I taught myself using the Easy Freestyle DVD and later did a 2 hour workshop including videotaping that helped pinpoint things I needed to work on. You can definitely learn a lot using the DVD and gentle consistent practice. The water gives you lots of instant feedback! The self-coaching Perpetual Motion series looks very interesting and I would probably go for that myself. It seems to have some "lesson plans" that you can use and would have the most up-to-date methods for learning the TI method. You might want to also check out the forum on their website. People post lots of helpful hints and revelations.