I was comfortable. I was really leaning a bit forward because I was sitting down with my elbow on my knee. if anything I got caught getting a little too comfortable if you ask me. I have to admit that I do find it a little hard to hit certain notes with my left wrist. I broke my wrist when I was a teenager and lost some rotation range in my wrist so I can't really place my 3rd and fourth finger on the G and D strings like I think I should. To play those notes I have to really bring my elbow under the violin, which in turn strains my elbow. I do have a shoulder rest that came with the package and have used it for the first two weeks into the new year but took it off because to doing that it helped my depth perception in regards to being able to view my fingers and where they landed. Now I just try to close my eyes and hear the notes and I open them when I have to cross strings with my third finger for the reason stated above.  Overall thanks for the comment! The more I can learn the better!!