Yoga has been very important in my life for about 10 years now. It has helped me in sculpting,hiking, biking and my mind. It is so hard now a days to focus on one thing. And yoga has taught me to focus and relax. I can not even begin to think of all the things it has done for me. I highly recommend taking at least a year of classes before even doing the video. That way a teacher can guide you to do things right. A video is great but a teacher can actually put theri hands on you and make minor adjustments that can make all the difference in the world I promise. Then once you know what you should be doing then do the dvd's. I say a year cause it really took me that long to really get it right to where i wasn't sore after and was breathing like I was running.