A Safe Space to be YOU.
Movement as Sanctuary
"Dedicated to the empowerment and creative freedom of our students through the exploration and intelligent study of movement"
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In times when everyone is rushing and competing, we focus on fine-tuning individual skills through nurturing each student's journey of learning and personal growth.
Because we understand that CHANGE is a function of TRUST, we invite everyone to visit* and observe a class. Join us and experience the DIFFERENCE!
* Please check our Schedule for current classes & locations before visiting.
From Ballet to Somatic work and Exploratory Martial Arts, we offer a select range of movement modalities to enrich everyone's experience of Movement. Our approach is highly detailed yet nurturing and accommodating to everyone's skill and age - from younger kids to adults of all ages.
Join us to explore, learn, and transform.
Madison Grasshoppers Club
Bo is a former I-Power Gymnastics NINJA Program Director and brings 40+ years of Martial Arts practice and teaching experience to create an outstanding physical, mental, and emotional fitness program. We don't break boards, but we do skillfully break a sweat!
Ballet Joy
Catrina brings a lifetime of professional experience and love for Ballet, a nurturing passion for teaching, and a modern approach to Ballet as a way of life.
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We LOVE to provide and nurture a GREAT Learning Environment, so our "marketing" approach is straightforward: if you have a curious mind and wish to train hard and enhance your life through movement, then we will welcome you with open arms and decades of combined accumulated know-how ready to be passed onto you!
Invite your Friends & Family for a great Community atmosphere!
Our Work
We have officially become "Wisconsonites" and our classes are now Open for Enrollment in Madison, WI.
Depending on the Program, we offer classes for Kids, Youth, Adult or Senior classes.
Here is what to look forward to - explore and join us for a truly unique experience: Adult SomaBallet with Catrina, exploratory Martial Arts at The Grasshoppers Club with Bo (Youth & Family Practice), Private FeldenkraisĀ® sessions with Catrina, and more to come.
We welcome you to a mindset of holding and moving through your own sacred, safe space. A space of connection, relief, exploration, and respite from the daily noise.
Join us anytime to explore how Movement can be used to improve quality of life, assist in personal transformation, and offer a powerful portal into a personal space of joyful empowerment.
At Soma Studies, we work with skeletal alignment to allow for a balanced use of muscle effort to take place.
However, we also investigate the articulation and interaction of thinking, feeling, sensing, and moving.
We observe the intricacies between motivation, intention, and action while we listen to our own reactions and natural responses to the world around us.
If we understand what we do and how we do it, then and only then, can we achieve the desired outcome. With curiosity and exploration, the details of movement and body will unfold into a beautiful flow of Physical Fluency.
"Catrina's Awareness Through Movement classes offer pathways to increased body knowledge and a harmonious and peaceful mind-body connection."
CYNTHIA DRAYER,
Former School Director, The School of Sacramento Ballet
The Grasshoppers Method is the result of Bogdan's personal journey through life and through Martial Arts studies including encounters with countless fellow practitioners, students, and instructors over 40+ years of "hitting the mats".
"The Grasshopper Method emerged as a combination of all the knowledge passed onto me or as a result of my passionate exploration of movement principles applied within the context of my real day to day life. It is - as the saying goes - my way of life and living."
Please join us on a journey of curiosity and exploration of Martial Arts. We offer a Family-friendly exploratory Martial Arts Program for all ages and all skills and a FREE ONLINE COMMUNITY away from marketing, ads, and all that digital pollution.
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
OpenMAT YOUTH & ADULT Programs
The Grasshoppers Club OpenMAT Program - A Student-centered, all inclusive Martial Arts Movement Program.
Explore Movement and Partner Work using Martial Arts Training principles and elements - revised and adapted to our present day reality within an exploratory and practical context while taking individual factors into consideration. This is an intelligent, common-sense based practice meant for inquiry and transformation.
The Grasshoppers Club also offers a FREE Family practice (10 & UP / MIX AGES), twice a month on Sundays. Please check our SCHEDULE before showing up for practice!
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
ADULT Soma Ballet
Where Breath, Balance, and Ballet come to life.
To laugh and have fun while learning something new is also a given in this friendly environment. The inspiring music will soothe all nerves and keep you coming back for more!
Basic ballet exercises will be used to learn new coordinations, enhance strength and mobility, and improve balance. This is more than fitness! It is a deep dive into experiencing ballet for ritual and to appreciate the art form for all the good that comes with it!
