the heart of therapy
DBR-AT Somatic Interweave Training
Sunshine Coast, Oct 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 immersive training, practitioners will be guided through precise somatic interventions that were designed to support the body–brain system to release blocks to healing.

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?
DBR can be a powerful and transformative therapy in its own right, and for many clients the DBR process unfolds effectively without additional intervention. At times, however, patterns of physical bracing, armouring or defensive contraction may interrupt or constrain the natural flow of processing. For clinicians who have been thoroughly trained in their use, Alexander Technique (AT) Interweaves offer an additional way of supporting the DBR process at these moments. AT Interweaves are precise, moment-to-moment somatic–verbal interventions designed to help soften patterns of physical bracing that may interfere with the unfolding of DBR. Their intention is not to direct or override the client’s process, but to gently reduce defensive contraction so that the underlying DBR sequence can continue and, where possible, move towards completion. AT Interweaves for DBR were created by Martin Warner, drawing on his background in the Alexander Technique and developed in collaboration with Frank Corrigan. They are integrated directly into the DBR process to help address patterns of bracing, armouring, dissociative organisation and defensive contraction that may obstruct the orienting tension–shock–affect sequence. These interweaves are not Alexander Technique lessons, nor are they intended to replace or routinely supplement DBR. They are specialised clinical interventions designed to support and deepen DBR therapeutic work when the process indicates that additional support may be useful. An important note on training and safe use: AT Interweaves are powerful clinical interventions and require thorough training, sound DBR competence and careful clinical judgement. Their effectiveness depends not simply on knowing the words or cues, but on understanding when, how and whether to intervene within an unfolding DBR process. Used without sufficient skill or sensitivity, an interweave may interfere with processing rather than facilitate it, or contribute to overwhelm rather than helping to reduce that risk. For this reason, AT Interweaves should be used only by clinicians who have received appropriate training and supervision in their application within DBR.
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 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.
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.
To register, please request the registration form below via https://forms.gle/McbEaJcRcku6boPWA
For any questions, you are welcome to contact Bec Stewart at bec.heartoftherapy@gmail.com
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.