Come To Your Senses with Mary Lofgren – Details, episodes & analysis

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 Circle in Oakland, CA
• Pear Porridge Recipe by Harriet Davidson
• Full show notes available at marylofgren.com →

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

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:

• Join The Sanctuary 
• LORE: Lifestyle of Reverence Everyday 
• Anchored by Deb Dana 
• Leave a review of the Podcast 

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

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. Click here to join our cozy cottage of feminine presence. 

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

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

Something I feel has been the golden thread that holds my life story is the relationship I have with my body. 

For many years I studied how to dismantle self loathing thoughts about my body using my mind. 

I was a veritable library of eating disorder statistics and belief based methods to recondition how I felt about my reflection.  

These things absolutely changed the way I thought about my body, but didn’t actually do much to change how I felt when I saw my reflection in the mirror. 

If you too would like to look upon your body with affection, warmth and even a little, dare I say…desire, then today’s episode was written just for you. 

Want to join me in crossing over from thinking you should love your body, to actually feeling it radiate from the inside out? 

Drench yourself in the warm glow of today’s episode. 

As they say in Italy, Attraversiamo! (Let’s cross over.) 

With love, 

Mary 

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

Download the Legends of Lingerie Guide: The Legends of Lingerie Guide.
 
In today's episode: 

Recently I was telling some friends about receiving a bra fitting at a fabulous new shop in town.

"You can do that? Get someone to fit you? And it's free?" they all asked.

Every single friend reported that she hadn't brought a new bra in years. 

Years. 

Hey, I understand. 

There have been many times in life where I've felt desolate and alone, but none more than when wandering through the bra section of a department store like a sailor lost at sea! 

Lingerie is the garment you wear most often, and sits closest to your gorgeous body. However...

Do your bras have pills under the arms the size of boulders? 

Do you cling to your comfiest pair of underwear despite growing holes in the seam? 

Have you ever spent big bucks on a bra just to find the band riding up within hours, or your breasts rising out the cup like a soufflé? 

Honey, it's a jungle out there, better hop in my jeep.

Today's episode is a masterclass in how to create a lingerie drawer you love.

You'll discover: 

• Expert tips on how to find the best fitting bra
• What to purge and what to keep in your current collection 
• How to make the most of your investment through lingerie TLC secrets 
• How to create a lingerie drawer that makes you feel proud and excited every time you open it 

Plus, you'll get first peek at my brand new magazine: The Legends of Lingerie Guide. . This guide features over 20 of the BEST brands and products on EARTH and I'm tickled to share it with you! 

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

One of the most popular topics amongst our episodes is magnetism. 

Today’s episode features three body based exercises that will show you how to release the brain's grip and and feel your body's magnetism come alive. 

For episode links and show notes, click here: https://schoolofsensualliving.com/blog/102

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

Recently I saw a jaw dropping, gorgeous dance performance that just floored me with its genius. 

There was a moment during the show where I reflected on all the things I yearn for when I’m feeling lonesome. 

{Insert fantasy of the perfect home/money/partner/body/creative idea that capitalism and other oppressive systems insist would bring total fulfillment.}

“If those things were to walk in the door right now, I don’t think I’d even look in their direction” I thought. 

The reason? 

The thing I actually long for, what I choose to call Gxd, was right there before me onstage. 

Art = Gxd made visible through beauty.

Today’s episode will infuse your life with beauty, but not in the traditional sense of making life more pretty. 

These gems will empower you to:

• Release the relentless pursuit of knowledge to reclaim beauty’s genius
• Create art with your everyday choices
• Use beauty to express the most genius (aka vulnerable) parts of who you are, liberating us all

With love, 

Mary 

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

Happy 100th Episode Day!!!!!!!

That also happens to be Valentine’s Day! 

Beloved, we are celebrating listeners from over 3600 cities and 123 countries: 

Uzbekistan, Cameroon, Kenya, Finland, Tanzania, Puerto Rico, Austria, and all across Europe and the United States….

Thank you so much for tuning in! 

Today at 1pm EST we’ll be having a party to celebrate all the love, passion and beauty created over the last 100 episodes, and you are invited as the guest of honor. 

Click here to RSVP (or to get the playback if you can’t make it live.)  

You could win an amazing prize from Olivine Atelier, Pound Jewelry, Wilding Beauty, or our grand prize of a Miranda Wildman original painting! 

Click here to take your seat. 

To celebrate the day of Eros, we’ve got a big chocolate-heart of an episode today on how to Create A Lifestyle of Romance today. 

I may talk about romance frequently, but what I’m really talking about is energy. 

Romance interrupts the trance of autopilot and infuses ordinary moments with extraordinary love and beauty. 

Listen in and let’s party! 🎆

Swoon On, 

Mary 

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

Can you picture your inner critic? 

Is her hair all a-frizz? Her shoulders tight? Her manicure long fallen by the way-side? 

Well I’d be cranky too! Wouldn’t you? 😉

In today’s episode, we’re stopping by the steam parlor, the facial studio, and the massage suite to give your inner critic the freaking rest she needs and deserves. 

It’s so common to try to fight against your inner critic which, as you may have already noticed, only puts her dukes up higher. 

What if you tried charming, delighting, and seducing her instead? 

In today’s episode you’ll discover how to relate to your inner critic in a totally new way; befriending that big bully in your mind, and seducing her to be on your side. 

Wouldn’t that be nice? 

Robes on, listen in. 🎧

Love, 

Mary 

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