A Simple Twist of Fate
[:en]<img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1456-01.jpg’> <img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1456-02.jpg’> Eric Shah: Valerie, you were my Unit Two and Three Rolfing Instructor in San Diego, California, and you are now teaching in my Advanced Training (AT) with Jan Sultan in Venice Beach, California. It is an honor to interview you, my teacher, colleague, and friend. To start off, how many years […]
An Ongoing Inquiry into Mind and Body
Anne Hoff: How many years have you been practicing Rolfing Structural Integration (SI), and what inspired you to become a Rolfer in the first place? Pedro Prado: I?ve been practicing Rolfing SI for thirty-five years. It feels like such a short time, and, at the same time, it feels like a very long time […]
Ask the Faculty: When Is the Advanced Training Right for You?
Q: Why should I take the Advanced Training (AT) in Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) and how will I know I am ready? A: I would like to address the issue of Advanced Rolfer? certification by first telling my personal experience as a student of Rolfing SI, and second by sharing my perspective as an instructor. […]
Opening a Path to RISI Membership to IASI Members
The Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration (RISI) was founded by Ida P. Rolf, PhD, in 1971. The organization has four aspects to its mission statement: ? To select, train, and certify qualified and competent practitioners of Rolfing Structural Integration (SI). ? To provide continuing education for Certified Rolfers?. ? To promote programs of research in […]
The Forest and the Trees
[:en]<img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1448-01.jpg’> <img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1448-02.jpg’> <img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1448-03.jpg’> Anne Hoff: Let?s talk about the Advanced Training (AT), since we are connected here through Jan Sultan?s current class. What?s your background with the AT, each of you? I?m here taking it a second time.k Bridge Morgan: Well I have only taken it as a student once, and then […]
Thoughts on the Advanced Training from Certified Advanced Rolfers
A Better Rolfer, a Better Communicator, and a Better Person <i>Bob Alonzi</i> The Advanced Training (AT) taught me many things. What I learned there made me a better Rolfer, a better communicator and a better person. I learned to be efficient and effective in the application of my work. I reconnected with the joy and […]
When Rolfing® SI Becomes Orchestration
Let?s get this straight: every move a Rolfer makes advances a certain idea of structure. This idea is learned bit by bit, and with persistence emerges as an integrative body/mind operating procedure that can be followed with individuals who present very diverse integrative issues. Thus, segmenting off the standard ?basic? Ten Series of lessons in […]
Burning Man
[:en]<img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1452-01.jpg’> <img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1452-02.jpg’> Szaja Gottlieb: As practitioners we know that Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) is transformational for the client, but we also know that it is transformational for the practitioner as well. I wonder if you could speak about your personal journey? First, how long have you been a Rolfer? Michael Salveson: I have […]
Embodied Being: The Philosophical Roots of Manual Therapy
[:en]<img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1451-01.jpg’> Introduction: How This Book Came into Being When I was first made a Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) Instructor, I was struck with how little writing there was about Rolfing SI, apart from Dr. Rolf?s publications.To counteract our tendency toward becoming a largely oral tradition, I asked Anna Hyder to help me convert Rolf […]
Why the Medical Explanation for FAI Doesn’t Make Sense …
When I was twenty-six, my hip problems became obvious. Lifting my leg up and over the edge of the bathtub to take my nightly shower caused sharp snapping in both my hips. I’d wake up every morning with aching in my hips and burning in my feet and calves. Sitting for long periods would create […]