A few years ago, this tape helped me overcome chronic low back pain. A massage therapist recommended it for it's precise, careful, gentle and mindful routine. She noted that most people overstretch in yoga and inadvertantly injure themselves. I used the tape 3-5 nights per week before bed--a kind of meditation in motion.I had memorized the routine, but without the video I would rush, neglect to breath and relax properly, and would not get the full and amazing sense of physical and mental relaxation that came from following along with the voices, music, and pacing of the video.I've been doing a more challenging yoga routine for the last 5 years, but the old low back pain has returned and I'm turning back to this tape for my therapy! Wish they offered it on DVD.One caution: the music and studio setting are not very inspiring or beautiful, but they're not distracting either.