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/

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Come To Your Senses with Mary Lofgren

Getting Real About Slowing Down

January 22, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 199

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 advice
What you’re really seeking when you want to slow down, and a more honest way to get there
Three luxurious ways to tend your feminine nervous system

Make like a sloth and climb on in.

Themes:
slowing down, nervous system regulation, feminine nervous system, presence practice, how to relax, stress relief for women, somatic healing, polyvagal theory for beginners

Links from the show:

My new book, Sensing the Sacred: A guided journal of sensory spirituality and daily ritual, is available now. Learn more: https://marylofgren.com/sensing-the-sacred