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
Awareness Through Movement
Get Physically Organized and Clear with Catrina Choate-Heretoiu and The Feldenkrais Method.
Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons are uniquely designed to provide muscular release, skeletal alignment, and improved quality of movement. In every class, we work with balance, posture, stability, mobility, and breathing. The work is wonderful for helping with pain relief, recovery from injury, improving a physical skill, feeling better in body and in life by inspiring physical connection and creativity.
Feldenkrais is a neuromuscular method of re-education and addresses the mechanics of movement through attentive, small motions that provide an experience of sensory feedback. The work is simple and direct. It feeds your system without using force and provides you with postural adjustments that help connect your overall self-use.
Reset and Recover your physical well-being to set yourself up for the best possible outcome. The gentle ATM approach allows people from all walks of life to participate and enjoy the physical investigation that unfolds.
Adult Tumbling & Groundwork
Fitness. Control. Agility. Coordination.
Open to ages 16 & UP, this class is a beginners Tumbling, Acrobatics, and Groundwork practice.
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
Where: Madison Circus Space
When: Bi-Weekly on Sunday Mornings @ 8:30 - 9:30 AM
The Grasshoppers Club - Weekend Family Practice in Madison, WI
An effervescent NONTRADITIONAL, student-centered exploratory and creative martial arts practice for all ages (10 & UP) focused on individual uniqueness, personal growth, and development.
The Grasshoppers Club Family Weekend Practice in Madison is FREE & OPEN to the entire family (adults + youth practicing together), inviting everyone to participate in a friendly and mutually supportive fun practice that explores the best parts of what Martial Arts have to offer to curious and adventurous minds. Our martial arts for you and your kids is about creating life-long memories and strengthening family relationships through physical, mental, and emotional bridges. RE-Think Martial Arts at The Grasshoppers Club.
SomaSTORY with Catrina
UNWIND YOUR BODY TO UNRAVEL YOUR STORY
Soma Story uses somatic movement and personal writing to unlock the STUCK moments in life. Everyone has a Soma Story - An Embodied Journey. The Story of You is revealed through your body, your memories, daily activities - all of which constantly integrate your past, present, and future journey.
Ballet Joy (youth)
with Catrina Choate-Heretoiu
Where Breath, Balance, and Ballet come to life.
Kids Ballet Training
Registration Now Open
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
Adults & Seniors
with Catrina and/or Bo
We love to create and offer programs tailored to adults who love movement as a means to wellness and a a fun way to be active.
Here are a few of the options we are currently offering:
ADULT SOMA BALLET, AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT CLASSES, SeniorFLOW (a NO PAIN NO IMPACT MARTIAL ARTS-based Program), and more.
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
Online Clinic with Catrina or Bo
Group and Private Sessions Available
Whether in Ballet, Feldenkrais, or Martial Arts, during our online clinic sessions we focus on fine-tuning individual skills through nurturing each student's journey of learning and personal growth. Sessions consist of essential feedback and analysis, strategy for further improvement, and overall support.
KineOasis Outreach Program
We are happy to announce that our Outreach Programs can be included as an In-House activity at any Organization / Institution wanting to bring Movement Explorations to their community members.
Whether your organization is a School, Church, Community Center, or a Company, your community can enjoy our programs in the familiar space of your location.
Please join us for an afternoon of movement inquiry and exploration. The workshop is donation-based and all proceeds will benefit MCS.
WHERE: Madison Circus Studio (MCS). 2082 Winnebago St, Madison, WI 53704
WHEN: Tuesday, OCT 18th from 5PM to 6:20PM
Upcoming Events:
Movement As Sanctuary (In-Person):
Catrina & Bo will welcome everyone to an EXPLORATORY MOVEMENT workshop offered on Tuesday, October 18th from 5PM to 6:20PM.
- For this workshop Catrina will discuss and take questions about somatic applications of the Feldenkrais Method in Arts, Sports, and Health. Catrina will offer an introductory Awareness Through Movement lesson on increasing mobility and stability with a lesson that will help to unwind your spine.
- Bogdan will discuss and explore hands-on ways to incorporate movement as a tool for change. After 40+ years of practice and teaching, he designed the Grasshoppers methodology to fit a modern, contemporary reality, to support and enhance the development of his own children, and to fully complement all Studentsā daily lives - including other sports they might be passionate and involved with.
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