Alexis (Lexy Burns) Dennehy

MPH (Global Health) BHSc (CM) AdvDipNAT DipREM DipNUT

Public Health Practitioner. Clinician. Embodied Anatomy Educator.

More than two decades of clinical experience. A different approach to learning about the body.

My work brings together public health, clinical practice, anatomy, movement and trauma-informed care.

I hold a Master of Public Health (Global Health) from The University of Queensland and have more than 20 years' experience in clinical palpation, naturopathic practice, remedial massage and therapeutic yoga.

Over that time, I have become increasingly interested in a fundamental question:

What changes when people have the opportunity to observe their own bodies, rather than simply being told what is happening or what they should do?

A different way to approach the body

The foundation of my work is observation.

At The Experience Lab, high-resolution 3D anatomical imagery provides a visual reference. Participants then locate the corresponding structures in their own bodies through kinaesthetic experience.

They observe. They locate. They notice.

I don't tell people what they should feel, interpret their sensations for them or promise that an experience will produce a particular understanding.

The distinction matters.

Anatomical knowledge can be presented by an expert. The experience of locating and observing one's own body belongs to the individual.

Trauma-informed practice

My approach to trauma-informed practice recognises the importance of autonomy, consent, personal boundaries and individual experience.

Health and therapeutic environments can unintentionally create hierarchy and dependency, particularly when practitioners are positioned as the authorities on what another person feels, needs or should do.

I take a different approach.

My role is to bring professional knowledge, anatomical resources and a carefully facilitated environment. Participants retain authority over their own bodies, their observations and their participation.

This is not an absence of professional expertise. It is a deliberate way of using that expertise without taking ownership of another person's experience.

Where public health meets embodied experience

My background in public health informs how I think about health beyond the individual: the systems, environments, relationships and conditions that shape people's lives.

My clinical work brings that perspective into direct contact with the body.

I am interested in the relationship between what we know, what we experience and what becomes possible when people have opportunities to observe for themselves.

The Experience Lab brings these interests together through visual anatomy and kinaesthetic exploration.

Professional background

Master of Public Health (Global Health), The University of Queensland.
Bachelor of Health Science (Complementary Medicine)
Naturopath
Remedial Massage Therapist.
Therapeutic Yoga Therapist.
More than 20 years' experience in clinical palpation.
Trauma-informed somatic practice and education.
Experience across clinical, community, therapeutic and educational settings.

The Experience Lab

The Experience Lab is where this approach comes together.

It is an opportunity to see anatomical structures, locate them in your own body and observe your own sensory experience.

No two people need to have the same experience. There is no required interpretation and no expectation that participants arrive at a particular conclusion.

SEE IT. FEEL IT. KNOW IT.

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