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...
3-Minute Magic ✨ Tiny Rituals That Shift Your Whole Day
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 the art of savoring life, and it's open for new members now through Tuesday, November 4th.
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3 Ways to Find Your Center Through Enchantment
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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 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 in...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.)
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 t...
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 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.
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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. 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 fertile ground of enoughness. We’ll explore mind, body, sensory, and spirit based prac...
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 romance with time itself. In this episode, we’ll wander through the pleasures of the lounge, how to not get bored and revert to scrolling when you lounge, cultivate a dreamy state of embodied relaxation, and let the art of lounging wrap around you like silk. Hit play and let's lounge!
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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 abundant and strangely bittersweetRituals to help you savor the sweetness of the season through your senses and your spiritHow to align and reconnect with your seasonal nature to make life more easeful, flowing, and deeply attunedLet’s slow down to soak up all the simple pleasures of this unique face of the summer season. Hit play and let’s enjoy.<...
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 make your relationship to beauty more radiant, resplendent, sacred and satisfying.
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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, healing, anointing and empowerment.
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An Ode To Red Lipstick
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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 stories, practices, and reflections to help you melt into presence and fall in love with life through your senses.
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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 gender identity), why they’re often misunderstood, and how nature can teach us to honor the wholeness interwoven between the two.
Simple examples, soulful stories, and a few laughs (#whoppiecushion) lie ahead, hit play and let's dive in.
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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 and spaciousness into your mind. From small sensory rituals to bold moves to clear space, these practices will help you soften the edges of armor and return to your own sanctuary of center.
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In Celebration of Beauty: A Free Audio Collection from MaryLeave a review for the podcast on Itu...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 bringing more of the beauty and abundance of flowers into your home and heart.
This episode will leave you with a bouquet of timeless wisdom, healing beauty, and creative kindling to brighten your days.
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Weekly Rituals To Bring You Back Home To Yourself
Tiny rituals are what create the drumbeat of our week, and the heartbeat of our lives. In today’s episode, you’ll discover:
The story of one of my greatest inspirations—and his beautifully simple approach to lifeMy favorite rituals for closing the day and transitioning from doing to beingThe most reliable Monday ritual I know of to cut through the noise and reconnect with what matters most for the week aheaThe Sanctuary doors are open for just a few days 💐If you're ready to feel more alive in your body, at home in yourself, and in love w...
Three Moments That Brought Me Back To Life
Gather round the fire today while Mary shares three vivid, unexpected moments that brought her back to life after losing her inner spark. You'll hear crackling stories featuring tassel twirling, hospital glam, and the healing power of everyday sensuality.
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A Softer, Sensory Approach To Overwhelm
Meeting overwhelm with productivity methods is a well worn path. But do you ever feel like that path is just a wagon rut that just takes you in circles?
What if the answer isn’t about getting better at handling overwhelm, but instead, finding a deeper presence with your body to unhook from it altogether?
In this episode of Come To Your Senses, I’m weaving you a tale that includes mid-day naps in the coat closet, being saved by a whiff of geranium, and other early stirrings of a sensualist spirit. These tools bring pleasur...
How To Be An Everyday Sensualist
New Everyday Sensualist Workshop: https://marylofgren.com/workshop What does it mean to be a sensualist? In this episode, we answer that question with real, simple, beautiful examples of how to make your living from your senses not just an escape from everyday life, but the heart and soul of it.
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How To Create Your Own Renaissance of The Senses
The Renaissance was a time of discovery, beauty, and full-bodied celebration of the senses.
It was also, let’s be honest, a horrendous time of patriarchal oppression and violence, where unless you were a wealthy white man in a powdered wig, you were likely left out of the party, or even crushed beneath its weight.
What would it look like to create an everyday renaissance?
One that reclaims beauty, celebration, and pleasure not as a privileged luxury, but as an essential part of human life?
What if yo...
5-Minute Pleasures That Can Rewire Your Whole Day
Who needs a weekend retreat when you've got chocolate, an open window and Spanish guitar? In this episode, you'll discover how tiny moments of pleasure—just five minutes long—can shift your energy, rewire your nervous system, and transform your day.
