Underneath the roles
You have been the person others rely on for a long time , the title, the responsibility, the one who holds it together. Somewhere in there, who you are underneath stopped being a question anyone asked, including you.
PRIVATE FOUR NIGHT IMMERSION · MAREMMA, TUSCANY
Dojo Bianco Immersion.
Dojo Bianco Immersion is a private four-night personal-development immersion for one person or one couple, held within the privacy of the entire estate. It is designed for moments when understanding alone no longer seems to move something forward: when a pattern keeps returning, a transition has begun, a relationship needs a different kind of conversation, or life looks intact from the outside but no longer feels quite alive from within. There is no fixed programme to complete. We begin with what is actually happening in your life and shape the immersion from there. The work may move between conversation, somatic and body-based work, time with the horses, movement, meditation, creative practice, the land, rest, and the ordinary rhythm of living at Dojo Bianco. The purpose is not simply to step away from your life for four days. It is to create enough space, attention and experience for something in the way you meet your life to begin to change.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Something has already started moving. You may not have named it yet.
Begin a private conversation →Intact from the outside
Life looks right on paper. The work, the house, the family, the years of effort. What is missing is the taste of it.
At a threshold
Something has ended or is ending: a marriage, a chapter, a person, a way of living. What comes next has not arrived yet.
The same place again
You understand the story. You can explain it clearly. And you keep arriving at the same place.
Two people, one house
Nothing has ended between you. There is a conversation waiting to start, and neither of you knows where to take hold of it.
Something asking for room
The life you have built no longer fully matches the life trying to emerge.
The starting point does not need to be dramatic. It only needs to be real.
THE IMMERSION
Four nights, built around one person or one couple.
DBI is a private four night immersion at Dojo Bianco. It begins with listening: what is happening now, what keeps repeating, what has become difficult to move alone. The work is then shaped around the person who arrives rather than a programme decided in advance.
For the length of the stay the estate takes no other guests. Ceren and Giulio give their working days entirely to you. Sessions, meals, the horses, the land, rest and the hours in between belong to one continuous experience rather than a schedule of separate activities.
You arrive in the afternoon and leave after lunch on the fifth day. The work begins before you arrive, continues throughout the four nights, and is followed by four integration sessions once you are home.
THE FOUR NIGHTS
There is a rhythm. Not a timetable.
The four nights are the container. The work follows what is actually happening in you, not a programme decided in advance.
01Arrive
The outside world becomes quieter.
02See
What has been organising your life beneath the story begins to become visible.
03Work
Conversation, body, horses, movement, energy, rest and relationship become different ways into the same work.
04Integrate
Insight begins becoming something your nervous system can actually hold.
05Return
You leave with language, practices and a different relationship to what brought you here.
WHAT MAY CONTINUE AFTERWARDS
The work matters because of who goes home.
You trust yourself more.
Less searching outside yourself for the answer. More capacity to recognise what is true for you.
You see your patterns sooner.
What once felt like personality becomes visible, and therefore something you can choose differently.
You know your defences.
Not as flaws to remove, but as intelligent strategies you no longer have to obey automatically.
You can return to yourself.
Under pressure, in conflict or uncertainty, you have ways back into your body, your centre and your own judgement.
Your relationships change because you do.
Clearer boundaries, less automatic reaction and more capacity for intimacy without abandoning yourself.
You do not leave as a different person.
You leave with more access to the person who was already there.
Begin a private conversation →You leave with more access to the person who was already there.
WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE
The rarest thing here is that nobody else is here.
Most places that offer depth ask you to find it among other people. A group to join. A table to share. Other guests reading your face over breakfast, and at least one who will look you up. For four nights, none of that exists.
No other guests
The estate closes. Four rooms, twenty hectares, the pool, the clay court and the kitchen are held for one person or one couple.
No role to carry
Nobody here knows what you do, needs anything from you, or is waiting for you to be the competent one. You arrive as a person and nothing more is required.
Nothing on record
No group, no photographs, no shared testimonials, no publicity. Who is here is not discussed and not published. A mutual confidentiality agreement is available on request.
WHAT THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES
Everything, counted.
The estate, closed
Four nights. Exclusive use of the house, garden, pool, clay tennis court and twenty hectares of olive groves and open land.
