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Rolf Movement™ Certification

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Overview

The Rolf Movement™ Certification is a 225-hour international professional program that qualifies practitioners as Certified Rolf Movement™ professionals, expanding perceptual, clinical, and relational capacities within therapeutic practice.

The curriculum emphasizes embodiment, sensory awareness, tonic function, haptic perception, phoric orientation, peripersonal space, therapeutic relationship, attunement, and non-formulaic clinical reasoning.

Rather than teaching predetermined movement protocols, the program cultivates perceptual intelligence, presence, and the capacity to collaborate with the client’s lived experience.

Who It Is For

This certification is designed for:

  • Certified Rolfing®
  • Structural Integration practitioners recognized by IASI
  • Rolfing® students who have successfully completed Phase II

Why Enroll

Upon completion, participants will be recognized as Rolf Movement™ Practitioners, with international certification.

The training develops refined somatic perception, functional coordination, clinical presence, and movement–gravity integration, expanding the scope and depth of therapeutic practice.

Program Structure

The Brazilian Rolf Movement™ Training is a 225-hour course organized as follows:

  • Three in-person modules
  • Three online integration meetings between modules for supervision, practice follow-up, and dialogue

This is a professional training program designed for eligible Rolfing® and movement practitioners seeking to deepen perceptual, relational, and clinical skills within the Rolfing® tradition.

Each 12-day module is structured around two 5-day teaching units, taught by co-faculty instructors, with two break days for rest and integration.

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Module 1 Faculty

Lucia Merlino

  • Focus: theoretical foundations, embodied inquiry, perceptual organization, and the design and facilitation of group explorations.
Module 2 Faculty

Yeda Bocaletto e Angela Lobo

  • Focus: clinical application, one-on-one movement education, therapeutic dialogue, and development of a structured 5-session Rolf Movement™ Series, usable post–Ten Series or as a stand-alone introduction to Rolfing®.
Module 3 Faculty

Paula Mattoli

  • Focus: clinical application, one-on-one movement education, therapeutic dialogue, and development of a structured 5-session Rolf Movement™ Series, usable post–Ten Series or as a stand-alone introduction to Rolfing®.
  • The primary language of instruction is English, with selected portions in Portuguese and translation provided as needed.
  • A minimum number of participants is required. If this minimum is not met six weeks prior to the start of the training, the program may be canceled.

Venue

  • In person in São Paulo, SP – Brazil

The full address and logistical details will be shared with registered participants.

Practical information

  • Format: In person
  • Location: São Paulo, SP – Brazil
  • Language: The primary language of instruction is English, with selected portions in Portuguese and translation provided as needed.
  • Minimum enrollment: This workshop/program will take place subject to a minimum number of participants and will be confirmed up to six weeks prior to the start date.

Venue & Accommodation

  • Pousada Sambaqui | Juréia Beach – São Sebastião, Brazil
The training will take place at Pousada Sambaqui, a charming retreat located on Juréia Beach, within a protected ecological reserve on the northern coast of São Paulo. Surrounded by preserved nature and just steps from the ocean, the venue offers a quiet and supportive environment for immersive learning, integration, and rest. Breakfast and lunch are included. Evenings are free, allowing participants to choose where and how to dine. Nearby beaches such as Barra do Una and Juquehy offer additional options for leisure and exploration.

Practical information

  • Location: In person in São Paulo, SP – Brazil
  • Accommodation: Pousada Sambaqui
  • Breakfast & lunch included
  • Ecological reserve with preserved nature
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Module 1

  • Dates: July 05 - 16, 2027
  • Time: 9:00 am–6:00 pm (90-minute lunch break)
  • Breaks: July 10–11, 2027
  • Final day: 9:00 am–4:30 pm

Module 2

  • Dates: July 19 - 30, 2027
  • Time: 9:00 am–6:00 pm (90-minute lunch break)
  • Breaks: July 24–25, 2027
  • Final day: 9:00 am–4:30 pm

Module 3

  • Dates: August 02 - 13, 2027
  • Time: 9:00 am–6:00 pm (90-minute lunch break)
  • Breaks: August 07–08, 2027
  • Final day: 9:00 am–4:30 pm

Tuition & Payment

  • Tuition: USD 5,300
  • Payment options: Credit card (Total tuition for both modules)
  • Please note: tuition does not include accommodation, meals, or transportation. Our coordination team will provide support with logistics and housing options for international participants.
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Pedro Prado

Pedro is an Advanced Rolfer™, faculty member of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute®, and a leading international voice in the psychobiological perspective within Structural Integration. He has worked for decades in training Rolfers®, contributing significantly to global theoretical and clinical development.

Yeda Bocaletto

Advanced Rolfing® and Rolf Movement™ Practitioner, certified in 1999. She has an academic background in Anthropology. Since childhood, she has been involved in body and dance practices. Through this affinity with movement and body awareness, she became a Rolfer. She studies movement techniques with Hubert Godard and has also been studying the Hakomi Method, a therapy based on meditation and observation of the body. She is passionate about clinical practice and about teaching this revolutionary method that is Rolfing® IE. Rolfing® Teacher: Units 1, 2 and 3.

Angela Lobo

Advanced Rolfing® and Rolf Movement™ Practitioner (2004). She holds degrees in Physical Education from USP and Physiotherapy from UNIP, and has training in Yoga and Pilates. She studied with Hubert Godard, Konrad Obermeier, Pierpaola Volpones, Monica Caspari, and Luiz Fernando Bertolucci. She is currently in her third year of Osteopathy studies at CBO. For more than ten years, she has studied Emotional Anatomy – Formative Process with Regina Favre, and studied Holistic Gymnastics with Maria Emília Mendonça for seven years. She has been working with movement for over 40 years, integrating structure, movement, and expression in bodywork. She began teaching at ABR in 2011. Rolfing® Teacher: Units 1, 2 and 3, and Fascial Anatomy.

Paula Mattoli

Paula works in the fields of Semiotics and the Arts. She has been a Rolfer since 1995 and an instructor at ABR since 2005. Throughout her career, she has studied Rolfing® with Robert Schleip, Lael Keen, Pedro Prado, Mônica Caspari, Vivian Jaye, Hubert Godard, Jan Sultan, Jeff Maitland, Tessy Brungardt, and Sally Klemm. She trained in Visceral Manipulation with Liz Gaggini, Craniosacral Therapy at the Milne Institute, MatrixWorks with Mukara Meredith, and Somatic Experiencing® with Peter Levine. She currently deepens her studies in the psychobiological dimension of Rolfing®, PTSD, and developmental movement psychology through the biodynamic system of Lizbeth Marcher. Paula is a founding member of NAPER (1998), where she continues to serve as a supervisor.

  • Rolfing® Instructor: Units 2 and 3
  • Rolf Movement™ Instructor

Coordinator and Lead Instructor for the Therapeutic Relationship program

Lucia Merlino

Lucia has been teaching movement for more than 35 years through performing arts, dance, and somatic education. She completed Rolfing® SI and Rolf Movement® certification trainings in São Paulo and Buenos Aires. In addition to her training programs, Lucia teaches workshops and facilitates supervision groups for practitioners.

She holds a PhD in Arts from UNICAMP and an MA in Communication and Semiotics from PUC-SP. Her extensive study with Hubert Godard has been a profound source of inspiration for her work. Her current focus examines the transformative power of metaphor in shaping bodily awareness, and the role of imagery in supporting integration of somatic change.

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