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A Return To Sensual Wholeness with Lindy James
I’m thrilled to welcome my own beloved Tantra teacher, Lindy James—a woman whose grounded presence and wisdom have deeply influenced my understanding of sensuality, safety, and embodiment.
We get into:
What Tantra practices teach about being fully present in the body, to experience more of lifeA practical model for knowing and speaking boundaries with clarity and kindnessSmall ways to reconnect with sensuality on your own terms, even if it’s felt distant or dormantIf you’ve been longing to feel more turned on, not just in your pelvis, but in your whol...
The Sensualist's Guide To Welcoming Spring
Yesterday I stepped outside my front door to the most delicious sensation.
After many months of my body bracing for the chill that greeted me each time I opened the door, this day was different.
The air was soft and warm.
I felt no need to cover my skin.
In fact, I felt a yearning to melt into the warmth that greeted me, and dance with the dappled light streaming through the trees.
As the earth begins to awaken from her beauty sleep, spring is rising up like a m...
An Ode To Red Lipstick 💋
Who knew that red lipstick could carry such depth and history? Join me in celebrating this iconic staple of feminine and feminist power.
Whether you're a cherry chapstick beginner or a ruby lipped renegade, you'll find something to love in this episode.
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Luxury Reimagined
This season inside The Sanctuary, we’re exploring the richness of simple luxury. But while the world is quite literally on fire, you might be asking yourself:
“Who gives a fig about luxury?”
I hear you—I’ve been wondering the same.
Luxury is often defined as fancy yachts, velvet rops and designer everything, but settle in with me for a moment on this velvet pouf of a thought:
What if luxury was less about having and more about a state of <...
The One Practice That Changes Everything
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A Tool to Become the Essence of Your Desires, Right Now
Explore how to guide your nervous system beyond a state of reactivity, and into a state of alignment with your deep desires.
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Embracing The New Year With Purpose & Pleasure
In today's episode, I’m spilling the Lady Grey on how to turn down the volume on bettering yourself in the new year (because you’re already pretty great), and align your intentions with what helps you most radiantly be yourself.
P.S. If you’re ready to take this practice of seducing your dreams to a deeper level, join my Word of the Year Mastermind—a small group study to anchor your intentions, devote to your desires, and grow your magnetism over 12 months. Enrollment closes in just 8 days. Click here to joi...
Dare To Delight: Creating Your Own Holiday Traditions of Peace & Pleasure
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Something I’ve noticed over the years is the overwhelming amount of resources there are to help us “survive” and “get through” the holiday season.
But what if we dared to…(glances over shoulder to make sure no one is watching) actually enjoy them?
While the holidays can really run a snow plow over our nervous systems, allow me to gently perch on your shoulder as the fairy goddess-mother I am, and whisper encouragement for your own peace and pleasure with today’s episode.
Whatever pa...
The Word That Changed My Whole Year + Gems From A California Dream
What if one simple word could transform your entire year—even your life?
Today on the podcast, I’m sharing the one word that has guided me on a year of some of the biggest changes of my life.
It’s not the kind of word you’d expect.
When I first shared it with folks, I’d cringe.
I thought it was too soft and simple, that it couldn’t possibly hold the weight of the transformation I was hoping for.
But as usual, the butterflies in my belly kn...
From Marigolds to Holy Knowing: The Wild Joy of Creative Expression with Suzi Banks Baum
It is my pleasure to introduce you to my personal Mary Poppins of imagination, swooping in with beauty, wit, and a bottomless bag of creative wonder—Suzi Banks Baum.
Suzi is, a protector of the imagination, a nurturer of attention, and a devotee to the handmade. She is my good friend, and I’m honored to share today’s Come To Your Senses conversation, in which we ponder:
What it means to create a ‘nest for your holy knowing.’The healing power of writing our untold stories and unburdening our hearts onto the page.Everyday portals to enchantmen...Holiday Care Package: 3 Nurturing Supports for the Season
Explore the natural rhythms of the season in this cozy episode, with three supports for a slow, sumptuous, grounded holiday season.
