About marja

Marja is a certified eRYT 500 yoga instructor. For over twenty years, her experience, passion, and sense of humor keeps her approach to teaching yoga and mindfulness light and entertaining. As an educator and freelance writer, her background in health science and community nutrition combined with her studies in India serve to enrich her understanding of the mind/body connection. Since retiring as a performing songwriter a.k.a. Marge Calhoun, Marja and her husband, John, live part time in Colorado and Australia. While in the US, she is an instructor in Summit County, Colorado.
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Food Enhancers are Counterintuitive

Think again when you’re preparing for a meeting or studying for a test over chips and soda. The consequences of ignoring MSG and artificial sweeteners can be devastating. The list includes brain damage, impairing the nervous system, and emotional disorders, just to name a few. Despite complaints about headaches and heart palpitations, supermarket shelves are scattered with products that contain MSG and many consumers wrongly assume it’s not present. Not only that, but MSG sales are hard to track. The Glutamate Association said it didn’t have sales figures when questioned by NBC correspondent Micheal Hull, but Ac’cent, Aji-no-moto and Sazon remain staple ingredients in many American, Asian and [Read More]

2020-07-13T20:48:47+00:00July 26th, 2009|Health|
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Soothe Bug Bites Naturally

  During the summer season on those muggy, buggy evenings, if youre going to spend anytime outside dont wear skin lotion and/or perfume, mosquitoes LOVE it. While its important to reduce the risk of getting bitten, many OTC products contain toxic chemicals such as DEET. Instead, try some great smelling herbal insect repellents straight from your porch or backyard. The same thing goes for your home garden, instead of spraying poisons all over flowers and veggies, use natural alternatives. Soothe Bugs Bites Naturally Insect Repellents : Helpful Herbs  Courtesy of Annies Remedies Basil For a quick insect repellent, just rub some crushed basil leaves on your skin, or add the essential oil to a [Read More]

2020-07-13T07:10:51+00:00June 26th, 2009|Healing|
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The Power Inside Good Posture

We know that siting up straight is good for us and correct posture relieves back pain, improves breathing and conveys confidence, but there is so much more that should be revealed. Physical posture affects health, vitality and awareness. David Frawely, an expert in the science of yoga, has researched the subject of anatomical posture in relation to yoga asanas (poses). He found that the mind/body complex consists of various interrelated channels of energy traveling throughout the body that are supported by the musculoskeletal system, the shape of which, is determined by ones posture. It is an intricate network that carries everything from [Read More]

2021-10-17T17:14:12+00:00November 4th, 2008|Uncategorized, yoga|
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