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My last post got me thinking about posture and harp playing and teaching. I was lucky enough to have regular Alexander Technique lessons for 2 years when I was a teenager, so I have grown up with the need for correct posture being ingrained in me. I try to make sure that good posture is a fundamental part of my teaching and my students probably get fed up with me going on about it all the time!  It's pretty common place now for Alexander technique to be offered as part of a harp course and there are lots of links on the web, and also lots of harpists who have trained in Alexander Technique. I recently found this brilliant short article by Coralie Cousins who takes a regular class at the Paris Conservatoire for Isabelle Perrin. Beautifully illustrated with lovely drawings, it's certainly a good reminder of why correct posture when playing the harp is so important.
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