In the spirit of Koha (www.kohayoga.com),(Koha in Maori means gift, present, offering, donation, contribution), we believe there is global importance for you to get a massage this month, because your donation will benefit,  The 5 Gyres Project.  This project will help end our addition to onetime consumable plastic which is harming our marine system that we all depend upon.  Therefore, you donate what you can for your massage and 10% of what you donate will support the 5 Gyres project.  The recommended donation for a massage is $1 per minute.

Facts about Koha Yoga Charity Donations:

In Movember (November)  Koha Yoga donated over $100 to help end Prostate and Testicular Cancer.
In December, Koha Yoga, through donation massages and flying yoga workshops raised over $200 for, A Circle of Twelve (www.acircleoftwelve.org) “a charitable organization created to empower men and boys around the planet through educational grants, community programs, technical training and health care interventions.”
More Information:
The 5 Gyres Project is headed up by Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins who just left on January 3, 2010, out to the North Atlantic Gyre (a gyre is any large system of rotating ocean currents)  to begin an exploration of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. This will be an expansion of the research already conducted in the North Pacific Gyre – the so called “garbage patch”. Some estimate, that in some parts of “the garbage patch” there is up to 40x more PLASTIC than plankton floating around.  Therefore, threatening our largest oxygen and food source on our planet.  The goal is to bring this issue to a global audience, showing that we find plastic pollution in all major oceans – not just the Pacific. They will be collecting both surface samples and fish, to see where our trash ultimately winds up.

5 Ways to End the Plastic Pollution and Create Healthy Oxygen Filled Oceans
1.  Get a Massage from Koha Yoga and 10% will support the research of the 5 Gyre Project
2.  Use a re-usable water bottle
3.  Use a re-usable bag
4.  Bring Your Own (BYO):  spoon, fork, knife wherever you go
5.  Refuse a straw the next time you are at a restaurant

Schedule Your Massage:
1.  Online: http://www.schedulicity.com/MakeReservation.aspx?business=KYUNG4
2.  Email us at kohayoga@gmail.com
3.  Call us at 323-360-4115