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3 Ways To Savor The Splendor of Autumn
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Are you starting to notice the cool breeze of Autumn kiss the back of your neck?
Have you noticed the leaves starting to transition into nature's version of Fashion Week?
Are your coziest sweaters, fuzziest slippers, and spiciest candles started to beckon your name?
In today’s episode, we are hopping on the Pumpkin Pleasure Express as we explore all the ways to indulge our senses t...
Finding Healing, Creativity & Power Through Burlesque with Jo Weldon
My friends! We have a VERY special guest on the velvet chaise today—author, artist, performer, historian, and my personal burlesque mentor and muse, Jo Weldon.
Over 20 years ago, Jo and I met in a dusty Times Square rehearsal studio on a wintry evening in New York City. She changed my life completely by teaching me the art of fan dancing. With big, white, ostrich feather fans soaring over my head and around my body, I floated like a dove on the air of sensual greatness.
Suffice it to say, my life has never been the...
The Secrets of Feminine Glamour with Laura Jane Foley
Oh my friend, do we have a true piece of maple candy for the soul today! It is my absolute pleasure, joy, and delight to introduce you to my muse, dear friend, and past-life sister in enchantment, Laura Jane Foley.
Laura Jane is a true artist of life.
Everything about this episode seduces. From Laura Jane’s mesmerizing voice to the delicate jangle of her bracelets, her presence is pure enchantment.
She is my go-to model for living as our full, sensual, legend-in-the-flesh, and I know you’ll be purring in her lap, just...
The Art of Divine Decluttering
Decluttering transforms a space, but it can also transform your life. This episode is a heartfelt journey into how to make this routine chore into a satisfying, sumptuous ritual. Come delight in turning smallest corners of your life into portals of luxury and calm.
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In this episode, we're shedding light on how intentional moments of delight can nourish our nervous systems and bring health and healing to our lives. From crafting luxurious experiences for both myself and my companion pup, to overcoming isolation through simple, sensory adventures these intentional acts of joy have been a much-needed balm for my soul during a time of great change. Let's dive into the ways healing can be found in the simplest of moments moments through the joy and embrace of pleasure.
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Coming Home To A Feminine Mindfulness Practice
I am a big fan of traditional, seated meditation for detaching from the grip of ego, and allowing the soul to speak. As a feminine being however, with G cup boobs and curvy hips (I’m a bit Zafu top heavy), I’ve often felt the round curves of my being press uncomfortably against the straight lines of pure silent, seated meditation.
The feminine soul thrives in aliveness, expression, beauty and embodiment. So it makes sense that our presence practices might need to adjust to meet our unique needs.
Today, I’m sharing some of my most c...
3 Unexpected Paths To More Energy
Instead of seeing energy as a gas tank, what if energy was like a river? Today's episode offers three unexpected pathways to enriching, uplifting, and expanding your sense of embodied energy.
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Change Is Afoot: A Transformative Decision About The Future of The Podcast
In this episode, I share my personal journey and the deep insights that led me to a transformative decision for the future of Come to Your Senses.
Starting in mid-July, you'll hear new voices and perspectives as we transition to a new model, where rather than hearing from me alone each week, you'll hear me conversing with and interviewing exciting guests.
With over 150 episodes already in our library, this shift allows me to channel my energy inward, and bring even more valuable and personalized content to you inside the Sanctuary.
You'll hear all t...
How To Create A Big Dream + The Sanctuary Is Now OPEN! 💐
THE DAY HAS COME! The garden gates to the new Come To Your Senses Sanctuary are now open ! Click here to step inside! I could not be more excited to share this garden of peace, pleasure, and presence with you.
This dream has been brewing for over four years, since the day I first sat down to a record my first episode. In the process of creating my dreams, I've observed that there are stages. It usually starts with hiding the seed of an idea in the dark as long as possible because rev...
