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Come to Your Senses is a place to step back into relationship with your body and yourself through beauty, wonder, simple pleasures, and sensory living.
Hosted by award-winning embodiment coach Mary Lofgren, we explore how to understand and care for the feminine nervous system. You'll hear wisdom on simple pleasures, seasonal wisdom, beauty as a spiritual practice, and embodied living, as well as neuroscience, self-trust, and spiritual growth.
If you’re looking for a cozy cottage where you can calm anxiety, reconnect with yourself, and experience more beauty and meaning, this podcast is for you.
Learn more at https://marylofgren.com/
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It is well known that our nervous systems are built for survival. But what is less well known is the way they are also built for pleasure, connection, and aliveness. In this episode of Come to Your Senses, Mary Lofgren we unpack the research gap that left feminine nervous systems understudied for decades, and how you can find your way back to regulation, rest, and resplendence, in ways that work with, not against, your feminine nervous system. You'll hear gems on: The research gap...
Do you ever feel unsure how to hear or trust your body? Do you ever worry that listening to your body would mean abandoning all your responsibilities, or losing momentum on hard work? Do want a relationship with your body that feels luscious, grounded, and steeped in self-trust, but aren’t sure where to begin? In today’s episode, The Feminine Art of Trusting Your Body Again, Mary Lofgren explores the how to rebuild body trust and befriend the wisdom of your body's voice. In this episode, you’...
Creative work thrives safety, rhythm, and support. In this episode of Come to Your Senses, we explore how gentle structure can help creative people stay focused, reduce overwhelm, and finish meaningful work. If you struggle with distraction, overthinking, or inconsistent creative energy, this episode offers a calmer, more sustainable approach to productivity. Topics include: How to use gentle structure to support your creative focusHow to work with your energy and turn mental static into embo...
Do you ever hold back to avoid heartbreak, even though what you really want is to love wholeheartedly? In this episode of Come To Your Senses with Mary Lofgren, I'm sharing what fostering dogs has taught me about love, presence, and showing up with an open heart, even when loss is inevitable. Fostering has been an unexpected masterclass in relationships, attachment, boundaries, and letting love move through my life, and I'm excited to share what gems of wisdom I've learned with you toda...
This episode looks to Imbolc, a seasonal living holy day to keep warmth, hope, and tending alive. We explore seasonal living to help us stay human, foods to fortify and delight you, and rituals you can take to tend the spark of light alive within yourself. Themes we explore: Imbolc, seasonal living, hope, staying human, Brigid, Celtic seasonal festivals, end of winter, candle ritual, seasonal wisdom, feminine spirituality Mentioned in the episode: Live with Mary: Seasonal Nourishment Ci...
Does it ever annoy you when people tell you you need to slow down? Especially when there’s so much to do, and so much you want to do, slowing down can feel like the last thing you need. Or maybe you crave a more intentional pace, but feel like you need to turn your life into Pinterest perfection. Today’s episode explores what slowing down actually means in the body. Think less retreating from life, more feeling safe enough to actually inhabit it. We explore: Why “just relax” isn’t helpful adv...
Today's episode is a love letter from the pages of my journal, written for you in those moments where change loses it's luster, and staying with it feels steep. Think of this as a trail snack - like a handful of seasoned almonds - nutrition for the soul that offers presence, poetry, and a lantern to guide your next steps. 🌸 Free Download: A Five-Minute Practice to Get Back Into Your Body A velvety, grounding practice for when life feels loud, to step out of the noise and return h...
Dear Ones, As a new year dawns, I know you may be planting new seeds of intention, dreams, and desires. I also know that old chestnut of adrenaline-fueled New Year transformation may already be rising in your bloodstream. Think of today’s episode like you are slowly sipping an elegant digestif to quell the heartburn of New Year messaging. You'll discover: A gentler way of nurturing your intentions slowly and steadily, through the art of tendingThree powerful mindset shifts to attu...
In the midst of holiday chaos, full calendars, and the strange pressure to both rest and do more, this episode is like a little pixie sitting on your shoulder, whispering just what you need to hear. Rather than another list of things to optimize, you'll hear simple, embodied ways to soften your pace from the inside out, and reclaim your energy without needing life to cooperate first. Pour the cocoa, pull up a pouf, and let's dive in. 🌸 Free Download: A Five-Minute Practice to Get Back I...
