I purchased this DVD over a year ago because I was intrigued with all that it had to offer: 1) Close to 48 routines that are broken down into Beginner Series, Intermediate Series, and Advanced Series. 2) Various times for each practice, anywhere from 20-30 minutes for beginners, 20-45 minutes for intermediates, and 30-70 minutes for advanced learners. 3) Mix of practices that are focused on certain parts of the body such as, back, hips, arms, etc. 4) Step-by-step instructions on proper body alignment and breathing.

JJ Gormley, the instructor, thoroughly explains the poses in a very clear, soft-spoken, and encouraging manner. She always advises to push yourself as far as your body will let you. In addition, she offers moderations for different poses using props such as, blocks, straps, and blankets if one needs them. A nice touch is announcing the pose before each segment and then displaying it in English, along with its Sanskrit equivalent, on your screen to help you remember.

For those who complain about the abrupt black screen between each pose, I suggest holding the previous pose a little longer, or do a transition pose like downward facing dog or child's pose. Trust me, there are a few minor flaws in the video, but overall, it is an excellent purchase you won't regret if you're serious about yoga.

I own several other yoga dvds and I still use this one quite a bit to keep in touch with the basics. It is truly an awesome foundation for learning yoga and what it can do for you. I do a lot of the beginner and some intermediate segments in the morning, and do the advances series at night when I get home from work. Absolutely one of the best DVDs I've ever bought for myself. It's been over a year and I'm not bored yet.

J.J. Gormley makes yoga approachable for every body with her easy mannered teaching style and breakdown of the workouts into various lengths and difficulty.

If you need something easy and relaxing there are workouts for that in seated positions with gentle twisting which helped get me developing my yoga and then I moved onto some of the other things that had more movements in standing positions.

Her lessons and discussions let you know what to look out for, such as not extending too much or trying to hard.

Very good DVD that I am enjoying.

Perhaps this DVD would be better for someone who has taken a class, as one reviewer suggested. I found the "flow" to be lacking, and since I am a beginner, I need a little more time to get into poses and these routines have you jumping from pose to pose that do not have a cohesive flow from one to another. I also did not care for the "bare-bones" studio setting. No music or scenery here. If you want relaxation it's gotta come from within I guess, because this DVD isn't giving it to you.

Found that the "beginner" lessons were too easy, and Intermediate to be too hard. Very complicated with using blocks, blankets and such, even in the beginner levels, with no explanation as to when to use them or how to do the poses without a folded blanket or two. Also, this DVD doesn't use the common names for poses but a foreign language instead.
I prefered the other DVD I bought- Yoga for Beginners by Rodney Yee (Gaiam) Which had a helpful tutorial with common mistakes in posture, etc. This DVD did not explain at all what you were supposed to be getting out of each move.

Yoga For Every Body covers a wide range of material for many nice practices. She is a great instructor and the Interview and initial lessons are clear in explaining what to expect and how to work with the DVD.

She takes those into three general areas, Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced where you work on general material like sitting poses or standing poses, or focus on particular issues such as your wrists/hands or hips.

Very nice grouping of meditation that I have enjoyed as it steps you up through each level, and which are very relaxing and calming. Very well done and worthwhile, for some things I am using the easier beginner items and for others I have moved up a bit and it is nice to have it all.

Yoga for every body doesn't begin to offer yoga for various bodies. I have no idea why it is given that name. There is no real introduction, no suggestions on how to use the DVD, and the routines I checked out included no suggestions for modifications for difficulties with any of the positions. I am mystified. Maybe the routines are easier than the usual? Even if so, that does not make them useful for a great many of us.

Perhaps for beginners without any restrictions or body difficulties.