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Movement as Sanctuary
"We are dedicated to the empowerment and creative freedom of our students through the exploration and intelligent study of movement in a relaxed and non-toxic learning environment. We use Movement as a means to naturally empower ourselves and our students, to intervene with development as needed, and to enhance everyone's quality of life."
We offer BALLET, MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES, FELDENKRAIS Classes & Programs for ALL ages as well as PARENTING Workshops on Movement Applications for Child Development.
KINEOASIS NEWS & UPDATES:
Beginning MAY 2024, KineOasis Studio will begin offering extended Classes and Programs for all ages, Summer Sessions for Youth, and Workshops for Parenting. Current classes include Martial Arts Explorations, Ballet, and Awareness Through Movement. Ongoing Private Lessons are always available by appointment.
The Feldenkrais Method for Children
A Movement Intervention Program for infants or children with motor disorders or developmental difficulties. Private Sessions are available by Appointment.
For the child facing developmental challenges it’s important to receive help so that the learning of skills can continue to grow. Many pediatric therapies include facilitation techniques, stretching, positioning, and mobilization exercises.
The Feldenkrais Method Movement Intervention Program is different. The practitioner interacts with the child quietly without force and in a manner that encourages natural exploration along with guiding the child into better movement patterns. The overall engagement promotes a healthy sense of curiosity and development.
The Feldenkrais Method uses a developmental learning model and works to bring a child from one stage of functioning to the next appropriate level by assisting the child to feel more clearly their body in motion and at rest. Through physical guidance, the child’s attention will be directed to their structure and movement which is crucial for the development of a new function.
The process of each lesson improves the child’s quality of movement as well as the possibility for coordination, mobility, and balance which therefore propels improvement in confidence and self-esteem.
When a child’s movement feels easier and more comfortable this provides the platform for investigation and discovery of new motor pathways.
This ability to experience different pathways and more than one way of doing something is one of the great keys of why The Feldenkrais Method works.
The practitioner gently guides the child into an experience of movement options which in turn helps the child to feel, sense, and learn that they don’t need to be locked into one way of doing something. However, because the work doesn’t use force, the choices feel organic to the child so learning and integration occurs.
The power of choice can make all the difference.
When to start Feldenkrais lessons?
It’s best to start early for a child who is experiencing development difficulties or delays but older children will also benefit from the work. It’s common to have older children be considered too old for improvement by traditional medical standards but this is not the case with the Feldenkrais Method.
With patience and consistency, better overall functioning is possible. When you improve the quality of movement, you also improve the quality of life.
Dear Parents,
As a child I stuttered and through the struggle of stuttering was born the understanding of what it means to be stuck in dysfunction. In my early twenties I began taking Feldenkrais lessons and quickly experienced an immense sense of relief.
New moving and thinking pathways opened up and I organically took to all of the possibilities presented. Needless to say, I changed drastically. I learned how to maneuver my physical anxiety which was layered strongly into my foundation from years of stuttering and my self awareness grew while exploring my range of kinesthetic options through each Feldenkrais lesson. I grew into verbal fluency as well as something I call physical fluency.
Today, it gives me great pleasure to work with children who may be stuck in their own level of functioning. I quietly meet the child where they are at, slowly introduce new motor pathways, awaken a range of possibilities, and lightly guide them into a greater range of physical fluency.
It’s my belief that kinesthetic awareness grows into self awareness and no matter how long it takes, should never be underestimated! With patience, every child has the possibility to improve and learn how to enjoy their experience of self exploration.
Sincerely,
Catrina Choate-Heretoiu
Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner
MFA Dance
B.A. English Literature
Commitment for each cycle of lessons is necessary for the growth and development of the child’s progress.
- Fill out the intake form below.
- Catrina will contact you for a first consultation.
- Program options:
a). Ongoing - 5 week cycle: 1-2 lessons per week.
b). Intensive Series - 3-4 lessons per week for agreed upon time.
Fees:
Each 1 hour lesson is $100. There is financial aid available so please email us to inquire! At KineOasis, we stand firm in our belief that money should not get in the way of a child’s learning and well-being.
Catrina Choate-Heretoiu graduated from the Sonoma II Training Program of The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education with trainers Russell and Linda Delman. She has over 1,000 hours of recorded training and has maintained a private practice since graduating in 2007 but has been active with the method since 1996 when she started lessons after foot surgery. The method not only helped her to recover from surgery, it also provided an immense learning environment for her to grow into and continue to nurture throughout her life by sharing the physical tools for learning that the somatic method so readily offers.
KineOasis helps children to connect and grow through kinesthetic exploration. Catrina Choate-Heretoiu specifically brings her 28 years of experience with The Feldenkrais Method to help children with motor disorders and developmental difficulties. It is our mission to reach as many children as possible and help them with this unique neuromuscular method of learning.
The Feldenkrais Method was developed by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-1984). He earned his D.Sc. in Physics at the Sorbonne in Paris and while formulating his own learning method he combined his knowledge from physics, bio-mechanics, human behavior and development, and martial arts to develop a highly effective physical application that connects human function and learning.
Join us to explore, learn, and transform.
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.
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.
Please expect a Conservatory level of training and etiquette.
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We LOVE to provide and nurture a GREAT Learning Environment. 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!
Our Work
After years of traveling and moving, 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 Feldenkrais® 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.
SomaBallet & 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.
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.
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, and at its core an exploratory approach to learning and development."
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.
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
(Year Round)
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 Students’ daily lives - including other sports they might be passionate and involved with.
At-a-Glance: About Us
"Eppur Si Muove"
KineOasis Studio
McKee Plaza, 6060 McKee Rd, Suite 3, Fitchburg, WI 53719 (inside FXBMADISON)
- OpenMAT (Exploratory Martial Arts)
- Ballet Joy (Kids, Youth, Adults)
- PI360 (Adults)
- Hi-Power Youth
KineOasis @ MCS
2082 Winnebago St, Madison, WI 53704 (inside Madison Circus Space)
- Grasshoppers Ninja
- Adult Tumbling
- OpenMAT Youth (MON/4PM)
We focus on fine-tuning individual skills through nurturing each student's journey of learning and personal growth.
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