Two practitioners, full time
Ceren and Giulio give their full working days to the immersion across the stay. The balance between them is shaped around you rather than divided in advance.
The table
All meals, cooked here. Seasonal food from our own kitchen and gardens, and our own olive oil pressed from the trees on the land.
The horses and the land
Time with the horses, walks through the groves, the pool, and the hours that belong to nothing in particular.
Two preparation sessions
In the weeks before you arrive we map what is bringing you, what has already been tried, and what you want these days to be for.
Four integration sessions
In the months after you leave, what happened here becomes something practised in ordinary life, with support while it settles.
Arrival
Private transfer from Rome, Pisa, Florence or Grosseto, in both directions.
PRIVATE IMMERSION
Every DBI begins with a private conversation. We understand what is bringing you, discuss the available window, and shape the immersion around the work that is actually needed. The final programme and fee are confirmed personally.
RESERVE YOUR IMMERSION
Begin a private conversation.
Select an available four night DBI stay below. The immersion is for one person or one couple, and the estate is reserved privately. Your reservation is confirmed following an initial session with Ceren and Giulio.
THE WORK ITSELF
Different ways in.
Somatic and body-based work
Conversation, relational work, somatic attention and energy informed practice.
Horses
Relationship, boundary, presence and regulation in immediate experience. No riding, no previous experience.
Body and movement
Somatic movement, breath and embodied practice.
Sound, art and sensory work
Another route in, for the times when words are not the most useful one.
Food, rest and the land
Meals, sleep, walking, the pool, quiet, time outside.
WHO YOU WORK WITH
Two different ways of seeing the same person.
Dr Ceren Akçelik Brunini
Ceren has worked with people for fourteen years. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Koç University and an MSc in Psychology from Lynn University, Florida. She completed the four year professional training at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, continued through Advanced Studies and Teacher Training, and taught there for four years as faculty.
Giulio Brunini
Before somatics, Giulio spent over fifteen years in senior corporate roles — CEO of a Universal Music / WPP company, Director at Yahoo! and at Saatchi & Saatchi. He has practised somatic coaching for twelve years and runs the organic farm here.
ANOTHER WAY TO WORK WITH US
The Dojo Training
Six months of structured learning and private coaching for people who want to understand the patterns shaping how they live and practise something different in real life, without beginning with a residential immersion.
Explore The Dojo Training →QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Before deciding on an immersion.
What exactly is DBI?
DBI is a private four-night personal-development immersion at Dojo Bianco in Tuscany, for one person or one couple, during which the estate takes no other guests.
Who is DBI for?
People who keep arriving at the same place despite understanding the story; who are at a threshold, where something has ended and what comes next has not arrived; who carry sustained responsibility and are running on empty; or two people with a conversation waiting to start.
What actually happens during the four nights?
There is no fixed timetable. The work follows what is actually present rather than a programme decided in advance. It may include conversation, somatic and body-based work, the horses, movement, meditation, time on the land and rest.
Where exactly is Dojo Bianco, and how do I get there?
Dojo Bianco is in the Maremma, near Massa Marittima in southern Tuscany. Private transfer from Rome, Pisa, Florence or Grosseto is included in both directions.
Can we come as a couple?
Yes. Both people are participants, with time working together and time apart. DBI is not for bringing someone else to be worked on.
Will anyone else be staying at Dojo Bianco?
No. For the length of your stay the estate takes no other guests. Household staff are present for the kitchen and the house, and work under the same confidentiality.
Do I have to work with the horses?
No. There is no riding and no previous experience required. The horses are one possible doorway, never a required part of the work.
Who will I be working with?
The work is led by Dr Ceren Akçelik Brunini, who holds a PhD in Neuroscience and spent four years on the faculty of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, and Giulio Brunini, a Certified Master Somatic Coach of the Strozzi Institute.
What happens before and after the stay?
Two online preparation sessions before you arrive, and four online integration sessions in the months afterwards.
Is DBI therapy or medical treatment?
DBI is a private personal-development immersion. It is not medical or psychiatric care and does not replace clinical treatment.
What is included?
Exclusive use of the estate for four nights, the practitioners’ working days, all meals cooked here, private transfers, and the six online sessions before and after. The fee is for the stay, not per person.
How do I know whether this is right for me?
It begins with a conversation. Private windows are limited and usually arranged some months ahead.