SUMMER 2023
Something MAGICAL is happening.
KineOasis is an exploratory and creative merger of husband and wife team Catrina Choate-Heretoiu and Bogdan Heretoiu - movement educators dedicated to the exploration of Human Expression through Movement.
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.
A Safe Space to be YOU.
Explore our Work
We have officially become "Wisconsonites" and our classes are 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, The Grasshoppers Club with Bo (Youth & Family Practice), Private Feldenkrais® sessions with Catrina, and more to come.
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.
Current 2023 Schedule
ONLINE & IN-PERSON (MADISON, WI)
OpenMAT YOUTH & ADULT Programs
OpenMAT Program - A Student-centered, all inclusive 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.
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
with Catrina Choate-Heretoiu
Youth & Adult Ballet Training
(COMING SOON)
Where Breath, Balance, and Ballet come to life.
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 Students’ daily lives - including other sports they might be passionate and involved with.
At-a-Glance: About Us
"Eppur Si Muove"