Let us slip into the glow of solstice season with four velvety, soul-soothing rituals. Each is simple enough to use what you already have at home We explore the magic of entering the dark with your body as your guide, a ritual to contact your heart’s truest desires, candlelit practices for reflection and gratitude, and a tender house-blessing to welcome the returning light. If you’re craving a slower, more sensual way to move through the seasons, these rituals offer warmth, wonder, and wisdom...
In the fall of 2020, I bought a house. I needed a few furnishings, so on the Friday after Thanksgiving I innocently wandered onto some home décor websites. I was not prepared for the full-force assault on my senses that is Black Friday shopping. I remember saying to a friend at the time, “I should have worn a helmet.” Now, I’m not here to tell anyone they should or shouldn’t buy those bamboo sheets they’ve been eyeing. But what I do know is this: The urgency of Black Friday is a perfect metap...
Step right up and pull up a pouf, because today is a very exciting, big reveal on Come to Your Senses. My new journal, Sensing the Sacred, is now available! Today I'm sharing the creative process behind the book, the deeper roots of sensory spirituality, and how to create a spiritual practice that feels both doable, and deeply nourishing. You’ll hear passages from the book, learn about returning to a spirituality that's not confined by rules or rigidity, and discover how to awaken...
Listen, self-care is great. But sometimes, a girl just needs something a little…more Sometimes self-care needs to feel more like self-seduction. It’s not enough to just drink more water or hit the snooze one extra time. She needs sparkle, zest, cheek, and creativity to really fill her cup to overfloweth. In today’s episode, I’m sharing six simple, sensory ways to feel less like a zombie, and more like the living, breathing work of art you are. Hit play and let’s begin. ...
If you've ever felt tired of living from your analytical, over-thinking mind, and strategized a change by becoming more disciplined, more perfect, more...better, this mini-episode is for you. If you find yourself somewhere in this story, The Sanctuary is here to welcome your sweaty dancing, spiritually curvy self with open arms. We close for new members tonight, head to https://marylofgren.com/sanctuary to join us. 🌸 Free Download: A Five-Minute Practice to Get Back Into You...
Sometimes, the smallest rituals create the biggest transformation. In this episode we explore how to turn everyday moments into living altars of beauty and meaning. You’ll learn how to create tiny sensory rituals that soothe your nervous system, awaken your feminine presence, and re-enchant your day. If this conversation lights something within you, The Sanctuary is where we practice these rituals together. It's a seasonal membership for women devoted to beauty, presence, and...
🌸 Free Download: A Five-Minute Practice to Get Back Into Your Body A velvety, grounding practice for when life feels loud, to step out of the noise and return home to yourself. Click here to download.
All around you, enchantment is whirring and stirring. The books stacked at your bedside, the lemon on your kitchen counter, the coat rack that holds your comings and goings—all dwellings of the holy, prayers in plain sight. My experience of enchantment is that it is less an escape into fantasy and more a deepening of intimacy. This is why I'm so excited to gather and bring you a free new workshop: The Everyday EnchantressA free workshop to bring more magic and meaning into your days, awaken i...
It’s my birthday! Today I turn 45. 44 was a big year. I moved across the country. (Image I is on one of my cherished walks through the California hills, close to where I live in the Bay Area.) The Sanctuary celebrated its first birthday! There have been new friends, new challenges, new adventures. I am so very grateful for our connection. It's so meaningful to know that there are folks out there every day reading my emails and listening to the pod. I am tru...
Happy September dear one! As autumn begins to unfurl the first ribbons of her golden cape, this episode is a chance to take a breath, usher in some breathing room, and relax into the richness of what's to come. You'll hear a devotional piece of my personal writing; a tribute to the fabulous, fierce fronded, beauty of the leek. A new season of pleasure, presence, and possibility awaits. Hit play and let's begin. 🌸 Free Download: A Five-Minute Practice to Get Back Into Your Body A velvet...
Have you ever noticed how, when you’re bone tired or overstimulated, your mind craves something extravagant, like a two-hour massage, a pint of ice cream, or a week in Italy? And yet, what the body often longs for is something more simple. Something nourishing that doesn’t intensify, but simply satisfies. Welcome to the art of being satisfied. In this episode I’ll show you how to recognize when your nervous system has slipped beyond its natural boundaries, and how to return to the...
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