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About Catherine

Catherine Rosasco Mitchell has taught tens of thousands of people in private and public schools from elementary to university levels, in conferences, retreats, public workshops, and private sessions. For the last thirty years, she has studied how the body works symbiotically with our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Her focus has been to understand how perception is influenced and developed from the sensation of motor patterns. As director of the Wellness Through Movement® program, she has implemented and revised curricula for the last seven years.

Need Respect? Do Your Kids Talk Back at You?

Understanding that children feel the “mana” behind our words more then what the words mean may help ease the pain of kids talking back at us. Younger children grades K-4 feel 85% more then they “think” about what you are … Continue reading

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Attention and Direction

Attention leads the direction we  head.  Attention takes what we value and mixing is up with what we are conditioned, and like a ping-pong match struggling between the heart and the head,  finally leads the way to the direction attention … Continue reading

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Getting Attention Through Awareness

Getting Children’s Attention Through Awareness By Catherine Rosasco-Mitchell 2/7/12 After he stabbed his high school teacher with a butcher knife over a low grade, Jason Haffizulla pleaded “temporary insanity.”   The judge ruled him innocent.  It struck me how two years … Continue reading

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Compassion and Balance Inside and Out

There’s a paradigm shift happening today.  More and more people are realizing we “think” with our bodies.  This shift recognizes the differences of learning from the head compared to from the body. The two paradigms, though very different, are related.  … Continue reading

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Spontaneous Behavior Can Show Why Children Aren’t Paying Attention

Teachers often ask how to get children to stop goofing around and pay attention. Take a moment and watch their spontaneous behavior. Wonder, could this behavior be “unintentionally” trying to listen?  Our first reaction may think “no,”  but watch their … Continue reading

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Half Hearted

Sixth Day Kohala Winter Camp By Catherine Rosasco Mitchell Some people think it is impossible to teach children to feel and understand what goes on inside them, yet alone put their attention to the feelings inside while simultaneously having attention … Continue reading

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Free Movement Lessons for Behavior and Academics

Yes it is true, feel free to email us and get FREE lessons: info@wellnessthroughmovement.com Lesson will include: Why we do the Movements Science behind the Movements Other Areas the Movements Can Help Age and Time Lessons will Take In Your … Continue reading

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Email Questions from Elementary Teachers: Attention and ADHD

Hi Renee, ADHD causes are on an individual basis… the foundation of causes in ADHD  I believe most often is missing some developmental movement (see research on psycho-physiology) that helps orchestrate feelings with thinking, thinking with action and action with … Continue reading

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Email Questions from Elementary Teachers: Anxiety, Listening, & Focus

Aloha Rebecca, Thank you for your interest.  Enclose are three lessons for your special education class to calm anxiety, attention and focus…to begin. Please remember if children are hyper and have been sitting or not active for more than 30 … Continue reading

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To Join our Mailing List ….and get free lessons including Home Breath, Pancake Body, and Personal Bubbles Freeze Dance lessons. Send us an email at:: info@wellnessthroughmovement.com.

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