He not only benefited immediately from lessons, but they may have had some bearing on the fact that he lived to the age of 94. Huxley sought help from Alexander personally, because he was suffering from acute exhaustion and depression and at the time he started lessons was only able to write while lying on his back with a typewriter on his chest. After having daily lessons from Alexander, Huxley's general health soon improved and it was not long before he was making public appearances again. Edward Maisel, Director of the American Fitness Research and consultant to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness, also found lessons in the Alexander Technique extremely effective. There are also a sense of weightlessness and a diminution of the effort previously thought necessary to move one's limbs.
Activity is now more free and flowing - no longer jerky and heavy with strain.
Subsequently he researched the technique scientifically at the Institute for Applied Experimental Psychology at Tufts University, USA to discover what physical changes took place during Alexander lessons. An account of his experiments and their subsequent results may be found in his book Body Awareness in Action. Instead, Alexander chose the movement from sitting to standing for his demonstration. Before I had a chance to organise my habitual response, the movement was completed and I found myself standing in a position that felt strangely comfortable. In addition to the reflex effect, the movement was notable for the way time and space were perceived.