There are seasons when you keep moving yet feel strangely hollow, as if the lights are on but something essential has dimmed. The body whispers in short breath, restless sleep, and a tired sort of thinking. You know you are capable, yet your energy does not match your intention.
In this episode, Agi Keramidas welcomes Dr Mary Sanders, a chiropractor, medical intuitive, and host of the Energy Medicine podcast, to explore how our energy and emotions shape health. With more than three decades of practice, Mary explains the biofield, the chakra system, and the practical ways we can ground, replenish, and align when stress has thinned our reserves.
Understanding the Biofield
Energy medicine begins with the biofield, the invisible field of information and vibration that surrounds and interpenetrates the body. As Mary puts it, “My definition of energy medicine is essentially any modality that will alter or support the biofield that surrounds us.” You may not see it, but you feel it in your responsiveness to places, people, and pressure. When the biofield is resourced, you have steadier emotions, clearer thinking, and a body that recovers more easily.
The Chakra System as Body Wisdom
Chakras are energy centres that map to nerve plexuses and endocrine activity. They help you receive, interpret, and express life force. Mary describes them simply: “These energy centers are a vortex, a wheel of energy that responds to the environment and then you assimilate that information within your physical body.” When stress surges, certain centres, such as the first chakra related to safety and stability, work overtime. Overuse shows up as tension, fear, or a constant need to push.
Burnout, Depletion, and the Shrinking Field
Mary shares her own burnout: long days, stimulants to start, sugar to push through, wine to switch off. The result was adrenal fatigue and a “flatlined” feeling. In energetic terms, the biofield that should extend outward pulls tight to the body. You feel exposed yet oddly numb, productive yet disconnected. Recognising this pattern is a turning point, because it suggests that your next step is not more effort but better resourcing.
Grounding as Daily Medicine
Grounding is the art of letting the body match the steady frequency of the earth. Go outside, take your shoes off, stand on soil or grass, breathe more slowly, and allow the nervous system to downshift. Time in nature is not a luxury, it is a regulation tool. If you cannot reach a park, tend to plants, place your hands in soil, or sit in sunlight. Small, consistent practices restore coherence, which is why even three minutes barefoot can reset your state.
From Identity Crisis to Alignment
After selling her practices and moving across the world, Mary faced a deep identity gap. Yoga, breath, and meditation became the bridge back to herself. Alignment did not arrive as a single answer; it unfolded through steps that included studying positive psychology and returning to service with new boundaries. The message is simple: fill yourself until you feel like yourself. When your field is full, you naturally attract the relationships, ideas, and work that fit.
Sensitivity as Strength
Highly sensitive people often absorb what is not theirs. Rather than always shrinking in crowds, Mary suggests densifying your own essence so your field becomes less permeable. Sensitivity then becomes discernment. You remain open, but not porous. The practice is presence, not withdrawal, and it begins with knowing how your authentic state feels.
Mary closes with a mantra that captures the spirit of this work: “Relax, open and allow.” In that softening, your system remembers how to balance, your attention steadies, and clarity returns.
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