In May of 2004 1 began a fascinating journey, serving as an assistant for Pedro Prado in a Unit III course in Boulder. The time I spent in this task marked a profound shift in my own perspective on teaching and on the work. Pedro brings his entire being to the role of teacher and Rolfer, which then evokes the same in the community around him; in this case, the students, class clients and myself. The process piqued my interest in the personal history of a person with this capacity to enlist others in a common goal, as well as the history of the projects he has helped to launch; the ABR, the Ambulatory Project, and his current research projects. While this article is technically called an interview, Pedro took off running with my simple queries – “How is it that you received Rolfing° and became a Rolfer,” “What was it like to be the first Rolfer in South America,” and “How did the ABR get started?” As a result, the following discourse will be presented largely without interruption in order to better allow Pedro’s own natural flow of thought to emerge for the reader. Thanks also to Heidi Massa for her helpful suggestions in the formulation of this document.
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