWhat it means to live with greater coherence and clarityEileen is the author of the award-winning Tuning the Human Biofield and Electric Body, Electric Health. Her work helps us understand the body not just chemically, but electrically and vibrationally.Learn more about Eileen: www.biofieldtuning.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.

Aug 12, 2022 • 58min
Our Inherent Divinity with Bruce Burger
Polarity Therapy & the Wisdom of Energy Healing | Bruce Burger InterviewIn this soulful episode, we’re joined by Bruce Burger—founder of the Heartwood Institute and author of Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousness—to explore Polarity Therapy as a gateway to spiritual healing and embodied divinity.Bruce shares stories from his journey through India, studying with luminaries like Osho, S.N. Goenka, Papaji, and Satya Sai Baba, and how ancient wisdom traditions awakened his understanding of consciousness and healing. We dive into the philosophy of Samkhya, the essence of polarity as a cosmic principle, and how trauma can resolve in a space of presence, safety, and sacred attunement.Highlights include:What Polarity Therapy truly is—and why it’s relevant nowThe Samkhya philosophy of suffering and self-realizationSacred space, therapeutic presence & the release of traumaHow energy is a self-correcting field of polaritiesStories of spiritual adepts & Bruce’s healing path in IndiaThe ecstatic joy of embodiment & rediscovering inner divinityBruce reminds us that the body is not a burden—it’s a sacred vessel of consciousness, aliveness, and joy.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.

Aug 12, 2022 • 58min
Exploring the EHT-100 Energy Healing Training with Field Dynamics
What does it take to truly master the art and science of energy healing? In this special episode, Field Dynamics founders Keith Parker and Christabel Armsden share the structure, curriculum, and highlights of the EHT-100 Energy Healing Training — a professional, comprehensive 100-hour program designed to “set the standard in energy healing.”You’ll also hear directly from four graduates as they speak candidly about their experiences, insights, and transformations. More than a training in healing, the EHT-100 offers a deeply supportive community and a powerful path for seekers of awakening, self-knowledge, and heart-centered living.In this episode:Structure and curriculum highlights of the EHT-100How the six-month format builds presence and skillDeveloping extrasensory perception in a supportive settingThe transformative role of communityGraduate stories of personal and professional changeEHT-100 Training Live & OnlineEnjoyed 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.

Jul 29, 2022 • 60min
There's no real Buddhism in there anymore... with Richard Shankman
What happens when meditation moves beyond technique into pure freedom? In this episode of The Future of Wellness, Richard Shankman — accomplished meditation teacher, cofounder of the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, and author of The Experience of Samadhi — shares how the heart of practice is about direct experience, not rigid systems.We explore the transformative depth of samadhi (jhana) states, often misunderstood yet central to awakening. Richard reflects on decades of practice, his work with advanced meditators on healing and purification, and the idea that form itself carries an essence we know as love. He closes with a simple, profound invitation: open the heart and let go.In this conversation:The true meaning and role of samadhi in liberationMoving beyond methods to discover direct freedomHealing and purification in advanced meditation practiceLove as the essence of manifestationA simple daily practice for lasting transformationLearn more about Richard Shankman: www.richardshankman.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.

Jul 14, 2022 • 56min
The Pulsation of Life with Gary Strauss
Holding Space, Polarity & the Pulsation of Life with Gary StraussIn this episode, we’re joined by Gary Strauss—renowned teacher of Polarity Therapy and Craniosacral Unwinding, and founder of the Life Energy Institute. With decades of experience as a practitioner and educator, Gary shares his deeply integrative approach to holding space, subtle energy, and the primary pulsation of life.We explore how polarity therapy supports healing by restoring balance between opposites, how trauma resolution unfolds within safe relational fields, and how Gary’s multidimensional understanding of the human system informs his practice.In this episode, we explore:What it means to hold space in energetic healingThe foundational principles of Polarity TherapyThe “primary pulsation” as the source of vitalityDimensional anatomy and the nature of subtle fieldsGary’s view on trauma resolution through presenceThe practitioner's role as a stabilizing forceGary also shares his personal journey, and how the art of holding space is ultimately a pathway of returning to self, wholeness, and the intelligence of life energy.Learn more about Gary’s work: lifeenergyinstitute.netEnjoyed 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.


