the heart of therapy
DBR-AT Somatic Interweave Training
with Martin Warner
Sunshine Coast, October 2026
This 5-day, 6-night residential immersion offers DBR practitioners the opportunity to learn through direct, embodied experience of the Alexander Technique (AT) somatic interweaves — clinical interventions developed by Martin Warner in close collaboration with Dr Frank Corrigan, founder of Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR).
Across the immersion, practitioners will be guided through precise somatic interventions that support the body–brain system to release blocks to healing, and to discover what becomes possible when client attunement is not just a concept, but a living, embodied presence.
As practitioners, we spend so much of our lives holding space for others. This immersion offers a chance to be held ourselves — and to slow down in a relaxed coastal setting, with sunshine and beautiful surroundings to help us feel restored and connected, while deepening our DBR-AT skills.
What are the Alexander Technique (AT) Interweaves?
Alexander Technique Interweaves are simple, moment-to-moment cues that, when used carefully by clinicians with sufficient DBR competence, support the release of physical bracing patterns that can interrupt the natural flow of DBR processing. Their intention is to gently unwind the body’s defensive contractions so the DBR sequence can continue and complete. These interweaves are effective because trauma often shapes the posture of the neck, jaw, shoulders, sternum, spine, and eyes in ways that quietly resist orienting, shock, affect, or connection. AT Interweaves for DBR are somatic–verbal interventions created by Martin Warner, drawing on his background in the Alexander Technique in collaboration with Frank Corrigan.They are integrated directly within the DBR process to help clients soften patterns of bracing, armouring, dissociative organisation, and defensive contraction that can obstruct the orienting–tension–shock–affect sequence. These interweaves are not Alexander Technique lessons. They are clinical interventions designed specifically to support and deepen DBR therapeutic work. Important note: The AT somatic interweaves are powerful interventions and careful attention to their safe use beyond the training is essential. Unskilled use can block processing rather than facilitate it, or promote overwhelm rather than reduce the risk of it.
Through this 5-day immersion, you will have an opportunity to:
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Strengthen your capacity to simply be — fully present, here and now — and experience the profound benefits this brings to both daily life and clinical work.
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Deepen your attunement to yourself and your clients. As your own system softens, you can begin to meet your clients from a steadier, quieter, and clearer quality of presence — supporting more precise, attuned facilitation of DBR.
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Develop advanced observational skills to support your application of DBR and recognise signals of bracing, armouring, and other obstructions to healing during the DBR process.
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Experience how the AT interweaves can gently deconstruct and dismantle layers of bracing and armouring that form around shock, emotional pain, and affect.
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Cultivate the capacity to safely resolve these obstructions so shock, affect, and the deeper layers beneath them can fully release — and healing can flow.
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Receive the interweaves yourself. This immersion offers direct, personal experience of the interweaves applied to your own system, which is where some of the most profound learning and benefit occurs.
Deep therapeutic attunement isn’t a technique — it’s a state of being.When the DBR therapist is fully earthed in their own body, attuned to their inner movement, and no longer as braced or amoured against shock, affect or emotional pain, their presence become the foundation of healing for their client.
This work is grounded in Martin Warner’s decades of experience and expertise in the Alexander Technique, and his 11+ -year collaboration with Dr Frank Corrigan.
Who is the training for?
This immersion is designed for practitioners who have completed formal DBR training (Level 2 and above) and who are ready to deepen their attunement, refine their clinical skill, enhance their observational capacity, expand their somatic literacy (the ability to notice, understand, and work with what the body is communicating), support their own healing and presence, and learn the DBR-AT somatic interweaves directly from their source.
For practitioners who have completed other trainings with Martin Warner, this immersion offers a chance to deepen and consolidate your capacity for this work.
Dates:
On-site residential immersion stay - 11– 17 October 2026
Workshop Days - 9 am - 5 pm, 12–16 October
Venue &
Accomodation:
Bulcock Beach, Sunshine Coast, QLD (on the Traditional lands of the Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi and Jinibara peoples).
This residential immersion is designed as a small-group experience, so we can live, learn, and deepen the work together. Sunday arrival and Saturday departure really support settling in and integration, and help to create an atmosphere where bodies can soften and minds can still.
The full-day workshops will be held at the Rumba Beach Resort at beautiful Bulcock Beach, with the option to stay on-site in a cluster of beachfront, ocean-view, two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments — each with a spa bath and fully equipped kitchen. Each participant will have their own private bedroom and bathroom.
