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Come To Your Senses with Mary Lofgren
Come To Your Senses is a place to slow down, reconnect with your body, and experience your life more fully through the senses. Each episode features practical wisdom and gems of delight on how to live with more richness, beauty, aliveness, and wonder.
This podcast is like a cozy, fireside chat
Mary Lofgren, is an award winning embodiment coach, and her career in the embodied arts that spans over 20 years. Her mission is to help people connect with their deeper self through embodiment, beauty, and cultivating small moments of peace and pleasure.
Pour the darjeeling, pull up a pouf, and let's dive in. https://marylofgren.com/
Episodes
209 episodes
What Fostering 20 Dogs Taught Me About How to Love
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 l...
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Imbolc, Hope, and Seasonal Wisdom for Staying Human
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 with...
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Season 1
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Episode 200
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27:18
Getting Real About Slowing Down
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 199
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27:46
A Love Letter To You, At The Moment of Becoming
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 - nutriti...
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Season 1
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Episode 198
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10:21
The Art of Tending New Year Intentions
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.Thin...
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Episode 197
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21:52
How To Slow Down When Life Just Won't
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 t...
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Season 1
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Episode 196
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21:52
Four Velvety Rituals for Winter Solstice
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 homeWe explore the magic of entering the dark with your body as your guide, a ritual to co...
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Episode 195
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23:24
Black Friday Peace & Presence (Bonus Meditation)
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 sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 194
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20:27
How to Meet The Divine Through Delight
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! Toda...
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Episode 193
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28:37
The Art of Not Draggin' Ass Through Life
Listen, self-care is great. But sometimes, a girl just needs something a little…moreSometimes 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. <...
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Episode 192
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31:05
Lipstick, Sweat, & Spirit: A Story for Recovering Perfectionists
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 s...
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4:48
Three-Minute Magic: Tiny Rituals To Indulge Your Senses
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...
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Episode 191
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33:56
How to Make Daily Life Feel Magical Again
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 exper...
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Season 1
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Episode 189
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27:05
It's My Birthday! 🎉 Gratitude + A Special Wish
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.)
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7:01
September Breathing Space + A Love Letter To Leeks
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 188
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7:43
The Art of Being Satisfiable
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. Some...
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Season 1
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Episode 187
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25:12
The Lost Art of Lounging
"The world is full of magic, silently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." W.B. Yeats. There is certain sweetness in surrendering to a sofa, drizzled in a patch of afternoon light. Lounging is the art of striking up a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 186
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22:01
3 Ways to Savor The Lushness of Late Summer
Today’s episode sheds golden hour light on how to savor the ripe, radiant season of late summer. Together, we’ll explore:The energetic and emotional qualities of late summerWhy this time of year can feel both deliciously ab...
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Season 1
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Episode 185
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20:55
Gems of Wisdom From Your Beauty Godmother
Today's episode is a special peek behind the curtain of The Sanctuary community, where in August we're enjoying a month of mastering The Art of Beauty Ritual. Come snuggle up in my salon for a cozy, big-sister-style audio love note on how to ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 184
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24:38
Red Lips and Rose Petals: The Art of Beauty Ritual
In this episode, we time travel through Mesopotamian body paint, ancient offerings of scented jasmine, to love letters sealed with a kiss of scent. This episode will inspire you to indulge in beauty ritual as an expression of adornment, h...
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Season 1
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Episode 183
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36:04
Creating A Life Worth Swooning Over
In this episode we explore the “what” and the “how” a life worth swooning over. Swooning: an experience so rich and deliriously lovely it can knock you flat. From the crunch of a perfect French fry to the voluption of bamboo sheets, you'll hear...
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Season 1
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Episode 182
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25:45
Feminine Energy Beyond The Clichés
Beyond the wispy gowns and filtered photos, this episode offers a fresh, grounded look at what it means to embody a multifaceted expression of feminine energy.We’ll explore how these qualities show up in all of our lives (no matter your ...
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Season 1
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Episode 181
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36:24
Cultivating Quiet For The Feminine Soul
In this episode, you'll explore the art of creating more quiet in your life, without needing to retreat to a cabin in the woods or swear off technology forever. You’ll discover three simple, soft practices that invite more peace into your days ...
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Season 1
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Episode 180
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25:06
A Love Letter To Flowers: Creative Uses, Secret Histories & Everyday Magic
Cuddle up for this love letter to the hidden histories and secret lives of flowers. We’ll explore how blooms have been used to heal, inspire, and communicate since time began, You’ll also gather creative, practical ideas for bringin...
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Season 1
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Episode 179
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25:11