The resort sits just across the esplanade from the beach, offering a relaxed foreshore atmosphere and easy access to nearby beachfront cafés, restaurants, takeaway options, and a supermarket, all within walking distance.
Participants are also welcome to arrange their own accommodation off-site if preferred.
Getting to the Venue:
Rumba Beach Resort is approximately a 25–30 minute drive from Sunshine Coast Airport.
You can catch an Uber from Sunshine Coast Airport using the Uber app (pick-ups are from the designated rideshare pick-up/drop-off zone directly outside the terminal).
If you prefer a pre-booked service or shared transfer, there are several options available, including:
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Sunshine Coast Private Transfers
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4U Transfers and Tours
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SkyDrive Transfers
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Con-X-ion Shuttle Bus (Sunshine Coast)
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Suncoast Cabs Ltd.
Fees:
Training Fee (paid directly to Martin Warner)
£1,300 GBP + applicable taxes per participant
Includes 5 full training days
Payment is made directly to Martin via: https://forms.gle/McbEaJcRcku6boPWA (Ram will send you through a payment link once he receives your form and Bec confirms the venue deposit has been paid).
If you’re able to, we’d be very grateful if you could make your payment as early as possible. Early payments really help give Martin the security to confidently book his international flights and accommodation, and they support everything flowing smoothly from here. Thank you so much.
Payment plans available -- please reach out to Martin about setting that up if needed: sairammuvva@martinwarner.org
Details of the training are also available on Martin Warner's website
https://martinwarner.org/queensland-australia
Residential Immersion contribution (paid to Bec)
$1,329 AUD (incl GST) per participant
Paid to Bec via bank transfer or credit card.
To secure your place:
Deposit: $154 AUD (incl GST) (due at the time of booking to reserve your place on the immersion and secure your room in an on-site beachfront apartment)
Balance: $1,175 AUD (incl GST) due no later than 27 August
Includes:
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Venue hire at Rumba Beach Resort for the 5 training days
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6 nights accommodation at the Rumba Beach Resort in beachfront, ocean-view spa apartments.
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Private bedroom and private bathroom for each participant
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Light breakfast provided (muffin, tea and coffee)
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Daily room servicing
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Rumba Beach Resort facilities including heated swimming pool and spa
Apartment features:
Located at the front of the resort with full panoramic views over Bulcock beach and the pumicestone passage. Fully air-conditioned, full kitchen, private balcony, and in-room entertainment including Foxtel and on-demand movies.
Non-residential Immersion - off-site accommodation option
You are welcome to arrange your own accommodation off-site if you prefer. If you choose this option, please let Bec know — you’ll simply pay a reduced contribution of $154 (incl GST) to cover your share of the venue hire.
Cancellation Policy
Due to the nature of this immersion, all payments are considered a commitment to attend. This applies to all payments made toward the immersion, including the deposit.
If you’re unable to attend, you’re welcome to transfer your place to another eligible participant, provided this can be arranged in a way that works logistically (including accommodation allocation) and is approved in advance by the organiser. If a replacement participant cannot be found, we regret that we’re unable to offer a refund.
To support smooth planning, any transfer will need to be finalised by 10 September 2026.
In the unlikely event that minimum participant numbers are not reached, all payments will be fully refunded. Thank you so much for your understanding.
To honour the depth of this work, the DBR-AT immersion is limited to a small group so each participant can receive close attunement, individual support, and a safe, spacious environment for deep internal process.
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To register, please request the registration form below.
Places can’t be reserved until 1. Bec has received the deposit via the form below and 2. The training fee has been paid directly to Martin via https://forms.gle/McbEaJcRcku6boPWA
For any questions, you are welcome to contact Bec Stewart
Further optional reading
https://martinwarner-at-interweaves.com/dbr-at
Deep Brain Reorienting: Understanding the Neuroscience of Trauma, Attachment Wounding, and DBR Psychotherapy
Martin Warner is a co-author of Chapter 11, “Observations of the Head–Body Relationship,” which he wrote with Dr Frank Corrigan.
That’s the chapter where Martin’s expertise in somatic observation and the Alexander Technique interweaves is integrated into the DBR model.
The Use of the Self by F. Matthias Alexander (1932).
This classic foundational text introduces Alexander’s original discoveries and principles, including the relationship between habit, posture, attention, and the way we use ourselves in movement and daily life. It offers helpful context for understanding the Alexander Technique background that informs the AT somatic interweaves used within DBR-AT.